And a message on a less happy note:
Sadly, only a few days after our visit a tragic accident killed the youngest member of the Orang-Utang group at the Zoo. I believe it was the tiny little baby we all saw last year when Björg, Abdul and Isaac visited us in Munich. The little Orang-Utang girl got her head stuck in the steel netting at the top of the enclosure. Once panicked and crying for help, the other monkeys came to her aid. The large male pulled on her little body so hard that she broke her neck and later died. This apparently happened in front of 35 terrified onlookers, who immediately alerted the Zoo keepers. They tried to deter the male from pulling on her with a heavy stream of water, then they had to dart him with a tranquilizer in order to safely enter the enclosure.
A tragic and sad accident, especially since we had seen the same little Orang-Utang when it was still a tiny infant cradled in its mothers arms. :-(
1 comment:
Oh my gosh... that is so sad! It brought tears into my eyes... and to think that one of the earth's endangered creatures died because of a human oversight... if only the mesh had been more dense, she would not have gotten her head stuck there. The onlookers and staff at the zoo must be in shock. Poor little one... and her family.
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