Kyiv Zoo gets a helping hand from Germany
STORY: Kyiv Zoo is trying to keep animals like
‘Tony’ the gorilla warm during hours-long power cuts
Location: Kyiv, Ukraine
Russia has been bombarding Ukraine’s
power grid and heating infrastructure
Keepers have been using a wood fire oven
and battery-powered lights to cope
Tony and other primates need
temperatures of at least 68 degrees Fahrenheit
Location: Berlin, Germany
Help is now on the way from Berlin's zoo
It raised more than $430,000 for generators
and other items to help with heating and electricity
(Kyrylo Trantin, Kyiv Zoo Director)
"We're immensely thankful because it's almost February now. We know that it will be a tough month for us, and we need to do everything so that our animals don't understand that beyond their enclosures a war is going on. We're deprived of electricity for four to twelve hours a day. These generators will make our animals' lives much better."
