Al Watan Daily published a new article where they basically say I was wrong and they were right with regards to the Friday Market fiasco. Here is a recap of what has been happening the past couple of days:
On Monday, Al Watan Daily published an article where they stated that the municipality wasn’t allowing the shop owners at the Friday Market access to their animals. The article stated that the shop owners haven’t opened their stores in 15 days and all the animals were dying from hunger and lack of air. Here is a link to that article [Link]
But, according to three different sources, I stated Al Watan Daily were wrong. Here are my sources from the least credible to the most:
Source 1 – Anna (anonymous reader):
I just called a store owner there who I’ve dealt with extensively with my salt water fish tank. The good news is that all stall owners sneak in at night to feed the animals. The bad news is that the animals are there in total darkness, and sanitary conditions are even worse than usual (if you can imagine that).
Source 2 – Mrs F (a very good friend)
My husband spoke to a few shop owners and they mentioned that they were actually allowed to open their shops in order to clean and feed their animals.
Source 3 – Ayesha (founder of Animals Friends and K’s Path)
We have investigated the situation and most of the information around is incorrect. The shop keepers are able to enter their stores and care for the animals. We have a volunteer that knows many of the shopkeepers very well and he has visited them multiple times and spoken to them throughout the last two weeks of closure and they are still able to enter their shops. In fact you can even buy things from them they just can’t officially open their doors for business. On the weekends and evening you will see them outside on the road selling so clearly they can get in. Also the area has been closed for two weeks, if it was true that these animals have not been fed then they would all be dead at this point but you can hear them in the shops.
I will leave it to you to decide who’s right and who’s wrong. Here is the link to their “Citizen Journalism” article [Here]