Exotic Incident #2862
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Norfolk, VA - USA
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02/09/2015
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Summary:
A wallaby died of toxoplasmosis, a parasitic infection carried in cat feces. A large population of feral cats roams the zoo’s property. This is one of the 15 wallabies, including six babies, who died at the Virginia Zoo since they were brought there for the Australia exhibit.