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Crocodiles and snakes ‘washed into communities’ as flood hits Nigerian zoo

Crocodiles and snakes ‘washed into communities’ as flood hits Nigerian zoo

Park in Borno state says more than 80% of its animals have been killed and urges residents to take precautions

Floods in northern Nigeria have killed more than 80% of the animals in a large zoo housing wildlife from lions and crocodiles to buffalo and ostriches, the facility has said.

“Some deadly animals have been washed away into our communities, like crocodiles and snakes,” the Sanda Kyarimi Park zoo added in a statement on the floods in the northern Borno state, urging residents to take precautions.

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