Friends of Yemen Zoos
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Friends of Yemen Zoos
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We are helping the animals in zoos in Yemen, a country which is enduring a long hard war. Our focus is on Taiz Zoo which has over 35 Arabian Leopards, lions & nearly 300 animals. Find out more at https://ko-fi.com/friendsofyemenzoos
It's Friday! Our lions in Taiz Zoo just wanted to wish you all a grrrrrrreat and roaring weekend! #lions #bigcats #Yemen ko-fi.com/friendsofyem...
December 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Hello everyone, we hope you are all having a good week. Two of the #lions in #Taiz #Zoo are having a drink in the shade. Thanks to our supporters, they have the vitamins and minerals to boost their immunity and health for winter. Please find out more at ko-fi.com/friendsofyem.... Thank you!
December 10, 2025 at 9:29 AM
These beautiful animals are at #Taiz #zoo in #Yemen. Such delicate features! Thank you to everyone at the zoo in Taiz for looking after them. Thinking of you all ko-fi.com/friendsofyem...
December 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
We hope you've all had a good start to the week! The #Zoo in #Yemen is working on a plan for next year that we can help with; those incredibly rare and stunning #Arabian_leopards will be a big part of that! #bigcats #makeadifference. Please join in at ko-fi.com/friendsofyem...
December 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We hope you are all well & that you're having a good weekend. Everyone at the #zoo in #Taiz #Yemen is safe and okay. We're just working out next year's projects with the zoo. The #crocodile continues to make the most of his enclosure which is FAR bigger than the one before! ko-fi.com/friendsofyem...
December 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
We hope you're all having a good week so far. Thanks to our supporters, many of the #animals in #TaizZoo have new enclosures: the #crocodile, #lions #honeybadger #caracal #porcupines #birds. THANK YOU all for your support, it means a lot to the zoo. ko-fi.com/friendsofyem...
November 19, 2025 at 11:33 AM
We hope you're all well & that you had a good weekend. The animals are okay in #TaizZoo. The Director there very much appreciates everyone's support - it means a lot to him and everyone at the zoo. Have you seen our YouTube channel? Please take a look www.youtube.com/@friendsofye...
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Since 2016 Yemen has been at war, the animals have suffered greatly along side the people. The zoo animals were forgotten and many died. Taiz Zoo animals death was in the world news in 2016 and groups...
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November 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
We hope you're all having a good week so far. Thanks to our wonderful supporters, the zoo could get the animals the vitamins & minerals they need for the winter to help them develop immunity & better health as winter approaches. Huge thanks everyone! ko-fi.com/friendsofyem...
November 6, 2025 at 10:04 AM
We have completed the emergency leopard project! The leopards' enclosures and rooves needed repair for the sake of safety and security of everyone. (These leopards are fast and good climbers.) Thank you to everyone who helped us fund the project. Please see the video at ko-fi.com/post/Complet...
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🦁Yemen War has forgotten Taiz Zoo animals. We are project based & improving the animals lives❤️ We have not forgotten the animals at Taiz Zoo Yemen and are the only ones who support the zoo. 100% to t...
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October 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Our next project is to fund vitamins & minerals for the animals to get them through winter. Last year, supporters helped us do this; all the animals made it through winter. The zoo was really grateful, it shows them they aren't forgotten too. Please support us if you can! ko-fi.com/friendsofyem...
October 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Hi everyone, here's one of the #lions in #TaizZoo enjoying the sun in #Yemen. The current project to repair the leopards' enclosures is nearly done, so we are very grateful to everyone who supported it - it is vital to do, to keep both leopards and animals safe. ko-fi.com/friendsofyem...
October 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This #Caturday here are three of the #Arabian_leopards in #TaizZoo #Yemen. The leopards are making the most of the tree which a donor kindly funded, and the shelf our supporters kindly funded. This means the leopards can practice their climbing skills. ko-fi.com/friendsofyem...
October 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Hi everyone, We’ve had an appeal from #TaizZoo for help with repairs to leopards’ enclosures as the metal at the base of many of the cages has decayed and some of the roofs are missing. Please help us if you can; thank you :-) ko-fi.com/friendsofyem...
October 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Hello everyone! We did a big project for #crocodile at #Taiz #Zoo a year or so ago. Here's the croc in the enclosure our wonderful supporters enabled us to do. Thank you so much everyone & thank you to the zookeepers for caring for the croc! Have a good week! ko-fi.com/friendsofyem...
October 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
We hope you're all having a great weekend!

Mr Honey Badger is really tucking in.... we think he likes the enclosure you all supported and enabled us to fund.... THANK YOU so much!

He's too busy tucking in to even say hallo....!
October 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Hi everyone! It's #WorldAnimalDay and #InternationalKeeperDay! We'd like to give a huge and very special #THANKYOU to all the zookeepers in #Taiz #Zoo #Yemen. We know you all work hard looking after the animals every day, we appreciate everything you do in very difficult circumstances. Thank you!
October 4, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Great News! Our summer project has been completed! Here's a video straight from the Zoo Director in #Taiz #Yemen showing the difference it will make to the animals there.

A huge, heartfelt #THANKYOU to all our supporters and to those who did the work! ko-fi.com/friendsofyem...
September 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We hope you're all having a good weekend! We're pleased to announce great progress on our summer project for the honey badger and friends - all under the watchful eye of the four-legged supervisor! ko-fi.com/friendsofyem...
August 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
It's #Caturday! Have a great weekend from all the #lions, #leopards and #cats in Taiz! We should have more progress on our new project very soon!
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August 16, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Thank you to the Director at Taiz Zoo for sending us this photo!

This lion is enjoying a #relaxation session in the sun... and probably wondering what's for lunch... and this picture is making me feel like going off to have a lie down... and a bit of a #catnap

#MondayMotivation at #Taiz Zoo
August 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Cats are nature’s way of making up for Mondays! 😻

Big purrs coming to ALL of you.
August 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Taiz Zoo has Russian lions, who came from Sana'a Zoo. Thanks to our supporters, these cats had the vitamins, minerals and medications to get them safely through the winter in Yemen. #WorldLionDay2025 Please find out more about our projects (and the current one) at ko-fi.com/friendsofyem...
August 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
On #WorldLionDay2025, meet the very handsome Ghazi, who is at Yemen's Taiz Zoo. This beautiful Abyssinian lion is very rare. He is one of the enclosures our supporters kindly donated to so that we could get Ghazi outside instead of indoors. ko-fi.com/friendsofyem...
August 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Here's to #lions everywhere and those working for their #Conservation. The Taiz Zoo Director says they could take the lions out of the concrete prisons to the open air and that they survived winter thanks to the support of our donors. They really appreciate everyone's support. #WorldLionDay2025
August 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It's #internationalcatday2025! A day to celebrate all things #cat! We wanted to celebrate ours in Taiz, especially the #Arabian_leopards! So beautiful, so agile, so rare and so very, very precious! ko-fi.com/friendsofyem...
August 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM