Category Archives: Zoo’s

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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Zoo animals in China

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Rex Tyler

The Zoo Is a place Where the public do go Pay to go in Its like a big show The stock are live animals In cages and pens With no where to go And this kind of lends Itself to … Continue reading →

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Loro parque( Parrot park)

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Rex Tyler

It might have started off as an experiment A vast zoo complex bigger than before Basically housing 4000 parrots Dolphins Penguins Orca’s Sharks and more And all of this on some 33 acres On Tenerife the Canary Islands where A … Continue reading →

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MIYAKO (beautiful March child)

Posted on October 26, 2017 by Rex Tyler

We are a social animals Friendship is our thing When i was just six months old they Thought that they would bring Me all the way from THAILAND And directly to a ZOO In japan of all places What a … Continue reading →

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Beautiful night(Miyako)

Posted on August 13, 2017 by Rex Tyler

44 years ago So I hear said A baby elephant Torn from its bed From it family its dreams Squashed in so many ways Taken from thailand To live out its days In Jaoan of all places Utsunomiya zoo A … Continue reading →

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3 Tigers 1 DONKEY and one corporation

Posted on June 6, 2017 by Rex Tyler

Three Tigers A Donkey And one corporation Willing to take on GAIA elation At catching 3 Tigers And not using dead meat But a living Donkey Where the flesh is so sweet The Chinese were heartless And unwilling to be … Continue reading →

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Romanian Zoo’s

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Rex Tyler

NIclae Ceausesu Under his authority Apparently Keeping wild animals Mercifully Gave strengtH to those Who absorbed their pain Their shock and their awe And their sad refrain All of their zoo’s Apparently Are deplorable And Their destiny All the more … Continue reading →

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Mendoza Zoo in Argentina

Posted on April 17, 2017 by Rex Tyler

They officially opened This zoo long ago Back before I was born And now some 1300 animals Have to live there torn Out of their natural environment And taken to be there for good But rarely are zoo’s that effective … Continue reading →

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You don’t care a monkeys for me do you?

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Rex Tyler

Can you feel what I feel? Do you dare to be? Watching from your bleeding tablet? Yea now watching me In this cage I’ve sat here Burning up inside Scuffed and in a load of pain The ZOO here they … Continue reading →

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Gustavito

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Rex Tyler

Born in Guatamala And sent to El Salvador A 15 year old Hippo Somebody started a war Beat this giant senseless Thrashed him until he died Despite the aggression from street gangs People are mystified Here was the peoples favourite … Continue reading →

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Your zoo is a prison cell thats all

Posted on December 1, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Evidence of intuition Demonstrating our frustration Our doubtfulness and obscurity Of the human beings reasons to Leave us in these vile enclosures We are not goldfish and what we do Is suspend our judgement for our dilemma Really our fallibility … Continue reading →

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Tigers

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Roadside zoo’s often abuse Their charges as we know And it comes to mind Now how we find The time to let them show Cubs yes little tiger cubs Stolen from their mums Pulled through the wire meshing This treatment … Continue reading →

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Zoo’s and their poor victims

Posted on August 9, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Apes are sociable animals They live in the trees all day exercise is what they do That happens to be their way Being forced to remain in Cages or pens appear To really put the wind up them And it’s … Continue reading →

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Concentration camps are everywhere

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Rex Tyler

What a corporate menace A housing of the poor A collection of victims Spread about the floor They are far from grounded though Many from afar It’s all about endurance And as to where they are In ZOOS a kind … Continue reading →

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Menominee Park Zoo

Posted on June 5, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Menominee park Zoo Oshkosh wisconsin A worker at the zoo Left a gate to an off limit area left it open And visitors some of them Couldnt wait To go an observe wolves A little closer The negligence Compounded by … Continue reading →

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Zoo’s

Posted on April 19, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Despite the enormous privilege That creation had bestowed Upon this amazing planet A very dangerous road Out of man’s convoluted and inappropriate desire Comes extinction quite untimely And a situation dire As to their authenticity The Zoo’s they lost the … Continue reading →

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Tigers lament the wenling zoo

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Rex Tyler

They clearly are defeated Despondent, their despair Its a hopeless situation Now just being there Disconsolate and comfortless The horror and the fear Of ignorance and arrogance Altogether clear The tiger has it in him To inflict a fearful hole … Continue reading →

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Anne

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Rex Tyler

The angst I feel The indifference Altruistically they seemed Ready just to offer hope Inevitably, I dreamed The improbity of conscience The injustice that I feel I stand here with my heavy heart Knowing its for real There is no … Continue reading →

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The Chinese panda keeper

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Rex Tyler

A Chinese zoo keeper liked endangered birds He didn’t just like them appeared lost for words He had a strange penchant for birds that were wild And because they were rare he simply defiled The trust he was given and … Continue reading →

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Uno

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Rex Tyler

A Toronto Zookeeper Got hold of a Tiger and belted it so many times Almost 18 Thats bloody obscene Hackenburger wow that rhymes Tigers should not have to sit there And be told to do tricks Its not on Bowmansville … Continue reading →

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Tiger

Posted on December 6, 2015 by Rex Tyler

Tiger Tiger smouldering hot Captivity no not a lot The vivacity and the high regard Lost for me and for the bard The wretchedness of loneliness Of caged captivity and so much stress No prey to chase no trees to … Continue reading →

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