Is it still that bad!!! The first time I came to Dubai on holiday, I was 12! Got taken to the zoo and was left traumatised after seeing an eagle (or might have been a vulture - not quite sure) eat another one!!! I could only imagine that it was hungry! The lion could barely stand and seriously, you could have gone in there and have a picnic - the poor animal did not even have any energy, probably from lack of food and you would have been perfectly safe!! Most of the animals were sick actually (or suffering from a serious lack of food!)! Never seen anything that bad and never been back to that zoo either!