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Number of Animals on Increase in Central Zoo
Pyongyang, March 19 (KCNA) -- Scores of animals of 10-odd species have recently arrived at the Central Zoo of the DPRK.

Among those animals, all of them presented by servicepersons and civilians across the country, are a goshawk (Accipiter gentiles, the national bird), sea-cat and seal.

The goshawk weighs 1 kg and is 56.5 cm and 106 cm in length and wingspread respectively.

The new comers also include Athene noctua, snapping turtle, two bears, water-deer, goral and moorhen.

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