Fox kills zoo's oldest penguin

[Husky]

Edinburgh Zoo's oldest penguin dies in fox attack

The 35-year-old penguin was killed after the fox broke into its enclosure on Wednesday night.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[User00040]

Good Charlie, taking out those invasive species... get the Panda's next!

(Then again, might have done the penguine a favour in this heat...)

 

[Malxwal]

Just shows those cuddly, bohemian, urban foxes are still foxes....

 

[375 mag]

They should be band from replacing it if they can't keep it in a safe enclosure.

 

[Husky]

Someone should offer to shoot the foxes at the zoo, I wonder what the response would be

 

[foxhunter]

Someone should offer to shoot the foxes at the zoo, I wonder what the response would be

Fox off

 

[Andyquadra]

Someone should offer to shoot the foxes at the zoo, I wonder what the response would be

Natural predation

 

[Foxyboy43]

Did the fe fe fox pe pe pick a pe pe penguin?
Younger members ask your gr gr grandad.

 

[Smellydog]

Packham must be going menkle.

 

[Sealgair nam fiadh]

I wonder if the penguin had a crap joke on its back

 

[.25-06]

Must of been fed up eating

 

[User00040]

I wonder if the penguin had a crap joke on its back

More like under the flap...

 

[Rake Aboot]

They already have pest control at the zoo
They also keep an impressive selection of large calibre rifles on site as well.

I think this has been a very rare weakness in the enclosure that allowed this as the animals are rarely predated on by pests.

I don’t think they will have any qualms about shooting the fox.

 

[Beretta V]

They already have pest control at the zoo
They also keep an impressive selection of large calibre rifles on site as well.

I think this has been a very rare weakness in the enclosure that allowed this as the animals are rarely predated on by pests.

I don’t think they will have any qualms about shooting the fox.

Bit late shooting it now!

 

[Rake Aboot]

Not for the other penguins it’s not.

 

[VSS]

There's something ironic about a zoo having to guard against animals breaking in.

 

[Freeforester]

There's something ironic about a zoo having to guard against animals breaking in.

Oh I don’t know, have you seen them (admittedly, they generally pay at the turnstile…)?
The fattest penguin was spared, I see, too much for the vermin to stomach for sure…


#unpalatable

 

[Malxwal]

Oh I don’t know, have you seen them (admittedly, they generally pay at the turnstile…)?
The fattest penguin was spared, I see, too much for the vermin to stomach for sure…
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#unpalatable

Ooh, the rich fat on that one....

 

[BRYAN]

Did the fe fe fox pe pe pick a pe pe penguin?
Younger members ask your gr gr grandad.

Get ya coat.

 

[Foxyboy43]

Get ya coat.

Already out the door......