HUNDREDS OF ANIMALS STILL IN CAGES IN SHUTTERED ZOO

The roars of lions, snorts of rhinos and trumpets of elephants still blend with the cacophony of honking buses and screeching cars passing nearby in one of the most heavily congested areas of Argentina’s capital. A year after the 140-year-old Buenos Aires zoo closed its doors and was transformed into a park, hundreds of animals remain behind bars and in a noisy limbo. Developers last July promised to relocate most of the zoo’s 1,500 animals to sanctuaries in Argentina and abroad, but they had made no firm arrangements to do so. A new master plan announced Tuesday still doesn’t specify how they will accomplish it. Many of the animals are so zootrained that experts fear they would die if moved, even to wild animal preserves. /