Critter News
JUNE 20, 2010
A huge spiral-horned goat got trapped in a toy rope and choked. The audit was requested after a capybara, a giant central American rodent, was pounded to death when a staff member shut a hydraulic door. Tags: zoos calgary canada animal abuse. A hippo passed away following a long, horrible transfer from another zoo.
Critter News
DECEMBER 12, 2009
The Calgary Zoo is again under scrutiny as details emerged Friday about how a capybara, a species of giant South American rodent, died after becoming caught in a hydraulic door last weekend as it was being moved from one area to another. Tags: zoos welfare violations animal welfare. A zookeeper had left the knife behind in the exhibit.
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