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05.22.14
Animals from zoos in Ukraine also suffered from the crisis in that country. In a difficult situation is a zoo in Kharkov, where food is running out.
This is an English article by the Telegraph.
09 April 2014
By Fred Nathan
Campaigners (click here) and Ukrainian citizens are facing a
daily struggle to keep animals in a Kharkiv zoo alive while the
political crisis in the country continues.
The
government began in January to divert funds away from the Nikolaev zoo,
which houses nearly six thousand animals, including big cats, bears,
monkeys, crocodiles, boa constrictors and elephants.
The
dire situation at the 114-year-old facility, which has survived two
World Wars, was highlighted in March by a letter sent by zoo director
Alexey Grigoriev to Ukraine's prime minister that said: "The Kharkiv
animals on the verge of starvation."
"Our
animals are not fighting for power, they do not share anyone's
political views, they just want to live," continued the letter.
However, locals immediately responded to the plea, donating large sums of money as well as food supplies to the zoo....
