Any animals the committee thinks should leave the zoo will, in theory, be reintroduced into the wild or relocated at other zoos or sanctuaries. Currently the zoo hosts several animals in this condition, including elephants, tortoises and Pedro, a 45-year-old rhinoceros who eats baguettes for breakfast. Gibernet said the zoo had already stopped the breeding of certain animals such as elephants and rhinoceroses. According to the new plan, the zoo will prioritize the Mediterranean and nearby North African fauna over large exotic mammals from other continents. They will continue breeding certain critically endangered species such as the Bornean orangutans, which is part of the European Endangered Species Program.

Source: Fox News May 23, 2019 09:12 UTC