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    Mexican zoo saves animals endangered by COVID-19 crisis

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    Mexican zoo saves animals endangered by COVID-19 crisis

    Zoos in Mexico have been rescuing illegally trafficked wild animals for years


    Published:  June 04, 2020 10:35 AFP  and  Compiled by Christian Borbon, Digital Content Editor

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    Kira, a two and a half year-old tiger, arrived at a zoo in Mexico's northeast in April after her owner could no longer feed her due to the coronavirus-induced economic collapse. The imposing 130-kilogram tigress was sedated and transported in a cage by truck to her new home in Culiacan zoo in Sinaloa state. Image Credit: AFP
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    Her owner had responded to a campaign by Mexico's Association of Zoos, Nurseries and Aquariums (AZCARM) to avoid abandoning wild animals during the lockdown. Image Credit: AFP
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    "Abandonment happens when people can't cope with their animals any more, and in this pandemic, faced with the lack of economic resources and places to keep them, they prefer to get rid of them," AZCARM president Ernesto Zazueta told AFP. Image Credit: AFP
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    Alongside the big cat, the Culiacan zoo also welcomed during the lockdown a python, a baby manatee and 14 green macaws, as well as 49 deer rescued from a sugar mill in Tabasco. Image Credit: AFP
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    The deer arrived at the zoo suffering from malnutrition. Now they graze in a large enclosure alongside ostriches, giraffes and antelopes. Image Credit: AFP
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    Mexican zoos have been rescuing illegally trafficked wild animals for years, and others from circuses since a 2015 ban on shows using live animals. Image Credit: AFP
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    In these reserves, experts try to rehabilitate the animals and where possible return them to their natural habitat. However, many are forced to live the rest of their lives in zoos because of the long-term physical damages they've suffered or because they've lost their wild instincts. Image Credit: AFP
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    Mexican zoos are struggling, like many businesses, due to lockdown rules imposed over the coronavirus and depriving them of vital entrance fees. Kira and other animals at the Culiacan zoo have been fed on a monthly donation of 3.5 tons of meat from a local company. And despite the difficulties, all the animals "are being very well cared for and well fed," said Zazueta. Image Credit: AFP
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    A green macaw (Ara militaris) is seen at the zoo in Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico.. The green macaw was seized by Mexican authorities during a raid to prevent animal trafficking Image Credit: AFP
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    Mexico is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, according to the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Image Credit: AFP

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