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Putin sends African lion, brown bears and cockatoos to North Korea as gift of support

A lion is seen in Pyongyang zoo in the North Korean capital, in video released by Moscow zoo on Wednesday.
A lion is seen in Pyongyang zoo in the North Korean capital, in video released by Moscow zoo on Wednesday. Photograph: Russia's natural resources ministry/AFP/Getty Images

Russia has transferred more than 70 animals, including an African lion, two brown bears and 45 pheasants to a zoo in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang.

The animals transferred from Moscow Zoo, were “a gift from Vladimir Putin to the Korean people”, the government said. The delivery also included two domestic yaks, 40 mandarin ducks and five white cockatoos.

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