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Coronavirus pandemic pushes Indonesia zoo animals to brink of starvation | South China Morning Post

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Thousands of zoo animals across Indonesia are facing starvation as zookeepers struggle with depleting food stocks during the pandemic. The plunge in ticket sales has pushed many facilities to the brink of collapse, forcing some zookeepers to consider feeding non-endangered herbivores to the carnivores.

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