zoo news

A crocodile attacked a zookeeper at Singapore's zoo, puncturing the 37-year-old's leg in seven places and leaving a tooth stuck in his calf -- the third incident of animals gone amok at the zoo in the last two weeks.

A jaguar escaped from its cage last Sunday through a hole meant for feeding purposes, leading to half an hour of frantic searching before it was found.

Just as staff breathed a sigh of relief at its recapture, trouble struck again.

During a show at the Night Safari on Monday night, a serval jumped at a Chinese tourist and sunk its teeth into her leg.

It held on for almost two minutes before it could be pried away by shocked staff.

However good news too:
On Wednesday afternoon, a young giraffe from Holland arrived after a 40-hour plane journey.

Standing at a relatively small three metres, the 10-month-old male giraffe joins two females from Israel.

I just think it is unfortunate that the 3 tragedies occurred. The zoo is still a good zoo nonetheless. But the first and second instance have more to do with human error than anything. The third was virtually unavoidable unless the cat had a history of such behavior and the staff did not act upon it and take precautions.