Ukraine's Energy Challenge
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Andrea Chalupa: Ukraine’s zoos need urgent help before winter
There are over 10,000 zoo animals facing starvation in Ukraine, including in Crimea. With winter only a few months away, their fate looks grim.
After a popular uprising toppled Viktor Yanukovych in February, Ukrainians touring his most lavish palace finally got to visit their ex-president's private zoo. In this sprawling compound just outside Kyiv, built with stolen tax payer money, there areover 2,000 animals. They include pigs, ostriches, and South African eland, a type of antelope. Yanukovych reportedly kept the elands for their milk in the belief that it enhanced the libido.
