Target: Janusz Wojciechowski, Commissioner of European Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
Goal: Solidify welfare treaties to enhance protections for vulnerable animals.
An aquarium in Germany containing over one million liters of water burst, killing almost all of the 1,500 fish inside. Their carcasses were strewn on the floor of the hotel where the aquarium stood. In Sweden, four chimpanzees got loose from their zoo enclosure and were captured a short time later. But due to a reported lack of tranquilizer, these animals were euthanized. In the latter case, the zoo in question is being investigated for possible violations of the country’s Animal Welfare Act.
All of these tragic deaths seemingly could have been prevented if the organizations responsible for the care of the animals were held to greater account. The zoo had allegedly not ensured its enclosures were escape-proof, and the lack of stimulation and isolation the chimpanzees experienced likely contributed to their actions. And in the case of the aquarium, structural weaknesses that could not withstand extremely cold temperatures are theorized to have contributed to the collapse.
Any entity that wants to put wild animals up for public display should have to meet the strictest set of welfare protocols and protections. Sign the petition below to urge European leaders to strengthen these obviously lacking standards.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Commissioner Wojciechowski,
Zoo employees shoot dead several roaming chimpanzees they reportedly allowed to escape, calling the actions euthanasia. A popular Berlin tourist attraction transforms into a graveyard for 1,500 fish. Where is the accountability?
Animals cannot and should not be wantonly put up for public exhibition without a thought for their well-being. Both of the cited cases may have turned out very differently if proper measures were taken that put the welfare of these animals first. How many more similar and lower-profile instances have occurred across Europe, taking the lives of too many animals to count?
Please enact stronger standards (and much stronger consequences in the event of a breach) for zoos, aquariums, and other businesses that profit from the animals under their care. Moreover, clarify associated articles in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to include all animals, from companion animals to exhibition animals.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
Photo Credit: Eric Pancer
No living wild creature should be captured and used for a public exhibit to amuse humans, and or to make a profit from!
ALLEGED!!!?
No matter how obvious the cause that word has to be used until a court says guilty.
No. This is not a legal forum, nor even an official one. “Allegedly “ just serves to minimize the importance of the message
I agree.
The Usual Response of Disgusting Greed Driven Humans
Devoid of All Responsibility
STOP ANIMAL CRUELTY!!! STOP KILLING ALL ANIMALS IMMEDIATELY ESPECIALLY FOR STUPID REASONING!!!!!
STOP KILLING ALL ANIMALS IMMEDIATELY!! STOP ALL FORMS OF ANIMAL ABUSE AND ANIMAL CRUELTY IMMEDIATELY!!
Wild animals should not be held in captivity for any reason, especially for monetary gain or human amusement. Chimpanzees are not native to Sweden, they cannot survive in extreme cold, and they need to live in family groups. They should not be kept in zoos at all.
Please hold all those responsible in any way ACCOUNTABLE to the full extent of the law.
NO animal wild or otherwise should endure a tragic life of display in captivity for profit! and then not valued in the least when they are in peril!
YOU ARE USERS AND ABUSERS AND YOU SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH!
I feel really bad for the fish but I feel even worse for the champs and that is considered murder even in the Bible when you kill God’s creations for no good reason then that is an abomination to God.
Bunch Dumb Asses, how about we EUTHANIZE you!!
Huh!! What about that, what F,ing moron builds an Aquarium like that & destruction happens & all those beautiful Fish of all sorts DESTROYED! And the Monkees too!! Selfish Bastards!!! You don’t see NYC Aquarium do this or have it! They build sufficient tanks, not like that other one, stupid asses 🤬🤬🤬😠😠😠
HUMANITY STINKS!!!!!!
What a horrible tragedy that could have been avoided. Those animals did not deserve to die. Humans can be such greedy scumbags!!
Humans are DEHUMANIZED MONSTERS who claim that they can use, exploit, torment, kill, eat and mistreat animals because they are the so-called “superior” race. Our governments support and fund this shocking viewpoint because of short-sighted GREED!
STOP ALL FORMS of ANIMAL SLAVERY, and that can only be achieved by introducing VEGAN LIFESTYLE. VEGAN LIFESTYLE is a 100% cruelty-free lifestyle.
Germany and Sweden are very hypocritical countries pretending they are all about humanity, yet torturing and making animals suffer under their hands. It’s sad and evil!
The scumbags responsible for these poor animals should be behind bars! Also, please send any animals tortured in these countries to sanctuary in the USA.
Holy crap. You’d think this would have happened in animal-hating shitholes like China or Afghanistan, not Germany and Sweden. I’m shocked and disappointed.
Monstrous monstrous evil, heartbreaking and horrific, karma is theirs – I feel you, poor lost innocent souls; their blood on your souls
The abuse, torture & murder of the innocents
Some heartbreaks can never be unseen, some horrors never unheard – PLEASE GOD
And the universe weeps tears of blood
Your life as theirs, as their death
The situation for both the fish & chimps is disgraceful & proves the commercialism of the situation & the company MUST be prosecuted to try to prevent it happening again!
I totally agree with Elizabeth Sargent
“Wild animals should not be held in captivity for any reason, especially for monetary gain or human amusement. Chimpanzees are not native to Sweden, they cannot survive in extreme cold, and they need to live in family groups. They should not be kept in zoos at all.”
It is CLEAR that those in charge are depravedly indifferent to lives of Animals — the negligence, the cruelty & abuse MUST be STOPPED — CHOOSE to DO RIGHT for Animals — let’s be sane & compassionate — Animals are living, sentient beings who deserve health & happiness — Ensure these events NEVER AGAIN repeat — make those in charge PAY for their CRIMES to Animals