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Controversial Elephant Death at San Diego Zoo

Critter News

An animal rights group has called for a federal investigation into the death of an elephant at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. The Northern California-based In Defense of Animals called for the Department of Agriculture, which does inspections of zoos, to investigate Umoya's death.

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The Queen

10,000 Birds

The naturalist got out of his car, picked her up, took the tape off her legs, and took her to a local zoo. Finally, the decision was made to release her in the summer of 2011. A group of us gathered to release her near the spot where she was found. One of the animal keepers brought her to me, and I put her in my clinic.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Donna Fernandes, president of the Buffalo Zoo, witnessed a wake for a female gorilla, Babs, who had died of cancer at Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo. Nonetheless, they adjusted their behavior to allow Babyl to remain with the group. the Spring 2011 issue of YES! Sometimes the matriarch would even feed Babyl.

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