I hope we could somehow send them watermelons and cabbage. Donut looks hungry. Its sad because this gentle leader have to starve now and taken away from his girlfriend Milk. #justicefordonut
I have a very kind friend who is visiting Aso in January specially to see Donut and feed him, and I have given him money to buy extra food Donut. We are also working to try and find a way to rescue him. It is heartbreaking that the management of Nagasaki Bio Park cares so little about their animals that they could do this to a wonderful capybara. Donut must wonder why on earth he has been sent to this concentration camp. Several zookeepers at Nagasaki Bio Park said to me "the management don't care about animals, only about money". Many capybaras in zoos in Japan suffer and live in horrible small pens.
I can only hope that they can forgive us. My heart is in so much when I am seeing this. Did everybody write to the zoo? Or are we all just commenting here. I wrote to them many times but it will only matter if we all write them. Also there is some organizations that are committed to animal welfare in Japan. Does anyone have any experience with them?
I believe many people wrote to Nagasaki Bio Park and Aso. I posted a link to a blog I have written in which I explain that there are no laws in Japan to protect animals in zoos. This means that there are no animal welfare groups who can work in Japan to help or rescue animals who are suffering in zoos. It is a scandal. I have asked people to write to the Japanese embassy in their home country and complain about the lack of a law to protect animals in zoos. Japan is not like countries in the West. Most people do not understand animals. In Britain we have NGOs like the RSPCA and government departments and government animal welfare officers who can intervene to rescue an animal who is suffering. This does not exist in Japan
You wrote such a gracious and polite message. The fact they have not replied to you is not only very rude and callous, but it shows how little they care about their animals. We will find a way to rescue Donut, Syrup and Whip.
Just as they did with the pumpkin, I wish they could see the benefit of feeding them more even if it's only for video views. Even if the principle is wrong, at least they get fed more. Profit is often the only thing which really "speaks". There has to be a legal or financial obligation for something like this to change, unfortunately. If the laws cannot be effected, is it possible to interfere with profit?
I absolutely agree with you. Definitely for the management of Nagasaki Bio Park profit is the only motive, as several keepers said to me "the management does not care about animals, only about money". This is different to zoos in the west. Aso would not be able to make daily videos of the capybaras at Aso so that would not solve the feeding problem. I don't understand the mentality of the keepers at Aso. Visitors pay so much for the very small containers of vegetables which they buy - £4. For that amount of money you can buy 3 large cabbages in the supermarket. So the sales of the vegetables to visitors would more than pay for enough food for Donut.
@@CapybaraDonguri Likely they just don't care enough to think about how things could be a problem or ever presently in the culture to think that the higher ups are the only ones who could know anything and that their feelings are stupid or silly...
I think you're absolutely right. The management think they are the only people who count and nobody can challenge them in Japan. Somehow this has to change.
I hope we could somehow send them watermelons and cabbage. Donut looks hungry. Its sad because this gentle leader have to starve now and taken away from his girlfriend Milk. #justicefordonut
I have a very kind friend who is visiting Aso in January specially to see Donut and feed him, and I have given him money to buy extra food Donut. We are also working to try and find a way to rescue him. It is heartbreaking that the management of Nagasaki Bio Park cares so little about their animals that they could do this to a wonderful capybara. Donut must wonder why on earth he has been sent to this concentration camp. Several zookeepers at Nagasaki Bio Park said to me "the management don't care about animals, only about money". Many capybaras in zoos in Japan suffer and live in horrible small pens.
I can only hope that they can forgive us. My heart is in so much when I am seeing this. Did everybody write to the zoo? Or are we all just commenting here. I wrote to them many times but it will only matter if we all write them. Also there is some organizations that are committed to animal welfare in Japan. Does anyone have any experience with them?
I believe many people wrote to Nagasaki Bio Park and Aso. I posted a link to a blog I have written in which I explain that there are no laws in Japan to protect animals in zoos. This means that there are no animal welfare groups who can work in Japan to help or rescue animals who are suffering in zoos. It is a scandal. I have asked people to write to the Japanese embassy in their home country and complain about the lack of a law to protect animals in zoos.
Japan is not like countries in the West. Most people do not understand animals. In Britain we have NGOs like the RSPCA and government departments and government animal welfare officers who can intervene to rescue an animal who is suffering. This does not exist in Japan
I contacted Aso through Web site form. I sent extremely kind and polite message and they didn't answer to me at all.
You wrote such a gracious and polite message. The fact they have not replied to you is not only very rude and callous, but it shows how little they care about their animals. We will find a way to rescue Donut, Syrup and Whip.
Just as they did with the pumpkin, I wish they could see the benefit of feeding them more even if it's only for video views. Even if the principle is wrong, at least they get fed more. Profit is often the only thing which really "speaks". There has to be a legal or financial obligation for something like this to change, unfortunately. If the laws cannot be effected, is it possible to interfere with profit?
I absolutely agree with you. Definitely for the management of Nagasaki Bio Park profit is the only motive, as several keepers said to me "the management does not care about animals, only about money". This is different to zoos in the west. Aso would not be able to make daily videos of the capybaras at Aso so that would not solve the feeding problem. I don't understand the mentality of the keepers at Aso. Visitors pay so much for the very small containers of vegetables which they buy - £4. For that amount of money you can buy 3 large cabbages in the supermarket. So the sales of the vegetables to visitors would more than pay for enough food for Donut.
@@CapybaraDonguri Likely they just don't care enough to think about how things could be a problem or ever presently in the culture to think that the higher ups are the only ones who could know anything and that their feelings are stupid or silly...
I think you're absolutely right. The management think they are the only people who count and nobody can challenge them in Japan. Somehow this has to change.