A member of Four Paws International team carries a pelican to be taken out of Gaza, at a zoo in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip August 23, 2016. Fifteen animals including a bengal tiger were removed from “the world’s worst zoo” in the Gaza town of Khan Younis as it was finally closed down. Animal welfare group, Four Paws International, will help bring most of the refugees to a zoo in Jordan, but the tiger will be taken to a refuge in South Africa. Five monkeys, a porcupine, an emu and the tiger, among others, crossed from the occupied territory into Israel after the zoo suffered from years of difficulty. With lack of awareness of animal welfare in Gaza, the densely-populated territory has previously made headlines after another zoo painted donkeys with stripes to resemble zebras in 2009. The original pair of zebras died of starvation during Israel’s war against Hamas. Four Paws had previously taken animals out of Gaza, including several lions and cubs. The wee ones were sold as pets to a resident from a refugee camp. In the latest rescue mission, the tiger named Laziz was kept in a 3 sq m (32 sq ft) cage alongside his stuffed counterpart. In his new home at the Lionsrock Lodge & Big Cat Sanctuary in Bethlehem, South Africa, he will have a 10,000 sq m (100,000 sq ft) enclosure. (Photo by Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)





Crates containing animals are carried to be taken out of Gaza by Four Paws International, at a zoo in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip August 23, 2016. (Photo by Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)





Members of Four Paws International team load a crate containing animals onto a truck to be taken out of Gaza, at a zoo in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip August 23, 2016. (Photo by Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)





A monkey looks out of a crate on a truck as it waits to leave Gaza after it was evacuated by Four Paws International, at Erez Crossing between Israel and northern Gaza Strip August 24, 2016. (Photo by Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)





A truck loaded with crates containing animals waits to leave Gaza after being evacuated by FOUR PAWS International, at Erez Crossing between Israel and northern Gaza Strip August 24, 2016. (Photo by Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)





A truck loaded with crates containing animals leaves Gaza after being evacuated by Four Paws International, at Erez Crossing between Israel and northern Gaza Strip August 24, 2016. (Photo by Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)





Members of Four Paws International team examine monkeys before they are taken out of Gaza, at a zoo in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip August 23, 2016. (Photo by Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)





Members of Four Paws International team examine a monkey before it is taken out of Gaza, at a zoo in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip August 23, 2016. (Photo by Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)





A tiger named Laziz stands in its enclosure before it is taken out of Gaza by Four Paws International, at a zoo in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip August 23, 2016. (Photo by Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)





A member of Four Paws International team carries a sedated monkey before it is taken out of Gaza, at a zoo in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip August 23, 2016. (Photo by Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)





A member of Al Ma'wa for Nature and Wildlife Foundation move a tortoise which was taken out of Gaza by Four Paws International, after it arrived in Amman, Jordan, August 24, 2016. The last survivors of a Gaza zoo, where dozens of animals died of starvation and children petted stuffed carcasses, left on Wednesday for sanctuary outside the Palestinian territory. (Photo by Muhammad Hamed/Reuters)





An ostrich, which was taken out of Gaza by Four Paws International, is moved in a crate after arriving in Amman, Jordan, August 24, 2016. (Photo by Muhammad Hamed/Reuters)





A pelican which was taken out of Gaza by Four Paws International sits inside a crate after arriving in Amman, Jordan, August 24, 2016. (Photo by Muhammad Hamed/Reuters)





An ostrich which was taken out of Gaza by Four Paws International is pictured after arriving in Amman, Jordan, August 24, 2016. (Photo by Muhammad Hamed/Reuters)