Category Archives: Zoo’s

“Dumbo” given a sad name and an even sadder life

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Rex Tyler

Zoo’s Typical business model Conflicts with duty of care Ways of making extra profit Are introduced and there They Suffer so from ignorance In Thailand one such soul Tortured as a baby So as to control He was in a … Continue reading →

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What’s sustainable?

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Rex Tyler

A conflict of opinion Exists in me today Taiyuan zoo in China Is living with decay Concrete walls just cells infact It’s conditions dire They have loads of money But no spiritual fire Importing little elephants Taken from their mama … Continue reading →

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A Captive Tiger

Posted on July 10, 2020 by Rex Tyler

A solitary white Bengal Tiger Bored out of its mind Continues to circle every day No thanks to humankind In a zoo in Beijing Cement and bars its lot It once was wild but now of course Freedom it has … Continue reading →

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PHUKET ZOO Thailand

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Rex Tyler

Thailand should be ashamed of itself For what’s happening right here It’s called a zoo But the view Is anything but clear It’s a nothingness of caring It’s baseless and unreal The animals are all prisoners They are trying to … Continue reading →

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Terrible cruelty to tigers in FLORIDA

Posted on April 19, 2020 by Rex Tyler

The incautiousness and needlessness Of making tigers humanised Temerity and presumption Our arrogance should be criticised For zoos and films and entertainment Tigers are a dangerous act Rapidly wasted in the wild And that is one mean fact Roadside zoos … Continue reading →

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Lock down

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Rex Tyler

As wild tribe members We have rights And human beings At the heights Of their admission And their days Should realise And seek to raise Capacity for understanding Wildness is Really the landing Stage in life It’s who we are … Continue reading →

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FALARDEAU ZOO CANADA

Posted on February 25, 2020 by Rex Tyler

Trip adviser advertising Sixty one per cent Of visitors are happy Really are content That’s visitors People who pay to see Those who are Trapped there And are kept there In a place they call a ZOO Who forget this … Continue reading →

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Chang Puak Camp Zoo THAILAND

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Rex Tyler

Ignorance is an issue At this established zoo An no appreciation for what They all should do Clearly there’s crass ignorance And a lack of education Shallow and superficial And letting down the Nation Thailand deserves better By a long … Continue reading →

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Massa and his lady friend

Posted on January 5, 2020 by Rex Tyler

Zoo’s continue high and mighty Places where we are told Endangered species breeding programmes That is how they are sold This particular zoo In Germany With all these precious souls Captive locked in cages But just run by arse oles … Continue reading →

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German zoo in KREFELD near the Dutch border

Posted on January 2, 2020 by Rex Tyler

No extra protection Poor judgement if you ask me A zoo providing life and safety For primates under lock and key Gorillas and orangutans chimpanzees and Marmosets Birds and bats All perished in a fire And honestly the bets The … Continue reading →

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The saving of MOGO ZOO

Posted on December 31, 2019 by Rex Tyler

MOGO zoo was saved It having been ringed with fire A sanctuary to animals Endangered souls so dire From environments where people Got the upper hand Living hunting growing crops Also on the land personally I don’t like Zoos Animals … Continue reading →

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PINNAWALA OPEN ZOO

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Rex Tyler

It’s been opened only four years It is an open zoo Still under construction That much it seems is true It is known as an orphanage But really that’s misleading The elephants there are prisoners And therefore I am reading … Continue reading →

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The SAN Juan de Aragon Zoo

Posted on September 26, 2019 by Rex Tyler

There have been many problems With this particular zoo A lot of animals die there That factor is true Built in 1964 Supposedly to be More open and it never worked So apparently in 1999 they closed the zoo And … Continue reading →

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EPESI

Posted on September 24, 2019 by Rex Tyler

At Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire Yesterday we saw A giraffe called EPESI Kick the bucket It’s hard to ignore 11 years old a baby still Developed a Bad hoof It was causing him some problems If we needed any proof … Continue reading →

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Elephant day at the Zoo

Posted on August 13, 2019 by Rex Tyler

Zoo’s are not the answer They are prison for the crime Of wanting to have freedom And there really is no rhyme Or reason to imprison them To educate our young Trying to make a profit And remain unsung Wild … Continue reading →

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Zimbabwe’s cruelty knows no bounds

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Rex Tyler

Contrary to any reason Gifted souls we see Are unlawfully captured To be exported tragically Little baby elephants Stolen from their mums Sold to the highest bidder Really just for crumbs No respect whatsoever Unreasoned all the way Unsound and … Continue reading →

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Chinese Medicine and wild animals

Posted on July 16, 2019 by Rex Tyler

Evertything was written down Transcribed from long ago Instilled and inculcated By people in the know The want for the wild essences The connectedness of need By implication perspective For remedies to succeed Whats pertinent and applicable Absolute and true … Continue reading →

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A zoo in Krasnodar UKRAINE

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Rex Tyler

Wrongness you can feel it One glance and you can see Unfitting and improper Inexcusability Wrongheadedness personified Callous heartless they 2 Orangutans together In this prison everyday. It is a glass enclosure And uncomfortable it be They are clearly bored … Continue reading →

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My testament

Posted on May 30, 2019 by Rex Tyler

So their arrogance created An energy in me Their vile MANIpulation My philosophy To crawl away from ignorance Their ugliest refrain Their wanting to inseminate An elder yet again It would have been the fifth time Such guile such artfulness … Continue reading →

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Two broken legs

Posted on May 18, 2019 by Rex Tyler

Zoo’s are there primarily To make money Thats the way And working with young animals And others on display Are clearly far from wildness In captivity Away from family members Which is contradictory To how they should be treated With … Continue reading →

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From Gaza to Jordan

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Rex Tyler

The animals in RAFAH Zoo Have clearly gone through hell Earlier this year a female lion I have heard tell Had her claws all removed Using a pair of garden shears Besides the cages are too small Raising the animals … Continue reading →

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East London ZOO

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Rex Tyler

Cape Town has to witness An illogical display Wild animals in cages Why is this today In AFRIca in their home A preposterous idea Totally inappropriate And very far from clear We feel the desperation And resignation there Hope extinguished … Continue reading →

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“Lyka” hold up in the Philippines in MAASIN ZOO

Posted on March 29, 2019 by Rex Tyler

One of the worst zoo’s around anywhere This one in the Philippines Ethically unaware MAASIN it’s called sub standard alas Where a Lion they called “LYKA“ Is part of the morass She is blind which is just as well Really … Continue reading →

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They bought a zoo

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Rex Tyler

They bought a zoo Something to do Run down worn out they A family thought it A good idea Hoping it could pay An inspirational speaker A man held in regard Who lost his wife soon after Which was incredibly … Continue reading →

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“Marjan” the last lion

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Rex Tyler

A precious stone they called him A gift from Cologne Zoo To Kabul Zoo on Kabul river When he was just two That was in 1976 It was a thriving place But was dangerous and very threatening And wars moved … Continue reading →

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Valerio

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Rex Tyler

A three year old Jaguar Escaped we hear On Saturday morning From a zoo its unclear How it got out But for about an hour It managed to attack And kill with great power Audobon Zoo up town New Orleans … Continue reading →

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I was always a lost soul “SUDAN”

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Existence for me was at odds with my soul With the urges I felt with the lack of control Humans their arrogance basically they Have hearts and have minds but cant find a way Out of their deep seated violence … Continue reading →

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SUZI and the Lahore Zoo

Posted on February 18, 2018 by Rex Tyler

a zoo is a place where arrogance Has reached a total high Its where inconceivability Is a logjam in the sky Its unthinkable in wild terms Not feasible at all Exchanging what was harmony For wire cages and a wall … Continue reading →

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Zoos who murder animals

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Rex Tyler

ZOo’s who kill their animals For me will never be Anything to do with kindness And most I hope agree The innocence the purity of heart Their state of grace Rewarded by the zoo Where they were born What a … Continue reading →

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East London Zoo, Beaconsfield Road E London East Cape

Posted on January 28, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Its more like an internment camp Than a flourishing healthy zoo Poor behavioural enrichments Barren concretes do Little to enhance the lives Of animals alas Neglected obviously hungry Sickly there enmasse Cages dark and dingy No fresh water around It … Continue reading →

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