A woman and her child look at a camel at the Baghdad Zoo, as Abdullah, 8, poses with a photograph taken by Niko Price of the Associated Press on July 20, 2003 at the same site showing a U.S. soldier visiting the newly-opened zoo. The zoo was decimated during the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, when the staff fled and looters gutted the zoo and the park surrounding it. Only a handful of animals survived, and later the grounds were used as a holding facility for looters detained by U.S. soldiers. The zoo reopened in July 2003, after being rehabilitated under the care of U.S. Army Capt. William Sumner and a South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony. Today, it houses over 1,000 animals and is a popular destination for families. Photo taken on March 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo) ( Mideast Iraq On This Site )