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Dallas Zoo just posted on their Facebook:

We are devastated to share that our one-year-old giraffe Witten passed away this morning. He was receiving a routine physical exam under anesthesia when he suddenly stopped breathing. An urgent attempt was made to resuscitate him, without success. Our expert veterinary staff and giraffe zoologists have performed these physical exams many times in the past without incident, but for humans and animals alike, there is always a risk associated with anesthesia and some animals react differently.

Witten captured all of our hearts with his outgoing, lovable personality and will be deeply missed. Hoofstock animals, like giraffe, are incredibly resilient and move on quickly, as they would in the wild. But we are keeping a close eye on our herd. As you can imagine, our zoologists are very close to the animals they care for and are heartbroken. Please send love to them in the comments below.
 
TinoPup said:
That article is behind a paywall for me, here's another: African Painted Dogs at Dallas Zoo Kill Packmate

It sounds like it was just a brief squabble that unfortunately injured her in a way that caused her to die :( At least it sounds like it was rather quick, rather than something prolonged.
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Ya. I get it. Boy these last four weeks haven’t been that great for the Dallas Zoo. :(
 
God, that Times article was horrible. Nearly all the quotes from the anti-captivity side were from attorneys the AR folks hired to stop the import. All the quotes from zoo executives are cherry-picked and misconstrued to make it seem like he zoos snuck the elephants out of the country because they are greedy and massively underestimates the impact that the money raised by zoos towards conservation has. And this article from CultureMap makes it seem like the author got all the evidence and has the full story when in reality, the bias is blatant even as the author tries to hide behind “four years of research”. What trash. People like this need to look at the bigger picture. 76 elephants have died in AZA zoos in 20 years? 96 elephants die EVERY DAY in the wild! Where is the real outrage?
 
"Four years" of research doesn't mean anything when you've only talked to people on one side and came into it with a crazy bias already :(
 
TinoPup said:
"Four years" of research doesn't mean anything when you've only talked to people on one side and came into it with a crazy bias already :(
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Sadly, ur right. But if the New York Times thinks Dallas Zoo is horrible for rescuing elephants that would’ve otherwise DIED than let them. All of us Zoochaters know what would’ve happened to those elephants if it weren’t for zoos like Dallas.
 
Until today, I thought that the New York Times was a fair, correct and trustfull newspaper. I'm very disappointed about this EXTREMELY one-sided article....
 
zoomaniac said:
Until today, I thought that the New York Times was a fair, correct and trustful newspaper. I'm very disappointed about this EXTREMELY one-sided article....
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Yellow journalism at its finest, written by a group of yellow individuals. (Definition of yellow as an adjective meaning cowardly). Dallas deserves better after Witten and Ola's untimely deaths, and kicking an individual while they're down is the ultimate cowardly move. Beyond cowardice and beyond every syllable behind the term and the definition of the term "yellow".
 
zoomaniac said:
Until today, I thought that the New York Times was a fair, correct and trustfull newspaper. I'm very disappointed about this EXTREMELY one-sided article....
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For basic news and politics, yes. For opinion and things that really require more research to speak on, especially sciences, not so much :(
 
NVP said:
Just what the zoo needs during a time of tragedy: slander!

Dallas Zoo figures prominently in New York Times expose on elephants
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It wouldn't be slander, it would be libel. One is spoken, the other is published. Not that I agree with the sentiment though.

I disagree with some of the more outlandish claims (like mothers committing infanticide because they 'know better'), but the core issue of how the zoos are acquiring wild caught elephants leaves me deeply conflicted.
 
I hope this is the right thread to ask this, as it relates to a Dallas Zoo trip some years back...perhaps 5 years ago? there were a row of primate cages and I could swear I recall a uakari. But I can't find anything about uakari at Dallas now or in the past online. Can anyone help me out? Were there uakari, and what species?
 
AbileneBoy said:
I hope this is the right thread to ask this, as it relates to a Dallas Zoo trip some years back...perhaps 5 years ago? there were a row of primate cages and I could swear I recall a uakari. But I can't find anything about uakari at Dallas now or in the past online. Can anyone help me out? Were there uakari, and what species?
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I know of no uakaris currently outside or South America, with Los Angeles being the only exception. I assume no zoos exhibit them in Central America?
 
AbileneBoy said:
I hope this is the right thread to ask this, as it relates to a Dallas Zoo trip some years back...perhaps 5 years ago? there were a row of primate cages and I could swear I recall a uakari. But I can't find anything about uakari at Dallas now or in the past online. Can anyone help me out? Were there uakari, and what species?
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I am fairly certain there have never been uakari on exhibit at the Dallas Zoo. However, at one time there were Bolivian Gray Titi Monkeys in that row of exhibits.
 
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