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Local Zebra Bites Zookeeper, Spooked Gazelle Dies Washington A young gazelle died at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo on Monday, apparently from injuries sustained when it ran into a barrier. Zoo officials said the animal seemed to have been spooked by noises coming from a nearby enclosure, where a zebra had attacked a zoo keeper. The unlikely series of events began around 8:45 a.m., the zoo said in a statement, when a 10-yearold male zebra bit a veteran keeper multiple times. The keeper, whose name was not released, was “definitely bleeding,” but conscious and talking as he was taken to a local
hospital for treatment, said Annalisa Meyer, a zoo spokeswoman. Officials are trying to determine why the keeper was inside the enclosure with the animals, which is a violation of zoo procedures. The incident occurred out of public view. About 11:15 a.m., a dama gazelle was found dead inside his enclosure, next to where the zebras are located. Initial necropsy results indicate that the gazelle had fractured a vertebrae. “The gazelle was likely spooked by the incident between the keeper and the zebra and ran into the barrier,” Meyer said. DANA HEDGPETH
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