'Jughead' the bear dies at Bronx Zoo
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A male grizzly bear relocated from the wild 12 years ago due to dangers created by human encroachment on his mountain habitat, has died at the Bronx Zoo where he was a popular attraction, zoo officials said. The 13-year-old bear named Jughead died last Friday while undergoing surgery for an abdominal abscess, said Dr. Patrick Thomas, the zoo's curator of animals.
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Babs, a 30-year-old gorilla who led Brookfield Zoo&#39;s colony for 15 years, died Tuesday, leaving zookeepers both saddened and curious to see who&#39;ll fill the new power vacuum.
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Hansa, a 6-year-old Asian elephant who delighted visitors to the Woodland Park Zoo, was found dead Friday, about a week after she began displaying colic-like symptoms, the zoo said Friday.
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Juliet the carriage horse held forth for about two decades on the south end of Central Park. She died Friday morning after collapsing in the park the night before.
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An animal lover was mauled to death by cheetahs after entering their cage at a zoo in northern Belgium, authorities and zoo officials said Monday.
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A zookeeper who was fatally attacked by a jaguar had violated the rules by opening the door to the animal's cage, zoo officials said Tuesday. Denver Zoo Vice President Craig Piper said the February death of Ashlee Pfaff was caused by "human error."
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Fred, the Undercover Kitten who gained fame earlier this year by posing as a would-be patient to help police nab a phony veterinarian, has died, authorities said Friday.
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The newborn calf of a deaf bottlenose dolphin that was found stranded last fall off a Florida beach died Friday at a marine mammal rehabilitation center.
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PALMER, Mass. - A homeowner fatally shot a 300-pound bear who first made off with bird seed from a porch, eluded police, then returned and tried to enter the front door...
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Recently, a polar bear cub was rejected by its mother in a German zoo.  Had this happened in the wild, the cub would have been left to fend for itself, and would quite likely have died.  In this case, however, zookeepers decided to care for the cub by hand, a decision which has ironically prompted outrage from at least one animal rights group, who have suggested that it would be more humane to kill the cub, rather than allow it to become dependent on humans for its entire life.    This is an interesting point, and one which has dark but intriguing ramifications when applied to certain other species - namely, homo sapiens.  Artificially prolonging the lifespan of genetically inferior instances of the species runs counter to the purpose of evolution.  It makes us all weaker.
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FOUNTAINTOWN, Ind. - A 6-foot-tall kangaroo that surprised residents as it bounded through rural central Indiana during the weekend died Monday after authorities used a tranquilizer dart was used to capture it.
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BROOKFIELD, Ill. Dec 8, 2004 - After Babs the gorilla died at age 30, keepers at Brookfield Zoo decided to allow surviving gorillas to mourn the most influential female in their social family.
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CALGARY (CP) - A three-week-old baby elephant that had been rejected by its mother has died at the Calgary Zoo. Zookeepers and veterinarians had been providing round-the-clock care to the unnamed Asian elephant
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British wildlife artist Simon Combes died after being gored by a buffalo in Kenya, police said on Thursday.
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The Berlin Zoo said Monday that it has ended shows starring Knut, a polar bear who became an international sensation after surviving rejection by his mother as a cub.
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The giant panda cub born in an Austrian zoo was actually a twin, but its sibling died, the zoo said Friday.
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A young Asian elephant that had delighted visitors at the Woodland Park Zoo since her birth died Friday, about a week after she began showing signs of abdominal pain, zoo officials said.