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- An investigation continues as Magill noted that the procedure for taking animals to their exhibit habitat would not change as a result.
Officials at Zoo Miami confirmed the death of a juvenile African painted dog following an equipment failure Monday morning.
Communications director Ron Magill said in a statement that female was one of five puppies just days shy of turning five months old and was with both her parents and other four siblings at the time of the incident.
“During a routine transfer of the pack which includes both parents and the five juveniles, for an as of yet unknown reason, a cable that supported a solid metal guillotine door separated and the door then fell on the animal causing instant death,” Magill wrote in the statement.
An investigation continues as Magill noted that the procedure for taking animals to their exhibit habitat would not change as a result of the incident.
