Description
Added on the 07/03/2016 19:28:37 - Copyright : Reuters EN
The last survivors of a Gaza zoo have left for sanctuary outside the Palestinian territory, after economic hardship deepened by war with Israel brought death to most of the menagerie of 200 at the privately owned complex in Khan Younis.
Some 50 animals have starved to death in the last six months at the Caricuao zoo in Caracas, according to a union leader, because of chronic food shortages that have plagued the crisis-stricken South American nation. Jillian Kitchener reports.
Managua, Sep 3 (EFE) (CAMERA: Renee Lucia Ramos) .- A female Bengal tiger in good health was born in the Nicaraguan zoo under the care of experts in captive reproduction, sources from that wildlife rescue center.
Paris (France), Aug 31 (EFE / EPA).- (Camera: Christophe Petit-Tesson) The auction house Drouot will auction on October 21 the skeleton of a Triceratops that is more than 66 million years old. The dinosaur, nicknamed 'Big John', is estimated to fetch 1.5 million euros.FOOTAGE OF THE TRICERATOPS SKELETON THAT WILL GO UP FOR AUCTION IN OCTOBER.
Barcelona (Spain), ??Aug 14 (EFE).- As the heatwave hits continental Europe, workers at the Barcelona zoo have established new measures to help animals cope with the extreme temperature and ensure their welfare.The measures include increasing the animals' water consumption, giving them cold food (such as fruit or broth with frozen meat) and more baths.FOOTAGE OF THE ANIMALS AT THE ZOO IN BARCELONA.