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MONCTON, N.B. — Two African baboons froze to death at a New Brunswick zoo after a keeper accidentally left them outside all night as temperatures dipped to -20 degrees, the facility's manager said Wednesday.
Bruce Dougan of the Magnetic Hill Zoo in Moncton said the animals were discovered Tuesday morning after they were mistakenly locked outside their interior cage for more than 16 hours.
“It was a tragic error that had terrible consequences,” he said in an interview Wednesday. “This is not something that has ever happened in my experience and I've been in the zoo business for almost 40 years.”
Ernie, a 20-year-old male baboon, was suffering from extreme hypothermia when he was found huddled against the cage door waiting to get inside.
Mr. Dougan said a veterinarian tried to save the animal by providing him with heat, but he died about two hours later. Lisa, the 20-year-old female, was already dead when she was found in an outside shelter.