Four Paws, an animal welfare group, moved a tiger, a deer, monkeys and turtles among other animals with the help of the Israeli Coordination and Liaison Administration for Gaza; one baby deer, which was also meant to be transferred, died before the exodus.
An international charity completed on Wednesday an operation to remove 15 animals rescued from the Gaza Strip\’s main zoo, dubbed "the worst in the world."
Four Paws, an animal welfare group, will resettle the animals from the Khan Younis zoo abroad, where they will be given a chance to live a better life. The rescue was announced last week.
The removal of the animals precipitated the closure of the zoo. Most of the animals are headed to Jordan while a tiger will be resettled in South Africa.
Four Paws received assistance from the Safari in Ramat Gan, which provided the cages used to transfer the tiger, and from Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) and the Israeli border authority.
The rescued animals include five guenon monkeys, an emu, a pelican, a porcupine, two ostriches, turtles and a deer. The team initially had two deers, but one, a baby deer, died ahead of the evacuation.