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Wakko
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Kivu is an 18 year old lion who was kept under terrible conditions in Costa Rica's only zoo, Simon Bolivar. Since the end of the 90's, he had only known one home, a 70 square meter area that he used to share with his companion, lioness Kariba.
He was born in captivity at La Habana Zoo in Cuba. The zoo donated the cub and his partner Kariba to the Simon Bolivar Zoo in 1999. Kariba died of cancer in 2011. Kivu’s conditions at the zoo were criticized for years, with a crescendo of opposition to his confinement last year when he was visibly ill. Two months ago, he was moved to his new home in the Zoo Ave facilities in La Garita, Alajuela.

His new home is just another form of Hell. Now, Kivu’s new home is a 300-square-meter (some 3,300 square feet) area away from visitors surrounded by chopped trees and metal fences covered with privacy screens. After only two months, Kivu is visibly depressed since he can only stare at fences all day long and now he is not eating at all, he is only drinking water. All his life, he has seen people and that did not affect his health! Now, he can only stare at fences 24/7!! He has NO COMPANY!

On February 14th the Ministry of the Environment (MINAE), SENASA and ZooAve have decided a easy way out of the problem: to euthanize this poor lion within days without giving it a more humane solution. I am not an wildlife expert, but this lion is sick of being isolated!!!! Kivu needs to have therapeutic visual access to the public, it needs to be fed the same meals he was used to!

He has suffered enough! Please sign this petition to stop this cruel solution!!! Kivu's days are counted! Let's give Kivu another chance of living!!! Let's open his prison cell!!! Your signature can make a positive chance in Costa Rica's animal welfare! Thank You All! Blessings!! Please SHARE!!!!


http://www.thepetitionsite.com/es/takeaction/109/229/381/

16-Feb-2017 23:33:56 - Last edited on 16-Feb-2017 23:39:45 by Wakko

Wakko
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Wakko

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The above is something that my young sister is promoting to save the lion.
If you all can help signing the petition would be highly appreciated.

Thank you in advance if you do.

16-Feb-2017 23:48:02 - Last edited on 16-Feb-2017 23:48:29 by Wakko

Loki
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Signed. Big support. I hope that they can release the lion into the wild, or at least send to another zoo that can give it far better protection.

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17-Feb-2017 01:20:20

snowboard
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snowboard

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An animal is not a human.
Since you are no expert you can not say it's visibly depressed or that it's sick of being isolated. Maybe you would get depressed from staring at fences but you have no clue what's going on with this lion. He might be sick, he might be lonely (for other lions, no screaming babies), he might miss his old place, or he might miss the people, although I don't even know if lions are able to feel that way. Before making all kinds of assumptions and petitions maybe let expert handle the case. And if it's got to be put down, it's got to be put down. It happens, life is not story book. The most wrong I can see with this situation is how he ended up in a shit zoo in a 70m^2 place.

Also I think it's rather silly that people go absolutely apeshit over animals that look cute and don't give a damn about other animals being abused, or humans, for that matter.

17-Feb-2017 14:08:19

Weyburns
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"In 2013 when the health of the lion was evidently deteriorated controversy raised again; the Ministry of Environment (MINAE) and the Ministry of Agriculture (MAG) of Costa Rica requested to FUNDAZOO the entity that manages the Simon Bolivar Zoo to move the lion to a different park, initially the plan was to move him to the Santa Ana Conservation Center. However, this never happened, instead, legal resources were presented with arguments of the veterinarians and administration members of the Simon Bolivar Zoo that
claimed that moving the lion who had lived in this same place for 18 years was risky
, they also included evidence that Kivu had recovered, was in good health conditions, and was receiving constant attention from veterinarians and nutritionists." Original message details are unavailable.


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Kivu spent three days in a contention area under observation and is not getting familiar with his new surroundings, bigger space, a cave, and away from the curiosity of the public.
Experts hope this will improve the quality of his life."

sounds like moving was a bad idea, but

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"equested an additional 25 months to build a new enclosure within the Simon Bolivar or in the Santa Ana Conservation Center, with the argument that they needed that time to raise the necessary funds, estimated in $500 thousand USD"

"his new home, a 300-square meter area that took Zoo Ave only 3 weeks to build and had an approximate cost of $12,500.00 USD."

just turn him into a lion steak and save the tax payers $500k.
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17-Feb-2017 15:53:00 - Last edited on 17-Feb-2017 15:53:39 by Weyburns

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