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Zoo antelope may have starved to death
Published: 19 Aug 10 16:58 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/28468/20100819/
A bongo antelope at Parken Zoo in Eskilstuna may have starved to death, newspaper Eskilstuna-Kuriren wrote on Wednesday.
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Why the antelope starved to death is unclear. Parken Zoo director Helena Olsson believes that the bongo antelope may have been driven away from the feed by the other animals and the remaining bongo antelopes are now being fed by other means.
Henrik Uhler, assistant state veterinarian at SVA, told news agency TT that if the animal was emaciated when it died, there may have been several reasons behind its state, including illness, but also starvation.
There are about a hundred bongo antelopes left in the wild in Africa and somewhat more live in zoos around the world.
Two of Parken Zoo's cheetahs were also found to be too skinny. They caught the attention of a visitor who alerted the county administration board. Officials later learned the cheetahs' condition due to an illness.
"It is really good that we were made aware of this," the zoo's veterinarian consultant Göran Sjöström told the newspaper.
The species' legal status is described as "near threatened." Bongos have been observed to live up to 19 and are one of the largest of the forest antelopes.
In addition to the deep chestnut colour of their coats, they have bright white stripes on their sides to help camouflage them from their enemies. Because of their bright colour, they are very popular in zoos and private collections.
External link: Parken Zoo (in Swedish) »
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That said, all zoos should be shut down.
Wow! And so these people just sit around waiting for 'outsiders' to notice and who gives a damn enough to go to their office and say 'Hey guys, you got some animal dying over here!.' Ridiculous.
As far as the cheetah's go (which are in the enclosure directly across from the antelopes), they always look skinny to me. But as said in the article, it was due to illness not starvation.
But every visit I've made to the park, I always saw care takers tending to the animals there. I do not think Parken Zoo intentionally neglects or harms the animals in any way. Many of these animals aren't native to this area, they are susceptible to disease and illnesses. I'm not from here and I've been fighting the super strong viking bacteria for the last 2 years.
So don't jump to conclusions about Parken Zoo.
Do some posters here actually believe zoo staff stood idle while their rare and beautiful animal wasted away? #1 #3 #6.
Thank you #5 for an informed and intelligent post. You might think about contacting the investigation team with your observations, they might appreciate an independent view.