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Gaza Zoo Animals

Animals from 'world's worst' zoo find a new home

Animals evacuated this week from a zoo dubbed the "world's worst" in the Palestinian Gaza Strip have arrived at an animal shelter in Jordan.

Animals from 'world's worst' zoo find a new home

Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

Five Things You Had to See Online This Week
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Hey girl, 'too handsome' gorilla is making many Japanese hearts flutter

Hey girl, 'too handsome' gorilla is making many Japanese hearts flutter
Alina Simone's father, Alexander Vilenkin, at the Kharkov Zoo in 2011.  Vilenkin worked there as a night watchman after he was blacklisted by the KGB in Soviet Ukraine.

This Soviet-born émigré remembers working at the Kharkov zoo

This Soviet-born émigré remembers working at the Kharkov zoo
Marius the giraffe is pictured in Copenhagen Zoo February 7, 2014.

Here's the story of a baby giraffe fed to lions at the Copenhagen Zoo

Here's the story of a baby giraffe fed to lions at the Copenhagen Zoo