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Sign the Petition: Stop More Animals From Suffering at the Manila Zoo

Animals at the Manila Zoo are housed in cramped, barren cages that can't compare to their natural habitats. Many of the species housed at the Manila Zoo roam territories of hundreds of kilometers in the wild, but the entire Manila Zoo measures only 0.055 square kilometers. Many animals are exhibiting neurotic behavior, such as constant pacing, swaying their heads, and walking in small circles. Because of the lack of funding and resources, the zoo's infrastructure has deteriorated and conditions for animals have grown steadily worse.

Recently, Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim announced a desire to acquire more animals for the Manila Zoo—and even requested an elephant from Thailand Ambassador to the Philippines Kulkumut Singhara Na Ayudhaya. Given the zoo's decrepit condition, it would be extremely cruel to subject even more animals to such miserable conditions. PETA Asia-Pacific and nine other Philippines-based animal protection groups—Animal Kingdom Foundation Inc., Animal Welfare Coalition (AWC), CARA Welfare Phils (Compassion And Responsibility for Animals), International Wildlife Coalition Trust, LovePets.com, Network for Animals, Palawan Animal Welfare Association Inc., the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), and SAFE International Monitoring Program—have cosigned a petition urging Mayor Lim to abandon plans to import more animals for the Manila Zoo.

Please sign the below petition and join PETA Asia-Pacific—and animal protection groups worldwide—in asking Mayor Lim to halt plans to acquire more animals for the Manila Zoo. Instead, ask him to improve the lives of the animals already there or, better yet, to close the zoo altogether.

The giraffes, horses, turtles, crocodiles, rabbits, and deer who live at the Manila Zoo are crammed into extremely crowded cages. Sisi, an orangutan who lives all by herself, has only enough room in her cage to stretch out her arms. Mali, an isolated elephant, is housed alone in a concrete pen, and the tigers, who love to swim, are provided nothing more than a puddle.

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Manila Zoo--No More Animals

I, the undersigned, believe that animals should not be denied everything that is natural and important to them and have every aspect of their lives controlled and managed for the sake of human "entertainment." Animals at the Manila Zoo are housed in cages that don't come close to the jungles, deserts, and forests that are their natural homes. They have no choice in their diets, mates, or living companions. What is a few fleeting moments of distraction for visitors means a lifetime of misery for animals.

I oppose plans to acquire more animals for the decrepit Manila Zoo. Instead, I would like to see the lives of the animals already there improved, or, better yet, the zoo closed altogether.