点评:I have visited Park Tsimbazaza many times over the past decade, for various purposes and I have always been left saddened. Animal welfare standards are not met, despite the caption of this attraction. During my last visit (Sept, 2023), it was clear that it the zoo has fallen into a state of complete disrepair. For a country whose biodiversity and incredible natural heritage is its main attraction - this truly is a national disgrace. The only animals left alive (in appalling conditions) are those that are capable of suffering long-term… e.g., a few giant tortoises, crocodiles and the odd camel (actually most have now died, and only 1 is left). The lemurs mostly all perished last year from a respiratory virus, likely passed by humans since the staff poorly paid often attempt to gain extra money from tourists by allowing them to entry their enclosures and stroke and pose with the lemurs on their shoulders. Perhaps the saddest thing about the whole zoo though, is the pair of Critically Endangered fish eagles that have spent at least the past decade in a tiny cage, unable to fly and being teased by children. I could not bring myself to photograph them. There is a tiny glasshouse with a single flying fox, again so space restricted it cannot fly. The Fosa are all dead (probably a mercy). To call this is a zoo is shocking. The museum, the nocturnal lemur house and the amphibian house have been shut for years (animals all dead). The place is filthy. The green ponds are full of rubbish and dead fish.
If the zoo was to be directed by anyone with even a scintilla of animal husbandry experience, or the slightest conservation oriented mindset, this could be an excellent national asset which could likely attract great international support and funding and potentially even serve as a proper zoo. Instead, it’s unfit to house animals and functions solely as a picnic site and a place to recoup an income for its politically installed head. Where is the outrage amongst the generations of graduate biologists and environmentalists? A very sad place indeed. Perhaps the only positive, the peacocks appear to be thriving.
翻译:在过去的十年里,我出于各种目的多次参观钦巴扎扎公园,但我总是感到悲伤。尽管有此景点的标题,但仍不符合动物福利标准。在我上次访问期间(2023 年 9 月),很明显动物园已陷入完全失修的状态。对于一个以生物多样性和令人难以置信的自然遗产为主要吸引力的国家来说,这确实是一个国家的耻辱。唯一幸存的动物(在可怕的条件下)是那些能够长期忍受痛苦的动物……例如,一些巨型乌龟、鳄鱼和奇怪的骆驼(实际上大多数现在已经死亡,只剩下一只)。去年,狐猴大多死于呼吸道病毒,这种病毒很可能是由人类传播的,因为工作人员工资微薄,经常试图通过允许游客进入围栏、抚摸狐猴并在肩上摆姿势来从游客那里获得额外的钱。也许整个动物园最悲伤的事情是一对极度濒危的鱼鹰,它们至少在过去的十年里一直被关在一个小笼子里,无法飞翔,还被孩子们戏弄。我无法让自己给他们拍照。有一个小温室,里面有一只狐蝠,同样,空间有限,它无法飞翔。福萨一家都死了(可能是一种怜悯)。称这是动物园真是令人震惊。博物馆、夜间狐猴馆和两栖动物馆已关闭多年(动物全部死亡)。这个地方很脏。绿色的池塘里满是垃圾和死鱼。
如果动物园由任何有一点点畜牧经验或有一点保护意识的人来管理,那么这可能是一项优秀的国家资产,可能会吸引大量的国际支持和资金,甚至有可能成为一个合适的动物园。相反,它不适合饲养动物,只能作为野餐场所和为其政治上的领导人收回收入的地方。几代研究生生物学家和环保主义者的愤怒在哪里?确实是一个非常悲伤的地方。也许唯一的积极因素是,孔雀似乎正在蓬勃发展。