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I thought the painted donkeys looked pretty good.
Posted on 01/26/2012 5:34:16 AM PST by SJackson
"Miracle" for children in Gaza Strip, open air cage
ANSAmed) - GAZA, JANUARY 25 - The children of the Gaza Strip will have to wait to see elephants, rhinoceroses and giraffes. For some time, though, they have again been able to admire exotic animals, reptiles, birds and even ferocious beasts, which, to their delight, have been stolen by daring smugglers and carried through the tunnels dug under the border with the Egyptian Sinai. Set up within a spacious amusement park built on the ruins of a Jewish settlement, the Khan Yunis zoo, in the south of the Gaza Strip, gives the children from this Hamas-controlled slice of the Palestinian territories, for years sealed off almost from all sides by Israel and Egypt, the chance to see close up a selection of animals that they had previously seen only on television. The collection also features a crocodile, a tiger, a hyena, a few monkeys, gazelles, a peacock and some pelicans. The underground transit operations to bring them across were very delicate. The animals were anaesthetised before their crossing, and as a result watched closely watch once they awoke on the Palestinian side of the border.
Given the complexity of the logistics, and the size of the tunnels, the arrival of the pachyderms will have to wait. The opening of the zoo, which has been announced proudly in recent days by media outlets close to Hamas, has already given local families reason to smile, as they search for attractions for their young ones after the regret of seeing another zoo in nearby Rafah close down a few years ago. Its premature end, locals say, was the result of both carelessness by those who ran it and Rafah's proximity to the smuggling tunnels. At the time, the tunnels were frequently attacked by Israeli aviation, with bombs throwing the animals into a state of terror. Many in the Gaza Strip scornfully recall the scam three years ago by the then semi-abandoned zoo in Gaza. With the zoo's last two zebras having starved to death, its officials had black and white stripes painted onto a local donkey. There will no longer be any need for such knavery in Khan Yunis. The tiger immortalised in a local newspaper with gnashing teeth seems anything but fake and, with her at least, it would appear a good idea to maintain a safe distance.(ANSAmed).
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I thought the painted donkeys looked pretty good.
One can only imagine the treatment those poor animals receive....give the overall love of palestinians for pets and children.
Isn’t anyone concerned about what else has passed through those tunnels?
“The tiger immortalised in a local newspaper with gnashing teeth seems anything but fake and, with her at least, it would appear a good idea to maintain a safe distance”
Until it also starves to death because palis aren’t exactly known for taking care of things.
God, those poor animals.
Exactly, and after all the hand-wringing by lefty activists that the muslims are starving because of sanctions. If they can manage and afford to bring these animals in, they can also bring food, but NEVERmind...
Why not just bring it in openly? There are no prohibitions on zoo animals in the blockade.
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