Tag: Zoo
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Nine monkeys die mysteriously at Hong Kong zoo
HONG KONG — Zoo authorities in Hong Kong are keeping a close watch on a monkey that is behaving unusually a day after the ninth death this week of one of the animals while hastening tests to find out what killed them. During the monitoring, the city’s Zoological and Botanical Gardens (HKZBG) will keep shut…
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A pair of bears are on their way to the National Zoo from China
HONG KONG — A pair of giant pandas began their journey Monday from China to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, where they will begin a 10-year residence in the nation’s capital, weeks before the presidential election. Bao Li, a 3-year-old male, and Qing Bao, a 3-year-old female, are the latest pandas to be sent…