HONG KONG — The zoo authorities in Hong Kong are keeping close watch on a monkey that is behaving unusually a day after the ninth death of one of their animals this week, while hastening tests to find out what killed them. During the monitoring, the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens (HKZBG) will keep its mammals section shut, after...
The ninth monkey, belonging to the white-faced saki species, died a day after the deaths of a De Brazza's monkey, a common squirrel monkey, three cotton-top tamarins and three white-faced sakis on Oct 13.HONG KONG — The zoo authorities in Hong Kong are keeping close watch on a monkey that is behaving unusually a day after the ninth death of one of their animals this week, while hastening tests to find out what killed them.
"Government departments will speed up autopsy and toxicological testing," the Hong Kong government said in a statement, as it scrambles to pinpoint the cause of the deaths. The authorities will also keep watching the status of a De Brazza's monkey that has displayed unusual movement response and appetite since Oct 14, it said.
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