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"We are devastated by the loss of Karen. She was not just an animal; she was a beloved member of our community," said Fawn Moser, the zoo's interim director

A beloved ostrich at the Topeka Zoo & Conservation Center in Kansas has died after swallowing a staff member's keys. The zoo announced in a social media post on Friday that the 5-year-old ostrich named Karen had reached beyond her exhibit's fence and grabbed and swallowed the employee's keys. Karen was euthanized Thursday and “passed away in staff’s hands,” Topeka Zoo Interim Director Fawn Moser said in an email.

TOPEKA (KSNT) – A beloved ostrich at the Topeka Zoo has tragically passed away. On Friday, the Topeka Zoo announced that Karen, a community favorite, had died from complications after consuming a foreign object. Karen was a resident of the Giraffe & Friends exhibit since its opening in March 2023. According to the Zoo, Karen […]

The Tennessee sheriff said Shadow the K-9 served his community with “loyalty and distinction.”

Lauren Erickson Van Wart was the Boston, Massachusetts, area woman who was killed by a shark in the Bahamas.