Editor's Note:
Members of international animal welfare charity "Four Paws" work to evacuate animals that were abandoned at the Mumtaz al-Nour zoo in Mosul to the city of Arbil, Iraq on March 28, 2017. Most of the animals in the Muntazah al-Nour zoo were killed or died of starvation during the recent conflict between Iraqi forces and Islamic State (IS) group fighters. Photos: Ahmad Gharabli/CFP
A member of the international animal welfare charity "Four Paws" treats a lion abandoned at Muntazah al-Nour zoo in Mosul as they try to evacuate the animals left at the zoo to Arbil on March 28, 2017. Photo: Ahmad Gharabli/CFP 
A member of the international animal welfare charity "Four Paws" sedates a bear abandoned at Muntazah al-Nour zoo in Mosul as they try to evacuate the animals left at the zoo to Arbil on March 28, 2017. Photo: Ahmad Gharabli/CFP 
A member of the international animal welfare charity "Four Paws" treats a bear abandoned at Muntazah al-Nour zoo in Mosul as they try to evacuate the animals left at the zoo to Arbil on March 28, 2017. Photo: Ahmad Gharabli/CFP
