Leave Our Giza Zoo Alone in Giza

So the rumors are true , the ministry of housing  thinks in transferring our old Giza Zoo to 6th of October Governorate and sell its land to investors !!!!!?? It is not the first time.

By the way this is the same ministry of housing that plans to sell the Dahab and Waraq Islands to investors despite by court order these islands are natural reserves owned by its people no one can get them out of it !! This court order is also recognized by the Giza governorate.

Strangely last time I checked the Zoo was following the ministry of Agriculture and the deputy of the ministry has denied any knowledge about this plan !!!?? And what is this complaint that people are scared from the zoo because of the swine and avian flu !!??

What is going on !!?? Is there a conflict of authority here or what !!?? The municipal council of Giza has refused this plan which means there is something could be serious going on.

I tried to check from this news , already after Youm 7 and their   sources , I could not find another source except animal rights activist Dina Zulficar who assured to me online that these were just rumors and the ministry of agriculture has set reforming committees to revive parks and Zoos owned by the ministry recently with short and long terms to achieve that goal the ministry has set. Mrs.Zulficar’s words calmed me down a little bit still my mind can’t overcome the sources of Youm 7 and also the fact that this is not the first or even the second time we hear such talk regarding our Zoo. I hope that Mrs.Zulficar is right, seriously she would make my day for real.

Back to the Zoo , this is the second oldest Zoo in the world built in the 19th century ,there are very old trees and rocks for God sake !!! The Giza Zoo was inaugurated in 1891 and this is how we keep it !!? Is  not it a Khedival heritage like Down town !!?? Oh I forget to tell you that Belton Financial has bought the Khedival building in Down town too !!?

May be this is why the Zoo reached to the Zoo miserable level , the regime is using the same method they used in selling our public factories , they let it get rotten then they sell these factories to greedy investors claiming they were hopeless and burden on the state to remedy !!?

Are we going to transfer the second oldest zoo in the world so its land would be sold by millions and transfer the last green parts of Giza to have concrete buildings !!

Why does this government want to destroy everything historical and beautiful in our life ??

Already FYI building a so-called  centralized zoo in October bigger than the Giza Zoo is much more expensive than restoring our current Zoo and reviving it !!

I think animal rights organizations alone can’t fight this battle or rather war with the government with all respect to them, this is not an assault on animal wild life but rather an assault on our history and our dignity , we need more help from civil society organizations and political parties and movements like Kafiya, 6th April ,Bothina Kamal’s organization ..etc. I know that some journalists from and outside Egypt read my blog , I hope that they read this post and spread it in their publications !!  I wish that the whole blogsphere and Egyptian facebook society speak about this and show our total refusal to the government because I got sick from this rumors every now and then in order to know our reactions.

Here are couple of Facebook groups I found online speaking about this topic :

• Revitalize the Giza Zoo
• I refuse selling the Giza Zoo
• Save the Giza Zoo

What else will be transferred to 6th of October governorate !!?? Cairo University or even better Abdeen Palace !!!??Are they going to transfer the Orman garden too ?? !!

We Must Stop this conspiracy of selling the history of Egypt and Yes We Can Stop it if We want insh Allah.

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