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Zoo blames mystery man for animal deaths
The amount of animal deaths at Kiev zoo has been steadily rising over the past few years, and it has come to a point where animal activists ...


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Zoo blames mystery man for animal deaths

The amount of animal deaths at Kiev zoo has been steadily rising over the past few years, and it has come to a point where animal activists have decided to take a stand.

In 2008, the zoo lost 51 animals, and in the past 6 months has lost another seven animals, most recently, one of the zoos main attractions, Boy, a 39-year-old Indian elephant, and Maya, a white camel. The loss of a 39-year old-elephant may not appear massively significant on first look, as most animals in captivity tend to live for a much shorter period of time than animals in the wild, however elephants have an average life span of approximately 70 years, four years longer than the average life span of a human being. What is even more shocking is that it has recently been announced that Boy died of toxic shock, possibly by poisoning....

 

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