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Extreme weather conditions have claimed the lives of four African lion cubs in the southern Gaza Strip’s Rafah city zoo on Thursday. x The besieged coastal enclave has been witnessing low temperatures over the past few days, with residents talking about the "coldest winter for years". "We could not secure the necessary food supplements, medicines and antibiotics to save the lives of the cubs. We do not have enough money and the blockade is exacerbating the situation," zoo manager Fathi Jumaa told Middle East Eye. The cubs, which died shortly after they were born, could not survive despite attempts to save their lives. "Two of them died less than an hour after they were born, because we were not able to keep them warm. So I took the other two to my home, I covered them with blankets and took good care of them,” Jumaa said When they got better, I took them back to their mother to be fed, but they died an hour later." ...

Three lion cubs must either pass on to other zoos or be killed when they become mature. Three lion cubs who came to the world in December have been checked by the vet on Thursday and the chip mark in the zoo Copenhagen. It happened while the lion's mother murmured loudly when vet Carsten Grøndahl took the kids out and stuck a needle with a chip in them.

National Park to monitor migration of herdsmen By Uthman Conservator-General, National Park Service, Ibrahim Goni The Conservator-General, National Park Service, Ibrahim Goni, has said the service has started monitoring the migration of herdsmen from the north to the southern part of the country to avoid the destruction of parks’ vegetation and other protected areas. “I have directed the conservators of the seven parks to closely follow up the north – south migration of herdsmen and communal hunters to avoid trespass and incessant conflicts along the migratory routes,” he said. Goni, in a statement issued by his media assistant, Yakubu Zull, said the agency was collaborating with security agencies for the effective protection of parks, adding that the service has adequate security and surveillance patrol at all national parks to avoid hibernation of criminals. “This is to ensure the safety of lives and property of visitors, tourists, our animals and plant...

At least 94 camels have died in northern Kenya from suspected poisoning after drinking water in an abandoned well. At least 26 others were in critical condition, Shanda Guyo, a veterinary officer in the Marsabit arid region, told the BBC. The deaths were a huge loss for the animal owners, he added. Camels are culturally revered and loved among the Gabra people who use them for transport, meat and milk. The pastoralists have been mourning their losses with some openly overcome by emotion. Some of them [camels] had just calved, with owners [now] fearing that the calves could starve," Mr Guyo said. Africa Live: More on this and other stories Kenya's flourishing camel milk industry "The animals were weak and could not stand, they were writhing in pain on the ground as if they had abdominal pain. They also had difficulty urinating," Mr Guyo said. "We have never seen anything like this," he said, adding that the incident "was unusua...

Flightless birds Flightless birds  are  birds  that through  evolution  lost the ability to  fly .There are over 60 extant species including the well known  ratites  ( ostrich ,  emu ,  cassowary ,  rhea and  kiwi ) and  penguins . The smallest flightless bird is the  Inaccessible Island rail (length 12.5 cm, weight 34.7 g). The largest (both heaviest and tallest) flightless bird, which is also the largest living bird, is the  ostrich  (2.7 m, 156 kg). Ostriches are farmed for their decorative feathers, meat and their skins, which are used to make  leather . Many domesticated birds, such as the  domestic chicken  and  domestic duck , have lost the ability to fly for extended periods, although their ancestral species, the  red junglefowl  and  mallard , respectively, are capable of extended flight. A few particularly bred birds, such as the  Broad Brea...