(JORDAN) Stop circus abuse - help save lions and tigers

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Dear friends on AAPN,

 

Imagine - over ten days in a cage with no food or water!

 

I just received this from Animals Lebanon. I am passing it on so that we all

know that we are not alone and there are wonderful

people everywhere who are working for our common cause and that we have a

local ally working in Jordan.

 

I had the privilege of being in Jordan recently to help the Princess Alia

Foundation stop the poisoning and shooting of dogs

and replace it with an aggressive vaccinate and spay programme. For the

first time in decades of animal work, I came out of

meetings with Ministers and Mayors and senior Government officers with a

sense of optimism.

 

The Princess Alia Foundation (PAF), started by HRH Princess Alia and managed

by HH Princess Sarrah Ghazi Nasser

earlier this year, already have MOUs with six Ministries / Departments of

the Government, including Education and Health.

With the emphasis the Jordanian Government is placing on education, I am

confident that this ancient and holy land which

witnessed the birth of agriculture thousands of years ago, will lead the

region in animal welfare in the next few years.

 

Amman has been declared the cultural capital of Islam for 2016 and the Mayor

is determined to use this reason to stop the

cruelty to street dogs currently being practiced, especially since Jordan is

quite dependent on tourism and visitors are

complaining of the cruelty they see.

 

With the enlightened outlook of the Minister for Agriculture, the

down-to-earth approach of the Mayor and the committment

and dedication of the Princess Alia Foundation with the support of the rest

of the Royal family, the coming years should

see a major change for the better for the animals.

 

S. Chinny Krishna

Chennai, India

 

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We woke up Christmas morning with an email alerting us to a shipment of lions

and tigers that was on the Egyptian/Jordanian border and it was headed to

Lebanon.

 

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This shipment of six lions and three tigers is part of a circus that was coming

here to perform for six months, and advertisements were put up throughout

Beirut.

The circus was supposed to start on 23 December, but it had been delayed

repeatedly as the animals still had not arrived.

 

The Princess Alia Foundation went to the Aqaba border crossing with the

Greater Amman Municipality on 25 December after being notified that the

animals had been stuck on the border for days.

 

According to the report from the Princess Alia Foundation the shipment left

its point of origin in Egypt on 21 December, and the Egyptian crew

accompanying the shipment said the animals had been put in the crates

approximately ten days before.

 

The shipment was delayed for two days on the border as the Egyptian crew did not

have the proper paperwork to show they could continue the journey to Syria. The

crew admitted that they had not provided food or water since they left their

point of origin in Egypt as the owner of the animals did not provide them with

money to purchase it.

 

Food and water were purchased by the Princess Alia Foundation and the

officials from the Greater Amman Municipality after it became clear that the

animals had not been fed or watered for at least two days. They then

escorted the shipment to the Syria border, and the animals finally left Jordan

at 13:20 on 26 December and headed into Syria.

 

We raced to the circus grounds to document the animals as quickly as

possible and check on their health, but found that the animals had still not

arrived.

 

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" The hands that help are holier than the lips that pray "