(SINL NIGERIA) No fewer than 80 per cent of animals in the Maiduguri Zoo have died as a result of the reported floods in Borno State.
According to the General Manager of the zoo, Ali Abatcha, while 80 per cent of the animals in the zoo have been killed by the flood, others have escaped into the city capital.
This is as a report released by the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said the flooding in the zoo has reportedly led to some wild animals, including crocodiles and snakes, escaping their enclosures.
Flooding is reportedly covering over 40 per cent of Maiduguri town, which has an estimated population of over 870,000, including the Muna and Jere IDP camps, with a combined population of approximately 230,000.
On Tuesday, reports broke that some animals from the zoo, including snakes, crocodiles were seen in town.
Although a lion was reported to have escaped, its whereabouts is yet to be known as of press time.
