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maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 9 DECEMBER 2020 ACROSS 1) Fluid accumulation 6) Sicily neighbor 11) Rest-cure site 14) It's often dressed for dinner 15) "He's _ nowhere man ... 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" Solution to last week's crossword The answers to today's crossword will be published in next week's Midweek edition Weather Partly to rather cloudy with showers mainly in the morning and night Visibility Good except in showers Wind West Southwest force 6 becoming West Northwest TODAY TOMORROW Crossword WEATHER WINDT WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS UV: 2 ISOLATED SHOWERS UV: 2 17 0 / 10 0 17 0 / 15 0 FEELS LIKE 17 0 FEELS LIKE 17 0 � � FreeDailyCrosswords.com ACROSS- - - - - - - - - - - I) Large school of fish 6) Emulate a picador 10) Pastrami source 14) Bay of Naples isle 15) Account of incidents or events 16) Very big birds 39) Impel 40) Throw, as a coin 41) In other words, in Ovid's words 42) It gets hot in a bag 43) Quick gait 44) Historical leader? 17) It comes monthly 45) Word of respect to a woman 20) "No" in France 21) Coin introduced on 1/1/99 22) Baby's diversion 23) Makes certain 25) Continuity problems 26) Smidge 27) Man who hit 660 homeruns 28) Common title word 31) To remain in abeyance 34) Tourist's entry permit 35) Relative of 16-Across 36) They know their cues? 46) Bacterium 50) Backward, upon the waters 53) Cash in Cancun 54) Snapshot, in slang 55) Change you shouldn't take if offered 58) Forget to include 59) Pastoral woodwind 60) Machete kin 61) They have kids 62) Plant parasite 63) Ream unit WHATS HIS NAME? 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" 2nd August LAURA CALLEJA ZOOS in Malta are nothing more than "vanity projects" with no benefits for con- servation, the Green Party said. ADPD came out against zoos in Malta saying the assumption that animals could be used for any purpose that "supposedly benefits humankind" was unacceptable. The government has already backtracked on a legislative package that would have banned petting of wild animals in zoos, a source of income for certain establish- ments. ADPD said that despite claims made by the government the proposed regulations do not strengthen the role of zoos in regards to conservation, they also do not protect the health and wellbeing of wild animals. "The proposed regulations for wild animals are unacceptable, particularly animals such as large cats among others, whose natural en- vironment cannot be replicated in Malta," ADPD spokesperson Mark Zerafa said. "It is clear to those who take the time to understand the so-called 'zoo' phenome- non in Malta, that these private collections of wild animals are vanity projects and the new status symbols for some people. As such the aim of government should be the phasing out of private collections of wild an- imals and not their encouragement through regulations which give a veneer of accepta- bility to such private projects," Zerafa said. Earlier this week, draft zoo regulations that would have banned the petting of cubs were changed just 24 hours later to allow the lucrative practice to continue. The public consultation on the draft Legal Notice was open until 7 December and yet the government website gives no explana- tion as to why the change was done. The proposed regulations plan to overhaul the 2003 rules that apply for zoos. Zerafa said that no breeding of wild ani- mals should be allowed for private collec- tions. Additionally, he said these collections are just excuses to take up land, to turn into commercial and retail spaces with the add- ed "attraction of wild animals in cages." Zerafa said that any permits for zoos should be based on whether these benefit the animal concerned. "Licenses should only be granted to bona fide research-led establishments involved in either captive breeding of endangered species for even- tual return to the wild or else to those of- fering genuine sanctuary to animals una- ble, through injury and other cause, to be returned to the wild and where their living conditions are as close as possible to the an- imal's natural habitat, In Malta, this would mean the breeding or sanctuary to fauna which occur naturally here, or the reintro- duction of species which have become rare, certainly not lions, tigers and giraffes," he said. Zerafa said it was inherently cruel to con- fine a wild animal, naturally adapted to roam the savannah in an artificial enclosure. "Animals in the wild may exhibit com- plex social interactions and hunting and foraging instincts which they are unable to express in a confined setting. Such animals have been known to exhibit symptoms of stress and frustration that have been collec- tively termed 'zoochosis'. Allowing visitors to pet these animals and to pose for pictures with them further compounds and exacer- bates the animals' suffering," he said. Zerafa said that ADPD reiterated its belief that zoos are unnecessary and undesirable. "While the proposed regulations may set minimum standards for animal welfare, al- though the government has already given in and will allow wild animal petting, the fact remains that private collections of animals just for the sake of it should be phased out," Zerafa said. Zoos 'unnecessary and undesirable' – ADPD