More than 40 animals, including five lions, were evacuated from squalid conditions in a Gaza Strip zoo on April 8 to be taken to Jordan, an animal welfare group said.
Thin and weakened, the 43 animals, including a wolf and monkeys, had been living in "terrible conditions," said the Four Paws association, which organized the transfer.
The Rafah zoo in the southern Gaza Strip is the oldest in the enclave, which has been under an Israeli blockade for more than 10 years.
The animals were not in great shape, but were stable enough to be transported to a reserve in Jordan, some 300 kilometers from the Palestinian enclave, said Martin Bauer, spokesman for the Vienna-based welfare group.
The animals were sedated to be put in cages for the transfer through Israel. Two of the lions would eventually be sent to South Africa.
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