Update:
A zoo in Rome has given its animals frozen treats to cool them down during the heatwave.
A zoo in Rome has given its animals frozen treats to cool them down during the heatwave.
The city’s municipality has issued an alert as temperatures are expected to reach 38 degrees Celsius in the coming days, posing serious risks to human and animal health.
Keepers have been feeding frozen fruits and vegetables to the zoo’s herbivores, such as lemurs and tamarins, and frozen meat or fish to tigers, seals and brown bears.