Now I know its been a while, and I have to say that its just down to pure laziness that I have not written for such a long time. BUT..... I have to put today down in writing. I have been working at a fabulous school here in Qatar, with some wonderful children. However today was a bad day.
We took some of the children to the Zoo....... it was like a living hell,a and that was for me, it must be worse for hte poor animals that are trapped there. I have never seen such poor, miserable animals before. The elephant looked particularly poor, and to be honest, had I had a bolt gun with me I probably would have put it out of his misery. The cages for the big cats were small. If i take into account my en-suit, then my bedroom area was probably bigger! and there were 2 or 3 of each within the space provided. The crocodiles live in what we would call in england, and large puddle! I have seen bigger bodies of water when I forgot to turn the garden tap off whilst watering the back!
I am not an animal rights campaigner or anything so noble, just a person, like most of you reading this blog... but I was sickened and depressed at the condition of the animals and the living spaces / habitat they were provided. Given the space this country has, It beggers belief that they have cramed these poor creatures in such a small area. There was rotting food left in the baboons cage and, from what I saw, very few cages / enclosures had fresh water supplies.
The eating areas for people were bigger, but close to the cages, hence very smelly and, I can conclude, not very hygenic.
I love living here, and enjoy all that Qatar has to offer... but when ask about where to go and what to see..... I would recommend NOT EVER going to the zoo
