Pictures Show How Zoos Around The World Have Gone Eerily Quiet, Due To The COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed over 80,000 lives and more than 14,00,000 people have been affected by it. The world has come to a standstill as people are advised to stay indoors. Places like markets, malls, cinema halls are shut and empty, and then there are zoos around the world, with animals still residing in them, but no people. Here are a few pictures that show how zoos around the world seem empty and abandoned.

Bhupinder SinghUpdated: Apr 08, 2020, 18:23 IST

A gibbon trying to tie a protective mask, which is used as a preventive measure against the coronavi... Read More

A gibbon trying to tie a protective mask, which is used as a preventive measure against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a zoo in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

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A zoo health worker gives avian flu vaccination to a stork at the Giza Zoo, which has been closed to prevent the spread of COVID-19, in Cairo, Egypt.

Maharajbagh Zoo staff spraying disinfectant in the premises in Nagpur.

Zoo staff in a protective suit sprays disinfectant in a tiger enclosure at Alipore zoo, amid concerns about the spread of COVID-19, in Kolkata, India.

A baby tiger who was born last month during quarantine has been called 'Covid' at the Mexican Africa Bio Zoo in Cordoba (Veracruz). Zoo staff say the name is one of 'hope' because the virus, despite being deadly, has forced people to 'rethink'.

A 4-year-old tiger named Nadia, tested positive for COVID-19, the Wildlife Conservation Society sai... Read More

A 4-year-old tiger named Nadia, tested positive for COVID-19, the Wildlife Conservation Society said in a statement Sunday. The tiger had developed a dry cough and a decrease in appetite. Results from a test, which were confirmed by the USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratory, showed that she had contracted the virus, most likely from a zoo worker.

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Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) worker sanitizing the Indore Zoo.?

Zookeeper sprays disinfectants near an Emu - the second largest birds - cage, in Kankaria in Ahmedabad.

An Indonesian official of the Conservation Agency sprays disinfectant at the Kasang Kulim zoo in Kampar regency, Riau province.

A zookeeper feeding flamingos at the Santa Fe zoo in Medellin, Colombia.

First Published: Apr 08, 2020, 16:24 IST

Bhupinder Singh

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Pictures Show How Zoos Around The World Have Gone Eerily Quiet, Due To The COVID-19 Pandemic

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