A recent rescue mission conducted by K'S PATH. On November 17th, they received a frantic phone call from Kuwait Oil Company employees horrified to find dead and dying flamingos in the Abdaliya Nature Preserve in West Kuwait. K'S PATH was able to respond quickly and rescue the two live birds and document the deaths of 11 more. After receiving prompt medical care from Royal Animal Hospital, they were placed in a temporary holding cage over night. By the next morning K's Path staff were hard at work to modify an existing bird flight for use by flamingos. They don't normally publish gruesome photos on their Facebook page, but in this case they feel it is important that our community see what poaching is doing to our wildlife. With knowledge will come the ability to make change.
Eleven flamingos who did not survive being shot by poachers who had forced their way into the Abdaliya Nature Preserve.
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The sad face of death.
K's Path first responders to this tragedy were so horrified, this seemed an appropriate use of the shotgun shells left at the scene.
One of the lucky survivors recouperating at K's Path animal sanctuary.
This turned my stomach. I hope they find whoever did this and publicly hang them in Naif Palace. They are a black mark of disgrace to Kuwait!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a horrific act of cruelty. I firmly believe anyone who has it in them to be outright malicious towards an animal has something fundamentally wrong with them! What's wrong with these people?!? I certainly hope they're caught and severely punished.
ReplyDeleteThis is so sad. They are such beautiful birds. It's such a terrible crime. I don't get it... there is no shortage of food in Kuwait...what are they being killed for - feathers, meat or fun,or all three?
ReplyDelete:O( me too. Sick fun for some, I guess.
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