Exotic Incident #2096
Incident Date:
05/28/2014
Location:
Portland, OR - USA
Facility Name:
Oregon Zoo
Facility Type:
Accredited AZA Facility (AZA)
Incident Category:
Animal Death (AD)
Species:
Primates
Animal:
Orangutan
Animal disposition:
Summary:
Documents released show multiple “sloppy” mistakes preceded the January death of a 20-year old orangutan at the Oregon Zoo. The zoo director and senior veternarian were dismissed.
Action take by Born Free USA:
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