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Calgary Zoo in Big Trouble

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Instead, it brought a new bat species into the exact place in the year 2009 — twenty-five of those creatures also passed away. There were also reports that the zoo may have concentrated too hard on enhanced visitor experiences without being sure that exhibits were up to par — something that could have led to many of the deaths.

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The Florida FWC illegally killed 34 pythons and one 10-year-old pregnant Boa constrictor

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He had a legal permit to own them (Conditional Species Permit), and had legally microchipped them according to FWC guidelines. Whether we like to admit it or not, we (culturally) view animals on a "sentience spectrum." The man who owned the snakes, Chris Coffee, had legally possessed them for years.

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