The Ecoparc Zoo in Colima, Mexico, has confirmed the death of two animals that were inside its facilities.
That violence in Mexico It is already a daily issue and that a large part of innocent society must suffer the consequences is something that is no longer surprising. But since Sunday the state of Colima, in the west of the country, adds a sad new argument to keep writing the distressing film of his wild everyday life.
The Association of Zoos, Breeders and Aquariums of Mexico (AZCARM) reported that in the early hours of last Saturday a shooting took place in the Ecoparc Colima conservation centerin the center of the capital of that Mexican state, which caused the death of a deer and a mouflon sheep.
The facts were not known until this Monday, when the association issued a statement informing that upon arrival at the facility they found shells scattered around the place and the two animals bled from gunshot wounds.
A red deer, one of two wiped out species at the Ecoparc Colima Conservation Center in Mexico.
According to the RT website, the director of this center for conservation and wildlife investigation, Jesús Acosta, indicated that dozens of the animals were very upset and were transferred for review to rule out that they had received injuries from the shooting, the moment that that “They shot him mercilessly as if animals were part of the unstoppable organized crime “.
The association specified that the Ecoparc authorities have filed a criminal complaint before the Attorney General of the state of Colima against those responsible for “this cruel killing of animals and an act of violence against a wildlife conservation center”.
He also pointed out that “the workers of Ecoparc they are very scared, they fear for their life and for the life of the animals, and understandably they don’t want to go to work anymore “, so the animals could be collateral victims of the violence unleashed in Colima if left unattended.
The statement also describes the wave of violence that Mexican state is devastating, where 60 murders due to gang clashes were recorded in February, 184 in March and 358 until Friday 20 May.
The note states that the University of Colima announced the suspension of frontal lessons, to which the rest of the schools of all types and levels have joined. Likewise, there are several companies that have also closed their doors.
Even a mouflon sheep fell under the bullets of the ruthless criminals who entered the Colima zoo.
“Colima is a scene of terror and nobody does anythingwe cannot allow organized crime to take control of the state and rob them of their peace of mind, security and livelihoods “, said the president of AZCARM, Ernest Zazueta, who made an urgent appeal to the country’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, so that citizens are not abandoned. “They must not suffer the terrible consequences of a country plagued by violence,” he added.
The president of this association stressed that “more than 60 conservationists have been killed in three years“, recalling that the Croco Cun Conservation Center in Quintana Roo was kidnapped by criminals a few months ago or that in early May the owner and director of the Querétaro Wamerú Zoological Park was murdered, Armando Coello Arroyo.
“The thing here is no longer alone among organized crime groups, now at any time it also affects us by protecting wildlifeand also to animals, we ask that they stop this violence and that the government stop behaving indifferently, deaf and insensitive “, concluded Zazueta on RT.
Source: Clarin
