Zoos

Zoos turn to social media to delight, raise money amid virus

Social media is one way zoos worldwide are engaging with people who can no longer visit — their main source of income — and raise some much-needed cash.

Shut by coronavirus, London Zoo seeks donations to safeguard animals

London Zoo, opened to scientists in 1828 and to the public in 1847, is one of the British capital’s most-loved attractions, but like everything else in the city it has been impacted by the ongoing crisis, raising concerns about the animals’ welfare.

War-torn, famine-hit Yemen still has a zoo at cost of starving animals

The main zoo in Sanaa, the capital seized in 2014 by Houthis, has lost many animals, including four lions, to starvation.

Animals at Venezuela's zoos forced to feed on each other

Economic crisis in Venezuela leaves its zoos to endure a "dark age" as keepers begin sacrificing some animals to save others.