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If I am not mistaken, Mayagüez is the only zoo in Puerto Rico, with the exception of a small facility at Luis A. Ferré Sciences Park in Bayamón.
It would not surprise me if the information is accurate; I cannot see the government of Puerto Rico running anything effectively, a zoo included. The facility should might as well go under the control of a non-profit organization, just as Audubon Zoo in New Orleans.
I have been to the one in Bayamon and I felt bad for the animals. Their cages were clean but barren. Just a concrete floor and chain link fencing. The poor things looked so bored and sad.
Having lived there for 3 years I saw appalling animal abuse. There are so many dead dogs on the road it is disgusting. I rescued a dog, a horse, and 2 cats and brought them all home with me when we moved back.
I am, however, very aware about the incompetence of the "national" Parks Company.
Zoos, unless they are engaged in research to save endangered animals, should be all closed, in my opinion. Merely exhibiting animals for the people's amusement is so 19th century.
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