Coronavirus in the Zoo
This virus is affecting the whole world as we already know but a a part of the world that is been affected by this and it isn’t talk as much are zoos and animals.
Today I want to talk about the German zoo:
A zoo director in northern Germany has even admitted that some animals might soon have to be fed to others, if the zoo is to survive.
Berlin Zoo has infant panda twins, but their fans can only watch them online.
The zoo's spokeswoman Philine Hachmeister told DPA news agency "the panda twins are adorably sweet".
"Constantly we're thinking 'the visitors should be watching them live'. We don't want the little pandas to be grown up by the time we finally reopen."
Big appetites
Ms Kaspari at Neumünster Zoo said killing some animals so that others could live would be a last resort, and "unpleasant", but even that would not solve the financial problem.
The seals and penguins needed big quantities of fresh fish daily, she pointed out.
"If it comes to it, I'll have to euthanise animals, rather than let them starve," she said.
"At the worst, we would have to feed some of the animals to others."
This is a really unpleasant situation I really hope that they can keep the zoo functioning in a normal way, and that maybe they could raise some funds to help the maintenance of the place and animals.
By Dina Reyes, Step 10.
