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Libya’s Zoo struggles to keep animals alive (AP)

A young girl stares at flamingos at the zoo in Tripoli, Libya, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011. Once one of the city's best-loved family destinations, today it is 110 dusty acres of listless animals and overgrown, sun-burned grass. Empty bullet casings are scattered everywhere. A patch of black grass near the monkey cage shows where a rocket-propelled grenade hit. A turtle cage is cracked by gunfire, garbage is piled everywhere and three forlorn hippopotamuses hang their heads in a filthy pit, standing next to a shallow pool of fetid water.  Because of the city's water shortage, the zoo's skeleton staff can only clean the animals' cages every four or five days. (AP Photo/Giulio Petrocco)AP – The body of a gazelle lies near an empty feeding bin, flies swarming around the corpse. A male lion growls angrily, leaping toward the front of his cage when a rare visitor approaches the bars.


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