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Venezuela veterinarian arrested for telling the truth about zoo deaths
Lara: Arrested veterinarian of the Barquisimeto Zoo for revealing the condition of the animalsBy: Aporrea-EC | Saturday, 07/14/2018 03:44 PM
07-14-18.-Veterinarian Carlos Silva, head of Preventive Medicine and Nutrition at the Zoological and Botanical Park Bararida de Barquisimeto, was arrested at noon on Friday, July 13, according to the Ecuado Cocuyo website.
Ericka Camacho, ex-deputy of the Legislative Council of Lara state and activist of Acción Democrática (AD), indicated in her Twitter that Silva was arrested for refusing to sign "documents that cover the true reason for the death of animals in the zoo."
The coordinating professor of the Chair of Human Rights at the Western Center University Lisandro Alvarado (Ucla), Nelson Freitez, said in the same social network that the veterinarian arrested "after presenting a report on the critical condition of the Park" and the death of several animals.
https://www.aporrea.org/ddhh/n328125.html
