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April 22nd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
This improvisation is the latest solution dreamt up by Gaza’s five zoos to
avoid the hefty costs of importing new animals. In 2009, another zoo in Gaza
city resorted to painting a donkey with zebra stripes to replace two zebras
killed during the Israeli offensive, which it could not afford to replace.
When militant group Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip in 2007, Israel
closed the Palestinian enclave’s air, land and sea borders leaving zoo
owners no option but to bring exotic animals through tunnels from Egypt.
Conditions for those who reached Khan Yunis wildlife park are particularly
grim. There is no zoo keeper on the premises, so sick animals are treated
remotely over the phone by vets in Egypt. Yet it is one of the overcrowded,
besieged region’s few public attractions.
Dr Saud Shawa, who runs a private veterinary clinic in Gaza City, blames both
the Israeli blockade, which has led to a shortage of vaccines, and
negligence on the part of Gaza’s authorities for the animals’ woeful
condition.
“The animals brought through the tunnels from Egypt without any
supervision or veterinary control and are often already sick. There is a
critical shortage of vaccines here, many are completely unavailable. This
along with the ignorance of people keeping these animals without any
training in animal welfare [are to blame],” Dr Shawa explained.
“But at least some of the animals are still healthy, despite the
difficulties we face here. We are doing our best with the limited facilities
we have.”
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