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Mosul zoo animals left to starve to death by Islamic State
Like much of the city, the once-peaceful animal park has been destroyed by months of fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants. (Reuters photo)
Updated on: Feb 03, 2017 5:35 PM IST
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Like much of the city, the once-peaceful animal park has been destroyed by months of fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants. (Reuters photo)
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A starved lion in its cage looks at a dead lioness in a grave at Mosul's zoom in Iraq. Many of the zoo’s monkeys, rabbits and other animals died during IS’ occupation. (Reuters photo)
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A bear in a cage of Nour Park at Mosul's zoo. When the military advanced into Mosul, the Nour Park, which had been home to a range of animals from monkeys to horses, was transformed into an Islamic State staging ground for attacks on Iraqi troops. (Reuters photo)
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A bear in a cage of Nour Park at Mosul's zoo. Neighbours had been feeding the animals, but when the fighting became too fierce, they could not leave their homes. Some of the animals starved to death. Others escaped or were killed in the fighting. (REUTERS photo)
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A cage which was hit by a shell, allowed monkeys to escape at Nour Park in Mosul's zoo, Iraq. (REUTERS photo)
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A child shows his hand bit by a monkey at Mosul zoo, Iraq. (REUTERS photo)
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A cage of an animal at Nour Park in Mosul's zoo, Iraq. There used to be four lions. When the first two died, the surviving lions ate their remains amid the chaos. (REUTERS photo)
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Children play in the ruins of the playground inside the animal park at Mosul. (REUTERS photo)
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Mortar shells left behind by Islamic State militants at Nour Park at Mosul's zoo. (REUTERS photo)
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A man stands next to a hole created by mortar shell at Nour Park at Mosul's zoo, Iraq. (REUTERS photo)
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A volunteer feeds a lion at Nour Park in Mosul's zoo. Saif al-Bassef, a volunteer sent by the Kurdistan Organisation for Animal Rights, brought the first substantial food for a month. (REUTERS photo)
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A bear in a cage at Nour Park at Mosul's zoo. (REUTERS photo)
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Children look at a bear at Nour Park in Mosul's zoo. (REUTERS photo)
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A bear enclosure at Mosul zoo. (REUTERS)
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