Apprentice zookeeper Joe Bostock-Jones prepares to feed animals at ZSL London Zoo, as zookeepers continue to tend to thousands of animals whilst the zoo remains closed to the public, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in London, Britain, Feb 10, 2021. Opened in 1828 by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), London Zoo was visited by Charles Darwin while he was writing his "Origin of Species" and Queen Elizabeth II is its patron. A goat stands in its enclosure at ZSL London Zoo, as zookeepers continue to tend to thousands of animals whilst the zoo remains closed to the public, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in London, Britain, Feb 10, 2021. REUTERSTogether with Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire, north of London, which is also owned by the ZSL, it has 22,949 animals. "It just remains so sad that we are closed," ZSL London Zoo’s Chief Operating Officer Kathryn England said.

Source: bd News24 February 15, 2021 07:41 UTC