Tens of thousands of animals throughout Europe are kept in cruel conditions because zoos fail to apply EU rules on standards of care and the laws themselves are unclear, an animal welfare coalition said on Wednesday.
Zoos often fall short of providing proper space, nutrition and mental stimulation for the animals, said ENDCAP, a pan-European coalition of non-government organizations seeking better care for animals in captivity.
ENDCAP and fellow NGO Born Free Foundation took their message this week to the European Parliament in Brussels, where the two groups showed footage of zoo animals in Romania, Spain and Bulgaria living in what they called poor conditions.
“They are not stimulated so they start developing kinds of abnormal behavior like pacing, rocking. Some animals pull their feathers or hair out. Some actually go into self-mutilation,” ENDCAP coordinator Daniel Turner said.
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