): aw. the lions are put in such confined places. thats like putting a human in a 10 by 10 foot room. ): imagine how bored and crazy we’d get after a while.

I don’t mind it so much when they’re in the cages to be fed or looked over by a vet, its for their safety and the safety of the people. A lot of safaris/conservatories only house animals that can’t be reintroduced to the wild for one reason or another, either because of poaching or rescued from illegal exotic breeders, and those I don’t mind so much as long as their living space it large and open so the animals can roam freely. So their remaining lifetime can be as free as possible.

But it breaks my heart in so many ways to see such beautiful animals locked up in small cages, pacing around and unhappy. I don’t know how they normally live, but I hope this is only temporary because of the disaster.

That tiger looks so skinny… =/

The whole image of the zoo though, I think it speaks volumes about the current situation in Tohoku, more than any media coverage could convey.

Those are temporary enclosures for the lions. They have grassy areas to run and relax in (though admittedly they are not the greatest looking like ‘natural habitat’), but because of the earthquake and tsunami, they have probably all been moved into the cages for safety reasons.
As for Sendai itself, some of my coworkers are from that area originally (we are in Kanto area now) and the line between the earthquake/tsunami damage is very severe. They said ‘like stepping from Heaven into Hell’. Because the earthquake happened off-shore, thankfully there was not as much earthquake damage as there would have been (if it had happened on land). Most of the major damage that has been publicized is actually from the Tsunami, and the water only came in a certain distance. So, thankfully, the areas farther from the water were spared, at least to a degree.
Regarding nuclear energy, to date, we still do not have any other means of power that is as energy efficient, cost efficient, easily gained and managed than this. Until a new way of producing sufficient energy is found (and I hope they do), we will still have to use it.

thanks for postin about Fukushima, the news hasnt had any coverage over Japans crisis lately &its been on my mind for a while :)

They are in a small CAGE! poor lions and lionesses!
That cage they where in is not even big enough for 1 of them.
They are simply being held prissoners… Behind bars…
It’s sad, but if they are survivors, i guess they where just trying to help them out a little bit?…
But it’s still wrong… They need to be able to get outside, those cages are good enough to shelter from the bad weather, other then that they need a playground…
And was that a little box of water? :s They are being so mistreated!
They need to go back into the wild… Or at least into more capable hands!
Someone who can REALLY help them… if you want to http://www.thelionman.com/home.html he's a good man for them, saw him on tv with his serie the lionman! He takes care of lions and tigers…
Maybe you are able to contact him, maybe even set up a meeting for an intervieuw about the way those poor lions are being kept there! He might be able to take them in and prepare them to get back to the wild!

It’s just an idea, a proposal.

CareBear
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