Alfredo Lim says Manila Zoo will stay in city
07/19/2011Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim declared yesterday that the Manila Zoo will stay and after making an assurance that all efforts are being exerted by the administrators and staff under Engineer Deng Manimbo to exert more efforts in upgrading the caring program of the animals housed inside the zoo.
Lim took exception to the calls of an organization for animal’s rights to shut down the zoo, with a demand for the animals there to be released in the wild.
According to him, the animals there are all domesticated and have adjusted fully to their present home and that bringing them to the wild would be greatly difficult for them.
“Magiging strangers in paradise lang sila dun dahil sanay na silang may nagpapakain sa kanila at nag-aalaga. Hindi biro ang pinakakain sa mga `yan,” Lim said..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/metro/20110719met4.html
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