Denver zookeeper dies from jaguar attack
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A zookeeper died Saturday after a 140-pound jaguar mauled her in the doorway of its exhibit, and the big cat was fatally shot when it approached emergency workers treating the injured woman, the zoo said.
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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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An African elephant, which collapsed and died at the Los Angeles Zoo this week, suffered a heart attack, officials said on Wednesday, and animal rights activists said the death underscored the risks of confining the large mammals in urban zoos.
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Former U.S. first lady Lady Bird Johnson, 94, died of natural causes at her Austin, Texas, home on Wednesday, a family spokeswoman said.
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A 500-pound wildebeest kept with other exotic animals on a northern Indiana farm trampled its owner to death, police said.
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Renovations to the big cat exhibit at the San Francisco Zoo are complete following a fatal attack by an escaped tiger.
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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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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2 -- The director of the San Francisco Zoo brushed off criticism Wednesday that two victims were denied help in the frantic moments after a fatal Christmas Day tiger attack, saying his workers acted heroically.
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A Sumatran orangutan, thought to be the world's oldest, has died in Miami at age 55, a zoo spokesman said on Sunday .
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A tiger killed a man at San Francisco Zoo and badly injured two teenage brothers on Tuesday, a year after an employee was mauled by a tiger at the park, according to local news reports.
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A baby girl has died after being attacked by two rottweiler dogs.
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An escaped tiger attacked and killed a zoo patron Tuesday in a cafe at the San Francisco Zoo, a spokeswoman for the San Francisco Fire Department told CNN. Two others were transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, she added.
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A pit bull mauled to death a 1-year-old boy in the southern state of Santa Catarina, in the second fatal dog attack in Brazil in two days, authorities said Sunday.
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A retired zoo director died after he was stung about 1,000 times by European yellow jackets when he fell onto their nest from a ladder while cleaning windows at his home.
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An escaped tiger killed a visitor at San Francisco Zoo and mauled two other men on Tuesday, a year after the same animal attacked a park employee, officials said.
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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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SAN DIEGO - The only captive member of what may be the world&#39;s most endangered species of bird has died in Hawaii, zoo officials announced Tuesday.