Une hippopotame meurt des suites de son transport à Calgary

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Une femelle hippopotame en provenance du zoo de Denver (USA) envoyée au Zoo de Calgary (CANADA), est morte cette fin de semaine parce qu'elle a été confinée trop longtemps dans une caisse de transport. La femelle de 6 ans était destinée à la reproduction...



Hippo dies after arriving at Calgary Zoo

CanWest News Service

Monday, October 29, 2007

CALGARY -- A female hippopotamus sent to the Calgary Zoo for breeding
died on the weekend after being confined to a shipping crate.

Veterinary staff at the zoo said the six-year-old animal's death was
likely the result of it being forced to lie in one position in the crate
for too long, as the hippo traveled to Calgary from the Denver Zoo.

Calgary staff lifted the hippo, named Hazina, into a holding pool in a
desperate bid to restore circulation, but the attempt failed. The animal
died Saturday.

It's been an unlucky few years for the Calgary Zoo's large mammals. An
elephant calf born in the zoo died in late 2004 after being rejected by
its mother.

And the zoo has lost three of its western lowland gorillas since April.
Donge, a 21-year-old who was suffering from a chronic illness, was
euthanized in August. In May, Julia, a mother of four and the zoo's
oldest western lowland gorilla, died at the age of 37 from severe liver
disease.

Tabitha, 27, died in April after suffering a seizure related to a brain
abscess that was surgically treated when she was eight months old.

Calgary Herald

[linda lachapelle 0]

ben oui c'est certains ils ont pas penser qu'elle aurait peux-être eu besoin d'un arrêt entre les deux endroit et qu'elle avait peux-être soif ou faim cette pauvre ! mais encore là les lois nous prouvent que rien n,a changer et que les animaux ne sont pas protéger nulle part!!!

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