Manila: A Manila-based animal rights group called on Sri Lankan Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne not to send a baby elephant to Manila Zoo, which the group described as a "decrepit and sub-standard facility" that had reduced another elephant named Mali to a terrible state.
"I beg you to cancel plans to condemn another elephant to a life of confinement, loneliness, and deprivation at a substandard facility like the Manila Zoo.... We beg you to take immediate action to prevent the transfer of any animals from your country," said Jason Baker, vice-president of International Operations of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta), in a letter to Jayaratne, a copy of which was given to Gulf News.
Sri Lanka’s plan to send a baby elephant to mark the 50 years of diplomatic ties between Manila and Colombo "will result in the elephant being sentenced to a lifetime of misery at the Manila Zoo", said Baker, adding this "decision will surely reflect poorly on Sri Lanka".
"If you care about elephants, you would never send one to the Manila Zoo to suffer for the rest of their life," said Baker who recounted in detail the suffering of Mali, as one example of mistreatment of elephants at the city’s zoo.
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