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Rico zoo after deaths Time share For Sale Imsan- San Nicolas

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By DANICA COTO Paradise beach Villa DOCTOR ON DUTY
Associated Press 2 bedr town house with 2 bath- Oranjestad
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico rooms, 2 balconies & full kitchen
(AP) — Animal rights activ- saturday check in $5400 / each Dr. G. Groes Tel. 588 9660
ists demanded Friday that call:630-1307 San Nicolas
Puerto Rico permanently johnnypaesch@gmail.com Dr. Bodery Tel. 584 5155
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close its only zoo and re- _________________________________210173 PHARMACY ON DUTY
locate all animals to sanc- FOR RENT
tuaries following reports of Week 47 Oranjestad:
Trupiaal Tel. 583 8560
deaths and improper care. at the tropicana resort San Nicolas
The California-based Ani- nov.25 to dec.2 San Nicolas Tel. 584 5794
mal Legal Defense Fund contact ruth at 297 586 4241 Women in Difficulties
and local organizations or 297 584 8747 OTHER
accused the U.S. territory’s 675 US dollars Dental Clinic 587 9850
government of violating Blood Bank Aruba 587 0002
the Animal Welfare Act _________________________________210190 Mobility Equip . Gire
and the Endangered Spe- 568 5165
Urgent Care 586 0448
cies Act at a zoo that held Women in Difficulties
more than 300 species last In this July 7, 2017 file photo, two lions sleep on a rainy day EMERGENCY
year. inside their enclosure at the Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo in Mayaguez, Police 100
Puerto Rico.
“These animals are just Associated Press Oranjestad 527 3140
languishing there without Noord 527 3200
any veterinary care or safe chimpanzee was under- distress and living in a “mini- Sta. Cruz 527 2900
weight and that animals mal amount of space.”
and wholesome food and San Nicolas 584 5000
proper shelter,” said Cris- including a kangaroo and In early February, the USDA Police Tipline 11141
a porcupine didn’t have cancelled the zoo’s exhibi-
tina Stella, the fund’s attor- Ambulance
ney, in a phone interview. shelter. tor’s license, a move that Fire Dept. 115
Red Cross
Aniel Bigio, a spokesman Stella, the Animal Legal De-
582 2219
The 45-acre Dr. Juan A.
Rivero zoo has remained for the Department of fense Fund attorney, called TAXI SERVICES
Natural Resources, said unusual.
closed to the public since Taxi Tas 587 5900
Hurricane Irma brushed officials would not issue The zoo is currently closed Prof. Taxi 588 0035
further comment until the to the public and it is un-
past Puerto Rico in early Taxi D.T.S. 587 2300
September 2017 as a Cat- investigation is complete clear when or if it will re- Taxi Serv. Aruba 583 3232
and the zoo comes under open.
egory 5 storm, followed by A1 Taxi Serv. 280 2828
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a direct hit from Hurricane their direction. It is currently Sahir Pujols, with the local TRAVEL INFO
transitioning over from the welfare group Free Animals
Maria, a Category 4 storm.
Activists and some govern- Department of Recreation Puerto Rico, said plans Aruba Airport 524 2424
to send the zoo’s only el-
and Sports.
American Airlines 582 2700
ment officials raised con- Avianca 588 0059
cerns about the animals’ The U.S. Department of Ag- ephant, Mundi, to a sanc- Aruba Airlines 583 8300
riculture has cited dozens tuary in the U.S. mainland
health prior to the storms Jet Blue 588 2244
given the zoo’s financial of violations at the zoo in re- have been put on hold Surinam 582 7896
cent years. In 2017, it noted until the hurricane season
constraints amid a 12-year Venezolana 583 7674
recession, but some worry that a tiger that has since ends on Nov. 30. Women in Difficulties
been euthanized was thin The government has not
the situation has worsened. CRUISES
In early October, Puerto and had not been evalu- approved any additional
ated since 2015. It also plans to move other ani-
Rico’s Department of Nat-
ural Resources ordered noted that a cougar was in mals to sanctuaries.q
an investigation into the
deaths of animals that oc-
curred after the storms and October 30
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questioned whether the
zoo followed proper pro-
cedure to dispose of their Women in Difficulties
corpses. AID FOUNDATIONS
A recent letter from a gov- FAVI- Visually Incapasitated
ernment-appointed com- Tel. 582 5051
mittee looking into prob- Alcoholics Anonymous
lems at the zoo located Tel. 736 2952
in the western coastal city Narcotics Anonymous
of Mayaguez highlighted Tel. 583 8989
multiple issues. It noted Women in Difficulties
that several animals in- Tel. 583 5400
cluding two pumas have Centre for Diabetes
died, that others including Tel. 524 8888
a rhinoceros named Felipe Child Abuse Prevention
Tel. 582 4433
were limping, and that 127
mammals needed physi- Quota Club Tel. 525 2672
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cal tests or vaccines, 30 of General Info
them urgently.
The letter also said that a Phone Directory Tel. 118