Paris zoo re-opens with 62 new residents born during coronavirus shutdown

Record ID: 1556469

  • Title: Paris zoo re-opens with 62 new residents born during coronavirus shutdown
  • Date: 8th June 2020
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (JUNE 8, 2020) (REUTERS) RING TAILED LEMUR WITH TWO BABIES (TWINS) BORN ON MAY 2 LEMURS LEMUR WITH BABIES HYDROALCOHOLIC GEL ON TABLE AT ENTRANCE TO ZOO VARIOUS OF VISITORS WASHING HANDS BEFORE ENTERING VARIOUS OF CHILDREN ENTERING THE ZOO PARIS ZOO DIRECTOR, PIERRE-YVES BUREAU, SPEAKING WITH VISITORS (SOUNDBITE) (French) PARIS ZOO DIRECTOR, PIERRE-YVES BUREA
  • Embargoed: 22nd June 2020 15:02
  • Keywords: Paris animals birth lockdown re-opening zoo
  • Location: PARIS, FRANCE
  • City: PARIS, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Topics: Health/Medicine
  • Reuters ID: LVA001CHIFXAX
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Paris's zoo re-opened on Monday (June 8) after a three month closure because of COVID-19 shutdown with 62 new residents.
    Sixty-two babies were born in the zoo on the city's eastern edge including new baboons, oryxes, Humboldt penguins and flamingos. One of the newest arrivals were twin ring-tailed lemurs born on May 2.
    To welcome visitors, new safety measures have been put in place. No more than 2,300 visitors will be allowed in at any one time -- a quarter of the usual capacity -- tiny areas of the park will remain closed, all adults must wear a mask, and everyone must wash their hands with hydroalcoholic gel before entering the zoo.
    According to zookeeper, Fabrice Bernard, the closure didn't change the animals' habits, it was the zookeepers who missed the visitors.
    (Production: Thierry Chiarello, Emilie Delwarde)
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