K's capital.

It's one of the world's oldest zoos and research centers, has thousands of animals.

Charles Darwin has even walked its grounds, but by remaining closed, it's losing around £1 million or $1.4 million a month on its very existence may now be in peril.

Zookeepers, including team leader Kate Sanders, say they're becoming increasingly anxious.

I'm concerned that the zoo might not survive, you know, like we're losing so much money.

Eso just feed these animals.

It costs a nearly a million pounds a month on without any visitors coming in.

We're not getting any revenue or very little.

You know, some people are being very generous and we're getting up to donations and things like that.

But it's not the same as having actual visitors here to support the zoo.

Andi, I'm worried.

Lockdowns meant the zoo was closed for 18 weeks in 2020 wiping out ticket sales.

The current enforced closure will blow a $2.5 million hole in its budget, on top of the $20.8 million lost last year.

Catherine England is its chief operating officer way can't furlough animals.

And you can't furlough all of the all of the staff that look after the animals either.

So, really, in terms of what we can take advantage off, there is very little.

The number of staff we can actually furlough and on duh not have working is only a handful, so it costs us a lot of money.

But at the same time, you know we're willing to do that.

We have to do that for the sake of the animals that come first.

So for now, the monkeys pranks continued to go, UN observed penguins remained friendless on the future remains uncertain.