AR-News: Serial killer poisons zoo animals, baffles police and horrifies visitors

[jim robertson]

Serial killer poisons zoo animals, baffles police and horrifies visitors
    SAO PAULO -- Who is killing the animals at the Sao Paulo Zoo?
    Since Tony the chimpanzee died, an elephant, five camels, several 
tapirs, a pair of rare capuchins, an orangutan, some tiny golden lion 
tamarins and dozens of porcupines have been poisoned in a case that has 
baffled police and horrified zoo officials and visitors.
    Law enforcement agencies have mobilized 50 officers to hunt down the 
serial killer, while zookeepers scramble to beef up security.
    "It's an unthinkable situation," said Jose Luiz Catao Dias, technical 
and scientific director at the zoo in South America's biggest city. "We have 
emergency protocols for escapes, for fires, for flooding, for walkouts and 
strikes. But the Sao Paulo Zoo had no protocol for insanity."
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    Rudy Mesicek has published poetry rooted in Latin American history. 
rmesicek at sltrib.com



Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full 
breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit 
itself to humankind.
Dr. Albert Schweitzer, Nobel Peace Prize winner

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