Venezuela is no stranger to crisis. In recent years, the South American country has been on the brink of economic collapse.
A drastic fall in oil prices, which provides almost all of Venezuela's foreign income, has been followed by a severe recession and widespread food and medicine shortages.
For Venezuelans, the scarcity has led to choosing between waiting in hours-long lines for basic food supplies or succumbing to sky-high prices on the black market.
That scarcity has now spread to Venezuela's zoos, where food shortages have left some animals emaciated or even dying.
Officials are forced to feed lions and tigers mangoes and pumpkins to make up for severe meat shortages.
A number of Vietnamese pigs, rabbits, tapirs, and birds died at the Caricuao zoo after starving for two weeks.
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