In recent days, the largest zoo in the state of Texasin the south of USAhas been the scene of suspicious incidents, the last of them the death of a very dear vulture which is being investigated by the police.
“Everything is under suspicion at the moment: internal, external (…) we are studying all the options,” the president of the zoo told the press on Monday. Dallas, Gregg Hudson.
The vulture The endangered 35-year-old named Pin was found dead over the weekend. “Death does not appear to be due to natural causes,” according to the zoo.
“Losing him is devastating not only to our zoo family, but to conservation efforts for this species,” the zoo said on Twitter Tuesday.
The Zoo offered a $10,000 reward for any information that would help the investigation.
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Meanwhile, on January 13, a clouded leopardNova, escaped from her enclosure after a section of the fence was cut down.
Nova was later found safe on the grounds of the Zoobut staff discovered that the langur monkey enclosure had also been breached.
The matter was considered serious enough for federal agents to join the investigation, considering that it is an endangered species. (AFP)
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