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Afghanistan
Canadian zoo owner wants to donate lions to Kabul
2002-02-01
  • A Canadian roadside zoo operator wants to donate a pair of young lions to Afghanistan to replace Marjan, who died this month. The Northwood Buffalo and Exotic Animal Ranch northeast of Toronto has two 18-month-old, and as yet unnamed, lions that are ready to be shipped to Kabul to fill the vacuum left by the death of Marjan, who survived battles, coups and even a grenade attack before finally succumbing in January to old age. Zoo owner Norm Phillips said that with all the warfare and hardship the people of Afghanistan have endured they deserve to have attractions such as lions in their zoo.

    But not everyone thinks it's a good plan, including the World Society for the Protection of Animals, which played a big role in helping to treat the one-eyed Marjan in his last days. "I think it's a crazy idea," said Pat Tohill, a spokesman for the Toronto office of the society. "I think that while the animals would be better off at a modern zoo than a roadside establishment like Northwood, but shipping them half way around the world is nuts."
    There's always someone to disapprove of an idea, no matter how good it is. One of the lions should be named Masood.
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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