WARNING: Shocking images of animal cruelty may disturb you.
An estimated 25 animals die a MONTH from unnatural causes at Surabaya Zoo - better known to protestors as the Zoo of Death.
Indonesia's largest zoo, people are charged just $1.00 to enter the living nightmare, where the animals are subjected to deliberate cruelty by their handlers.
The animals there are starving, especially the carnivores. Many of them have been emaciated for so long, their bodies can no longer absorb nutrition properly.
The zoo's 180 pelicans are packed so tightly into their enclosure that they cannot unfurl their wings without hitting a neighbour - and, perhaps most distressingly, a giraffe died due to a beachball-sized wad of plastic food wrappers in its belly.
A spokesperson from PETA has spoken to us about the gross display of animal cruelty, saying:
"There have been several victims of the notoriously cruel Surabaya Zoo. Nanik, an endangered female orang-utan, apparently suffered for weeks before dying at the tender age of 12 years old – a mere fraction of the more than 45 years that she could have lived in her natural habitat.
"Her death came after a critically endangered Sumatran tiger named Rozek died at the zoo after having suffered from an undiagnosed digestive problem. Another tiger, Melani, suffered from the same ailment and was half her recommended weight when she was relocated to another zoo, and the only giraffe at the Surabaya Zoo died after ingesting almost 20 kilograms of plastic.
"It's time that Indonesian authorities shut down this hellhole and relocated the animals currently suffering in its enclosures to facilities where they can be cared for properly."
There are also suspicions that several zookeepers have been stealing animals, including three rare Komodo Dragons that disappeared last year, and sold into the exotic pet trade.
They have also been accused of taking meat from the tigers and selling it into the local market.
Animal welfare group Cee4Life are fighting to save the animals in captivity, offering support and aid to the poor creatures and speaking with zoo owners.
If you would like to know more about their plans for saving these animals - they have already rescued a malnourished tiger, as seen at the top of this page - then please visit their Facebook page now.
Photos sourced from HigherPerspective.com