Guest guest Posted December 28, 2005 Report Share Posted December 28, 2005 Dear Dr Wedderburn, The attached news item was very kindly sent to me by Ms Jane Dewar. Devastating would not be too strong a word to describe the incident. Let us all hope that justice will be done and it will not be visited on the innocent.You were so correct in advising me that there is nothing called a good zoo since I was under the illusion that this particular zoo was one of the better ones in India. Best wishes and kind regards, Yours sincerely, http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID=%7B5B08E5F7-DE32-41F5-8\ E88-F5F3DAA6E349%7D & CATEGORYNAME=National Animals poisoned to death in zoo Search for More News Mysore, Dec 23: Cases of mysterious deaths of three elephants, a white tigress and a lion tailed macaqe in the Mysore zoo have been cracked with the arrest of four zoo employees, a top police official said. The animals were allegedly poisoned to death by feeding them zinc phosphate, only to settle scores with zoo director Manoj Kumar and his predecessor Kumara Pushkar, who had ordered a crackdown on certain irregularities, Mysore police commissioner Praveen Sood told reporters here. Police are on the look out for three others, including a former zoo employee, he said, adding that the " sordid " crime was perpetrated out of " unbridled greed and heinous pursuit " . The culprits were suspected to have colluded with some contractors in supply of substandard food articles before Pushkar took over as the zoo chief, police said. A narco-analysis test performed on one of the culprits led to the detection of poisoning of the animals a year ago. The case was investigated by the Mysore police and the state Corps of Detectives. (Agencies) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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