Brown bear breaks into the Alaska Zoo, kills popular alpaca
September 23, 2020
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A wild brown bear tunneled under perimeter fencing and killed a popular alpaca at the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage, officials said Wednesday. It was killed a day later by wildlife officials.
The bear had been hanging around the zoo, knocking over trash bins and breaking bear-proof latches before it got under the fence early Sunday when the facility was closed to the public.
"It went through the zoo and killed our older male alpaca, Caesar," executive director Patrick Lampi said. "He was a crowd favorite."
He aaid the 16-year-old alpaca had arrived at the zoo when he...
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