More than 25 animals have reportedly died in Dushanbe Zoo this year alone

More than 25 animals have reportedly died in Dushanbe Zoo this year alone.
Volunteer Yelena Bukhariyeva says one red fox, three camels, one antelope, one pony, two ostriches, two coons, two badgers, three foxes, two jackals, an albino porcupine, a large number of owls, a Bukhara deer, a crocodile, several rare birds, one pig, two squirrels and one nutria have died in the Dushanbe Zoo this year alone.
According to her, the rare birds died from dehydration, while the nutria was flooded with white lime.
“Moreover, the terrarium burned down, and all animals that were there burned alive with it,” Bukhariyeva said.  
Yelena Bukhariyeva has voluntarily come to the Dushanbe Zoo for already ten years and cares for animals.