(Declaración de GEPDA en conferencia de prensa y audiencia en el City Hall en Dallas, Texa, frente a los City Councils y el Mayor de esa ciudad en relación con la posible exportación de Jenny a México).
August 13, 2008.
STATEMENT BY MONICA PINEDA, PRESIDENT, AND MARICARMEN GARCIA, VICE-PRESIDENT OF GENTE POR LA DEFENSA ANIMAL (PEOPLE FOR THE DEFENSE OF ANIMALS), BASED IN MEXICO CITY.
Our main area of work is of Wildlife Abuse Cases. In Mexico there is an overwhelming amount of captive wildlife cruelty cases. The lion Kobu is the most representative case showing the low animal welfare standards and lack of law enforcement in Mexico. Kobu lived in a cage in a Primary School and was fed with live stray dogs. It took us two years to recue him and given that there are not Sanctuaries in our country, the best option was to send him to a Sanctuary in the U.S.
Kobu is just one out of thousands of cruelty cases that exist because of poor animal welfare protections; why would you choose to send Jenny to Mexico?
The concern for Jenny's destiny should not focus on Africam, but Mexicos poor animal standards. We recommend that you keep Jenny in the U.S. because Mexico is 80 years behind in animal welfare standards compared to your country. There are no animal control officers; there are serious legal loopholes on wildlife welfare laws, and poor enforcerment of regulations in Mexico which is the responsibility of the Mexican Government. This affects zoos as well.
Jenny's case is a call for reflection by the United States and Mexico. Mexico must seriously rethink the way in which historically it has treated animals, and the City of Dallas must do what is in Jennys best interest, and that is to send her to The Elephant Santuary in Tennesse to let Jenny live in peace for the last years of her life.
We love our country and are proud of it but the fact is animals are not well protected in Mexico, so we must recommend keeping Jenny in the United States.
Contact info:
Maricarmen Garcia / Vicepresident GEPDA
marik@gepda.org
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