The director of
a zoo in southern Mexico
was dismissed after the detection of alleged irregularities in the handling of some animals, ranging from the
sale and exchange of specimens
for tools and supplies to
the slaughter of goats to feed center workers
, they announced. state authorities.
On October 11, 2021, the official account of the
Zoochilpan zoo
tweeted: "We work with
techniques aimed at animal welfare...
".
"[...] In this case, positive reinforcement operant conditioning is carried out with Knots [the name of the animal], which will allow
a safe approach for the giraffe
, caregivers and medical team in the short term", continues the publication that , almost
a year and a half later, it becomes a sad irony
of the fate of some of the animals in the park in the state of Guerrero, where tremors and
clashes between police and residents
left five dead in the last week.
The zoo, which should be a place of recreation among so much bad news, gave another shock to the Mexican south.
The secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources of the region, Ángel Almazán Juárez, announced to the press, reports the AP agency, that
the director
of the Zoochilpan zoo, José Nava, was dismissed for alleged irregularities such as the exchange of four
watusis
-a bovid similar in appearance to a cow with an enormous horn - for materials, tools and supplies for the center that operates in the city of Chilpancingo, the state capital.
Almazán Juárez affirmed that after an investigation it was also discovered that the dismissed director exchanged, without authorization from the Ministry of the Environment,
a zebra for three red deer
, whose value is much lower than that of the first.
The official specified that the four watusis and the zebra were transferred to the states of
Mexico and Querétaro
.
Investigations at the zoo remain open because other irregularities were discovered with animals such as Barbary sheep,
pygmy goats
, jaguarundis (feline),
coyotes
, reptiles, a red-tailed hawk and
a harlequin macaw
, Almazán Juárez said without offering details.
As reported by the head of the Department of Wildlife of the State Environment Secretariat, Fernando Ruiz, the former director of the zoo allegedly had four pygmy goats which would have been
sacrificed and cooked in the center's facilities
to be
served at a weekend party. year
of the workers.
"They were not animals fit for human consumption
," Ruiz told reporters.
Meanwhile, it is still unknown if a judicial process will be initiated.
Suspicions arose earlier this year, when neighbors reported
the death of a deer
that had been rescued from the streets after being attacked by dogs.
According to the media, the deer was found dead and
without horns
.
The former zoo director alleged at the time that the deer died from loss of blood.
José Rubén Nava Noriega, the official fired for the scandal, responded to the complaints at a press conference and assured that it is a "dirty war" against him, on behalf of the Secretary of the Environment.
He maintained that he had not done anything without permission from the authorities and that, if he had committed an illegal act, they have no evidence against him.
In addition, he accused Almazán Juárez of trying to impose his relatives at the zoo.
Escape and attack of an African lioness in Aguascalientes
The Secretary of Public Security of the central state of Aguascalientes confirmed that
a two-year-old African lioness was caught on Tuesday in the capital of that region, who had escaped from a house
where she was held captive and who
attacked an inhabitant of that community, two dogs and a cat
.
The general commissioner Antonio Martínez Romo, secretary of Public Security of the municipality of Aguascalientes, reported that the big cat attacked a 40-year-old woman on Tuesday, who accidentally encountered the animal when she went out into the patio of her modest house.
The woman is in serious condition
because she has injuries to the skull, one lung, and the lower extremities.
The African lioness belongs to an inhabitant of Aguascalientes, identified as Giovani N, 34, who
was arrested
after the event.
The authorities did not specify how the big cat escaped from captivity, which after the incident was transferred to the Rodolfo Landeros park in that town.
In recent months, the Mexican authorities have seized some big
cats that were in the possession of individuals
and criminals who are fond of exotic animals.
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