35 animals freeze to death at zoo in northern Mexico as frigid weather grips region - latimes.com

35 animals freeze to death at zoo in northern Mexico as frigid weather grips region - latimes.com


Thirty-five animals at a zoo in the northern Mexico state of Chihuahua have frozen to death during the region's coldest weather in six decades.

Serengeti Zoo owner Alberto Hernandez says 14 parrots, 13 serpents, five iguanas, two crocodiles and a capuchin monkey died. He said Saturday that power failures cut off electrical heating at the zoo in the town of Aldama.

Temperatures have dropped to 9 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 13 Celsius) in the area, the coldest weather in 60 years.

Power outages have affected much of northern Mexico, forcing factories and businesses to close. Dozens of people are in shelters. Schools have been closed in ........

Last of the escaped Mexican Tigers recaptured

Circus personnel, Mexican police recapture last of 3 escaped tigers

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Authorities say they have recaptured all three tigers that escaped from a circus truck in the Mexican state of Michoacan.

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The state Civil Defence agency says two tigers were quickly recaptured after the truck carrying them suffered an accident and their cage broke open.



But one of the felines fled into a mountainous area about 30 kilometres (19 miles) from Morelia, the capital of the Pacific coast state of Michoacan.



Police, civil defence workers and employees of the Aguilar Hermanos circus mounted a search and found the tiger. Circus employees then

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Three Tigers Escape From Mexican Circus

Authorities say three tigers escaped from a circus caravan in southwestern Mexico.


The Civil Protection agency says one of the tigers was quickly caught. But the other two escaped into a mountainous area about 19 miles from Morelia, capital of the Pacific coast state of Michoacan.

The tigers escaped Wednesday when their cage burst open while the caravan of the Circo Aquilar Hermanos drove along a highway.

Police and circus employees are searching for the two missing tigers.

Mexico has a problem with dangerous animals escaping

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