Springtime at the Garden City Zoo Amid Enrichment Efforts
Spring brings warmer weather and the Zoo’s Frog Festival as attendance rises. Visitors learn how keepers use boomer balls and improvised toys to enrich elephants, camels, and primates, with plush experiments and safe, approved setups to entertain and exercise animals.
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Stingray Kills Woman On Florida Keys Boat
In Marathon Florida a 75 pound spotted eagle ray leaped from the water striking a Michigan woman Judy Kay Zagorski 57 as her boat traveled 25 mph The impact knocked her to the floor and she died an autopsy planned The ray landed in the vessel and died from the impact The incident followed prior stingray injuries in South Florida and the ray species is not aggressive per experts
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Rats Prompt Thai Health Ministry Anti Rodent Campaign
Health officials in Thailand launch a national anti rodent drive after nearly 50 rats were caught in the Health Ministry compound in Bangkok. Health Minister Chaiya Sasomsup says the infestation shows the scale of the problem and orders more than 10 000 health offices to set traps and improve hygiene.
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Professor Warns of Lead in Plastic Easter Eggs
Ashland University chemists tested 45 items and found 13 with lead-based paint. Easter egg tops, plastic eggs, bunny clips, and chick sipper cups exceeded federal limits, prompting Hobby Lobby recalls and CPSC testing collaboration.
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