Tag: zoo
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Bizarre moment ZEBRA charges through the streets of Seoul after escaping from zoo
THIS is the bizarre moment a zebra charges through the streets of Seoul after escaping from a zoo.
The stripy animal cut loose from Seoul Children’s Grand Park Zoo, South Korea, on Thursday.
The male zebra, named Sero, then went on a three-hour jaunt before local authorities were able to catch up with him.
Hilarious footage of the two-year-old escapist trotting through the capital city was filmed by local bystanders.
At one point the African horse picked up some serious pace as it headed for a major road.
Other clips even captured the moment Sero poked his nose into residents’ garbage bins in the city’s east.
According to zoo officials, the zebra busted out at around 2.50pm after he destroyed the wooden fencing lining his pen.
A few hours later, police and emergency services were able to locate the animal and trap it.
Sero was shot with tranquilizers and returned to the zoo.
There have been no reports of injuries or property damage as a result of the incident.
A Children’s Grand Park Zoo spokesman told the Associated Press the zebra has been assessed by vets and is in a stable condition.
Nightmare zoo that housed lonely ape and limping rhino ordered to close by authorities in Puerto Rico
A ZOO that housed a lonely ape and limping rhino has been ordered to close by authorities.
Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo, in Puerto Rico, has officially shut its doors after years of suspected animal neglect.
Concerns have been raised over animal welfare for years[/caption]
The country’s government demanded the closure on Tuesday.
They have also announced federal authorities will be investigating the treatment of animals at the park.
The zoo is currently home to around 300 different animals including a kangaroo which has no shelter.
Based in the costal town of Mayaguez, Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo has been closed since hurricanes battered the island in 2017.
The 45-acre facility has been described as “dilapidated” ever since.
However, animals remained in the confines, raising concerns over their welfare.
Governor Pedro Pierluisi said: “Animal welfare comes first.
“Questions have been raised for a long time.”
Experts were due to visit back in 2017 – but this didn’t take place until Sunday, says The Wild Animal Sanctuary executive director Pat Craig.
He said: “The zoo definitely has been degraded.
“You can imagine the facilities were overgrown and dilapidated to some degree.”
He also raised concerns over the zoo’s lone chimpanzee as the species need socialisation.
The US Department of Agriculture cancelled the zoo’s licence back in 2018 after multiple violations.
Officials have seen malnourished tigers and distressed cougars living in cramped spaces.
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Have You Played… Planet Zoo?
Snow leopards are my absolute favourite animals in the world. I would die happy if I ever got the chance to see one in real life (from a great distance of course, lest it de-grundle me). Alas, the closest that most of us will get in our lives is to play Planet Zoo – easily the best zoo simulator out there right now.