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The last survivors of a Gaza zoo, where dozens of animals died of starvation and children petted stuffed carcasses, left for a sanctuary outside the Palestinian territory.
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A monkey watches out of a container on a truck as it holds up to leave Gaza after it was emptied by Four Paws International, at Erez Crossing amongst Israel and northern Gaza Strip. Monetary hardship developed by war with Israel conveyed demise to the vast majority of the zoological display of 200 at the exclusive complex in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the enclave. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
A individual from Four Paws International group conveys a quieted monkey before it is removed from Gaza, at a zoo in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. The 15 remaining creatures saved by the Four Paws worldwide creature welfare bunch incorporated a tiger, porcupines, an emu and five monkeys. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Members of Four Paws International group look at a monkey before it is removed from Gaza, at a zoo in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Israel, which keeps up tight confinements on its outskirt permitted the creatures through the boondocks and named the exchange "Operation Safari". REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Palestinian Mohammad Oweida, a zoo proprietor, indicates soft toys that kicked the bucket amid the 2014 war, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Oweida stuffed 15 of the creatures that kicked the bucket, including a lion and a chimpanzee - and put them in plain view in what Gaza occupants called the "Wilderness of the South". REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
A individual from Four Paws International group conveys a pelican to be removed from Gaza, at a zoo in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Some were bound for new homes in asylums in Israel and Jordan, and the tiger will be traveled to Four Paws' Lionsrock Big Cat Sanctuary in South Africa. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Crates containing creatures are completed to be taken of Gaza by Four Paws International, at a zoo in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Laziz, a 8-year-old tiger, a portion of gathering of 15 creatures from Gaza, the last survivors of the "most noticeably awful zoo on the planet", where many creatures kicked the bucket of starvation, is checked at the Hebrew University Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Rishon LeZion in Israel, in the wake of letting Gaza for asylum well enough alone for the Palestinian region, in a salvage mission sorted out by global creature welfare bunch Four Paws. REUTERS/Nir Elias
Veterinarian Amir Khalil from Four Paws International conveys an anesthetized monkey as he brings it for treatment at a zoo in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
A individual from Four Paws International group gives back a monkey to its walled in area in the wake of getting treatment at a zoo in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Stuffed creatures, that kicked the bucket amid the 2014 war, are in plain view at a zoo in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
A truck stacked with cases containing creatures leaves Gaza in the wake of being cleared by Four Paws International, at Erez Crossing amongst Israel and northern Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
A pelican which was removed from Gaza by Four Paws International sits inside a box in the wake of landing in Amman, Jordan. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed
Members of Al Ma'wa for Nature and Wildlife Foundation move a tortoise which was removed from Gaza by Four Paws International, after it landed in Amman, Jordan. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed
An ostrich, which was removed from Gaza by Four Paws International, is moved in a case in the wake of touching base in Amman, Jordan. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed
A tiger named Laziz remains in its fenced in area before it is removed from Gaza by Four Paws International, at a zoo in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. The last survivors of a Gaza zoo, where many creatures kicked the bucket of starvation and youngsters petted stuffed corpses, leave for a haven outside the Palestinian domain. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa