Tag: Zoo
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Cincinnati Zoo worker loses part of thumb after primate bite
A Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden worker’s thumb was partially amputated after a bonobo attacked during morning feeding Friday, the zoo said. The employee has been stabilized at a hospital and was being treated, the zoo said in a statement Friday afternoon. The bonobo bit through a protective mesh barrier as the primate care worker…
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9 monkeys who died in Hong Kong zoo had been infected with melioidosis, officials say
HONG KONG — Nine monkeys who died in Hong Kong’s oldest zoo in two days this week had been infected with an endemic disease, possibly after some digging work near their cages, officials said on Friday. Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Kevin Yeung said in a press briefing that the animals in the Hong Kong Zoological…
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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…