Jaguar forgotten in a deplorable zoo in Puerto Rico. Please Help!

Inadequate Zoological Park, Parque de las Ciencias, Bayamon, Puerto Rico

Target:

Ramon Luis Rivera, Alcalde de Bayamon, Parque de las Ciencias, Bayamon, Puerto Rico

Sponsored by:

Julia Feliz and In Defense of Animals, idausa.org

Finally, A video documenting the lives of animals in el Parque de las Ciencias in Bayamon, Puerto Rico... See it with your own eyes!!!!

Vea a estos animales y las condiciones en las que son forzados a vivir aqui:

Click here to watch the video/Haz click para ver el video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqVOpqi0UPI

Also, see the picture to the left? Proof that a Holiday Inn is going to be built in the same park where these animals live yat these animals live in filth.

Primates, Jaguar, raccoons, deer, hippopotamus, and other animals are being kept in primordial cement slabs within a park otherwise known as the Science Park (el Parque de las Ciencias). Many of the animals were placed within a section of this park in the 80s. Other animals have arrived at the park throughout the years due to their confiscation by the Department of Natural Resources (Dept. de Recursos Naturales).

Los Animales en el Parque de las Ciencias son forzados a vivir en condiciones de puro cemento y sumamente minimas. Hoy en dia se reconoce que los animales tienen necesidades como todo humano. Es hora de cuidar a los animales en Puerto Rico.

Pictures of the zoo taken March 30th, 2007, February 24, 2008, and September 2008.
Fotos del zoologico fueron tomadas el 30 de Marzo de 2007, el 24 de Febrero del 2008 y el 11 de Septiembre de 2008.
See http://www.myspace.com/pranimalhelp

I have increased the signature goal for this petition now that the Mayor of Bayamon has stated that, although he does not have any real plans for these animals, there is a possibility to move them to spaces around the city or use them within a fun park that has not even been planned yet. He said that this would possibly happen in 2 years. This interview was reported by the newspaper "Primera Hora"
See: http://www.primerahora.com/noticia/otras_panorama/noticias/cirugia_para_darle__una_nueva_imagen/50347

Although I am appreciative of a response, the mayor still does not understand the basic requirements that animals such as a Jaguar, alligator, and pretty much any other animal that they keep needs biologically, ecologically, and just out of common sense.
Bayamon is a city made up almost entirely by cement, roads, highways, and buildings. There is no acceptable place to keep these animals around the city. Two years for any action to be taken is unacceptable when these animals need help Now! The mayors plans have not even made it onto paper and are just quick responses to appease the masses.

Why should the animals have to keep living in filth and in horrible conditions with barely any space to move WHILE the mayor allows a new HOLIDAY INN (see picture to the left of this petition) to build over 100 rooms, a CASINO, RESTAURANTS, a GYM, Pool, and a CONVENTION ROOMS in the SAME PARK where these animals are kept. He says it will bring TOURISM to the park and the city of BAYAMON...as stated by newspapers in PR. If they have room to build all this, why do they not have room to build modern and spacious enclosures for these animals?

The following links and quotes state that this Hotel is a reality....

As quoted on wikipedia, " Bayamón Holiday Inn Hotel & Tropical Casino at Science Park - Próximamente se estará comenzando la construcción en los predios del Parque de las Ciencias, seria el primer hotel con casino en Bayamón y segundo hotel del mismo.Consta con 118 habitaciones, un casino de 10,000 pies cuadrados, tres salones de actividades, un salón de negocios, gimnasio, dos restaurantes y piscina."

Summary article from El Nuevo Dia on the same hotel:
"Bayamón se apunta un Holiday Inn"
"Nueva hospedería forma parte del rediseño del Parque de las Ciencias Bayamón Holiday Inn Hotel & Tropical Casino at Science Park es el nombre del segundo hotel que se construirá en los próximos años en la Ciudad del Chicharrón, a un costo de $23.8 millones. Ayer el municipio y la cadena hotelera Holiday Inn firmaron un acuerdo para desarrollar este hotel de 118 habitaciones en los predios del Parque de las Ciencias, el cual cuenta con 43 cuerdas de terreno. La firma del acuerdo se..."
mar, 14 de noviembre de 2006

Will these animals have to face the same conditions for the rest of their lives? It is up to YOU to help and have your voice heard on behalf of those who cannot speak for themselves...

NOTICE:

I know that these photos and the conditions in which these animals are in are horrible, but I ask that if you leave a comment, Please do not write any threats or use vulgar language.

Also, if you don't want to write your real name, consider writing your initials or set to sign under anonymous.

Vulgar language, fake names, and threats hinder our work to help these animals.

Thank you!

To See More Pictures of the Zoo, visit this site:
Para ver más Fotos de los Animales, Vean esta Pagina:
http://www.myspace.com/pranimalhelp

These animals deserve better.
Estos animales merecen una vida mejor.

Please Sign This Petition For These Animals!

What else can you do to help?

Click here:

http://www.myspace.com/pranimalhelp

NOTICE:

I know that these photos and the conditions in which these animals are in are horrible, but I ask that if you leave a comment, Please do not write any threats or use vulgar language.

Also, if you don't want to write your real name, consider writing your initials or set to sign under anonymous.

Vulgar language, fake names, and threats hinder our work to help these animals.

Thank you!

As a child I visited el Parque de las Ciencias during school field trips. I had fond memories of a place where you could learn about space, see the stars and planets within a planetarium, and even look at animals all in one day.

About a year ago, I returned to the same park. I was very disappointed when I got to the zoological portion and saw animals within cement enclosures with barely any room to move in.

El Parque de las Ciencias is top 3 on the list of recreations within the city of Bayamon, Puerto Rico. I do commend the city of Bayamon, Puerto Rico for establishing a park where future generations can learn about the sciences. However, the conditions of the animals that are being kept are unacceptable.

Today, as a concerned animal advocate, I, along the undersigned concerned public, call upon Mayor (Alcalde) Ramon Luis Rivera:

- To investigate all the claims that have been brought about the conditions that these animals are being kept in.

-To investigate why el Parque de las Ciencias's zoological portion remains open when the park cannot obviously provide spacious enclosures like modern zoos are able to.

-To investigate why the zoological portion of the park remains open when the Parque de las Ciencias has been repeatedly described for:

It's inability unable to provide adequate food or water sources for the animals.

Its inabiliy to provide enclosures that are clean and safe for animals to live in.

Its failure to provide public barriers keeping the visitors from being able to come in contact with the animals.

Its failure to provide environment enrichment to its primates, including failure to provide proper social groups for primates.

-To investigate why park staff have been able to hand-raise a capuchin monkey within their home and failed to mention this to the USDA.

Above all, We the undersigned ask for Mayor (Alcalde) Ramon Luis Rivera:

-To work along el Parque de las Ciencias to establish appropriate and natural habitats that will allow enough space (as required by law) for each individual animal to be able to live in adequately with enough room to move and exercise. The use of bare cement slab cages and enclosures with trash and nothing but trees is unacceptable.

-To work along el Parque de las Ciencias and unaffiliated biologists to establish whether or not these animals are receiving sufficient social, mental, and physical stimulation.

-If this is not possible, we call upon Mayor Ramon Luis Rivera to order the closure of the zoological portion of the park and to send the animals to sanctuaries in their native countries or to establishments that are more suited to attend to these animals and their welfare.

For more detailed descriptions of descriptions of this "mini-zoo" by the USDA, please visit:

http://www.wildlifepimps.com/ParqueDe.html

We, the undersigned, will not visit or let our children visit the park until these issues are resolved.

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# 2,785:

2:53 am PST, Nov 1, Emily Bump, Massachusetts
As a young girl my family and I went to this "zoo" and I would leave so sad because the cages in the zoo were so small and inadequate for the animals. The animals look so miserable, it was so inhumane. One of the most painful looking animals was the tiger, his cage was very small it was as big as someones living room. I went back to the zoo as an adult and I was sad to see nothing had change but the lose of the hippopotamus.

# 2,784:

10:56 am PDT, Oct 23, Helle Collin, Denmark

# 2,783:

5:31 am PDT, Sep 27, Mariel Torres rivera, Puerto Rico

# 2,782:

5:54 pm PDT, Aug 26, Micki Sievers, Virginia

# 2,781:

11:38 am PDT, Aug 12, Name not displayed, Florida
Esto es algo muy triste y desconsolador. Como es posible que esto este sucediendo en Puerto RIco? Yo estuve ahi y lo que vemos alli es algo inaceptable. Por favor, si no pueden tener animales bien cuidados denlos a otros zoologicos o lugares que se puedan hacer cargo de ellos con amor. Los animales sienten...por favor hagan algo! No quieran ganar distincion y dinero poniendo estos animalitos a sufrir...por favor tengan compasion y cuidenlos con amor y dedication.

# 2,780:

11:26 am PDT, Aug 12, Name not displayed, Florida
This is horrible!! I feel sooo bad!...I am Puertorrican and I moved 3 years ago to the US. If there is something that I can be sure, is that PR builds good stuff but the mayor problem is that they NEVER TAKE GOOD CARE OF IT, they DONT MAINTAIN what they've built! ...And this is a good example of it! I am a graduated Biologist and this really breaks my heart! I could not even get to the end of the video...WHat can WE DO!!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

# 2,779:

7:00 am PDT, Aug 9, Vicky Kontou, Germany
It's so sad to see animals in cages. I never go to a Zoo. Please let them live in a natural environment.

# 2,778:

3:15 pm PDT, Jul 29, Ana Carolina Abreu, Brazil

# 2,777:

1:46 pm PDT, Jul 29, Laurie Brewer, Ohio

# 2,776:

12:50 pm PDT, Jul 29, Ann Cawley, Missouri

# 2,775:

5:55 pm PDT, Jul 28, Marcela Sabata, Argentina

# 2,774:

2:09 pm PDT, Jul 28, Jude Murphy, Ireland
Animals are not just objects and should be treated with as much respect as humans.

# 2,773:

10:21 am PDT, Jul 28, Sonia Trimboli, Italy

# 2,772:

5:38 am PDT, Jul 28, Karen Lyons kalmenson, New York

# 2,771:

12:26 pm PDT, Jul 26, Agnieszka Stepaniuk, Poland

# 2,770:

8:14 am PDT, Jul 24, Myrna Rodriguez, Florida
it's very sad all this situation !!!

# 2,769:

10:35 pm PDT, Jul 23, Santos Rosado Sullivan, New York
Ramon Luis Rivera Hijo Cuando Tu Padre Inauguro El Parque De Las Ciencias Sus Objetivos Primordiales Fueron Educar, Divertir Y Tratar De Rescatar Animales Exoticos De Las Manos Ne Coleccionistas y Traficantes Inlegales En Nuestra Ciudad De Bayamon y Tratar De Ayudar A otros Municipios Con El Mismo Problema. La Noche Antes De La Inauguracion, En La Fiesta Que Se Iso A Todos Los Empleados y Medios De La Prensa, Tu Papa Parecia Un Nino En La Noche De Reyes Abriendo Regalos El Personalmente Dirigio Un Pequeno Recorrido Por El Parque Y Al Final De La Inauguracion Iso Una Promeza A Todos Los Alli Presentes Humanos Pero Sobretodo A Los Animales Que Eso Era Solo El Comienso De Lo Que Seria Uno De Los Mejores Parquez De Puert Rico. Pero Q!ue Verguenza E Pasado Al Ver En Las Condiciones Que Se Encontraban Los Animales Del Parque Zolojico Esas Jaulas Se Icieron Temporalmente Y No Para Continuar Almacenando Animales Inconcientemente. Ya Es Hora Que Tu ( Sin Faltarte El Respeto Ya Que Te Conosco Desde Nino Y Vastantes Veces Hasta Te Limpie Los Mocos ) Agas Valer Las Promesas De Tu Padre El Distinguidicimo DON RAMON LUIS RIVERA Maximo Alcalde De La Ciudad De Bayamon De La Que Se Que Eres Tan O Talves Un Poquito Mas Que Yo.................Santos Rosado Sullivan ( Desde El Primer Dia Hasta El Ano 1984 Cuando Por Razones De Salud Tube Que Renunciar Del Departamento De La Vivienda )

# 2,768:

7:26 am PDT, Jul 17, Maricely Rivera, Puerto Rico
No al abuso animal!!

# 2,767:

6:19 pm PDT, Jul 13, Name not displayed, Illinois

# 2,766:

4:24 pm PDT, Jul 11, Gary Trummell, California
Please try to highten the awareness in the U.S. about the zoo and it's needs. I think that you can get alot of support in the U.S. if you can focus on awareness in the States. Thanks.

# 2,765:

10:58 am PDT, Jul 9, Louise McGrath, Ireland

# 2,764:

10:15 am PDT, Jul 5, Neyda RIOS, Massachusetts
POR FAVOR SAQUEN A ESOS ANIMALES DE AHI Y PONGANLO EN UN LUGAR ADECUADO PARA ELLOS. LOS ANIMALES SUFREN Y SIENTEN. AL ALCALDE Q. HAGA ALGO PARA AYUDARLOS DE TODO CORAZON SE LO PEDIMOS O AL GOBIERNO DE PUERTO RICO U ESTADOS UNIDOS.

# 2,763:

5:02 pm PDT, Jun 29, Natividad Rios, Massachusetts

# 2,762:

3:05 pm PDT, Jun 27, Name not displayed, Colorado

# 2,761:

2:30 pm PDT, Jun 13, Ebeleen Colon, New York
Estimado Alcalde, Es de suma importancia y urgencia que usted como oficial elegido empieze el proceso de humanizar las condiciones de dichos animales los cuales se encuentren en su zologico. Entiendo que los tiempos estan dificiles pero los animales no tienen culpa. Ademas el zologico puede ser una fuente de ingreso economico para la region en que se encuentra. Esto es si las condiciones de viviendas de los anmimales mejoran, muchos mas turistas internos y del externo visitarian el zologico. Confio que usted haga todo lo posible para mejorar la vida de estos animales. Muchas Gracias Ebeleen Colon

# 2,760:

9:50 pm PDT, Jun 10, Name not displayed, Puerto Rico

# 2,759:

12:58 pm PDT, Jun 9, Anja Sankovic, Slovenia

# 2,758:

6:36 am PDT, May 31, Catherine Andino Santiago, Puerto Rico

# 2,757:

1:22 am PDT, May 25, Katrin Finsterbusch, Germany

# 2,756:

11:01 am PDT, May 19, Gloria Mendoza, Puerto Rico
Si los van a encerrar, al menos tengan condiciones favorables y aptas para ellos

# 2,755:

7:37 am PDT, May 19, Frances Lo� Fuentes, Puerto Rico
Estos animales no son para nuestro disfrute, son animales que por derecho natural merecen ser libres o cuanto menos ser tratados dignamente.

# 2,754:

7:28 am PDT, May 10, Carolina Martinez, Spain

# 2,753:

6:03 am PDT, May 7, Luis Morales, Puerto Rico

# 2,752:

9:05 pm PDT, Apr 26, Name not displayed, Texas
I Believe that the mayor should do something about this is sad the fact that this animals have to live like this. and building a hotel is not going to help. come on think about it.

# 2,751:

6:10 pm PDT, Apr 15, Michelle Santin, Florida

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