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Pygmy hippo attack on antelope leads John Ball Zoo to update their policies for animal safety

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The results of an internal investigation at the John Ball Zoo are released almost four months after a pygmy hippo attacked and killed a sitatunga antelope. The attack happened in ...
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USDA report alleges pygmy hippo exhibited aggressive behaviors prior to killing antelope at John Ball Zoo

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a report with details on the sitatunga killed by a pygmy hippopotamus at the John Ball Zoo. The report used notes from ...
WOOD-TV

John Ball Zoo makes changes after internal review of fatal pygmy hippo attack

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Months after a pygmy hippo attacked and killed a sitatunga, a medium-sized antelope, the John Ball Zoo has updated its protocols and procedures for introducing animals.
MLive

Zoo: Pygmy hippo’s fatal antelope attack was due to ‘individual animal behavior,’ not lack of research

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — According to an internal review of a fatal incident at John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, zoo staff are not to blame for the death of a sitatunga antelope earlier this summer. Chopper ...
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Meet the Steenbok Small but Fascinating Antelope

Rob the Ranger introduces the steenbok, a small yet fascinating antelope of the savannah.