(MY) FW: Menara Kuala Lumpur Tower Animal Zone

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Emily

Monday, August 31, 2009 1:57 AM

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Menara Kuala Lumpur Tower Animal Zone

 

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Hello,

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I have visited the Menara Kuala Lumpur Tower today and would like to bring

the 'Animal Zone' attraction they have on the site to your urgent attention.

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When purchasing the RM38 admission ticket to visit the observation deck�you

are also given tickets for 3 free attractions at Menara tower, one of which

is the Animal Zone.

I would like to bring to your attention the conditions in which the exhibit

animals are kept, I hope you will be as appalled as I was today to see it.

The attraction houses a variety of snakes, spiders, turtles and�birds, along

with many species of mammals.

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When�walking through the doors you will first see the array of snakes, most

of which are kept in reasonably good conditions in tanks with infra-red

lamps,�some water�and some foliage. The only concern in this department was

the larger snakes (including 2 large reticulated pythons), which are kept in

larger cages with heat lamps but nothing else - Only the concrete floor.

There has been no effort made to provide an artificial environment for these

animals at all. This is a recurring problem.

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It�is when you have passed these�displays that the true nature of the

'animal zone' becomes apparent,�when you�reach the mammal section. There are

displays of Possums, Raccoons, Spider Monkeys, Albino Macaques, Fennec Fox,

Red Fox, Marmosets and several others - All of which are in cages which

are�not suitable�for their needs.

All of these animals are in small cages immediately next to each other in a

small corner of the building (this is not a large building). All of these

tiny enclosures have just a few branches of wood within them for the animals

to climb on and�dog bowls filled with water, that is all. These are clearly

all very different animals from different parts of the world, with

individual needs specific to their species.

Only the foxes are outside, in 2 small pens bordering on to a pen of

chickens! The pens in which�these foxes are captive hold only dog bowls

filled with water and a dog cage each for sleeping in, nothing else, not

even an attempt has been made to build a suitable environment for these

animals.

The worst scene within the building were the Albino Macaques, like with

every other species on display their cage is simply too small. The word

'cage', rather than 'enclosure' is definitely the correct word to use.

Simply a wire cage with a dirt floor, a few branches of wood, and some water

- No attempt has been made to create any home for them, not even a thought

for an environment where they might feel at home. The 2 displayed are a

mother and baby (the baby does not look to be albino like its mother), this

is a terrible�situation for them, along with the rest of the animals.

Even the chickens on display are in bad shape, they can be seen to peck at

each other's tail feathers.

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It is clear that no effort or expense has been put into this 'attraction'

and it is the animals who are suffering because of this. Each person

entering the tower pays at least RM38, most pay more by purchasing food and

souvenirs. I'm sure some of this money could be used to improve the lives of

the animals in. The company should be ashamed.

The animals�looked absolutely miserable and helpless when I visited. I tried

several times to speak to staff members, both at the animal zone and the

tower admissions desk, none of them wanted to give me contact details or a

name of who I could speak to about the conditions the animals were being

kept in.

I urge you to investigate and see this for yourselves, I'm sure the

attraction could continue but big changes must be made for the sake of these

animals.

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Yours sincerely,

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Emily

Northampton, England

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