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    Photos: Vietnam zoo turns to donations, growing food to survive COVID-19 pandemic

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    Photos: Vietnam zoo turns to donations, growing food to survive COVID-19 pandemic

    The zoo has to meet running costs of $7,740 a day and ensure around 1,400 animals are fed


    Published:  August 26, 2020 14:41 Reuters  and  compiled by Balaram Menon, Senior Web Editor
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    A mahout wearing a protective mask walks between elephants at their confinement area at Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens, which is facing dwindling visitor numbers due to the COVID-19, in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    Camels eat at their confinement area at Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens. As visitor numbers slump during the pandemic, Vietnam's oldest zoo has scrambled to survive, such as holding fundraising drives, cutting pay and growing fruit and vegetables to feed the animals. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    The more than 150-year-old zoo in Vietnam's commercial hub of Ho Chi Minh City saw visitor numbers dwindle by March as the coronavirus outbreak unfolded. Then lockdowns shut it completely in April and May. Above: Nguyen Phuoc Thinh, a veterinarian in charge of caring for illegally smuggled rescued animals, weighs a rare turtle confiscated by the police, at Saigon Zoo. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    Still, the zoo, built in the French colonial era, has to meet running costs of $7,740 a day and ensure more than 1,400 animals are fed. | Above: A Javanese lesser adjutant is seen at a confinement area as a zookeeper cleans it at Saigon Zoo. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    A giraffe walks at her cage next to an empty restaurant at Saigon Zoo. "Since we don't know when the pandemic will finally end, we are trying to diversify our revenue streams," said Pham Van Tan, head of the Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens, noting how ticket sales normally make up most of the $5 million annual revenue. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    To help pay the bills, the zoo is now doing things such as growing flowers to sell to the public, designing gardens for homeowners and selling fertiliser to farmers, said Pham. Staff have also taken 30% salary cuts. Image Credit: REUTERS/YEN DUONG
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    "We still ensure food supplies for the animals, but we try to provide them with seasonal food which is cost-effective," said Pham, noting the zoo was growing nearly half of its food supplies on the city's outskirts. | Above: A zoo staff member prepares food donated to Saigon Zoo. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    A recent fund-raising drive also raised more than $100,000 in just two days, while 25 tonnes of food have been donated for animals at the zoo, which has had to suspend plans to exchange animals for breeding internationally. Image Credit: REUTERS/YEN DUONG
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    Zoo veterinarian Nguyen Baa Ph said some of the animals have been emboldened by having fewer people peering at them. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    Visitor numbers have been slowing creeping back up to around 1,400 per day, but well below the 12,000 per day before the pandemic. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    "Now it's a good time to visit, since there are not many people," said Nguyen Thin Quay, a production manager, who was at the zoo with his son and wife. | Above: Bananas donated by zoo lovers are seen after a public community call for food donations for Saigon Zoo. Image Credit: REUTERS
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