Penguin massacre at Melbourne Zoo
FOURTEEN penguins have been killed at Melbourne Zoo after a fox got into their enclosure overnight.
STAFF at Melbourne Zoo discovered a grisly scene in the zoo’s penguin exhibit this morning when 14 penguins were found mauled to death by a fox.
The bodies were found on Wednesday morning after a fox broke into the exhibit overnight.
Fifteen penguins survived the rampage and have all been checked by zoo veterinarians and moved into a secure area.
Wild Seas Manager Justin Valentine says that the surviving Penguins are uninjured and that they are all settling in to their temporary accommodation.
Keepers at the zoo had suspected for the past week that a fox had managed to enter the zoo, but traps and cameras had been unsuccessful in locating it.
Additional measures are now being taken to further fox-proof gates at the zoo.
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