Zoo Animals Released During Riot

Widespread social media posts on Sunday and Monday claimed animals at the Oakland Zoo the Philadelphia Zoo and Chicagos Lincoln Park Zoo were set free or stolen during the weekends riots.

Zoo animals released during riot. Lions and other zoo animals were not released in Rochester during the George Floyd riots. Social media was full on Saturday of reports and reactions to reports that several animals had been set loose including a lion. By ali swenson june 1 2020.

While image of giraffe dates back to 2014 at least the two images of hippopotamus are from South Africa and Spain respectively. By ALI SWENSONJune 2 2020 GMT. All animals at Lincoln Park Zoo are accounted for and safe on June 1 2020.

The zoo posted on social media. Let us first start off with the obvious. Posts included photos of animals such as lions tigers giraffes and hippopotamuses walking on city streets.

CHICAGO The Lincoln Park Zoo said in a statement Monday that all animals in the zoo are accounted for and safe and rumors spreading on social media that the zoo was broken into and looted. All animals at lincoln park zoo are accounted for and safe. Zoo May Feed Animals to Animals as Funds Dry Up in Pandemic.

Lincoln Park Zoo signage in Chicago Illinois on June 17 2018. Earlier this week the Bronx Zoo revealed that a 4-year-old Malayan tiger tested positive for the new coronavirus after she and six other tigers and lions developed a dry cough. Zoo Animals Released 2020 Riots.

Zoo Animals Released During RiotZoo Animals Released During Riot. In what seems like a scene straight out of the movie Madagascar social media roared with rumors of animals on the loose Sunday night after looters supposedly broke into Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. Zanesville is on lockdown as dangerous exotic animals roam free.