ANIMAL-LOVERS The some 280 animals in the zoo - 20 lions including 2 cubs, 26 Arabian leopards as well as Arabian deer, monkeys, porcupines, lynx, and eagles - have not been spared the trauma.

Baby Yemen chameleon. Photo courtesy of ZSL Whipsnade Zoo. Ten Yemen chameleons (Chamaeleo calyptratus) were recently born at the Zoological Society of London’s (ZSL) Whipsnade Zoo. A popular ...

Earlier this week, news reports documented the plight of dozens of animals housed in Taiz’s zoo. The facility, home to about 280 creatures, has been crippled by shortages in food and medicine.