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Cuba to send animals to depleted Venezuelan zoos

Venezuela sends oil to Cuba and now Cuba will ship zoo animals to Venezuela, giving a new dimension to ties between the socialist allies.

Officials at the Havana National Zoological Park are preparing to transport animals to Venezuela next month to replenish the South American country's zoos, depleted by years of neglect.

Just as Cuba sends doctors to Venezuela in a barter arrangement for 92,000 barrels a day of oil, Venezuela will give medical equipment to Cuba in exchange for the animals, Havana zoo director Tomas Escobar said in a recent interview.

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