![ISIS jihadis turned Mosul Zoo into 'staging post' for months-long battles with coalition forces during which abandoned creatures were starved to death ISIS jihadis turned Mosul Zoo into 'staging post' for months-long battles with coalition forces during which abandoned creatures were starved to death](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/nintchdbpict0002985368331.jpg?strip=all&w=720)
ISIS jihadis turned Mosul Zoo into 'staging post' for months-long battles with coalition forces during which abandoned creatures were starved to death
![Starving lion and bear only survivors of Iraq zoo used by ISIS as a base for terrorism - World News - Mirror Online Starving lion and bear only survivors of Iraq zoo used by ISIS as a base for terrorism - World News - Mirror Online](https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article9794889.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/PROD-Animals-in-Mosuls-ruined-zoo.jpg)
Starving lion and bear only survivors of Iraq zoo used by ISIS as a base for terrorism - World News - Mirror Online
![The lion, the vets and the war zone – saving animals from Isis in Iraq and Syria | Delayed Gratification The lion, the vets and the war zone – saving animals from Isis in Iraq and Syria | Delayed Gratification](http://www.slow-journalism.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Bear-in-cage.png)
The lion, the vets and the war zone – saving animals from Isis in Iraq and Syria | Delayed Gratification
![ISIS jihadis turned Mosul Zoo into 'staging post' for months-long battles with coalition forces during which abandoned creatures were starved to death ISIS jihadis turned Mosul Zoo into 'staging post' for months-long battles with coalition forces during which abandoned creatures were starved to death](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/nintchdbpict000298847915.jpg)
ISIS jihadis turned Mosul Zoo into 'staging post' for months-long battles with coalition forces during which abandoned creatures were starved to death
![ISIS jihadis turned Mosul Zoo into 'staging post' for months-long battles with coalition forces during which abandoned creatures were starved to death ISIS jihadis turned Mosul Zoo into 'staging post' for months-long battles with coalition forces during which abandoned creatures were starved to death](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/nintchdbpict000298847884.jpg)
ISIS jihadis turned Mosul Zoo into 'staging post' for months-long battles with coalition forces during which abandoned creatures were starved to death
![The lion and bear left to starve in Mosul zoo finally liberate from ISIS | Nature | News | Express.co.uk The lion and bear left to starve in Mosul zoo finally liberate from ISIS | Nature | News | Express.co.uk](https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/128/590x/Mosul-zoo-762692.jpg)
The lion and bear left to starve in Mosul zoo finally liberate from ISIS | Nature | News | Express.co.uk
![ISIS jihadis turned Mosul Zoo into 'staging post' for months-long battles with coalition forces during which abandoned creatures were starved to death ISIS jihadis turned Mosul Zoo into 'staging post' for months-long battles with coalition forces during which abandoned creatures were starved to death](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/nintchdbpict000298848135.jpg)
ISIS jihadis turned Mosul Zoo into 'staging post' for months-long battles with coalition forces during which abandoned creatures were starved to death
![ISIS jihadis turned Mosul Zoo into 'staging post' for months-long battles with coalition forces during which abandoned creatures were starved to death ISIS jihadis turned Mosul Zoo into 'staging post' for months-long battles with coalition forces during which abandoned creatures were starved to death](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/nintchdbpict000298847950.jpg)
ISIS jihadis turned Mosul Zoo into 'staging post' for months-long battles with coalition forces during which abandoned creatures were starved to death
![ISIS jihadis turned Mosul Zoo into 'staging post' for months-long battles with coalition forces during which abandoned creatures were starved to death ISIS jihadis turned Mosul Zoo into 'staging post' for months-long battles with coalition forces during which abandoned creatures were starved to death](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/nintchdbpict000298536831.jpg)
ISIS jihadis turned Mosul Zoo into 'staging post' for months-long battles with coalition forces during which abandoned creatures were starved to death
![ISIS jihadis turned Mosul Zoo into 'staging post' for months-long battles with coalition forces during which abandoned creatures were starved to death ISIS jihadis turned Mosul Zoo into 'staging post' for months-long battles with coalition forces during which abandoned creatures were starved to death](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/nintchdbpict000298847933.jpg)