TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — The body of a gazelle lies near an empty feeding bin, flies swarming around the corpse. A male lion growls angrily, leaping toward the front of his cage when a rare visitor approaches the bars.
This is life in the Tripoli Zoo, which has found itself a casualty of the war to oust Moammar Gadhafi.
Once one of the city’s best-loved family destinations, today it is 110 dusty acres of listless animals and overgrown, sunburned grass.
 
____
Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]