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No visitors at Australian zoo, but animals train for when lockdown ends

 

Photo|Courtesy: A sea lion named Pepper practices a show routine in front of an empty seating area.

There are no visitors at Australia’s biggest zoo due to the coronavirus restrictions, but training and feeding times must keep to schedule, keepers say, particularly for animals that perform in live shows like sea lions and birds of prey.

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