(19 Jan 2016) GAZA ZOO
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Khan Younis City, Gaza - 10 January 2016
1. Various of remains of stuffed animals that died of malnutrition and lack of medical care
2. Wide of Mohammad Eweda, owner of Khan Younis zoo, showing the stuffed animals
3. Various of tiger in cage
4. Various of monkey waiting to be fed
5. Wide of Eweda emptying sand from a bucket of food
6. Close of the sand and remains of plants in bucket
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammad Eweda, the owner of Khan Younis zoo:
"I face problems because of the (Israeli) siege today. As you see, the siege did not spare the people. They don't go out and their living conditions are difficult. Today, there are no visitors coming. We can't provide food and water to the animals and half of them are ill because of the siege and the situation of Gaza in general. People hardly find food, let alone the animals."
8. Various of deer
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammad Eweda, the owner of Khan Younis zoo:
"Now, I'm waiting for someone to buy the zoo or for the animals to die. If there is any organisation that can save these animals, we will be thankful. The animals are in need of any such organisation to look after them. Today, I swear to God that the tiger has not eaten for four or five days."
10. Various of boy trying to feed cat
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Gaza City, Gaza - 10 January 2016
11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Zakria Al-Kafarna, Veterinary director at the Agriculture Ministry:
"The design of these farms or zoos doesn't meet the required health standards. Basically, it's an improvisation by some citizens in agreements with the municipality and it doesn't meet the international standards or those supposed to be considered in the designing of these zoos."
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Beit Lahia, Gaza - 10 January 2016
12. Mid of monkey at the Al-Bisan zoo in Beit Lahia
13. Various of monkeys eating
14. Various of wolves in a cage
15. Wide of crocodile cage
16. Close of crocodile
17. Ostrich munching on tree leaves
18. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammad Abu Safeya, a worker at Al-Bisan:
"Many animals died in the previous cold wave. Now we are experiencing a very cold wave. We need cages and new care for the existing animals. If this situation continues, more animals will pass away."
19. Close of two ostriches inside the cage
20. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammad Abu Safeya, a worker at Al-Bisan:
"After the war, as you see, the government is barely paying for its employees. Nobody is paying attention (to the zoo) because of the blockade and the (wider) situation. They don't take care of the animals at all."
21. Wide shot of empty cage which once housed a wildcat
22. Close of empty cage
23. Wide shot of Al-Bisan zoo
LEADIN:
Animals held in Gaza's zoos are facing malnutrition, disease, death and, therefore, closure.
A lack of food and access to medical care has turned a place designed for enjoyment and study into a ghastly museum of neglect.
STORYLINE:
These dried-out husks were once animals that prowled the cages of Khan Younis zoo.
But without food and medical care they died.
And now Mohammad Eweda, the zoo's owner, has their stuffed carcasses on display instead.
The prospects for his living beasts do not look good either.
Israel's blockade on Gaza makes living conditions difficult for the population - and animals are well down the list of priorities.
Few paying visitors enter the zoo these days.
Eweda has accepted he can not continue to run the facility.
His only hope is for an international organisation to step in.
And winter weather is also a concern.

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