92% of Indonesia's zoos are facing food shortages for their animals.
Most of the zoos in Indonesia say they won't be able to feed some of their animals because of the effects the countries lockdown is having on zoos.
Indonesia's lockdown began in the March. As a result of Indonesia's lockdown, people haven't been allowed to visit zoos so the country's zoos seem to be having a significant decline in revenue because of the forced lockdown.
As a result of decreased revenue and with either little or no money coming in for zoos, zoos across Indonesia seem to be running out of funds which is used to feed their animals.
It's already taking a toll as zoos are saying that they have to feed their animals less.
But now, zoos in Indonesia are saying that they will have to cull animals like deers so that they can feed bigger animals at their zoos like tigers. This could happen as soon as the end of May as there are apparently 60 different zoos that say that they can only feed their animals until the end of May.
One of the side effects of these draconian lockdowns is the damage that it is doing to animals and wildlife, as well as human freedoms and liberty. Already we have seen animal charities seeing a decrease in their funding because of the lockdown, poaching up because of the lockdown and deforestation of the Amazon rainforest up because of the lockdown. Now, we have big cats in zoos going hungry because of these draconian lockdowns.
The cure of this virus seems to be more detrimental than the virus itself, both for humans, animals and the planet as a whole.
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