Male giraffe Watoto licks a scallion flavored popsicle at Reid Park Zoo in Tucson, Ariz., Tuesday June 22, 2010. Watoto, the zoo’s only male giraffe died Tuesday night and Denver, a 20-year-old female, remains under observation, after a keeper put oleander cuttings in their stalls Monday night, said Jim Schnormeier, general curator at Reid Park.
One giraffe has died and another is seriously ill after an apprentice keeper at Reid Park Zoo fed them toxic plants.
Watoto, the zoo’s only male giraffe died Tuesday night and Denver, a 20-year-old female, remains under observation, after a keeper put oleander cuttings in their stalls Monday night, said Jim Schnormeier, general curator at Reid Park.
The zoo’s two other giraffes were not fed the toxic plants.
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One giraffe has died and another is seriously ill after an apprentice keeper at Reid Park Zoo fed them toxic plants.
Watoto, the zoo’s only male giraffe died Tuesday night after a keeper put oleander cuttings in the giraffes' stalls Monday night, said Jim Sch…
Male giraffe Watoto licks a scallion flavored popsicle at Reid Park Zoo in Tucson, Ariz., Tuesday June 22, 2010. Watoto, the zoo’s only male giraffe died Tuesday night and Denver, a 20-year-old female, remains under observation, after a keeper put oleander cuttings in their stalls Monday night, said Jim Schnormeier, general curator at Reid Park.
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