UPDATE: [Sud Italia News Thursday 1/24/13] GREAT NEWS: Citizens And Activists Bring Food To Edenlandia Zoo In Naples. THANK YOU! :) But Zoo Is Still Closing On Jan 31st, Animals Future Is Still At Risk.
Animal lover Carrie Ann Inaba sent out a tweet earlier today asking animal foundations she works closely with if they could help the 300 animals at Edenlandia. I am hoping a soft heart any where in this beautiful world of ours can share their resources and use their influence to save these animals from this bankrupt zoo in Italy. If the zoo can not be purchased, perhaps another zoo can buy them?
Dear World Association of Zoos and Aquariums, PLEASE HELP. ♥
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Yahoo news
written by Rebecca Lewis
Tuesday January 22, 2013
A struggling zoo has warned it will run out of food supplies in 48 hours - putting at risk hundreds of exotic animals.
Desperate workers at Edenlandia Zoo in Naples, Italy, have warned that its reserves of hay, fruit and other foodstuffs will be exhausted within two days.
Once a thriving attraction, the zoo declared bankruptcy in 2011 as it battled to stay open.
Administrators stepped in to care for the 300 animals faced with an uncertain future.
But the animals are in jeopardy again and with absolutely no money at present to buy in more food there is a very real threat the animals will starve.
The administrators tenure is due to end on January 31 and unless a new owner is found, the zoo will be forced to close and 70 staff will be made redundant.
A union representative told the Italian news agency ANSA: "There are only a few days left for both us and the animals. We would like to know why it has got to this point and mostly, what is going to be done.
"If no solution is found, we are going to be thrown out and the animals will die of hunger."
The zoo is home to tigers, leopards, brown bears, zebras, elephants, ostriches and antelopes and also offers a petting zoo with farm animals.
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La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno
written by Ansa staff
Monday January 21, 2013
Naples - Employees at the Naples zoo in southern Italy said on Monday that if urgently needed funds for food and new owners are not found within 48 hours the zoo's animals risk starvation. Employees of Edenlandia zoo and amusement park launched an appeal saying that within 48 hours hay, fruit and all other foodstuffs for the tigers, birds, elephants and other animals will be finished.
The lease for the emergency administration of Edenlandia by a trustee group after its management company Park and Leisure went belly up in 2011 expires on January 31 and if there is no agreement for the takeover of a new company, all 70 employees will be laid off and and the animals' future put at risk.
"There are only a few days left for both us and the animals.
We would like to know why it has gotten to this point and mostly, what is going to be done," a representative from the employees' association said. "If no solution is found, we are going to be thrown out and the animals will die of hunger".
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The Daily Mail UK
written by Hannah Roberts
Monday January 21, 2013
Hundreds of exotic animals at Naples zoo are facing starvation, as keepers declare a state of emergency with food supplies set to run out in 48 hours.
Zoo keepers at the compound in the southern Italian city, said within two days hay, fruit and all other food will be finished, leaving the 300 tigers, giraffes, elephants and other animals, high and dry.
Italy's dwindling economy has hit the once-famous zoo hard, leading its managers to declare bankruptcy in 2011.
Emergency administrators stepped in to care for the animals but their tenure is set to end on January 31.
Now if funds for more food are not found within 48 hours, the zoo's prize exhibits including big cats and other rare exotic animals will starve to death, keepers said.
The 70 staff will also be made redundant, if there are no new owners by Wednesday, he said.
Investment company Clear Leisure has made an offer to buy the company but the bankruptcy court have not so far approved the offer. Previous offers have failed to meet the criteria.
A union representative told the Italian news agency ANSA: 'There are only a few days left for both us and the animals. We would like to know why it has got to this point and mostly, what is going to be done,'
'If no solution is found, we are going to be thrown out and the animals will die of hunger'.
Residents of the zoo include leopards, brown bears, elephants, zebras, ostriches, antelopes and tigers, as well as a petting zoo containing farm animals.
Among its scientific achievements are the first birth in captivity of the saltarupe Oreotragus oreotragus vulture. It was also the keeper of the first Italian antelope, giraffe, and first black rhinoceros in Europe.
The zoo, which opened in 1949, was run alongside Italy's oldest themepark, originally created as Naples' answer to Disneyland.
In its heyday of the 1970s Edenlandia was considered the best in the country. It also includes a greyhound track and outdoor cinema.
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