First time I went was over 4 years ago, it was OK, not that bad actually for Doha. I went again just 2 months ago. The zoo is now in a dreadful state. Everything has deteriorated tremendously. They have not controlled the monkey population and so now have approximately 100 monkeys in a cage meant for 20. It is pitiful. The elephant habitat is closed (probably condemned) and so the elephant is chained in a very small temporary closure very obviously in stress and rocking back and forth in his own filth. The enclosures are obviously not cleaned very often as there is animal waste in piles everywhere. The flamingo habitat has been drained so they have no water left. You can barely see the crocodile as the water is green, slimy and thick enough to probably walk across. I could go on and on. If anyone has any friends on any of the newspapers here, please encourage them to do a story on this. (and this is from someone who refuses to own any animals cause I don't really like them).
First time I went was over 4 years ago, it was OK, not that bad actually for Doha. I went again just 2 months ago. The zoo is now in a dreadful state. Everything has deteriorated tremendously. They have not controlled the monkey population and so now have approximately 100 monkeys in a cage meant for 20. It is pitiful. The elephant habitat is closed (probably condemned) and so the elephant is chained in a very small temporary closure very obviously in stress and rocking back and forth in his own filth. The enclosures are obviously not cleaned very often as there is animal waste in piles everywhere. The flamingo habitat has been drained so they have no water left. You can barely see the crocodile as the water is green, slimy and thick enough to probably walk across. I could go on and on. If anyone has any friends on any of the newspapers here, please encourage them to do a story on this. (and this is from someone who refuses to own any animals cause I don't really like them).