Cuban Zoo Managing Animal Care on One-Quarter Needed Fuel

Cuba's National Zoo in Havana receives five liters of diesel daily—one-quarter of the 20 liters required—to distribute food across its 375-hectare grounds. The shortfall reflects Cuba's structural energy crisis, which has triggered rotating blackouts and tightened fuel rations across all sectors. Zoo director Juan Carlos Santos told Reuters the animal population remains stable, though fuel rationing inevitably constrains diet quality, refrigeration, and veterinary response times that a facility this scale depends on.