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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 370

Four Paws

A sedated lioness is pictured in a cage at a zoo in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, during the evacuation by members of the international animal welfare charity 'Four Paws' of animals from the Palestinian enclave to relocate to sanctuaries in Jordan, on April 7, 2019. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)
September 22, 2019, 7:51 pm
Gaza reopens zoo despite horrifying conditions for animals
Critics say owners want to bully animal welfare organizations into giving them thousands of dollars to free the animals into their care
By AFP and ToI Staff
Lionesses rest in an enclosure on April 10, 2019, at the Al Ma'wa For Nature and Wildlife in Jerash, Jordan. (Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP)
May 20, 2019, 11:18 am
Animals traumatized by Mideast conflicts find safe haven in Jordan
Dozens of bears and lions rescued from zoos in war-torn Syria, Iraq and the Gaza Strip undergo rehabilitation at Jerash wildlife sanctuary
By Mussa Hattar
Palestinians look at a lion at the Rafah Zoo in the southern Gaza Strip, on February 12, 2019. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
March 20, 2019, 3:06 pm
Animal welfare group to save Gaza zoo animals
Lions, other animals from Rafah zoo to be moved to sanctuary in Jordan by Four Paws organization
By AFP and ToI Staff
Laziz, Gaza's last tiger from Khan Yunis zoo, known as the 'world's worst,' waits in a cage at the OR Tambo international airport in Johannesburg, on August 25, 2016, before being transported to the Big Cat Sanctuary Lionsrock in South Africa. (AFP PHOTO/MUJAHID SAFODIEN)
August 25, 2016, 8:50 pm
Tiger rescued from ‘world’s worst’ zoo in Gaza arrives in South Africa
Leaving behind cramped cage, Laziz will be living in 10,000-square-meter enclosure; other animals rehoused in Jordan, Israel
By AP and AFP
Gaza's last tiger, named Laziz, which was evacuated from a zoo in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip is carried by members of the international non-government "Four Paws" organization and vets from the Israeli Hebrew University veterinary teaching hospital in Beit Dagan, near Tel Aviv, on August 24, 2016, prior to being transported to South Africa. (AFP/ MENAHEM KAHANA)
August 24, 2016, 3:22 pm
Animal rescue operation complete as ‘world’s worst zoo’ closes in Gaza
In coordination with the Israeli and Palestinian governments, international animal welfare charity Four Paws takes some of Strip’s worst-kept animals to better homes
By Rich Tenorio
A Four Paws worker treats a monkey at the neglected zoo in Gaza. (Four Paws)
August 18, 2016, 7:43 pm
The latest Gaza operation: Rescue inhabitants of ‘world’s worst zoo’
Four Paws, headed by Dr. Amir Khalil, will relocate the wildlife at the request of the park’s owner amid squalid conditions
By Rich Tenorio
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