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Zoo gazelle dies from animal attack

July 24th, 2008 · 4 Comments

This is bizarre. Just a few days after a monkey died at the Woodland Park Zoo from congestive heart failure, there’s word that a 7-year-old gazelle died after being attacked by another animal inside the popular African Savanna exhibit. “The accidental death of the gazelle is an unfortunate incident and is uncommon and rare in zoos,” said Zoo Curator Martin Ramirez. The gazelle was sharing the exhibit with three other gazelles, a giraffe, zebras, oryx and ostrich. No word on which animal was responsible for the attack.

The life expectancy of gazelles is 12 to 14 years. (Woodland Park Zoo photo)

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4 responses so far ↓

  • 1 K. // Jul 24, 2008 at 5:01 pm

    Uh, the zoo has over a 1000 animals. It’s not that bizarre that two entirely unrelated animals would pass within a week of each other in two entirely unrelated ways.

    It is sad though.

  • 2 AkGru // Jul 25, 2008 at 10:07 pm

    Murder. That’s the bizarre part.

    Have you seen those documentaries on the Discovery Channel? “When Ostriches Kill.” Scary as hell.

    That poor gazelle, beaten down by a psychotic zebra. Someone needs to stop that striped bandit.

    I will leave my comments on violence in the giraffe community to a later post.

  • 3 pioggia // Jul 28, 2008 at 6:17 pm

    Actually I beleive the ostriches ARE the newest animals in the exhibit…

  • 4 andar909 // Aug 10, 2008 at 5:25 pm

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