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Some 50 animals have starved to death in the last six months at one of Venezuela's main zoos due to chronic food shortages that have plagued the crisis-stricken South American nation.
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A laborer puts papaya on the floor for the insect monkeys, at the Paraguana zoo in Punto Fijo. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso
An worker offers papaya to eat to an Andean bear at the Paraguana zoo in Punto Fijo. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso
Employees stand alongside gave sustenance for creatures at the Paraguana zoo in Punto Fijo. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso
An Andean bear extend its hook inside a pen at the Paraguana zoo in Punto Fijo. Three creatures passed on in May at the zoo in Paraguana, on the northwestern Falcon landmass, the executive said. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso
A jaguar is envisioned at the Caricuao Zoo in Caracas, Venezuela. The fatalities at the Caricuao zoo in Caracas incorporate Vietnamese pigs, tapirs, rabbits and feathered creatures - some of whom had not eaten for two weeks, as indicated by Marlene Sifontes, 52, a union pioneer for representatives of state parks office Inparques which regulates zoos. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso
Peccaries are envisioned at the Paraguana zoo in Punto Fijo. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso
A capuchin monkey eats a bit of papaya at the Paraguana zoo in Punto Fijo. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso
A macaw is envisioned at the Paraguana zoo in Punto Fijo. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso
A puma bites a bit of meat the Paraguana zoo in Punto Fijo. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso
An representative strolls with tapirs at the Paraguana zoo in Punto Fijo. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso
A green macaw is envisioned at the Paraguana zoo in Punto Fijo. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso
An representative gives vitamins with a syringe to a capuchin monkey at the Paraguana zoo in Punto Fijo. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso
Donated nourishment for creatures is seen at the Paraguana zoo in Punto Fijo. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso
A lion rests inside a confine at the Caricuao Zoo in Caracas, Venezuela. Approximately 50 creatures have starved to death in the most recent six months at one of Venezuela's principle zoos, as indicated by a union pioneer, because of incessant sustenance deficiencies that have tormented the emergency stricken South American country. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso