Prague Zoo Reopens, Minus Some Animals
The zoo in Prague, the Czech capital, opened for the first time since it was submerged by last month’s floods, albeit with a host of empty cages.
In the frantic rescue effort, animals were dragged, carried, led, put on trucks and even lifted from the water by cranes.
About 90 creatures--including a sea lion, an elephant, a gorilla, two hippos, a bear, a lion and dozens of birds--drowned or died of trauma, injuries or move-related stress.
Two sea lions that escaped are back in the zoo. But four gorillas were so traumatized that they remain in a zoo 60 miles away.
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