According to a report filed by PETA, the Buffalo Zoo is becoming the Auschwitz concentration camp of zoos. Three polar bears have died in the last 16 months including, Danny, Kelly, and Becky. Here are pieces of the article to try and help explain their deaths according to the PETA report,
DANNY -
“In the first case, a bear named Danny was found in summer 2006 by keepers to be suffering from low weight and extensive fly bites to his ears.
In August 2006, veterinarians anesthetized Danny so that he could be treated for his ailments, according to the report.
A zookeeper who had been monitoring Danny while he was still immobilized left his holding area for two hours and, upon returning, found the bear dead in an empty pool. “
Kelly -
Several polar bears at the zoo ate garbage left in their exhibit, according to the report, which stated that zookeepers should do a better job of keeping out foreign objects.
A necropsy performed on a polar bear named Kelly that died in November 2006 showed that the bear had a number of stones and a plastic toy in her stomach.
Becky -
A third bear, Becky, underwent surgery this past February for an internal obstruction.
The surgery found plastic rims in her stomach, and Becky had previously gotten her mouth locked shut by pieces of garbage, the report found. Becky died a day after the February surgery.
The three polar bear deaths “did raise some suspicion. It is something that we’re following up on,” said Jessica Milteer, an Agriculture Department spokeswoman.
I cannot believe that I wrote a commercial for these sick, inhumane people who are killing polar bears. Oh, but at least the elephant house will look nice.
