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Dehiwala Zoo animal deaths raise concern
They pointed out that the latest incident was the death of a Lion and a Hippopotamus on Thursday (12) and the latter had been taken ill and died a few days later for want of treatment.
The employees said the Dehiwala Zoo had run short of veterinary surgeons after the transfer of four of them at once to the Peradeniya Animal Product and Health Department, reducing the strength of staff of the veterinary section to two surgeons. They said a secret ploy was being hatched to close the zoo and to use the land for other purposes and that a serious crisis was brewing between the administration and the employees.
Meanwhile, visitors to the zoo said special displays of animals had also been suspended much to their anxiety.
All our attempts to contact the Director of the Zoo, Anura de Silva failed and the Deputy Director refused to comment on the issue.(H.M. Dharmapala)
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