Zebra Dies in Tragic Accident During Storm
Incident Date:
07/03/2025
Location:
Providence, RI - USA
Facility Name:
Roger Williams Park Zoo
Facility Type:
Accredited AZA Facility (AZA)
Incident Category:
Animal Death (AD)
Species:
Other
Animal:
Zebra
Animal disposition:
Dead
Summary:
PROVIDENCE, RI – A zebra died in “a tragic accident” at a Rhode Island zoo after apparently panicking during a storm. The plains zebra, named Samantha, collided “with a fence in her holding area” during the July 3 storm and was killed instantly, Roger Williams Park Zoo & Carousel Village said in a July 7 post on Facebook.
The other zebras at the zoo, Tundra and Zipper, “are being closely monitored by our animal care and veterinary teams as they adjust to this sudden loss,” according to zoo officials. Samantha came to the zoo in Providence in 2003 and was 24 years old, the zoo said. After the accident, she underwent a necropsy, which “confirmed that she passed instantaneously.”
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