Cover image via Richard Shears/UK Daily MailA mini zoo in Tawau was shut down on Thursday, 17 September, after the authorities found out that the animals were kept in extremely dirty conditions
Image via Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD)/NST
The mini zoo was set up in 1994 by SJKC Yuk Chin and the Wildlife Department as an educational programme
Two days before that, UK's Daily Mail published an exclusive report exposing "filthy conditions" of the mini zoo
Thirsty monkey drained the entire bottle when he was offered one.
Image via Richard Shears/UK Daily Mail
Upreshpal added that the animals were starving, as they were only fed 2-3 times a week, and each meal was never enough
A crocodile seen in a concrete pool of its own stagnant urine.
Image via Richard Shears/UK Daily Mail
The exclusive report also revealed that it is a common sight to see schoolchildren torment the animals in the mini zoo
On top of rescuing more than 50 animals from the 'Zoo from Hell', Sabah Wildlife Department director William Baya has also ordered a freeze to the issuance of all new mini zoo license
Image via Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD)/NST
