Guerilla Ryu

As you can see by the photos this zoo is unable to handle the animals they hold in cages. I cannot really put in to words how these animals are being treated. There was a Labrador Retreiver and a black bear in the same cage, the dog was scared to death. The two tigers were locked in a small cage with nothing to stimulate them, no grass, no hills, no trees, just cement floor and filthy water. These sort of things were evident in all of the animal cages. The one thing I saw that disturbed me the most that caused me to create this group was the monkey that is locked up in a cage about the size of a parking space. I just received an email from WSPA (the World Society for the Protection of Animals) and I realized this Monkey is still in that same cage and he has been there for 6 years. I found this website and it gives you a good look into what is going on there.
http://www.theguzoo.com/index.html

What you can do!
WSPA sent me an email with a prewritten letter to the MLA who is responsible for making sure our Roadside Zoos are complying with regulation. Please take the time to send off this email. I sent one off a week ago and I already have a response from my MLA saying he has received numerous letters and they are going to ensure monitoring over the next few months. The more letters he receives the more serious they are going to take this. Please take 2 minutes to send this off and help these animals. The link to the email website is:
http://www.wspa.ca/news.asp?newsID=113
If that does not work then go to www.wspa.ca and at the bottom right there is a link that says "Alberta government not enforcing their own zoo regulations". Click on that and it will take you to the right page!


The chinchillas were being horrible kept. They were being kept in mixed genders, and there were day old kits at the bottom. All they had for climbing was a plywood shelf, and the glue in plywood is extremely toxic. Many of the chinchillas had wounds on their ears and faces, likely from incompatible cagemates getting into fights.

Their shelves were filthy and covered in feces, obviously having not been cleaned in weeks. Some of the chinchillas were obviously skinny and most were missing patches of fur.

The misspelled "educational" sign on the cage stated that chinchillas cannot get parasites due to their thick fur, however, chinchillas are prone to mites.





A little girl who said her mom volunteered at the zoo asked if we'd like to see the baby red fox just inside the house. Of course, we said yes. This poor baby is being kept alone, having been taken from her parents to be handfed, in a bird cage...complete with a perch. She cried the most horribly upset noise I've ever heard as we left, obviously wanting comfort.




The filthy inside of the rabbit's shed. The floor was covered in feces and the urine was going up the walls.



half of the floor in the guinea pig pen was COVERED in inches of feces, which was basically acting as the guinea pigs substrate.



The Basset Hounds still wander the zoo, occasionally stopping to bark at and harass some of the caged animals. Allowing the dogs to wander from cage to cage increases the spread of disease and parasites.




The momma macaque has been separated from her mate, who is now housed in solitary confinement. Momma is with her baby, who can escape from the enclosure at will. He ran up to a visitor who asked "Does he bite?" to which Bill Gustafson replied "I don't think so!". Macaques are carriers of the human hepatitis B virus and the fact that this baby has free run of the zoo is extremely dangerous. Momma Macaque would get angry when her baby got out, and would hug him to her chest tightly as soon as he came back.

He ran along the raccoon cage, ran up to a Basset Hound and thumped it on the back, ran up the barrier fence and approached a visitor, before running back up the Raccoon cage, jumping down, and slipping through the gate.





This poor macaque is housed in solitary confinement with two predators, a serval and a pair of NGSD's, on either side of her. She has no climbing structure, enclosed shelter, an area for shelter, or enrichment of any kind (aside from a few cat toys). She spent her time pacing or wringing her hands at the bars of the cage.



The bear enclosure resembled a junkyard, with a rusting lop sided play set that bears of this size could never climb and random poles protruding from the ground. The bears are both very fat. They have no stimulation available and spent their time sprawled out or pacing. Their water container is far to small for them to swim in and the enclosure itself is tiny.

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The two male tigers had access to both tiger enclosures and Bridget the female was no where in sight. The tigers are unable to acheive a full range of natural movements such as running...the cage is separated through the center by a fence, so running is prevented. They have no climbing structures aside from the tops of their hides, and no enrichment. Their pools are both too small for swimming, which tigers love. The floor of their cage was littered with both fresh and old meat, and the shift area between the two cages was covered in hide, old meat, fur, bones, and limbs. The smell was sickening.



Two cougars inhabit this small cage, with absolutely nothing to do. These animals in the wild cover vast territories and are extremely agile and active. These two spent their time pacing the front, making the saddest little sounds, like a house cat. They were a sad sight.



These geese had no where to swim, both of their water tubs were filthy.




Poor max spent a lot of time rubbing a crusty piece of bread against a stick, trying to entertain himself with what he had.



The Baboon didn't come out of his small indoor area while we were there, but there isn't much for him to do outside; Baboons are primarily terrestrial and benefit in captivity from catwalks, wide branches, raised platforms, hammocks, etc. All he has are three identical tire swings and no enrichment whatsoever. He's also housed in solitary confinement.


The Barbary Macaques fancy new metal climbing gym is nothing but an old bunk bed. He wasn't seen using it once while we were there. He spent his time pacing or sitting in the door of his hide. He still has no branches, ropes, hammocks, or environmental enrichment whatsoever and he is being housed in solitary confinement.


This poor cockatoo, Elmo, is housed alone despite cockatoos being flock animals in the wild, never away from their chosen mate. The bars of his cage are made of zinc, and the zinc oxide rubs off on your fingers when you touch it. Zinc Oxide is EXTREMELY toxic to parrots and Elmo ingests it every time he climbs on the bars. This will undoubtedly lead to problems in the future such as kidney disease.

He has started over preening his feathers, a stereotypic behavior caused most often by boredom but often a variety of different environmental stresses. In cockatoos and parrots, it often leads to plucking.


This poor little guy spent most of his time trying to get bread from the ground in front of his enclosure. He would take a stick and try to pull it towards him. If he dropped the stick, he would show his teeth and beat himself in the face with his fists.



This animal (forgive me for not knowing what it is...) had a large abscess/growth of some sort right above his eye and overgrown hooves. Their enclosure was small and they had no pasture whatsoever.


This "Red Fox" cage contained a new guinea singing dog, I'm not sure if there were any fox in there as well. The cage has absolutely no natural features or environmental enrichment.



The bear enclosure resembled a junkyard, with a rusting lop sided play set that bears of this size could never climb and random poles protruding from the ground. The bears are both very fat. They have no stimulation available and spent their time sprawled out or pacing. Their water container is far to small for them to swim in and the enclosure itself is tiny.


Poor momma pig only has one piglet left, although pictures of her on the support group showed more. She was desperately protecting him, constantly trying to pile up what little hay she had in the corner. She received no food or what while I was there, for almost five hours.

She was missing a lot of hair and her eyes were red.



This lynx used to have a cagemate but is now alone. He spent is time pacing along the fence between the front of the cage and his hide box. His water was green with algae and old bones, feathers and fur littered the cage floor.




The indoor rabbit cages were small and most were overcrowded with babies. Although some were relatively clean, many were so dirty that the rabbits had no choice but to sleep in their urine and feces. They had no hay whatsoever and some had empty food dishes. They had no hides, no chews, nothing to do at all. All of the doors were unlocked for the public to touch them, but there was no supervision.


There were New Guinea Singing Dogs in cages throughout the zoo. Most of them had their kibble just spread out on the ground, leaving it susceptible to contamination by pests, moisture, bugs, and the dogs themselves.

The bars of their cages had a build up of feathers and fur from past meals and the cages were littered with random pieces of bone and meat of varying degrees of freshness.

Their water was filthy and green with algae.






The automatic waterer for the elk wasn't working and someone seemed to have dug a pit for their water, which was muddy and full of floating sticks.



The Capybara - (who naturally feed on grassess and aquatic vegetation) were treated to a pile of oats (?) and a box full of old produce.


The most heartbreaking thing was this monkey confined by himself in his cage littered with garbage.

He would grab a stick and use it as a tool to scrape the crusty bread outside his cage toward him.
When he would fail, he would sit back on his haunches, grimace and beat himself in the face with his little fist.


These capybara were kept with Canadian geese!
How authentic!

Capybara are also semi-aquatic animals who spend much of their time in water and can even hold their breath under water for over 5 minutes.
They got a puddle, a small tup for the geese and a tire.


The lion enclosure left a lot to be desired.
The two lioness and the male lounged around in their TINY covered cage which was caked in feces and decaying animal corpses.
There was a square climbing... block in the middle of their enclosure and a roof blocking out any sunlight they may want to bask in.

I'm not a lion expert, but I somehow think that these giant cats may need a little more space and stimulation.



This Japanese Snow Macaque was by far the most heart breaking animal at the zoo. She was uninterested, mostly, in what was going on around her. She would sit and stare at the ground, or at the sky, and pull at her hair with her feet and hands. She would gaze back into the sky and hit her head on the metal side of her cage. She grabbed at her tail, which was balding and seemed deformed. She is housed alone and displays such devestating evidence of depression and stereotypic behaviours brought on by isolation. Monkeys are extremely social and should NEVER be housed alone. According to the Gustafsons, she was BORN AT THE ZOO...why was she torn from her family, to be housed in isolation? Does that sound like something an animal lover would do? Not only are the back and sides of her enclosure solid, but the front is blocked off by the back of the 'warm barn', so the monkeys and cockatoo cannot see the action going on in the rest of the zoo. These animals are suffering from extreme deprivation.


The zoo was still giving out "Free Treats" to be handed out uncontrolled to the animals. They had signs up on a few cages, saying not to feed them, but people were seen throwing them bread anyways. The freezer was, of course, unplugged and much of the bread was moldy.


Before we left, we went into a building labeled "Al's Museum". It was full of junk...some of it labeled. Things such as embroidery scissors, dozens of dog tags, cookie cutters, a snake skin, etc...it reminded me of a hoarders home, that just can't throw that junk away. While looking out the window, we spotted something disturbing. We took these pictures from inside the museum, and did not trespass.
Carcasses...one, obviously a deer. There appears to be some rib cages and other assorted bits and pieces. I'm assuming that these were to be used as animal food. It is also possible that they had died at the zoo, and had been removed from cages. Either way, this is a completely inappropriate way to store carcasses, whether to be used as food or for disposal. Leaving them open in the sun, exposed to bugs, parasites, and allowed to begin to decompose.



   This is no way for animals to be housed, and its deplorable and heartbreaking to see such, however we are making progress.  Like i said before,
this is what you can do!
WSPA sent me an email with a prewritten letter to the MLA who is responsible for making sure our Roadside Zoos are complying with regulation. Please take the time to send off this email. I sent one off a week ago and I already have a response from my MLA saying he has received numerous letters and they are going to ensure monitoring over the next few months. The more letters he receives the more serious they are going to take this. Please take 2 minutes to send this off and help these animals. The link to the email website is:
http://www.wspa.ca/news.asp?newsID=113
If that does not work then go to www.wspa.ca and at the bottom right there is a link that says "Alberta government not enforcing their own zoo regulations". Click on that and it will take you to the right page!

  Well hello there boys and girls, how's everyone doing today ? Well i just had my new car TOWED!  my clutch gave out going up a hill on Sunday after driving my roomate to cash his paycheque. For those of you non-car people, the clutch is the part of the car that connects the drivetrain to the axles .... it makes to car go, when you press the gas pedal.  I was going up a hill, and the engine started going faster and faster .... but the car started slowing down .... suddenly i heard a little 'tick' and i started rolling backwards.  Lovely!

  Well spring has finally arrived in my country .... a little snow here and there, but overall it's rather nice!!!  im enjoying the sunshine .... however i know there is only a couple months before it snows again! AGH!!!   one more reason i cant WAIT tro move to LA!.

  Speaking of LA, one of my model friends will be coming to visit from Cali on May 3rd.  Her names Ashley Almon. *see picture below*



    You can check her out at www.ashleyalmon.com .  Pop in and tell her Ryu sent ya. Anyways, i have a couple lady friends coming to visit over summer, which is gonna be soooo sweet ! alot of epople parted ways in the past to persue their dreams, me being the last to do so, so it is going to be nice to catch up here, and then meet up with everyone in LA.  Speaking of LA, we have a few of the Elite Guerilla Posse down there as we speak working on the Tila Tequila movie!, wish em luck and send your good wishes, they can be found in my friends list, blaze, hollywood, frost and soul are all down at dren's place livin it up !!! check out their pages and send some love.

  I may be getting a new job and im really looking forward to it, its data entry for a company in the united arab emerates, its awesome because i work online !!! that means no more early mornings for me, mua ha ha ha ha!!!! and i choose my own hours so it would make my other work easier since i wouldnt have to work around a day schedule.

  I got an invite to go down and hangout with the guys from street prophets, they'll be playing with GOB, and i have a few hiphop shows i gotta hit up soon, some of my boys are getting big time.  Chain reaction offered me backstage VIP for the hutslegood show !!!!! im pretty excited about that. IF i go, they'll be plenty of pictures dont you all worry. Anyways, time for me to jet, i'll chat with everyone later on.  Take care!

 

 June 20th - June 29th


   I'll be participting in the festivites in my city, hoping EGP will have some great functions going for the occasion.  What is everyone elses plans ?

  Visits with Jay are usually pretty eventful. My brother is an  ..... interesting kinda guy.  Let me tell you a little about Jay ...  there is nothing he cant talk his way out of, everything is a good idea, and you can always burn it afterwards.... these are a few of his idiologies.  He invited me over to his place a few nights ago.




  Couple people came by, drinks started flowing, speach started slowing ..... errbody started lookin real good .... you know the drill.  Anyways, my brother decides it's going to be a good night for a fire in the backyard ..... two problems though 1) there's a fireban and 2)  there's nothing to burn. 

  Now for most people, that would be enough to make this idea not seem practical .... this is true, for everyone but my brother.




  What you're seeing is a large portion of my brother's back deck burning ....



 A few pieces of his back fence .....




 ... and a few select pieces from inside.

  Now, let me remind you, that this is a reletively normal occurance around my dear brother Jay. To him these all seemed like practical, well thought out ideas ....

apparently the police didn't agree.



  Now, how my brother was able to talk himself out of the fine for noise complaints was amazing enough, but how a backyard fire 15 feet across completely uncontained, during a fiure ban, was also something he was able to talk himself out of, is nothing short a miracle.

Jay .... we solute you. 

  Hard at work in my underground laboratory .... dirty and unshaven.

  well here is the answer:

What It Means To Be Euro

- Family Is #1
- Friends will never understand why you spend so much time at church events and you are the farthest thing from holy.
- We Know What It Means To Be Hammered
- Euros Have Each Others Backs
- More Urban Dwellers
- Love Of Materialistic Possessions
- Trendy, Dont Dress In Pj Bottoms And Slacks To Go Out
- Broader Knowledge Of Finer Things In Life
- We're Hospitable
- We Are Very Loud
- We Have Pride In Our Country.
- Like Any Good Euro, Were Proud Catholics, anglicans, or protestants.
- We Speak Our Home Language
- We Keep Your Tradtions Alive
- Our Family Is Always In Our Business
- Our Family And Food Go Hand In Hand
- Our Parents Spoiled Us
- Our Family Invent Hoildays So They Have An Exuse To Eat And Get Together
- We Drink With Almost Every Meal.
- We Have Morals
- Polite, Well-mannered
- We Are Hard Working
- Were Damn Good Looking
- Our Friends Come Through The Back Door, Not Front
- We Never Take Whatever We Are Offered Until We Are Offered Something For the 3rd Time.
- We Love Soccer, Rugby And Hockey
- We Have At Least One Cross In The House
- Always HomeMade Meals, None Of That Crap In A Box.
- Always Have Fresh Baked Pasterys Made Before Company Arrives
- We Love To Entertain
- We Love Paprika!
- We Never Enter Another Persons Fridge
- We Spell Canada With A "K"
- We Grew Up On Liver Sandwiches...And Thought It Was Normal.
- Everything We Eat Is Savored In Garlic And Onions.
- Everyone Has Nick Names, Which Are Nowhere Close To Their Real Names.
- You Talk For An Hour At The Front Door When Leaving Someone's House.
- You Have Lace Curtains.
- You Have Lace Tablecloths.
- Your Mom Tells You You're Too Skinny Even Though Your 20 Pounds Overweight.
- You Dont Know How To Use A Dishwasher.
- Your Dad Butcheres A Pig To Make Homemade Sausages
- Your Dad Makes His Own Wine Or Beer.
- Your Parents Call You Farm Animals When You Get Them Mad.
- Your Mom Has Chased You With A Rolling Pin Or A Broom Telling You To Stop So That She Could Hit You.
- Your Dad Has Told You To Smack Yourself Over The Mouth For Being Disrespectful.
- Your Under 21 And Your Parents Want To Send You To Europe To Find Someone To Marry
- Getting Married At 18 Is Normal.
- You Only Call Long-distance After 11 p.m.
- If You Don't Live At Home, When Your Parents Call, They Ask If U've Eaten, Even If It's Midnight.
- Your Parents Don't Realize Phone Connections To Foreign Countries Have Improved In The Last Two Decades, And Still Scream At The Top Of Their Lungs When Making Foreign Calls.
- You Dont Know Half The People At Your Wedding Cuz Your Parents Invited Them.

  Yup, i quit today! ... well actually yesterday .... today i got the patches.  I thought i'd be able to do the cold turkey thing but as soon as i woke up i realized it was going to be much harder then i thought originally.  I was on my way to work, stuck in the usual traffic,  and i was getting really ass-irritated. I thought as soon as i got to work i would be too busy to think much about it .... this was not the case ha ha ha.   AT lunch i raced down to the store and got some patches ..... and i am thoroughly impressed!   linutes after i had it on, all cravings were GONE!  yaaaay me!   Good bye cigarettes, hello healthy life!  Anyways, time to get in the shower and head out, and i need a little time to spend singing the prayer of the refugee.  Peace out !

  Oiy, so today was an alright day.  I woke up to white-out blizzard conditions .... my ten minute commute to work became an hour and a half hell ride .... but i made it ok.  About halfway through the day, the sun came out and the snow started melting fast! .... of course my car was the only one it didnt melt off... no sooner did i realize this ... when the storm came back.  Yeah .... i know.

  I am really enjoying my new place though ..... the ceiling fan in my bedroom is whinnie the pooh and it has to go !!!




  Bot other then that ... it's in reasonable condition, and i love the area .... feels like home. Moving on ...

  With spring around the corner i am predicting great things for EGP .... for those of you unfamiliar with this term ... you must be living under a rock, and therefore probably wont understand my explanation anyway.

  I have PHOTOSHOOTS!!! ... coming up this spring, and im soooo excited, im really stoked, and you better believe you'll be the first ones to see em.  Anyways, thats all for now, i will be back soon.  What do you guys all have planned for the spring ?

  Well i havent been on as much these days, still busy trying to get settled into my new place. I moved from the hills back down to the ghetto ... i thought i would like living up there better, but its too quiet.  I miss the sounds of drunks fighting, police sirens, and the occasional gunshot.  I missed my old neighbourhood and it feels GREAT TO BE BACK! .... and i am thoroughly enjoying rise against right now :)

  What else is new, oiy, work is work, my day job sucks and i hate it, i cant wait until i can walk away from it, someday soon.  Buzznet, THS and FOE seems to have alot less traffic these days, what gives guys ? am i not exciting enough these days? ....do i smell ?  *sniff sniff*... moving on...

  I got a new car and i love it.  My car was written off a few months back after i was crushed into a semi truck at 120, but i like my new car better. Its not new new, just new to me.

  Im pretty excited that the weather is warming up, get some work done for the Fam, as well as photoshoots for spring, happy happy happy.  What are you guys all doing for the summer ?

.... now a days you have to rent a dirty video to see that sort of thing :s

  Well a little while ago, i thought about getting back into modeling, so i have been trying to maintain a more .... 'natural' physique, something a little less scary and more camera friendly : D  well it paid off !!! Zyris Photography has picked me up and will be doing ALL my shoots from now on. So expect much more content comming guys.  I'll keep you all posted.  In the mean time i am still waiting to hear back from my insurance claims adjuster about replacing my car that was wrecked last monday *shudder* im growing anxious.  Anyways, thats my rant for the day,  love, peace, and all that other jazz.

  Ok, well to start things off, i've been nursing broken ribs the last few weeks, so when i moved into my new place last weekend, i wasn't able to unpack much. After i moved in i took a few buddies who helped me out for a couple pints and some wings, and then we grabbed a bottle of rum and head home. I had to stop and get more rum, because i drove there, so couldn't drink.

  Somewhere along the way, i lost my bankcard.... no big deal right? thats what i thought.  Unfortunately when i called to tell them to cancel the card, there was a $80 charge i didn't remember making, and i told them this ...... they locked my account, and didn't even tell me.

  Monday morning, im on my way to work, and i get pulled over .... and didn't have my registration or insurance papers in the car ....$500 dollar fine ...... great, what else could go wrong.  I pick my buddy up and start heading to work, i see a semi-truck slowing in front of me .....APPARENTLY the speeding car behind me cruising at 80 .... did not see me, and slammed into the back of my car, and then  i was crushed between  that car and the semi in front of me ..... the tire iron from the trunk, next to my spare tire was found in the drivers side foot well.

  So now i have no car, no money, i cant even get a new bank card, or rent a car, because my licence expired on my birthday, so i had to give it up and wait for a new one, that has not arrived yet for some reason ..... no id, no new car or bankcard ...... and im really hurting from the accident.... this sucks .... although i did get a small vacation from work, so i guess it could be much much worse.

  So i had a stressful day today. Recently my company has undergone 'restructuring', and my supervisor left, 2 other people left, and this was about 2 weeks ago, today we lost 3 people in 5 minutes, literally, and then my new supervisor said " you know, i want you to run the shop after the changeover"  which basically said he was going to tell me what he wants everyone to do, and since he is a self ritiious, holyer-then-thou, my shit doesn't stink asshole, basically he says what he wants done, and if anyone  doesn't do what he wants, i get in shit for it.  So i decided to change jobs.0

   My last boss left when 'marty' took over, and immediately after Paul left and he started his shit, i looked into other options. I was to leave for Los Angeles at the beginning of the March, for the movie and my Tommy Tedeo interview, as well as the fact i am going back into modeling full time, and it is what i love to do, but they told me i cant take a month off (even though im paid hourly and it costs them nothing, and in 5 years i have never taken personal time off)  so Paul suggested i give my two weeks, and make it work out so my last day is the last day before i leave for LA and then i come back and work for him. Which works out great, since then i have nothing to worry about during shoot time, and i have all my ducks in a row before i go, and have a job to come back to. So thats good, im thinking i will go for it, and thjats a good thing, i already make more then the owner thinks i should, and the other company will start me at the same pay, so im just hurting myself by staying.   What do you guys think ?  and Kyler, you got nothing to worry about, you two always have jobs with me brothers.

  Just thought you all should know ....

  It had been a boring and stressful day today at work, so i decided i would grab a 6 pack on my way home. I stop at the same store i go to every time i buy beer. I grab my 6'er, and go up to the counter and they ID me .... ok, im 23, not a problem .... of course i had forgotten my ID expired on my 23rd birthday so i had this dumb piece of paper that i can use to drive with until i get my new card. Now even if i had gotten my license on my 16th birthday, i would still be 21 as of my last birthday, since it takes 5 years to expire. ( mind you the drinking age in my country is 18!!!)  You'd think that would be enough for them ..... NOOOOO, the credit cards in my wallet, that you must be 18 to obtain wasn't enough, my old college ID card that has my picture, on it, with my name, same name as my credit cards, and the same name on my piece of driving paper ..... still not enough. What the hell man ! lol its not like i look 17 or under .... some people i tell ya .... anyways guys, thats my rant for the day.  I went to another store and they asked me for nothing, mua ha ha ha ha

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