Indonesia's Zoo Animals Face Food Shortage Amid The Coronavirus Pandemic

YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA - MAY 05: A zoo keeper wears a protective mask to spray water on a Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus) inside its enclosure at Gembira Loka zoo closed for public to curb the spread of the coronavirus on May 5, 2020 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. According to media and the Indonesian Zoological Association (PKBSI), tens of thousands of zoo animals across Indonesia are at risk of food shortage due to a lack of revenue during the COVID-19 pandemic, and can only afford to feed their animals until mid-May, they might allow zoos to feed herbivores to carnivores, as long as they are not rare or endangered species. Indonesian officials have so far confirmed over 12,000 cases of COVID-19 in the country with at least 872 recorded fatalities. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has spread to at least over 200 countries and territories across the world, claiming over 240,000 lives and infecting over three million more. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)