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Danga Bay

February 28, 2008 on 11:40 pm | In travels |

If you haven’t been to Danga Bay in Johor (Malaysia), its worth checking out.
Coming from the Singapore direction, head past the Woodlands checkpoint and turn left once you reach Johor. From there, follow the road along the coastline for about 10 minutes and you’ll reach Danga Bay.

This place is awesome - lots to see and do - shop, eat, laze around by the seaside, rollerblade, bike, amusement park etc..

For more info and pictures, visit the blog of my friend Veron.

All’s good in Danga bay, love that place.
I only have 1 complaint - that is against the Animal Petting Zoo (located just behind the amusement rides and stonehenge sundial thingy).

I have already written in a formal complaint to ACRES and its chairman, Louis Ng, to get the zoo investigated for animal cruelty. I was there on the weekend and was appalled at some of the enclosures used to keep the animals!

Reasons are as follows:
Yes, most of the cages were clean and well stocked with water/food. However, the puny size of the cages made it nothing short of a prison for the animals!

-Primates were all stressed- cages were no more than 3 ft x 3 ft. Monkeys looked scared, hugging each other through grills of cages.
-Raccoons were stressed, jumping and climbing up and down repetitively.
- Sunbear was constantly gnawing on cage, trying to escape.
-Reptiles – monitor lizards, iguanas etc.. no space at all. The head and tail of the monitor lizards barely can fit in the cage!
Tiger – juvenile tiger named Simba – was being dragged around on metal chain. The “keeper” (more like a glorified security guard) was smoking and even tried to put the lit cigarette in the tiger’s mouth (I scolded him to stop).
-Birds & Parrots – the “keepers” were constantly tormenting them – poking them with fingers etc. Over-crowded cages.
-Horses: definitely hungry and not well feed. They went crazy the moment I bought some hay into their enclosures because they were starving.
-All the cages were bare metal grills – not good for the footing of the animals. No mats, shelter, blankets etc provided for the animals.
- Most cages kept under the bright, glaring spotlights. Animals can’t sleep at night.

** I even suspect a lot of the animals were caught and smuggled illegally into the “zoo”

For those who read this blog or visit Danga Bay - go check for yourself and spread the word. We have to stop animal cruelty!