Zoo animals are going to die of starvation as the coronavirus worsens, animal experts have warned. Animals may soon have to be put down by vets because of food shortages people stockpiling and supermarket limits, an owner has claimed.
Chris Moiser, who runs the Tropiquaria Zoo in Watchet, Somerset is now appealing for help from the public to keep his animals alive.
He said that a combination of panic-buying and the limitations placed on purchasers by supermarkets was making it difficult to get food for the animals.
He urged members of the public to continue to visit their local zoos if they are not required to be in self-isolation at home and consider making a donation of food. "If many of us have to close we will, without financial