In early 2016, citizens of the Ukrainian capital turned to local authorities with a request to close the “bird” market (Kiev). A photo taken by mushroom pickers “screams” that mockery of wordless creatures is a sufficient excuse for closing. In the photo - kittens abandoned in the forest.
"Bird" is not the same
Once on weekends almost all of Kiev came here. The "Bird Market" was a favorite vacation spot for most metropolitan families. Today, buyers do not visit the zoological market on Kurenivka. What is the reason? There are several of them: unsanitary conditions, high mortality (they say there have been cases when a pet died literally during the transfer of money), unscrupulous sellers.
There are more frequent cases when new owners of the furry animal purchased at the Bird, instead of accustoming a little friend to a new place of residence, are forced to rush with him from one veterinarian to another ...
Who saves on cleanliness?
Everyone knows that when buying a rodent (hamster, chinchilla or rabbit), it is not necessary to have a veterinary passport on it . This probably explains the popularity of this category of “live goods”. There are a great many rodents in the zoological market, but they are unlikely to feel comfortable in cramped cages - some, judging by their smell, have long been dead, but this does not bother sellers.
Any reseller knows the meaning of the expression “sleepy animal”. Exhausted from the heat or cold, and not having the opportunity to get out of the dirty cage, the half-starved beast, according to sellers, feels normal. To the comments of veterinarians about cramped cells, none of the people seems to be responding.
Instead of comment
Volunteers whose field of activity is custody of stray animals are sure that the Bird should, if not be closed, at least restructured. Closing the Kiev “bird” market, they say, cannot be avoided if sellers of “live goods” do not take the control code on health, nutrition and the way they keep their temporary pets.
It is difficult to find a person who does not know about Khreshchatyk, Podil, Andreevsky Descent and other places that Kiev is famous for. The bird market is also one of the city's attractions. Another possible reason for the closure, according to officially unconfirmed information, was the advantageous location of the Bird.
Who will punish the buyers of "live meat"?
According to the Criminal Code of Ukraine (in particular, Article 299), to mock the smaller brothers and to set animals against each other to a person who does not rank themselves as decent should be either expensive or scary - for this offense, he will be fined 50 minimum salaries, or arrested for six months. The killing of living beings is permitted only if there is no other way to alleviate their near-death suffering. Does this mean that the seller who finds out about the client’s intention to purchase “live meat” should react unambiguously?
Animal defenders can only shrug their hands, because specific documents proving the fact of an offense are absent, and mechanisms for implementing laws exist only on paper. Moreover, not only Kiev is at risk. The “bird” market, no matter in which settlement it is located, is not immune from this situation: under the guise of searching for a “little friend”, the client is actually looking for a suitable training exhibit for training a fighting dog.
It is possible that all these horrors are fiction, a way to get a piece of land for building. To make sure that the charges brought against the zoo market are fair, the reader can go to the address below.
Kiev, bird market, address
This place is located on 66 Frunze Street in the Obolonsky district of the capital of Ukraine (Kiev). The bird market is open throughout the week except Monday.
Many people of Kiev and guests of the city, having arrived at Kurenyovka in the hope of looking into the gullible little eyes of kittens and dogs, are increasingly becoming indirect witnesses to the brutal reprisal.
Bird Market (Kiev): how to get there?
There are several ways to get to the bird market:
- from the metro station "Maydan Nezalezhnostі" you can get on the trolley bus number 18 or minibus, going to the stop "Kurenevsky market"
- from the train station you can take a minibus number 558;
- from the metro station "Petrovka" - by minibus number 25, 525;
- from the metro station "Obolon" can be reached by tram number 11;
- from the metro station "Heroes of the Dnieper" can be reached by tram number 16.