Daily News | All five of the Philadelphia Zoo’s meerkats have died from a mystery toxin
All five meerkats at the Philadelphia Zoo died this month after an apparently accidental poisoning that is under investigation by zoo officials and animal welfare groups.
“Something different happened and we don’t know what that is,” Metz said. “We’ve started our initial fact-finding and are talking about everything that happened, step by step.” Animal activity logs obtained by The Inquirer show that the mob of meerkats were playfully foraging for worms inside Wiffle balls under zookeeper supervision on May 31. The next morning, about half an hour after having their dye re-marked for identification purposes, Nkosi was found dead.
Veterinary staff intervened immediately to anesthetize the other four and pump their stomachs. Lula, Nya, and Kgala died within 36 hours. The last surviving meerkat, a male named Ari, remained under medical supervision for over a week. He died Monday night, Metz confirmed.
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