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FIFTY animals starved to death in Venezuelan zoo: Beasts left to die because economic crisis [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | July 28, 2016 | Thomas Burrows

Posted on 07/28/2016 9:10:18 AM PDT by C19fan

Fifty animals have died of hunger in one of Venezuela's main zoos because of a chronic shortage of food. The fatalities at the Caricuao zoo in Caracas include Vietnamese pigs, tapirs, rabbits and birds, some of whom had not been fed for two weeks. In other cities in the country, zoos are reported to be in a worse situation, forced to ask for donations of fruit, vegetables and meat from local businesses. The South American nation is in the grip of a severe economic crisis which has led to food shortages and looting in some areas.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: venezuela; zoo
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Even the animals are Feelin' The Bern.
1 posted on 07/28/2016 9:10:18 AM PDT by C19fan
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PETA folks listen up. If you vote for socialism this could happen here.

Vote Trump!


2 posted on 07/28/2016 9:11:50 AM PDT by pb929
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Socialism hurts everyone. Even the animals.


3 posted on 07/28/2016 9:12:27 AM PDT by MeganC (JE SUIS CHARLES MARTEL!!!)
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They are lucky they weren’t eaten.


4 posted on 07/28/2016 9:14:26 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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Watch this become the biggest U.S. news story regarding Venezuela in the last several years.


5 posted on 07/28/2016 9:16:17 AM PDT by mbarker12474
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Man, Oh man. Even the Paris Commune ate their zoo animals. I guess the only rats in Caracas eating these days live in palaces, guarded by Cuban soldiers.
6 posted on 07/28/2016 9:18:06 AM PDT by Prospero (Lex est rex)
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FIFTY animals starved to death in Venezuelan zoo: Beasts left to die because economic crisis

Good thing all animals are equal....

7 posted on 07/28/2016 9:18:39 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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NO EXCUSE. The ba____ds could have arranged to ship them to other zoos. Let those responsible starve slowly to death.


8 posted on 07/28/2016 9:21:08 AM PDT by EinNYC
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The could have eaten them and utilized them in a positive manner.


9 posted on 07/28/2016 9:24:35 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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Surprised the locals haven’t eaten them yet.


10 posted on 07/28/2016 9:29:16 AM PDT by Gamecock (There is always one more idiot than you counted on.)
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Come to the Andersonville Zoo in Venezuela.


11 posted on 07/28/2016 9:38:35 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (The Confederate Flag is the new "N" word.)
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Surprised people aren’t breaking into the zoo to kill the animals for food.


12 posted on 07/28/2016 9:39:25 AM PDT by JenB987 (I'm still an American and 'til they take that away from me there's no day ruined. - El Rushbo)
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Another example of Socialism and its failures-WRIT LARGE!


13 posted on 07/28/2016 9:44:46 AM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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Can’t they be eaten?


14 posted on 07/28/2016 9:45:55 AM PDT by PGR88
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They could have fed them to the others or let the citizens eat them. sheesh


15 posted on 07/28/2016 9:46:45 AM PDT by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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Capitalism is the unequal distribution of money.

Socialism is the equal distribution of misery.

Even the animals suffer.


16 posted on 07/28/2016 9:52:43 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Socialism is always just one or a thousand or a million more murders away from utopia.)
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As a zoo is essentially a prison for animals, I would expect the same to happen in prisons for humans as this accelerates.


17 posted on 07/28/2016 10:03:40 AM PDT by thoughtomator (This message has been encrypted in ROT13 twice for maximum security)
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Are they sure the animals starved to death and didn’t die from global warming?


18 posted on 07/28/2016 10:08:18 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Cruz: The best political speech in a generation and we will only remember what he didn't say.)
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democrats dream....


19 posted on 07/28/2016 10:29:21 AM PDT by onedoug
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They should have fired up the BBQ while they were still fat and healthy.


20 posted on 07/28/2016 10:53:12 AM PDT by LambSlave
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