Giraffe, Ostrich Drown in Sinkhole at Zoo
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A giraffe and an ostrich drowned in a 15-foot sinkhole that developed after a water main burst in their shared zoo exhibit, officials said.
The animals at Louisiana Purchase Gardens & Zoo in northern Louisiana died sometime Friday night or Saturday morning in the zoo’s African veldt exhibit, officials said.
Zoo officials buried them there Saturday.
Visitors could not see the animals in the sinkhole, which was about 9 feet in diameter, and were blocked from seeing their bodies removed and buried.
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