A
controversial zoo in Argentina allows tourists to have extremely close
encounters with some of the most dangerous predators in the world.
Here at the Lujan Zoo near
Buenos Aires visitors can ride lions, cuddle bears, stroke tigers and
feed cheetahs. Cages are accessible to everyone who paid $50 and signed
the paper saying that if you are eaten, the Zoo is not responsible.
Lujan Zoo is about 50 miles from Buenos Aires, has an entrance fee of
just £5.
................. [SEE MORE PICTURES]] .... Visitors can even pick up the
smaller animals and manhandle them at risk to themselves and the
creatures. Shockingly there doesn't appear to be much in the way of
safety regulations to protect either humans or animals and Internet
blogs are littered with pictures of tourists with the animals.
Even children are allowed to enter the lion's cage and fondle a range of animals that have the potential to kill or maim them.
Animal protection charity,
The Born Free Foundation, has condemned the zoo and issued a statement
to urge tourists not to visit it.
Will Travers, CEO of The Born Free
Foundation said: 'Based on what I have seen displayed on the Lujan Zoo
website, I am fearful that a terrible accident is going to happen.
CEO
of The Born Free Foundation add : 'The zoo is, in my view, placing the
lives of its visitors at great risk by encouraging them to have 'close
encounters' with dangerous, potentially lethal, wild animals.
'Anyone who has any knowledge of big cats will understand that they are wild animals and, as such, are unpredictable'
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