Exotic Incident #1864
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Kansas City, MO - USA
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Incident Date:
19/10/2012
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Summary:
The federal government fined the Kansas City Zoo more than $4,500 after one of its chimpanzees literally straved to death because of zookeeper failures. Zoo officials admitted that they failed to provide adequate care for the chimp that died.