Zoo agrees to feed animals

HONG KONG - A troupe of Russian circus animals including 15 tigers and lions stranded in China in a business dispute have avoided…

HONG KONG - A troupe of Russian circus animals including 15 tigers and lions stranded in China in a business dispute have avoided starvation after a Chinese zoo agreed to feed them again, it was reported yesterday.

The Shenzhen Safari Park, across the border from Hong Kong, agreed to resume feeding the animals after they went hungry for several days last week in a quarrel over arrangements for the circus to return to Moscow.

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