Animals in peril

Community journalists expose animal cruelty at the Sharjah Animal Market in the United Arab Emirates. See more at http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00We have an incident, we have found a monkey which was paralysed and there was no other

00:13option just we have to put her down and it was found in Sharjah Animal Market and she

00:19was left paralysed for a long time in a bird cage so basically we came to Sharjah Animal

00:25Market to see what's going on around.

00:33We have seen those pit bulls which is even not for sale just for fight so people here

00:39are even looking for their partners of fighting.

00:54They say proudly also that when the father is a fighting dog and any dog put in a fight

00:59with that dog it just dies.

01:13Husky is a very northern animal, it was bred a long time ago developing its skills and

01:23its body limits to a very cold climate.

01:28We have seen a lot of sad cases happening around mainly it's regarding the way they

01:34are keeping the animals, peacocks which was tied up, that's horrible, which is tied up

01:40with the plastic bags and scotch tape all over mainly for transportation.

01:51The birds when they are selling the parrots it's not sold in the cages it's in the plastic

01:56bags, not plastic bags sorry paper bags.

01:59The parrots are sold in very very young age.

02:04We have what foxes being sold.

02:18Foxes in a little cage, a little like cat cage, it's like tiny can barely move inside

02:24But do you think she will be ok living inside the small area in the house?

02:32No problem, you can keep her.

02:35She is not biting, we are normal.

02:38How much is it?

02:403000.

02:41They are old, which is definitely considered as exotic animals right, old, they are not

02:47belongs to this country.

02:48We have tried to find some more exotic animals, from the rumor of the people we do get information

02:55that there is a people who is selling monkeys, but unfortunately we couldn't get it, he left.

03:00There was one and he left, after I think the last incident about the paralyzed monkey.

03:05To be honest the shops which is pet shops, official pet shops in the Sharjah market,

03:10they look much much better than what I have seen earlier.

03:14So it's somehow being controlled, but what is uncontrolled is the people which is selling

03:19in the street animals.

03:29They need to be educated, that's all it is.

03:31Taking care about the conditions, rules, husbandry and biohazard as well, hygiene.

03:42There should be some certain units to control it, by advising, by educating, teaching people

03:50how to deal with it, but also controlling, limiting and even if necessary about punishing

03:58them for animal cruelty or even for indifferent attitudes.

04:02Indifference is the worst thing I think, in my opinion.

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