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An ailing lion being transported from Magic World near Aleppo, Syria. Four Paws International

Vets Help Animals Rescued from Syria Zoo

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 28, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Syria’s war was not kind to the nine animals that had been kept alive at Magic World. As clashes became intense around the damaged amusement park near Aleppo, people struggled to find food and medicine for themselves, let alone for the wild animals in cages. So...

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This 2006 colorized scanning electron micrograph image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the O157:H7 strain of the E. coli bacteria. (Janice Carr/CDC via AP)

EU: ‘Alarming’ Superbugs a Risk to People, Animals and Food

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 22, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

European disease and safety experts warned on Wednesday that superbug bacteria found in humans, animals and food pose an “alarming” threat to public and animal health having evolved to resist widely used antibiotics. A report by the European Food Safety...

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Farid Al-Hissi scratches the neck of the lioness from outside the cage housing her and a lion at the Bisan Zoo, in Beit Hanun in the Gaza Strip on August 14, 2014. (AFP Photo/Roberto Schmidt)

Gaza’s zoos: Green retreats reduced to ashes

by Mahmoud Abu Awad | Aug 22, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

Gaza, Asharq Al-Awsat—Israeli airstrikes on Gaza’s zoos have killed most of the resident animals, and the remaining creatures are starving, sick or injured, say zookeepers in the enclave. Bisan Amusement Park in northern Gaza, the largest zoo on the Strip, was among...