Food Convoy Reaches the Baghdad Zoo

A food convoy has arrived at the Baghdad Zoo, bringing a two-week supply of fruits, vegetables and meat and a one-month supply of dry feed, U.S. Central Command said.

The food was donated by Kuwait, and the convoy was arranged by the Humanitarian Organizing Committee, which handles relations between charities and the U.S. military.

During the war, an Iraqi gun battery was placed on zoo grounds, making it vulnerable to attack. Zookeepers fled, leaving the animals without food and water. Some of them escaped when the zoo was looted, and some were fed by U.S. troops.