Exotic Incident #640

Incident Date:
01/03/2004
Location:
Battle Creek, MI - USA
Facility Name:
Binder Park Zoo
Facility Type:
Accredited AZA Facility (AZA)
Incident Category:
Escape of animal (EA)
Species:
Other
Animal:
Mexican Grey Wolf
Animal disposition:
Recaptured

Summary:

Three Mexican gray wolves escaped from their exhibit at the Binder Park Zoo by slipping through small hole they created in the chain-link fence around the exhibit. Two of the wolves were quickly recaptured but the third, named Apache, scaled the zoo’s 9-foot-high perimeter fence. Apache was found dead two months later, apparently hit and killed by a train.

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