Zoo Animals Freeze to Death in Mexican Zoo

Thirty-five animals have frozen to death at the Sergenti Zoo in the town of Aldama in northern Mexico. In what has been the region's coldest winter in six decades, power outages shut down the electrical heating system at the zoo. It is reported that the following animals have died: 14 parrots, 13 serpents, 5 iguanas, 2 crocodiles, and a capuchin monkey.

The morality of keeping animals captive in zoos has long been debated. With this horrible tragedy, awareness has been raised as far as protection issues of zoo animals who have been removed from their natural homes and are confined in cages.

In this instance, it has yet to be determined whether negligence played a part in these animals' deaths. Did the Mexican zoo have a backup power system? If no, why not? If yes, why didn't it work? Has the situation been remedied?

These innocent, helpless creatures died a horrible death. It begs the question of what standards should should be expected from zoos so that this type of tragedy never happens again.

Source:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1354557/Mexicos-coldest-weather-60-years-kills-35-zoo-animals.html