HONG KONG, Oct 23 (Reuters) - A 12th monkey has died at a Hong Kong zoo, authorities said late on Tuesday, after 11 monkeys died in the past week due to Melioidosis, a bacterial infection ...
Melioidosis, a bacterial infection, was responsible for killing at least nine monkeys at a Hong Kong zoo, authorities said, as a further two died over the weekend, taking the total to 11 in the ...
An 11th monkey from the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens was found dead on Sunday whilst under quarantine, the government has said. Common Squirrel Monkeys. Photo: Hong Kong Zoological ...
A bacterial infection, known as Melioidosis, has claimed the lives of at least nine monkeys at a Hong Kong zoo, with the death toll rising to 11 over the weekend, according to authorities. Deceased ...
and four white-faced saki monkeys have died at the zoo so far. Kevin Yeung, Hong Kong’s culture and tourism minister, told local broadcaster RTHK that workers digging up soil near where the ...
Authorities say a bacterial infection has killed at least nine monkeys at Hong Kong's oldest zoo, as a further two died over the weekend. A total of 11 monkeys have died in the past week.
Another monkey died the following day. After detecting unusual behaviour and loss of appetite in the animals, officials sealed off the mammal section of the zoo, which is Hong Kong’s oldest park ...
Another monkey died at the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens on Saturday, taking the total to 10 amid an outbreak of an infectious disease. Authorities said the Agriculture, Fisheries and ...
Nine monkeys who died over two days at a zoo in Hong Kong had caught a bacterial disease, possibly as a result of recent digging work near their enclosure. On Sunday 13 October, eight monkeys were ...
Yeung added that the melioidosis, which likely was the result of work done near their cages that involved digging, caused the monkeys to develop sepsis. 3 Primates Die at Jacksonville Zoo in Less ...
AP Nine monkeys who died in Hong Kong's oldest zoo in two days this week had been infected with an endemic disease, possibly after some digging work near their cages, officials say. Israeli forces ...