Guest guest Posted April 19, 2004 Report Share Posted April 19, 2004 Oh goodie. Pretoria Zoo's director is now going to champion gorilla conservation, using the 4 gorillas smuggled from Nigeria to Malaysia VIA SOUTH AFRICA as his tool. I can rest easy now.... NOT. I'd like an accounting of how much Pretoria has spent on gorilla conservation insitu to-date ... My hunch is NOTHING. And besides making these new babies have babies (increasing zoo revenues), what is Pretoria planning to do to help gorilla conservation insitu? Maybe share the increased gate revenues when folk come to see the new gorillas, with sanctuaries in Cameroon, the gorillas' real home? Oh, I forgot - according to WAZA's director, gorillas don't increase zoo revenues ... ?? .... So I guess Cameroon and its wildlife once again lose out ... The hypocrisy of some types in zoo world is appalling. Jane Dewar - " Shirley McGreal " <smcgreal <primfocus Monday, April 19, 2004 9:37 AM primfocus: Pretoria Zoo's press release > There is no more talk of DNA testing, eventual return of the gorillas to a > rescue center in Cameroon, or anything like that, Shirley > > PRESS RELEASE > > The Director of the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa (NZG), Mr > Willie Labuschagne, today announced the arrival of the four juvenile > gorillas from Malaysia. > > The four gorillas were illegally transported from Nigeria to Malaysia > almost two years ago. They were confiscated on arrival at Kuala Lumpur. > [THIS IS FALSE] > > Following their confiscation, the NZG submitted an application to provide > permanent accommodation for these gorillas. > > The Government of Malaysia considered the application favourably and made > the gorillas available to the NZG to act as custodians for these four infants. > > The gorillas will undergo a quarantine period of six weeks and will then be > moved to their refurbished enclosure. > > Labuschagne said that hundreds of gorillas are killed every year and if > this continues, the last remaining gorilla in the wild will be killed in > ten years from now. > > It has been agreed that the gorillas would partake in an international > breeding programme in an attempt to secure the future of this highly > endangered species. > > The NZG will soon embark on a major awareness campaign to make people aware > of the plight of this species and the need to protect them from total > destruction. [iT COULD HAVE BEEN DOING THIS ALREADY AS IT HAD FIRST A GROUP > OF GORILLAS THEN ONE LONE GORILLA FOR YEARS] > > > For further information, please contact: > Mr Willie Labuschagne on 082 901 0003 (cell) or 012-328 3265 (Zoo) > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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