Zoo animals are starving to death at Venezuela's zoos
Jul 28, 2016, 03:48 IST
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A drastic fall in oil prices, which provides almost all of Venezuela's foreign income, has been followed by a severe recession and widespread food and medicine shortages.
For Venezuelans, the scarcity has led to choosing between waiting in hours-long lines for basic food supplies or succumbing to sky-high prices on the black market.
That scarcity has now spread to Venezuela's zoos, where food shortages have left some animals emaciated or even dying.
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