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(29 Feb 2012) HEADLINE: Watchdog groups want Ukraine zoo closed
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CAPTION: A recent government audit indicates that 250 animals died at the Kiev Zoo in the Ukraine and 131 animals are missing. Animal welfare groups are calling for the zoo's closure while a new administration defends itself. (March 23)
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[Location - Date:KIEV, Ukraine, 16 March 2011]
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DESOLATE AND DEADLY--THAT'S WHAT CRITIC SAY ABOUT THE KIEV ZOO IN THE UKRAINE.
TWO GIRAFFS STAND LOCKED IN IN SMALL INDOOR CELLS WHILE ZEBRA GRAZE ON BARREN GROUND OUTSIDE.
THERE ARE CHARGES OF MALNUTRITION, A LACK OF MEDICAL CARE AND MISTREATMENT. OTHERS SUSPECT THAT CORRUPTION IS AT THE HEART OF THE PROBLEM. NEW MANAGERS WERE APPOINTED IN APRIL AND THEY SAY NEARLY HALF OF THE ZOO'S ANIMALS DIED OR MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARED UNDER THEIR PREDECESSORS. BUT SOME WELFARE GROUPS SAY THE ZOOS ANIMALS ARE STILL DYING--DESPITE THE MANAGEMENT CHANGE.
WATCHDOG GROUPS SAY DOZENS IF NOT HUNDREDS OF ANIMALS HAVE DIED AT THE ZOO IN RECENT YEARS. THEY WANT THE KIEV ZOO CLOSED --AND IT'S ANIMALS SENT TO OTHER EUROPEAN ZOOS.
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THE 100-YEAR-OLD ZOO USED TO BE THE 'JEWEL OF KIEV'--BUT IT'S BEEN DETERIORATING SINCE THE FALL OF THE SOVIET UNION IN 1991.
NOW MANAGERS SAY THEY HOPE TO ATTRACT FUNDS TO RESTORE AND EXPAND THE FACILITIES--THE ZOO'S NEW DIRECTOR DEFENDS HIS RECORD FOR THE 6 MONTHS HE'S BEEN IN CHARGE.

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