THE LITTLE LIONESS WAS A VICTIM OF ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE AND CRIME

The autumn days in September brought the surprises for the residents of the northern city in Serbia, Subotica, who spotted the few months old female lion cub, wandering during the offside road. They called the police and zoologic experts who immediately took the care of malnourished but friendly lion baby. The real question is : how the lion cub ended being lost on the Serbian roads and who is responsible for having it and eliminating it in such a cruel way? The little Kiki, as the public gave the name to the brave lioness, was exhausted and abused. The medical check has shown that the mammal suffers from many internal diseases, malnutrition and the atrophy of the muscles. The message of the story: the animal arrived from some of the illegal wildlife trade networks that abuses wild cats and bring them to the rich people who want entertainment. Once when the fun is not there and they learn that the wild animal needs something more than what they thought, it is not interesting anymore. Who did it?

The Serbian people make a big pressure on the government and police to find the criminal executors and bring them to the legal prosecution but it seems that nothing remarkable is happening at the moment. The poor Kiki is fighting to survive but as it seems, it is almost impossible to hope that she will survive her fatal destiny and ruined health. If Kiki passes away, following the reaction of public, it will be some kind of revolution of the many layers in Serbian deeply divided society. If you hear ordinary Serbians, you must know how much they love animals and how deeply are hit by the situation with Kiki. Not only Serbians, but the whole regions wants justice for Kiki and all future Kikis.

The illegal wildlife market is not unknown to the super Europe. It is happening all over and the all countries don’t ever bother to do something. You can see how many poor animals are being transported and terrorised to be delivered to some rich Youtuber, TikToker or Instragram lunatic who will make reels, likes and artificial intelligence perfomarnce while the nature intelligence and compassions are dying. In Serbia has been arrested the Youtuber who was linked to the person who has illegal lion and tiger cubs as pets. So basically, those psychopaths abuses rare animals for their business and earn dollars renting innocent creatures for some surreal live on Internet. Aren’t we all sick ? Where are the organisations for animal rights to put a pressure on the govenments to control better the borders and monitor the possible crime fluctuations with exotic animals ? It seems that all of them are busy with posting on social media for some cheap like.

The Serbian online star for letting you have any exotic animal you want is one Dani Tarzan who is known on TikTok for his videos with exotic wild cats and birds, pointing that people can contact him via WhatsApp and Viber for discounted pet: “According to the Serbian Law on Animal Welfare, keeping and enabling reproduction of wild and exotic animals as pets can only be done with official approval, issued by a cabinet minister, based on the previously obtained consent of the minister in charge of the environment. Doing this without such approval can cost the perpetrator 100,000 to 1,000,000 dinars (850-8,500 euros) in fines.” I don’t believe that this person has such an approval for scientific purpose and I can only relate his position in the shadow of political tolerance and corruption. This is why the Serbian public voice is angry and want regulations and punishments for all people like Dani Tarzan.

I travel often with dogs and nobody is interesting even to see dogs papers or check on them if they are fine in their transport zone. How that could be ok ? How they are all sure that I am not a smuggler ? How they will be ever sure who is a smuggler and who is not ? Honestly, I am annoyed to note that animals are just an object of human ignorance and greed, the biggest victim of all lunacy that is happening all over the world.

The global black market in wildlife trade is growing papally with intentions of the authorities to stop it. It is not only that this hits the biodiversity and ruin the ecosystem but increases the zoonotic diseases ad potential new jumpers. The EU actions are focused on preventing and educating but also on monitoring, cooperating and grounding strong partnership on advocating wildlife rights and protecting the endangered species and their place on the Earth. This is not only the job of the EU but also the job for the rest of corrupted world. When you see what is ongoing in Asia, you would understand that some lands there live for wildlife trade. They have to be punished for it. Period. As well as their consumers. Otherwise, we won’t be ever outside this devil circle of shame and lunacy.

You just can imagine the cute Kiki that might not survive the human terror and you must be driven to work for all young and innocent Kiki from the whole world that are the victims of the evil people. How many of them are out there and will be eliminated sometime, somewhere, just like Kiki ? Once, when they aren’t anymore cute and easy. The world is a pretty much cruel place but only because we, good people, just watch and do not do anything. Move yourself, move your surrounding and report anyone, anywhere who harm the animals or do the illegal acts against their safety. We are the only hope for voiceless, for Kiki, for those who deserve to run free.