Bangladesh zoo seeks mate for lonely Kanchi the Rhino
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January 23, 2021 10:56 IST
Abdul Latif, curator of the zoo, said the coronavirus pandemic had blocked recent efforts to bring in a male rhino from Africa
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In this picture taken on January 12, 2021, rhino caretaker Forid Mia cuddles a rhino inside an enclosure at the zoo in Dhaka. | Photo Credit:
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Abdul Latif, curator of the zoo, said the coronavirus pandemic had blocked recent efforts to bring in a male rhino from Africa
A lonely rhinoceros at a Bangladesh zoo is looking for new love after losing her partner seven years ago, but pandemic travel restrictions are hampering her keeper s attempts to play matchmaker.
Suzie and Bubloo s nightmare is over: Bears who were the last remaining animals at hellish Pakistani zoo follow Kaavan the world s loneliest elephant to a new life elsewhere
Bubloo and Suzie, two Himalayan brown bears, had been housed at the Marghazar Zoo in Pakistan for 13 years
Former dancing bears, 17-year-old pair were kept in poor conditions which left them malnourished and sick
But on Wednesday they left for a shelter in Jordan, becoming the final animals to move out as the zoo closed
Marghazar, opened in 1978, was also home to Kaavan, the world s loneliest elephant , who left two weeks ago