West Bank zoo stays open, but one by one its animals are dying...

[tinnypriv]

West Bank zoo stays open, but one by one its animals are dying amid the teargas and panic
The Independent, July 26 2003

The zoo in Qalqilya is unusual. For one thing, there are the bullet holes in the buildings. The zebras were tear-gassed to death. The male giraffe died after stampeding in panic when soldiers opened fire on the zoo. He hit his head against the wall of its enclosure and fell over. Giraffes cannot survive if they fall, because their blood circulation fails.

Qalqilya Zoo is in the West Bank. It was on the front line when Israeli tanks and soldiers reoccupied Palestinian towns and cities last year. More extraordinary than the terrible things which happened at the zoo is the fact it is still open and packed with excited Palestinian children, although the city has been under Israeli military closure for more than a year and spent much of it under 24-hour curfew.

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The stones are harmless to the Israeli tanks. Sometimes, older youths throw Molotov cocktails, which are not. Once Israeli soldiers fired tear gas to disperse the children. It landed in the zoo. The gas poisoned all the zebras.

The man who kept the zoo going through all of this is Sami Khadr, the resident vet. When the city was under military curfew, he and his colleagues braved the risk of being shot for breaking the curfew to feed and care for the animals. Once, Dr Khadr was called out to tend to a sick animal. "While I was inside the zoo the Israeli tanks came back into the city," he said. "They surrounded the zoo and we were trapped inside. It was a painful experience but we managed to get out through the alleys and backstreets."

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http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=427588

[Herschel]

1. "West Bank zoo stays open, but one by one its animals are dying..."

I was hopeful the title referred to a terroist group!

[newyorican]

2. Can't you see what you are becoming...

By implying the West Bank is a zoo inhabited by animals, you have really let the veil drop this time.

You cannot attack anyones humanity and remain human. One of the lessons I drew from history lessons.

But, I expect wide-eyed, faux innocence and tepid denials as to what you *really* meant by your statement. Or you could edit it out of existence;

"I was hopeful the title referred to a terroist(sic) group!"

well, not anymore. But deny away. To anyone that will give you a hearing.

[Darranar]

3. How?

I noticed no implication of that. Refering to terrorists as inhuman, which he could have been implying, is a seperate issue.

[newyorican]

4. 1st tepid response

complete with wide-eyed innocence. :shrug:

BTW, it was "animals" not "inhuman". If you're going to continue digging this hole, use the right shovel.

[Darranar]

5. Refering to humans as animals...

is indeed calling them inhuman. What else are animals? Anyway, I often use the term inhuman because biologically humans are animals.

[newyorican]

6. You have achieved an even *more* tepid response

than the 1st one. Not what I call progress. :shrug:

[Darranar]

8. Rather than insulting my posts...

Couldn't you respond to the question? I don't care how tepid you think my posts are.

[Herschel]

9. Please!

I was referring to terrorists as animals, and make no apologies for it. I did not say the entire West Bank was inhabited by animals, except for your imagination.

[Darranar]

7. Interesting article...

I wouldn't criticize the Israelis for using tear gas, though- it is certainly better than live bullets.