Women go skimpy for Mali
By Jodee A. Agoncillo
Nine female commercial models and entertainers on Tuesday stripped down for the cameras to demonstrate what they called “the naked truth” about the condition of Mali, Manila Zoo’s lone elephant.
Nine female commercial models and entertainers on Tuesday stripped down for the cameras to demonstrate what they called “the naked truth” about the condition of Mali, Manila Zoo’s lone elephant.
While an animal rights watchdog contends that Manila zoo’s lone elephant is suffering physically and psychologically, her “best friend” has come out to air sentiments to the contrary.
The campaign to free “Mali” continues to draw international support, this time from the literary world. Taking up the cause of an animal rights watchdog, 2003 Nobel Prize winner J.M. Coetzee has appealed to Philippine officials to have Manila zoo’s lone elephant transferred to a sanctuary in Thailand.
Lack of elephant friends and foot ailments could prove fatal for Mali, and the only way to address her physical and psychological pains is to transfer her to an elephant sanctuary, Dr. Henry Richardson, a world-renowned elephant veterinarian, revealed.
Mali is happy in her Philippine home. Why remove her from the Manila Zoo—where she has lived for more than three decades—and take her to a strange new sanctuary in the United States?
What do Pedring, Ramon and Quiel have in common? They have the same parents and their family lives at the Manila Zoo. The three tiger cubs are expected to be the newest attractions of the 52-year-old Manila Zoological and Botanical Garden. Born last Aug. 4 to one of the zoo’s four tiger couples, the cubs [...]
It’s confirmed: Manila Zoo will be getting a new elephant. According to Manila Public Recreations Bureau chief and zoo administrator Deogracias Manimbo, the Sri Lankan ambassador recently informed zoo officials about the “positive reception” to the city’s request for a new elephant. In July, Mayor Alfredo Lim announced that he had written to eight Southeast [...]
Manila Zoo will remain open as long as the city’s “Dirty Harry” is in charge. During the zoo’s 52nd anniversary on Monday, Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim made it clear that he would not stop acquiring more animals for the tourist attraction and neither would he shut it down despite an online petition being circulated by [...]
The Manila Zoo’s here to stay, according to Mayor Alfredo Lim. In a statement issued in line with the Manila Zoo’s 52nd anniversary on Monday, Lim said he would not close the zoo despite an online petition from animal rights groups and added he would even acquire more animals for the zoo.
The Manila Zoo director has criticized a group that has been asking the public to sign an online petition for the city government to shut down the attraction. According to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and other local animal protection groups, the zoo is a “tiny, decrepit and outdated facility.” “Animals… are [...]
