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Second giraffe dies at Greater Vancouver Zoo
By: Jenna Owsianik , ctvbc.ca
Date: Sunday Nov. 20, 2011 6:27 PM PT
A second giraffe in a week has died at the Greater Vancouver Zoo, arousing further concern from the Vancouver Humane Society over how the facility cares for its exotic animals.
Eleah, a 23-year-old giraffe, was found dead by zoo staff on Saturday around 7:30 a.m. in her heated barn. Her three-year-old calf Amryn died days earlier on Nov. 14 after he was discovered lying on the ground outside the barn in his enclosure.
"One of the concerns we have is that these two deaths have taken place during a period of cold weather," Peter Fricker of the Vancouver Humane Society told CTV News. "We do know that giraffes are susceptible to cold weather."
The zoo waits for necropsy results to determine what caused the animals to die.
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http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/..._giraffe_death_vancouver_zoo_111120/20111120/
By: Jenna Owsianik , ctvbc.ca
Date: Sunday Nov. 20, 2011 6:27 PM PT
A second giraffe in a week has died at the Greater Vancouver Zoo, arousing further concern from the Vancouver Humane Society over how the facility cares for its exotic animals.
Eleah, a 23-year-old giraffe, was found dead by zoo staff on Saturday around 7:30 a.m. in her heated barn. Her three-year-old calf Amryn died days earlier on Nov. 14 after he was discovered lying on the ground outside the barn in his enclosure.
"One of the concerns we have is that these two deaths have taken place during a period of cold weather," Peter Fricker of the Vancouver Humane Society told CTV News. "We do know that giraffes are susceptible to cold weather."
The zoo waits for necropsy results to determine what caused the animals to die.
More...
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/..._giraffe_death_vancouver_zoo_111120/20111120/