Chairman of the parliamentary Committee on ecology and environmental protection Vladimir Panov told about the intention to amend the bill on responsible treatment of animals amendment prohibiting contact mobile zoos and dolphinariums. About it reports TASS.
According to Panov, the clause prohibiting mobile dolphinariums will be introduced because of the fundamental impossibility to provide normal conditions for the movement of marine animals. As for zoos, their work is likely to be suspended due to constant stress, which there are animals.
“Contact zoos carry out violence and inhumane treatment of animals, providing commercial service to a visitor of the zoo, ensuring the physical contact with the animal, with the owners contact zoos don’t give animals the opportunity to avoid that contact,” said gentry. According to him, among the beasts of the harmful factors — the closed spaces in which they are contained, no walks, concrete or linoleum floors, temperature conditions, bright light and other.
The bill “About responsible treatment of animals” introduced in the state Duma in the autumn of 2010 and adopted in March 2011 in the first reading. Since then, as reported by “Lenta.ru”, the adoption of the document is delayed due to disagreements of various stakeholders.
In February in one of the contact zoo in Pyatigorsk killed baby kangaroos and injured a donkey, he disfigured hooves. Animal welfare activists have noted that the animal died due to hypothermia.