OPEN LETTER: The tiger in Varna Zoo needs help!

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This is OPEN LETTER to INSTITUTIONS, ORGANIZATIONS and MEDIA: INSTITUTIONS: Ministry of Environment and Water of Bulgaria The Environment Committee of the National Assembly of Bulgaria The Petition Committee of the European Parlament ORGANIZATIONS: AFA-Bulgaria ANIMAL AID Animal Concern Animal Defenders International Animal Rights Coalition Animals in Need Association Nationale des Parcs Zoologiques de France (ANPZ) Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Association of Zoo and Aquarium Docents (AZAD) Association of Zoological Horticulture (AZH) Aquarium & Zoo Facilities Association (AZFA) Born Free Foundation British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) CareForTheWild Canadian Association of Zoos and Aquariums (CAZA) CAT -- Cat Action Treasury CritterAid Green Peace Fight Against Animal Cruelty in Europe (FAACE) Freedom for Animals Iberian Association of Zoos and Aquaria (AIZA) Indian Tiger Welfare Society (ITWS) International Zoo Educators Association (IZE) IUCN IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group Oesterreichischen Zoo Organisation (OZO) PETA Project Tiger Rights for Animals Save The Tiger Fund Sociedade de Zoológicos do Brasil (SZB) Syndicat National des Directeurs de Parcs Zoologiques Français (SNDPZ) The National Wildlife Foundation The Sumatran Tiger Trust The Wildlife Conservation Society The Wildlife Protection Foundation TRAFFIC International Verband Deutscher Zoodirektoren (VDZ) World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) WWF Zebra Foundation 21st Century Tiger MEDIA: Animal Planet TV BBC International BTV -- Bulgaria Darik News - Bulgaria Dnes.bg - Bulgaria EpochTimes - Bulgaria Information Agency Focus - Bulgaria Kanal 1 - Bulgaria MSAT - Bulgaria Nova Televizia - Bulgaria Televizia Varna -- Bulgaria Hello, This is another attempt to seek help for a representative of a species in danger! There is a crippled tiger in Varna ZOO (in Varna, Bulgaria) and he's treated in very bad conditions. His triangle cage is about 20 square meters big and it's made of a pure concrete - without absolutely no verdure. The floor is sully with his faecals and urine - and they put his food on top of that. The animal must tread it and you can feel a suffocate smell from his excrements. The tiger have something like a shelter in the wall but it looks too small and narrow. We're writing to You because it's a terrible scene to see this majestic animal go in circles in this dirty and tiny cage. The conditions of all the animals there are very bad since 1990's and just recently the zoo made some changes -- the cages of the herbivorous animals are no longer iron but wooden. We ask You either to somehow take away this tiger and relocate it in a better place - with space, vegetation, food and attention that he needs or at least for funding to improve it's surrounding area (although all the animals in this Zoo needs that more or less). You can see photos of the tiger two years ago just when we started seeking for help and now in 2008 -- nothing changed but the old concrete floor is renewed! (2006) http://nolimit.cult.bg/imagenation/sessions/tiger/ (2008) http://nolimit.cult.bg/imagenation/sessions/tiger2008/ Also two short online movies - how this tiger goes in circles in this awful cage: (2006) http://www.vimeo.com/690520 (2008) http://www.vimeo.com/691101 During 2006 some organizations respond "we don't have any jurisdictions in your country because it's not a member of the European Union". However since 2007 Bulgaria is in EU so hopefully this should no longer be a problem. We need your help! With hope this OPEN LETTER will find a positive response, Kristina Hristova and Dimitar Atanasov Kristina Hristova E-mail: krisi@poczta.onet.pl Dimitar Atanasov Cell: 00359 887 519906 E-mail: tiger@chereshka.net Varna ZOO Contacts: Varna ZOO is property of Varna Municipality: http://www.varna.bg/english/phone/index.htm ZOO Address: Varna ZOO Sea garden, Varna, Bulgaria

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