Posted on 05/25/2025 9:38:28 AM PDT by DallasBiff
CULIACAN, Mexico (AP) — A pack of veterinarians clambered over hefty metal crates on Tuesday morning, loading them one by one onto a fleet of semi-trucks. Among the cargo: tigers, monkeys, jaguars, elephants and lions – all fleeing the latest wave of cartel violence eclipsing the northern Mexican city of Culiacan.
For years, exotic pets of cartel members and circus animals have been living in a small refuge on the outskirts of Sinaloa’s capital. However, a bloody power struggle erupted last year between rival Sinaloa cartel factions, plunging the region into crippling levels of violence and leaving the leaders of the Ostok Sanctuary reeling from armed attacks, constant death threats and a cutoff from essential supplies needed to keep their 700 animals alive.
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Yes, it’s terrible to see the suffering these cartels cause. For both humans AND animals.
It’s time to treat the cartels with the same prejudice we give jihadis, commies, kkk members and Nazis.
Yes, here’s hoping.
Mexico certainly must be considered a failed state. Sooner or later, we will have to do something about it.
Animals don’t deserve to be inolved in stupid violence. Prayers tp St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals.
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