Slaughtering animals ‘a last resort’

Un-bear-able situation: A black bear looks at a donated papaya from inside of its cage during feeding time at Medan Zoo.— AP

IN a worst-case scenario, it may be necessary to kill zoo animals to feed other animals to resolve a hunger crisis at zoos stemming from a lack of revenue from visitors during the Covid-19 pandemic, which has doomed thousands of animals in Indonesia, zoos and veterinarians have said.

Indonesian Zoo Association (PKBSI) head Rahmat Shah said that earlier this week the zoos under