The tourist country Egypt
Egypt has many magnificent tourist attractions like the great wall the Mosque of Ibn Tulun, Dahab, Siwa Oasis, the Egyptian Museum, Abu Simbel, the Valley of the Kings, the River Nile, the Red Sea Reef, Karnak, Dendera, the El Alamein Battlefield, Abydos Temple, the Underground Library of Alexandria, the Luxor Temple, the Pyramids of Giza, Hurghada, Cairo, Aswan & Philae Temple, Bahariyya Oasis, the White Desert, St. Catherine’s Monastery and South Sinai.
Egypt has also many secrets that very few tourists know about. Before you decide to visit Egypt as a tourist, please take a moment to find out whether this is a country whose economy and values you want to support. They way innocent and defenseless beings are treated tells a lot about a society. These news stories give you some information on how animals are treated in Egypt.
Please note that many of the images in the articles are very graphic.
Egypt has also many secrets that very few tourists know about. Before you decide to visit Egypt as a tourist, please take a moment to find out whether this is a country whose economy and values you want to support. They way innocent and defenseless beings are treated tells a lot about a society. These news stories give you some information on how animals are treated in Egypt.
Please note that many of the images in the articles are very graphic.
NEWS FROM EGYPT
21 May 2015, Al Monitor
Episodes of animal cruelty, especially to street dogs, have got publicity on the Egyptian social media. One episode was about a dog named Heart who was tortured and burned. The second was about the ”Dog al-Ahram”, who was beaten to death. Despite the media attention, the Egyptian government has not changed its policies on animal rights, and many people know nothing about animal rights organisations. The country spends enormous sums to poison homeless pets, when it would be more cost-effective and humane to spay and neuter the animals.
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26 February 2015, The Daily Mail
Three men were arrested in over a horrific online video showing a group of men stabbing and bludgeoning a dog to death on a street in Cairo, Egypt. The dog was tied while the men attacked it with knives, machetes and clubs and passers-by stood watching.
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12 July 2014, Egyptian Streets
In Egypt, it’s considered normal to harm an animal, and children are used to seeing animal abuse. In 2007 and 2013 a mass shooting of stray dogs was conducted in Egypt. The blood of hundreds of animals floating on the streets became too much even for the Egyptians, and the authorities had to find a ”cleaner” way to slaughter the animals. Consequently the animals were poisoned instead – a horribly painful and prolonged death.
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In Egypt, it’s considered normal to harm an animal, and children are used to seeing animal abuse. In 2007 and 2013 a mass shooting of stray dogs was conducted in Egypt. The blood of hundreds of animals floating on the streets became too much even for the Egyptians, and the authorities had to find a ”cleaner” way to slaughter the animals. Consequently the animals were poisoned instead – a horribly painful and prolonged death.
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19 December 2013, The Independent
Egypt’s Giza Zoo is not a zoo – it’s a hell for animals.
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19 July 2013, The Guardian
Egypt is the worst place for migratory birds. Each autumn about 140 million birds are trapped in nets and killed in Egypt when they migrate from Europe into Africa. This number doesn’t include birds killed in other ways, such as by being shot or geting stuck on glue sticks. Many of the trapped birds are endangered species.
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7 May 2013, ABC
A footage showing Australian cattle being mistreated in Egypt led to the suspension of live exports to the country. In the footage an Australian bull seems to have a broken leg after escaping from the slaughter room. A worker repeatedly stabs the bull on its tendons and face while blood is coming even from the animal’s eyes. The torture continues for five minutes until the bull collapses in a pool of its own blood.
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Egypt’s Giza Zoo is not a zoo – it’s a hell for animals.
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19 July 2013, The Guardian
Egypt is the worst place for migratory birds. Each autumn about 140 million birds are trapped in nets and killed in Egypt when they migrate from Europe into Africa. This number doesn’t include birds killed in other ways, such as by being shot or geting stuck on glue sticks. Many of the trapped birds are endangered species.
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7 May 2013, ABC
A footage showing Australian cattle being mistreated in Egypt led to the suspension of live exports to the country. In the footage an Australian bull seems to have a broken leg after escaping from the slaughter room. A worker repeatedly stabs the bull on its tendons and face while blood is coming even from the animal’s eyes. The torture continues for five minutes until the bull collapses in a pool of its own blood.
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30 April 2012, Gobal Animals
Egypt almost has no laws to protect animals and they are subject to every kind of abuse imaginable. Egypt’s innumerous strays are often shot or poisoned, fed food mixed with glass, brutally beaten, drowned, or tied with ropes that cut into their skin. Egypt’s working animals, such as donkeys, are worked to death. Egypt’s Giza Zoo by the Nile river is infamous for its cruel treatment of animals. The animals are kept in awful conditions. The animals that don’t die all display severe signs of anxiety. In Egypt, abusing animals is a popular pastime. Children drown little puppies for amusement, bury little kittens alive, or bang their head into a wall.
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Egypt almost has no laws to protect animals and they are subject to every kind of abuse imaginable. Egypt’s innumerous strays are often shot or poisoned, fed food mixed with glass, brutally beaten, drowned, or tied with ropes that cut into their skin. Egypt’s working animals, such as donkeys, are worked to death. Egypt’s Giza Zoo by the Nile river is infamous for its cruel treatment of animals. The animals are kept in awful conditions. The animals that don’t die all display severe signs of anxiety. In Egypt, abusing animals is a popular pastime. Children drown little puppies for amusement, bury little kittens alive, or bang their head into a wall.
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