Report - Your Visit to the National Zoo

Miserable Condition of the National Zoo

Hasan Mahmud, Dhaka, 05 April: The National Zoo is situated in Mirpur, Dhaka. Every day except Sunday many spectators come to visit this National Zoo. Most of the spectators become disappointed to see the miserable condition of the zoo. At the entrance gate, there is a cage of monkeys, which is dirty and all the monkeys are living in a polluted environment for which most of them are weak.

The lions' cage was found in the same condition and the hungry lions were walking to and fro. Some pieces of rotten meat were found on the floor of the cages. The lions too looked very feeble. The Royal Bengal Tigers in another cage have lost their real appearance. The people coming in the zoo could hardly recognize whether they were Royal Bengal Tigers or not. Other animals in the zoo were found in the same state.

One of the officers of the National Zoo said, "These wild animals cannot adjust themselves to this new environment because they are born in the wild, so they should stay wild. They look weak despite eating sufficient food." Another officer said, "Sometimes we cannot supply sufficient food to the animals because the number of animals has increased now."

It seems that the government should increase the budget of food-supply immediately; otherwise, almost all the wild animals' life in the zoo will be endangered.