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Dallas Zoo to share new info on 'suspicious' vulture death
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Dallas police are investigating the death of the endangered vulture, which the zoo believes was not from natural causes. An update from the zoo is scheduled for 3 p.m. Monday.
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The zoo announced the death of one of the endangered vultures in its Wilds of Africa habitat Saturday night, and said it does not appear to be of natural causes.
By Rebekah Riess and Tina Burnside, CNN Police are investigating the death of an endangered vulture at the Dallas Zoo as “suspicious,” authorities said. Staff found the bird dead in its enclosure Saturday — about a week after the same zoo made headlines for a clouded leopard that escaped after fenci…
The vulture died under what officials described as “unusual” circumstances. Last week, two animal enclosures were tampered with, allowing a clouded leopard to escape.
It comes just over a week after a clouded leopard at the same zoo went missing for several hours after her enclosure appeared to have been tampered with.
Dallas police are investigating the death of the endangered vulture, which the zoo believes was not from natural causes. An update from the zoo is scheduled for 3 p.m. Monday.
The zoo has suffered various incidents recently, including an animal escaping its habitat and an endangered vulture found dead under "unusual" circumstances.
