Hamas TV rapped for animal abuse

A Hamas-run TV channel aired a program showing animals being abused in the studio and at a zoo in the Gaza Strip.

Izvor: BBC

Thursday, 16.08.2007.

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Hamas TV rapped for animal abuse

Peta criticized al-Aqsa TV for the children's show in which an actor was swinging cats around by their tails and throwing stones at lions.

The show's host said afterwards that "children should not behave like this".

The show was criticized in June for featuring a character in a Mickey Mouse suit, denouncing Israel and the U.S.

The character was later shown being beaten to death by an actor who played an Israeli agent.

The episode about the Gaza zoo featured in the al-Aqsa TV children's program—Tomorrow's Pioneers—last week.

In it, an actor dressed as a bee was swinging cats around by their tails and also throwing stones at lions in their cages.

It drew strong criticism from Peta (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) after it was posted on YouTube video-sharing website by Palestinian Media Watch group.

"It's shocking and sickening," Peta's Martin Mersereau told Reuters news agency.

"Any lessons meant to be contained in this segment are almost certainly lost on most children, who are more likely to imitate people they see treating animals cruelly rather than understand this behavior is wrong," he said.

So far there have been no comments from al-Aqsa TV officials.

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