australia fires: mogo zoo animals saved by staff efforts

Learn about brave staff saving zoo animals during Australia's fires. Read and answer questions!

Read the following news report from the BBC and answer the questions. Only one answer per question is correct :Amid the devastating fires ravaging Australia, a small zoo has managed to save all its animals through the extraordinary bravery of its staff.Mogo Zoo houses Australia's largest collection of primates, along with zebras, rhinos and giraffes.Yet when it was right in the line of a bushfire, the keepers managed to protect all 200 animals from harm.While most were sheltered at the site, monkeys, pandas and even a tiger were temporary lodgers at one keeper's home.On Tuesday, an evacuation order was made for the New South Wales area where the zoo is located, but staff decided to stay to protect their animals.Zoo director Chad Staples said the situation had been "apocalyptic" and that it "felt like Armageddon".He said the zoo only survived because there'd been a precise plan in place: first the zoo keepers moved everything flammable from the area and then turned to the animals themselves.The larger ones like the lions, tigers and orang-utans were moved into secured night enclosures to keep them safe and calm, but the smaller ones needed extra shelter.So director Staples decided to simply have them taken to his own house."Right now in my house there's animals of all descriptions in all the different rooms, that are there safe and protected... not a single animal lost," he told the ABC broadcaster.Sara Ang from the wildlife park told BBC 5 Live radio that "some of the smaller monkeys had to be moved to the house, the red panda is in the house and there's a tiger in the back area of the house".Giraffes and zebras were left in their enclosures as they were large enough for the animals to move away from spot fires.Mr Staples explained that these were the only animals that suffered from stress - not from the fires but due to the rush of keepers and vehicles moving around to fight the flames.He told the ABC the zoo staff had prepared "hundreds of thousands of litres" of water in advance and then put water into smaller tanks on vehicles to drive around and put out spot fires.However, the small town of Mogo itself has been severely damaged by the fires, with dozens of homes destroyed.Thebushfires have killed at least seven peoplein the Australian state of New South Wales since Monday, according to police.Fires have also destroyed more than 200 homes, leaving thousands of people facing an uncertain future. 200 animals from Mogo Zoo in Australia were saved by... its employees its visitors its fire brigade 2- Where did monkeys, pandas and a tiger sleep during the fire? In a cave of the zoo In the house of one guardian In the wildforest 3- Was an evacuation order made? No, only for New South Wales Yes, for the area where the zoo is located Yes, but only for the large animals 4- What happened to the giraffes? They were evacuated They were kept in their enclosures They were left in the forest 5- How did the zebras feel? They were affected by cars and trucks They were stressed by fires They were attacked by lions 6- Who was also affected in Mogo town? Dozens of homes were burnt More than 200 houses were destroyed More than 200 people were injured