Baghdad zoo animals suffer as mercury hits 50 degrees

Baghdad (AFP) Aug 14, 2023

A pair of Siberian tigers pant incessantly beside a pond at their zoo enclosure in the scorching summer heat of the Iraqi capital.

Temperatures on Monday breached 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in Baghdad for the second day in a row – making life outdoors unbearable for both humans and animals.

The orange, striped felines from far-eastern Russia are more suited to living “where tem
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