{"id":160060,"date":"2022-07-09T17:34:45","date_gmt":"2022-07-09T17:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=160060"},"modified":"2022-07-09T17:34:45","modified_gmt":"2022-07-09T17:34:45","slug":"horror-as-starving-lions-forced-to-eat-their-own-tails-at-zoo-where-remains-of-hundreds-of-big-cats-found-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/horror-as-starving-lions-forced-to-eat-their-own-tails-at-zoo-where-remains-of-hundreds-of-big-cats-found-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Horror as starving lions forced to eat their own TAILS at zoo where &#x27;remains of hundreds of big cats found&#x27; | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A PRIDE of starving lions were forced to eat their own TAILS at a horror zoo where they were kept in torturous conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Footage of the gaunt animals at the Black Jaguar-White Tiger Foundation in Tlalpan, Mexico City, has sparked international outrage.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/NINTCHDBPICT000746085464.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/NINTCHDBPICT000745960715.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/NINTCHDBPICT000745960730-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The remains of hundreds of big cats have also allegedly been discovered dumped in a mass grave at the disgraced wildlife refuge.<\/p>\n<p>The majestic creatures were seen looking frail and depressed as they forlornly paced around their cramped metal cages. <\/p>\n<p>Mexican actor Arturo Islas Allende, 35,\u00a0helped publicise the untold agony of the lions, branding their treatment &quot;a holocaust&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>He also accused the owner of the foundation, Eduardo Mauricio Moises Serio, of illegally selling and breeding lion, tiger, jaguar and leopard cubs.<\/p>\n<h3><span>READ MORE ON MEXICO <\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/MF-Seven-members-family-found-dead-COMP.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Seven members of same family found dead in home after murder of two priests<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/kc-bonnie-comp2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>New Hurricane Bonnie path &#038; impact on US revealed after at least 2 killed<\/h3>\n<p>Harrowing video shows the emaciated lions collapsing in their small cages in the blistering heat, while others sport agonising sores over their bodies.<\/p>\n<p>The constant lack of food and nutrition has saw some of the animals gnaw at their own tails in sheer desperation. <\/p>\n<p>A former employee at the hellish zoo, activist Yael Ruiz, first reported the foundation to the authorities after working there for two years.<\/p>\n<p>She says the big cats began eating their tails &quot;out of anxiety&quot; after being forced to live in monstrous conditions.<\/p>\n<h3>Most read in The Sun<\/h3>\n<p><style data-emotion=\"css ksk4ta\">.css-ksk4ta{opacity:1;display:block;border-radius:inherit;height:104px;width:156px;-webkit-animation:fadeIn 300ms;animation:fadeIn 300ms;}@-webkit-keyframes fadeIn{from{opacity:0;}to{opacity:1;}}@keyframes fadeIn{from{opacity:0;}to{opacity:1;}}<\/style>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/COMP-MA-LI-GLUM.jpg\"><\/picture>\n<style data-emotion=\"css 1b3rpqk\">.css-1b3rpqk{width:470px;height:104px;margin:0;padding:0 16px 0 16px;border:1px solid #dcdddd;background-color:#ffffff;}<\/style>\n<style data-emotion=\"css 1ip4d38\">.css-1ip4d38{display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;height:100%;-webkit-align-items:center;-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;-webkit-align-content:center;-ms-flex-line-pack:center;align-content:center;-webkit-box-flex-wrap:nowrap;-webkit-flex-wrap:nowrap;-ms-flex-wrap:nowrap;flex-wrap:nowrap;-webkit-flex-direction:row;-ms-flex-direction:row;flex-direction:row;-webkit-box-pack:start;-ms-flex-pack:start;-webkit-justify-content:flex-start;justify-content:flex-start;margin-left:calc(-4px\/2);margin-right:calc(-4px\/2);width:470px;height:104px;margin:0;padding:0 16px 0 16px;border:1px solid #dcdddd;background-color:#ffffff;}<\/style>\n<style data-emotion=\"css 14dqn90\">.css-14dqn90{display:-webkit-inline-box;display:-webkit-inline-flex;display:-ms-inline-flexbox;display:inline-flex;margin-left:calc(4px\/2);margin-right:calc(4px\/2);}<\/style>\n<style data-emotion=\"css 12an5ma\">.css-12an5ma{font-family:The Sun;font-size:20px;line-height:1.2;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0%;font-stretch:normal;padding:1px 0px;}.css-12an5ma::before{content:'';display:block;height:0;width:0;margin-bottom:calc(-0.261875em + -1px);}.css-12an5ma::after{content:'';display:block;height:0;width:0;margin-top:calc(-0.25em + -1.3px);}<\/style>\n<section class=\"css-12an5ma\">\n<style data-emotion=\"css 1xa6fgb\">.css-1xa6fgb{color:rgba(58,121,187,1);text-transform:uppercase;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;margin-right:4px;}.css-1xa6fgb:hover:not(:disabled){-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}<\/style>\n<p><span>OMG <\/span><\/p>\n<style data-emotion=\"css 1efa55o\">.css-1efa55o{display:inline;font:inherit;margin:0;color:rgba(34,37,38,1);-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}.css-1efa55o:hover:not(:disabled){-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}<\/style>\n<h2>I was in Love Island&#x27;s Casa Amor and there&#x27;s a scene that&#x27;s NEVER aired says Nas Majeed<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/TM-comp-Pg11.jpg\"><\/picture>\n<section class=\"css-12an5ma\"><span>MONSTER ON THE LOOSE <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Evil mum of Baby P spotted for the first time in 7 years after release<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/COMP-73.png\"><\/picture>\n<section class=\"css-12an5ma\"><span>GORGEOUS <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Towie\u2019s Bobby Norris is completely unrecognisable after getting fillers dissolved<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/TM-COMP-DEC.jpg\"><\/picture>\n<section class=\"css-12an5ma\"><span>&#x27;HEARTBROKEN&#x27;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Dec pays tribute to &#x27;darling brother&#x27; after rushing to bedside in hospital<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Arturo complained he just &quot;doesn&#x27;t understand how for so long, no one has done anything&quot; to put a stop to the suffering of the animals.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &quot;The place is now under the control of the authorities, the owner is a fugitive from justice, he has not appeared anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We have just had a meeting with the Mexico City authorities so veterinarians can start rescuing the emaciated animals.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The foundation did not have the correct papers or legal permits, the reality is it was completely clandestine.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Horrified inspectors have since reportedly found pits with what they believe are the bones and remains of more than 200 big cats.<\/p>\n<p>Arturo continued: &quot;There are pits with the bones of buried animals.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The foundation said they had 400 felines, yesterday a count was carried out with the authorities and only between 180 and 190 are accounted for, less than half of them.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>There are pits with the bones of buried animals.<\/p>\n<p>The actor also claimed that employees have not been paid for months before the evil owner scarpered. <\/p>\n<p>He added: &quot;The owner also did not pay the rent and has outstanding bills of around MXN 1 million (\u00a340,612).<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The foundation received millions of dollars in donations that did not reach the animals and is linked to tax evasion.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The breeding of cubs was ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The reality is, the foundation placed animals in the hands of buyers and, over time, they became a problem for the customers and we sent back to the same cages.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Animal rights groups have slammed the horrific treatment of the lions at the Black Jaguar-White Tiger Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>The refuge, which ironically claims to rescue animals from harsh conditions at breeding centres and circuses, has been reported to the Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection (PROFEPA).<\/p>\n<p>One animal rights group &#8211; AZCARM &#8211; accused the foundation owner of &quot;abandoning and mistreating hundreds of big cats&quot;.<\/p>\n<h3><span>Read More on The Sun<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/MT-TWINS-COMP.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>I&#8217;m mum to &#8216;twins&#8217; born a week apart, they&#8217;re not related but look so alike<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/NINTCHDBPICT000745724785.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Our garden fence has been broken for months &#8211; my kids can&#8217;t play outside<\/h3>\n<p>The surviving lions will undergo a medical evaluation and are expected to be rehomed at other zoos in the Mexican capital.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation continues.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/NINTCHDBPICT000745960718.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/NINTCHDBPICT000745960708-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/19146306\/starving-lions-forced-eat-own-tails-horror-zoo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A PRIDE of starving lions were forced<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":160059,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Horror as starving lions forced to eat their own TAILS at zoo where &#x27;remains of hundreds of big cats found&#x27; 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