Weired Doha ZOO Experience

 money made every body karzy 

                                                   money talks money makes

                                                    if you cant your money can

                                                                                   Amir Zaki

gumby, i agree, Doha zoo is excellent compared to the one in beijing, i remember the bear couldnt even move in his cage, that was shocking.

Its really shameful that a rich country cannot do something about the Doha zoo.. 

The zoo is a disgrace.  THe only worse one I have seen is in Beijing. Honestly, if it had been in my power I would have euthanised half of the animals there.

 thats so sad to know how the animals are treated.

YOU DONT KNOW ME, DONT EVEN TRY !!!

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Monkeys with money

Check mate.....

Never been to the zoo for the past 2 or 3 yrs. Horrible place to go...

I only can second what Deedee said about the zoo.  

First time I went was over 4 years ago,   it was OK,  not that bad actually for Doha.    I went again just 2 months ago.   The zoo is now in a dreadful state.    Everything has deteriorated tremendously.   They have not controlled the monkey population and so  now have approximately 100 monkeys in a cage meant for 20.   It is pitiful.   The elephant habitat is closed (probably condemned) and so the elephant is chained in a very small temporary closure  very obviously in stress and rocking back and forth in his own filth.   The enclosures are obviously not cleaned very often  as there is animal waste in piles  everywhere.    The flamingo habitat has been drained  so they have no water left.  You can barely see the crocodile as the water is green, slimy and thick enough to probably walk across.   I could go on and on.    If anyone has any friends on any of the newspapers here, please encourage them to do a story on this.  (and this is from someone who refuses to own any animals cause I don't really like them).

 why are the media silent on this issue i am sure they have seen this pitiful state of the animals

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Supposed that zoo is the place were you can bring your family during family day... to have fun.. and educate the kids especially 'bout nature.. but after this negative comments, not to include the horrifying views, its not even safe to bring our kids in there... its a Total Pollution...

Live and Die with DIGNITY!

-JaYTeR-

Not a good idea, not here anway, we just need more educated people to take care of them properly.

I am sure things will improve, hope at least x

If you spend all your time judging people, you will have no time to love them.

I wished i was a Superman ...... !!!

Will Open all the doors of the Cages and let Go all the Animals, Reptiles, Rodents & Insects to the nature, rather then this cruelty & Hunger ness !!

We went to the Zoo two weeks ago and I could have cried at the poor state of some of the animals.

A once magnificent Tiger, was desparately thin, pacing back and forward, following the same path again and again, growling sadly.

The panther looked like it had mange and all in all it was a quite depressing sight.

Not a good impression for new visitors, something needs to be done quickly,

Rizks I am sorry you witnessed such a sad sight.

If you spend all your time judging people, you will have no time to love them.

as if the zoo has changed a lot since it opened.

It was one of (if not the) best in the Gulf and the animals were extremely well cared for.

" Even Animals do have HEART"

They too feel PAIN.....

I don't know if its that bad on the inside but it looks pretty uninviting from the outside.  My son went with a school field trip and he said it was pretty sad. 

What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.

~Tolstoy~

Oryx, I'd always heard "it's not that bad". I guess it depends what you're comparing it to! If you are an animal lover, you may find it depressing,as the care appears to border on, and sometimes include, neglect.

With the money this country has, they could do soooo much better!

Once again, it's a matter of priorities.

I went to some great conservation parks in Nairobi and Entebbe...

the latter...you can actually stay in the park! Its great...

Is Doha Zoo that bad?

I would like to go but now I am a bit scared.

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Gr8

"You can imprison a Man, but not an Idea. You can exile a Man, but not an Idea. You can kill a Man, but not an Idea." BENAZIR BHUTTO

Sorry guyz for the "K" issue..... its was monkey .....

But, guess most of you might have understood wat i meant ...

Cheers !!!

I saw one small infant money dead lying on the ground near a big money. ???????  :))))))))))) 

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I visited the Doha Zoo for the first time about a year and a half ago, after living here 7 years.

One of the most depressing experiences of my life!!!!!!!!

I don't plan on going back.

I thought  at least Zoo animals in qatar are treated nicely. But after your post it looks like they are treated same as asian labourers.

thanks

Niceguy

i wondering what a infant money & big money looks like...  JOKE!=p

but kidding aside, i think the government should take immediate actions to solve this problems...   

"Even if  LOVE is full of thorns, embrace it. For in between those thorns there is a ROSE that's worth all the PAIN."

As sad as the dead monkey is ... 

The big money story makes   it better :P

u should've pointed out the dead monKey to the zoo authorities...

hehehe :) dead money...

the letter K in your keyboard is not working :)