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Recent Examples on the Web
Three superb starlings, one hooded vulture, and two pied crows managed to get out of the aviary during the storm, SFGate reported.
—Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2023
Lasting just four days during rainy season, literally hundreds of thousands of female sea turtles shimmy their way ashore to lay their eggs. Between threats of poachers, dogs, vultures, crabs, beetles, development and oil spills, the hatchlings have the whole world against them.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2023
Worcester County: Four trumpeter swans in the vicinity of Riverdale Street in Northbridge, along with two sandhill cranes in Lancaster, 59 evening grosbeaks in Royalston, three black vultures in Webster, and a canvasback at gate 40 of the Wachusett Reservoir.
—Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Mar. 2023
Man arrested, monkeys stolen and a vulture dead Such expectations are why cities have shifted to a nonprofit model, rather than operating zoos as part of their infrastructure, said Ryan O’Connor, assistant director of Dallas Park and Recreation.
—Dallas News, 24 Feb. 2023
Last September, wildlife officials found two dead black vultures in Dutchess County, N.Y.
—Emily Anthes, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2023
The disappearance followed a series of suspicious incidents at the zoo in the last month involving a leopard, langur monkeys and a vulture, all of which have led to a hike in security.
—Andi Babineau, CNN, 1 Feb. 2023
Dallas Zoo President and CEO Gregg Hudson revealed at a news conference on Monday that the vulture, found dead in his enclosure by park staff, suffered an intentional wound that was ultimately fatal.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 24 Jan. 2023
Dallas police also gave the zoo solar-power surveillance towers to expand the zoo’s coverage. Greene also shared some new details about the January death of the vulture Pin.
—Dallas News, 21 Feb. 2023
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