Critics demand improvements at Indonesia's 'zoo of death'


  • World
  • Thursday, 12 May 2016

Veterinarians treat Fitri, 35, a female elephant at a Surabaya zoo in East Java province July 26, 2011. REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad/File Photo

SURABAYA, Indonesia (Reuters) - So many animals have perished at Indonesia's biggest zoo that wildlife activists call it the "zoo of death" and are demanding an overhaul of its management.

Activists say many of the more than 2,200 animals at the zoo in the city of Surabaya are crowded into cages and enclosures far too small for them, and they also face a shortage of proper feed.

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