Doha Zoo

Doha Zoo has an Elephant which is very OLD.
The same elephant i hav seen in my childhood days.

The Tiger is starvin to death.
The crocodiles hav no clean water to swim.
The ducks feeds on Pop corns thrown by the passerby
The Monekys are not fed properly, so ultimately they have to stick to the lices found in his brothers/uncles/aunties heads...:(
The Giraffe has no proper space to digest his food, ohh sorry even he dont get enough food so wat he's gonna digest....:(
Oh ya there is a big Vulture kept in the dark Cage. Poor thing has to eat only plastic bags, woods, or sometimes his own featers....:(

Ya tat iz Doha Zoo ? M Loving IT.....:(

where is this zoo located..???

Al least Qatar has a bigger Zoo than Dubai..

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I've seen their restricted area and was appalled at how they kept 'spare' animals in shoe box size cages stacked on over the other.
This was some time back, I don't know if things have changed.

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You can't teach experience...

and location for the Zoo?

UK - the Zoo at al-ain is superb. You will feel you are in the African bushes. Doha Zoo sucks big time, stinks too.

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Doha Zoo. location plz?

Talk to my hand. never mind! surely i can google it. :P

I like this zoo but all animals need more attention ....and food inside the zoo are expensive !!!!

is my time worth going to that place? wish they can improve it poor animals..

Been there a couple of times and the last time I visited was 2 weeks ago. I thought they made some progress concerning the welfare of animals but I also got disappointed and saddened by the condition of everything inside. True, the animals, esp the carnivores, are obviously not well-fed, and kept inside these very small enclosures that will really make a wildlife go wild. Yup, the elephant has been probably there for decades and others are really in a saddening situation. Most of the cages are already empty, and I presume the animals that were there before are already dead.

This needs attention. The zooperz come in action. Which animal should we really concentrate on/ needs the most help? We are going to try to help every animal in the zoo. But we still need to choose which toys/foods/goods we need to bring.

Lets save the DOHA ZOOO!!!!!!!

Source:
- A study Conducted by FriedUnicorn - Vol I (September,1999)

...try and free them!

Source:
- A study Conducted by FriedUnicorn - Vol I (September,1999)

UkEng its still there.

But now the zoo people have changed his name from Balou to Pajju.....:)

if they dont change it DRASTICALLY asap...shut it down
it's like visitn a zoo in a thrid world country

FU, the Oryx are still there, although they do not seem too proud anymore:0(

FU, the ones at Doha Zoo will stare at you with hollowed eyes, which is exactly the opposite of what is being manifested by the one we see in the Corniche. Visits to Doha Zoo is never interesting nor amusing. For animal-lovers, a trip there will break their hearts.

Tess_916, really? actually i'm planning to bring my family in Doha zoo since my kids are very passionate with regards to animals. But when I read this thread, it makes me think twice to go there coz I don't want my children to see this animals are in terrible situation...I haven't been there but according to you guys, I don't find going there a fruitful one? is it?

" Winners are just ordinary person with extraordinary determination "

Animals are like us humens. They need a family, a place to live, food, water and love. When your are a baby, your parents sometimes give you obstacles like when you first learn how to walk, they put something in front of you so that you can use you baby senses to go around the object. Well, that's what we, the Zooperz, are trying to do. We are going to make obstacals for the animals to help them in their life. For example, our school, The American School of Doha, raised enough money for the Doha Zoo. We used that money to buy a net for the elephant which holds the elephant's food up high so that the elephant to use it's elephant senses in getting it. This will also encourage his into moving a little because no one liks to be stuck in a cage. To help make The Doha Zoo a better place, we need you to give us suggestions on how to make items like the net ASAP.

And one last thing, if you are actualy wanting to make a difference at the Doha Zoo, tell us your ideas and we can help you for getting to your goal. Talk to your friends and try getting them into making a difference too.

Have you ever heard about zoo animal enrichment? Do you know what it is and how it helps animals?

If u do plz tell us wat u know..

If not learn more through this website, on wat this zoo is doing for their animals.
http://www.honoluluz...

Or if u cant be bothered reading check out this video. This shows how they're entertaining the animals and getting them active. We hope to get the animals active at the Doha Zoo in a similar kinda way thats safe, even though we obviously dont have the quality or habitats the Oregon Zoo possess. Even so, we WILL do everything in our power to make sure these animals are safe and happy.

http://www.youtube.c...

Thanks,
The Zooperz

hi

I conducted a 6 week environmental enrichment program for the hamadryas baboons as part of my final year dissertation at university and studied the effects on the animal's behaviour. Even though their overall health improved, fighting amongst the males decreased, the begging behaviour almost completely stopped and the evironment allowed for them to display natural behaviours - the day after my study was completed the zo removed everything. The reason - it was quicker to just put the food in a pile rather then scatter feed. They also removed the hay piles because the keepers had to sweep it all back into a pile every morning.

The zoo keepers told me to give the monkeys unopened bags of crisps and popcorn as enrichment - not something as a welfare student I actually listened too though!

The first thing that needs addressing is education - of the public AND the "keepers". Why not look at designing posters explaining WHY you shouldn't feed the animals or WHY you shouldn't bang the glass etc. These can be translated into different languages and people might pay more attention if they know the reason behind the rules. "If you give the animal's carrier bags, they'll eat them, choke and die and then there won't be any animals left" works better then "Don't feed the animals".

Little leaflets offering education about the different animals would help as well. Feeding guides, enrichment programs, enclosure design... It could all be done as a project that could be given to the zoo to offer alternatives to what they already have and do.

All of these will help improve the animals lives without costing anything.

Personally, the animal I feel deserves the most attention at the moment is the crocodile.

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