Community journalists expose animal cruelty at the Sharjah Animal Market in the United Arab Emirates. See more at http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00We have an incident, we have found a monkey which was paralysed and there was no other
00:13option just we have to put her down and it was found in Sharjah Animal Market and she
00:19was left paralysed for a long time in a bird cage so basically we came to Sharjah Animal
00:25Market to see what's going on around.
00:33We have seen those pit bulls which is even not for sale just for fight so people here
00:39are even looking for their partners of fighting.
00:54They say proudly also that when the father is a fighting dog and any dog put in a fight
00:59with that dog it just dies.
01:13Husky is a very northern animal, it was bred a long time ago developing its skills and
01:23its body limits to a very cold climate.
01:28We have seen a lot of sad cases happening around mainly it's regarding the way they
01:34are keeping the animals, peacocks which was tied up, that's horrible, which is tied up
01:40with the plastic bags and scotch tape all over mainly for transportation.
01:51The birds when they are selling the parrots it's not sold in the cages it's in the plastic
01:56bags, not plastic bags sorry paper bags.
01:59The parrots are sold in very very young age.
02:04We have what foxes being sold.
02:18Foxes in a little cage, a little like cat cage, it's like tiny can barely move inside
02:24But do you think she will be ok living inside the small area in the house?
02:32No problem, you can keep her.
02:35She is not biting, we are normal.
02:38How much is it?
02:403000.
02:41They are old, which is definitely considered as exotic animals right, old, they are not
02:47belongs to this country.
02:48We have tried to find some more exotic animals, from the rumor of the people we do get information
02:55that there is a people who is selling monkeys, but unfortunately we couldn't get it, he left.
03:00There was one and he left, after I think the last incident about the paralyzed monkey.
03:05To be honest the shops which is pet shops, official pet shops in the Sharjah market,
03:10they look much much better than what I have seen earlier.
03:14So it's somehow being controlled, but what is uncontrolled is the people which is selling
03:19in the street animals.
03:29They need to be educated, that's all it is.
03:31Taking care about the conditions, rules, husbandry and biohazard as well, hygiene.
03:42There should be some certain units to control it, by advising, by educating, teaching people
03:50how to deal with it, but also controlling, limiting and even if necessary about punishing
03:58them for animal cruelty or even for indifferent attitudes.
04:02Indifference is the worst thing I think, in my opinion.
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