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Saturday January 14, 2006 - The Star

 

Zoo Negara sending out the wrong message

 

WITHOUT zoos, no one would know about wild animals from the forests of

their own country, and from continents far, far away.

 

More importantly, zoos impart strong conservation messages – people

see the animals, they learn about them from the educational events and

materials.

 

Why then is Zoo Negara staging circus-like snake shows for the public?

 

Why does this zoo, Malaysia's National Zoo, have a snake show that has

the showman telling people if they have snakes come into their homes,

to hit it on the head hard, and then throw the snake out on to the

road so cars will run over them.

 

Why does Zoo Negara, claiming to be a centre for conservation and

education excellence, invite these snake performers, who do nothing

for conservation, but instead, openly abuse the snakes?

 

O. HANNAH,

Petaling Jaya.