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The only surviving bear and lion in Mosul zoo finally get treatment, after Isil driven from area
The only surviving bear and lion in Mosul zoo finally get treatment, after Isil driven from area
Amir Khalil gives treatment to a lion that was abandoned at the Mumtaz al-Nour zoo in eastern Mosul on February 21 Credit: SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images
23 February 2017 • 4:56pm
The only surviving animals of Mosul zoo - a young lion named Simba and a bear known as Lula - have finally received treatment after Isil fighters were driven from their part of the city.
All the other monkeys, birds, and horses who once populated the zoo died or fled during the two years of jihadist rule in Mosul and the months of fighting since Iraqi forces launched their offensive to recapture the city.
Some of the animals were killed by shelling while others starved to death or ate one another.
Simba the lion survived but three other lions did not Credit: SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images
When Iraqi troops reached the zoo in the eastern half of Mosul earlier this month they found only the bear and the lion, both filthy and emaciated and in urgent need of care.
Treatment finally arrived this week when Dr Amir Khalil, who describes himself as a “roving war zone veterinarian” reached the zoo with a team of volunteers from the global animal charity Four Paws.
“It is, I believe, inhuman to leave the king of the jungle, or the king of the animals, to be in this place," Dr Khalil told AFP as he stood outside the lion’s cage.
Lula the bear is one of only two zoo animals to surive Isil rule in Mosul Credit: AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED
Simba was badly underfed but the Lula’s condition appeared to be worse. The bear had diarrhoea and her teeth were rotting.
Shelling could be heard in western Mosul, where Iraqi forces are still fighting against Isil, as the volunteer term tended to the animals.
Four Paws said that after initial treatment it planned to give the zoo owner enough food and medicine for the two animals to last a month, giving him time to find funds to resume caring for the beasts.
Dr Amir Khalil has treated animals in conflict zones across the Middle East Credit: AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED
This is not Dr Khalil’s first experience of extreme veterinary work. The 52-year-old doctor flew into Iraq after the 2003 war to rescue lions at one of Saddam Hussein’s former palaces in Baghdad.
He also treated animals in Gaza during the 2014 war between Israel and Hamas, which he described as “the worst in the world”.
"These animals were kept in captivity because of us,” Dr Khalil said. “And they don't have the luxury to escape. And they deserve that somebody cares for them”.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/23/surviving-bear-lion-mosul-zoo-have-finally-got-treatment/
Amir Khalil gives treatment to a lion that was abandoned at the Mumtaz al-Nour zoo in eastern Mosul on February 21 Credit: SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images
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23 February 2017 • 4:56pm
The only surviving animals of Mosul zoo - a young lion named Simba and a bear known as Lula - have finally received treatment after Isil fighters were driven from their part of the city.
All the other monkeys, birds, and horses who once populated the zoo died or fled during the two years of jihadist rule in Mosul and the months of fighting since Iraqi forces launched their offensive to recapture the city.
Some of the animals were killed by shelling while others starved to death or ate one another.
Simba the lion survived but three other lions did not Credit: SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images
When Iraqi troops reached the zoo in the eastern half of Mosul earlier this month they found only the bear and the lion, both filthy and emaciated and in urgent need of care.
Treatment finally arrived this week when Dr Amir Khalil, who describes himself as a “roving war zone veterinarian” reached the zoo with a team of volunteers from the global animal charity Four Paws.
“It is, I believe, inhuman to leave the king of the jungle, or the king of the animals, to be in this place," Dr Khalil told AFP as he stood outside the lion’s cage.
Lula the bear is one of only two zoo animals to surive Isil rule in Mosul Credit: AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED
Simba was badly underfed but the Lula’s condition appeared to be worse. The bear had diarrhoea and her teeth were rotting.
Shelling could be heard in western Mosul, where Iraqi forces are still fighting against Isil, as the volunteer term tended to the animals.
Four Paws said that after initial treatment it planned to give the zoo owner enough food and medicine for the two animals to last a month, giving him time to find funds to resume caring for the beasts.
Dr Amir Khalil has treated animals in conflict zones across the Middle East Credit: AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED
This is not Dr Khalil’s first experience of extreme veterinary work. The 52-year-old doctor flew into Iraq after the 2003 war to rescue lions at one of Saddam Hussein’s former palaces in Baghdad.
He also treated animals in Gaza during the 2014 war between Israel and Hamas, which he described as “the worst in the world”.
"These animals were kept in captivity because of us,” Dr Khalil said. “And they don't have the luxury to escape. And they deserve that somebody cares for them”.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/23/surviving-bear-lion-mosul-zoo-have-finally-got-treatment/
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