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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bevan Hurley

Five meerkats drop dead at Philadelphia zoo after exposure to mystery ‘toxin’

EPA

Officials at the Philadelphia Zoo say the deaths of all five of their meerkats may have been caused by accidental poisoning from an agricultural dye.

The meerkats — named Nkosi, Lula, Nya, Kgala, and Ari — were siblings who came to the zoo about a decade ago, and passed away suddenly over the past two weeks.

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