- Signatures: 653
- Goal: 250,000
- Deadline: 8-3-2006
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This zoo is very cruel to their animals. Despite their website's luring words towards it's site it is disgusting. It doesn't even have half of the animals it says it does on the site!
| Number | Date | Prefix | Name | Explain why animals shouldn't be treated this way? | Explain to the zoo how outragous their behavior is? | Should this behavior be allowed to continue? | Picture | Report |
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| 656 | 7:24 am PST, Dec 27 | Mrs. | Filomena Pereira | the animals have rights | the worst that exist | no never |  |
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| 654 | 2:22 pm PST, Nov 7 | Ms. | Pamela Liang | We all share this land.why would you treat our ancestors so poorly? | Zoos are put in place to care and protect animals not hurt them! | no. | |
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| 653 | 8:41 pm PDT, Sep 4 | Ms. | Laurel Watson | They have rights. | These animals should be in the wild not in a zoo. | No |  |
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| 652 | 6:05 pm PDT, Aug 23 | Anonymous | . | . | . | |
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| 651 | 2:15 pm PDT, Jul 20 | greta malkotzoglou | animals need love and care! | if the zoo must understand what is doing let's threat with the same behavior to them selves. | no! | |
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| 650 | 8:26 pm PDT, Apr 27 | Tamiko Murai | It is cruel and inhumane! | Unacceptable! | NO! | |
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| 649 | 6:18 am PDT, Mar 26 | Susan Mann's | animals are not leather and fur they are hearts that beat, they are joy to one another, they are nurturers, they are on this earth with us they deserve to have respect for what they are not tortured and mistreated for what you think they are | I believe the zoo really already does know how outragous their behavior is.they choose to treat animals like this for their own pathetic logic | absolutely not. They need to go to a school where they get a degree in true animal compassion then they might just get it | |
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| 648 | 12:23 pm PDT, Mar 19 | Ms. | Ginger Geronimo | Animals are living beings with feelings just like humans. | Cruelity is outragous period!!!! | Of course it shouldn't be allowed to continue. |  |
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| 647 | 8:27 am PST, Feb 20 | Dayna Kent | Animals are just like people but different bodies and I would not treat another human like this why would I treat an animal like this | This is outragous | No Please stop the abuse |  |
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| 646 | 1:00 pm PST, Feb 16 | Anton Oscar Iorga | They deserve the same rights as all beings | Would you like to be caged, forcefed processed man-made materials, and exhibited to strange beings who enjoyed watching this? | Never. The only places where they should be allowed to be peacefully observed should be natural reserves and parks. | |
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| 645 | 8:48 am PST, Jan 30 | Rose Bellamy | Because they have all the feelings humans have..pain, fear, sorrow..etc Animals cannot stand up for themselves, humans are causing suffering and torture to those who cannot fight back.. an absolute bloody disgrace. | your behaviour is absolutely barbaric... | absolutely not | |
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| 644 | 7:02 pm PST, Jan 29 | Ms. | Anonymous | because it is cruel and unatural | why should these innocent animal be held in captivity? if the animals can't be in the wild because of theie health that is one thing but the other thing is taking from their natural habitats and behaviors for human entertainment! | NO | |
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| 643 | 7:50 pm PST, Jan 21 | Anonymous | Animals are creatures with feelings. they did nothing to deserve bad tretment. | you shouldn't be allowed to keep an animal if its not treated right. | Hell to the no. BE NICE TO THE ANIMALS! | |
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| 642 | 7:50 pm PST, Jan 21 | Anonymous | Animals are creatures with feelings. they did nothing to deserve bad tretment. | you shouldn't be allowed to keep an animal if its not treated right. | Hell to the no. BE NICE TO THE ANIMALS! | |
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| 641 | 1:59 am PST, Jan 21 | Furedi Annamaria | when the animals are taken out of their natural habitat, the least is to keep them in proper conditions! owners are responsible for their animals well-being! | if they can't take care of living creatures, why didnt they open a museum or a gallery?? | this must be stopped! | |
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| 640 | 11:53 am PST, Jan 2 | Ms. | lisa white | these animals are put in cages and have no choices to get out of the sun or feed themselves | this is a cruel and torturous way to house an animal | absolutely not! no way! |  |
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| 639 | 12:05 pm PST, Nov 27 | Ms. | Brittany Murphy | Because it's WRONG!!!! Nothing deserves to be put in a cage for our entertainment. | People throwing food at the animals, pulling on them and jerking them over just to pet them, and the noise of the on-lookers must scare the poor animals to death. | No because it is harmful to animals but also to humans. Peolpe who go to petting zoo's may get some type of diease or bacteria. | |
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| 638 | 4:22 pm PDT, Nov 2 | Deanna Faubert | No animal deserves abuse and neglect. | Its atroushish how you could hold your heads up and say your a caretaker for this zoo. | No....Shut down now.... |  |
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| 637 | 1:00 pm PDT, Sep 3 | kyna crain | Becausethere is no reason for it. | Anyone whowould treat an animal of any kind in such horrible ways deserves to be punished beyond the full extent of the law. | No. Never. Not under any circumstances. | |
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| 636 | 12:49 pm PDT, Sep 1 | Ms. | hazel seymour | All animals belong free not in a zoo or in a tank. | this needs to stop | no no no... | |
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| 635 | 10:02 am PDT, Aug 30 | THE Phoenix | It is ORDERED that the ANIMALS don't suffer for ineptness of a few. Anything less will result in personal hardship and devastation to those responsible and involved in a decision otherwise. DO WHAT'S RIGHT by the ANIMALS, if for no other reason...to save your own skin. Because EYE believe that, at best, you will laugh this off: sanctions, personal hardships and devastation will be given to you and yours in cataclysmic proportions for noncompliance. The same compassion will be shown to you and yours, as you have FREELY CHOSEN to show the ANIMALS. Before I am done with you, you will know ME! From: THE Phoenix (with PROMISES)...666 | SUBHUMAN TRASH JUST WAITING FOR ME TO PICK THEM PICK. | THIS BEHAVIOR WON'T BE CONTINUED. |  |
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| 634 | 2:31 am PDT, Aug 18 | patricia osborne | because all living creature's have the right to be treated with love and respect | it is very sad to know that zoo's any where would do such a thing to their animal's it's wrong and cruel and they deserve so much better ! please stop ! | of course not ! no abuse against a living thing should be allowed in any way shape or form ever ! | |
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| 633 | 10:43 am PDT, Aug 6 | Ms. | Kaitlin Hoffman | they need company and stimulant | you are teaching children its ok to confine animals in small areas and treat them like things on display | No. | |
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| 632 | 4:46 pm PDT, Aug 5 | Carolelorraine Sipos | No one should profit from animal expoloitation! | They are outdated and cruel. | tthey should be shut down. |  |
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| 631 | 3:49 pm PDT, Aug 5 | Melanie Leighton | Because we are supposed to be the superior race, therefore, supposed to know and act human(e)! | Your behaviour and disrespect is more than disgraceful and abhorent | No. Never. | |
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| 630 | 10:44 pm PDT, Jul 9 | elle thomas | This is Abuse of Animals for Profit ! | This is Abuse of Animals for Profit ! Shut this place down ! | NO | |
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| 629 | 2:17 pm PDT, Jul 2 | Ann Cawley | Because they are living,breathing animals...more human then we are appently!!! | because it's creulity on the highest level | No,no,and NO | |
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| 628 | 6:29 pm PDT, Jun 11 | Ms. | Linda Bescript | Elephants don't ask to be held in captivity. It's abuse. | You're abusers | NO | |
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| 627 | 6:53 pm PDT, May 31 | Dr. | Leila Merosands | There is no greater measure of, or influence on, the well being of any society than its treatment of animals. The immorality and indecency here is obvious and extremely offensive to anyone with normal mental health. | This is extraordinarily shocking for a modernized nation; we are shamefully, and remarkably, behind in this world in regard to moral and humane behavior. We are also, as a people, becoming increasingly aware of this fact, and of corruption in the zoo industry in particular. | Under no circumstances, obviously. | |
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| 626 | 12:56 pm PDT, May 24 | Camila Gerardo | Animal intelligence is similar to human babies' intelligence or handicaps' intelligence, so if you can't do that to a baby or a handicap person why can you do it to animals ? | Men have always abuse of the less stronger beings. You take other beings lives because they are less intelligent than you and because they don't speak your language to defend themselves. | It should never have exist | |
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| 625 | 6:00 pm PDT, May 20 | Marcy Morgan | It's common sense? Why would you WANT to treat them poorly?? | It's unacceptable! | Absolutely not |  |
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| 624 | 11:48 am PDT, May 12 | Tiffany Ayala | They have feelings too. | Very. | No. |  |
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| 623 | 8:27 am PDT, May 4 | Ms. | Katie Long | Animals should not be treated this way because they are innocent animals just trying to live there lives just like you and me, they are not born to be an exibit for human interests. What if we stuck you in a cage so that people could get some entertainment and look at you. Its not right. | THe zoo traps innocent animals in little spaces for your pleasure. Imagine how big their natural habitat is. they are probally going crazy in the zoo. To train the animals the zoo keepers have to bet them to teach them right from wrong. they wouldnt have to do that if you wouuld of just left them in there natural surroundings. | no it DEFINTALLY should not be able to countinue. |  |
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| 622 | 7:45 am PDT, Apr 19 | A. Bowden | It is immoral and cruel. | This is a betrayal of the animals you should be caring for. | NO | |
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| 621 | 2:47 am PDT, Apr 19 | Ms. | sonja castagna | stessi diritti anche ai nostri amici!! | inaccettabile | deve finire |  |
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| 620 | 4:12 pm PDT, Apr 14 | Ms. | Anonymous | BECAUSE! | really outrageous | no way, jose! hahaha | |
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| 619 | 1:38 pm PDT, Apr 9 | Joseline Gomez | because is just no right | Just like you and me, when you hurt them they cry, when you stab them they bleed and when you ignore them they are lonely. Animals have their rights too. Because they can't speak, WE ARE FIGHTING FOR THEM!!! | no | |
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| 618 | 10:26 am PDT, Mar 31 | Chris Kuhar | Animals do not deserve thistype of treatment | Again,...animals do not deserve this type of treatment | No! | |
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| 617 | 2:37 pm PDT, Mar 25 | BobbyKat LittleCub | Would you like to be treated this way? | Again - Would you like to be treated this way? | No |  |
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| 616 | 1:05 pm PDT, Mar 25 | Sara Marksberry | It's cruel, and they deserve better. | No one desires to attend a zoo that abuses the animals they have in captivity. | Absolutely not! | |
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| 615 | 1:53 pm PST, Mar 7 | Anastasiya Chaban | Its just not right | Very Stupid | No. It should have never begun. | |
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| 614 | 6:34 pm PST, Mar 6 | Ica A | -because its wrong, and their innocent | its plain hypocritical | nope. it should be stopped dead in its tracks | |
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| 612 | 3:15 pm PST, Mar 6 | Aiz T | Would you want to be treated this way? | This way too cruel. | Definately not. | |
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| 611 | 1:49 pm PST, Feb 27 | Ms. | Elizabeth Boggan | animals can not speak for themselves therefore we should treat as if they were human being! them deserve humane treatment and not be put in a room with plastic plants to be stared at all day! | there is no possible way that a zoo can sucessfully create the natural habitat! would you like to be taken out of your home and put in a room that resembles your house? | no! |  |
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| 610 | 10:25 am PST, Feb 27 | Mrs. | Lene Hansen | it is so cruel. STOP it | cruel !! | NO never | |
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| 609 | 1:01 pm PST, Feb 13 | Cheri Harpold | It is cruel to the animals. | It is terribly outrageous. | No. | |
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| 608 | 6:41 am PST, Feb 9 | Collin Smith | animals should not be in a zoo!!! it is wrong and stupid! would you want to be put in a zoo? would you want people to throw things at you! | some pepople are crazy and will do crazy things to animals | no! | |
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| 607 | 2:51 pm PST, Feb 5 | Ms. | Catherine Anne Marie Galvin | No animal desreves to be treated cruely or inhumanely. Why would we treat an animal that way? Animals can feel pain, they can get sick and die...they can suffer. Why would we allow an animal to suffer by human hands when their pain and suffering is unnecessary. My qustion is who are relly the animals? | They should be shut down and those responsible prosecuted | Absolutely NOT | |
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| 606 | 6:22 pm PST, Feb 4 | Michelle Rice | It is unnatural and cruel. | The space and condition you have given to your animals is worse than in the wild. | Absolutely not. | |
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| 605 | 8:38 pm PST, Feb 1 | Denise H. Glass | No animal should suffer for the pleasure of humans. | Please stop this!! | NO!! | |
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| 604 | 3:08 pm PST, Feb 1 | Mr. | Earl Lane | http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/4627/ | Utterly digusting and ridiculous. No zoo should behave in this manner. | They should be closed down. |  |
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| 603 | 7:51 am PST, Jan 28 | Ms. | fatema jaffer | they shouldnt be treated this way cuz they have feeelings just like us humans and it is very unjust | i think their behavior is rude and they only do this for money and dont care about the animals | no this behavior should not be continued | |
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| 602 | 6:47 am PST, Jan 26 | Ms. | nia ellis | they should not be treated like this if they could speak what would come of out their mouth i do wonder ? | there behaviour is apalling they should learn some manners they only earn money for themselves maybe they should consider using it on the rare animals they look after ! | no it shouldnt its not right | |
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| 601 | 7:36 am PST, Jan 19 | Ms. | Diana Ramos | They are living creatures....no one has the right to hurts them. | CRUEL!!!! | NEVER EVER | |
Cruelty to Animals!
Natural Bridge, Virginia. Natural Bridge zoo. They're cruel to their
animals. When I was there on vacation a bit ago it was horrid! As an
animal lover I came to visit the zoo for obvious reasons, it's a
favorite past time of mine to go and watch a few animals bounce around and
have fun and play with each other. The cruelty can only be outlined
slowly.
-The bears were kept in really small cages, with 2 to a cage it was
definitely cramped.
-The tigers were the same way, really small cages with 2 of them in
there.
-Anybody could see the animals were hungry, they had to reach really
far out of their cage to reach grasses really far out, there wasn't any
grass in most of the cages and definitely no shade for them.
-The baby bears were really young, there were only two and they were
kept in a really teeny small cage that was really cramped and it looked
like it had barely, or none whatsoever, breathing holes for them.
-Baby rabbits were kept out in a metal barrel in sunshine
-The whole place was just swarming with bees! Definitely unsafe for
humans and other animals alike!
-The crocodile was kept in a 10 ft by 10 ft place that was filled with
a 8 ft by 8 ft pool that was so shallow it has to lay on its belly
completely before it is even submerged in the water.
-The elephant pit was a corral big enough for one horse to run in, it
had no shade, was completely in the sun, no water and definitely no
grass or trees in it's location.
-The petting zoo wasn't even a petting area, it was donkeys and llama's
(some babies) that were allowed to wander around the area with no
restrictions to where they could go. it didn't look like there was any
watering place for them to get something to drink and the grass was, as
mentioned before, basically gone.
These are disgusting conditions for -any- animal to have to live
through, no animal deserves to live in these conditions. Please, if you can
find it in your hearts to find time for these animals please help them,
nobody, nothing, not even an ant, deserves to be treated so harshly
that it has barely living conditions.
Please help the animals!
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