An activist announcedthat tourists had pledged to highlight the appalling conditions at SurabayaCity Zoo following the death of a lion named Michael
n activist announcedthat tourists had pledged to highlight the appalling conditions at SurabayaCity Zoo following the death of a lion named Michael.
The lion was found strangled by the wire of its own cage on Tuesday morning.
'This is a very serious matter. We have been receiving calls from American and Australian tourists, telling us that they are going to highlight the issue in their respective countries. Furthermore, they will also encourage people to boycott Surabaya and East Java,' Rosek Nursahid, director of Pro Fauna Indonesia, on Wednesday.
Therefore, he went on, the Surabaya administration should intervene to ensure such a tragedy is not repeated. He said the dead animals were the result of a long yet tiring internal conflict within the zoo management.
The lion's death adds the lengthy list of animals found dead at the zoo. Since the middle of last year, at least eight animals had been found. A police investigation is ongoing.
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