Has not been a good year for the zoo at all. Ummm why does a goat need a hanging playtoy in it's exhibit?
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Travel/...450/story.html
A witness says the markhor, a species of large wild goat, some-how got the rope around its neck while on the log walkway.
Aubrey Williams said she was visiting the zoo with her two young daughters and her grandparents when they came across the exhibit, where the animal was in distress.
Williams said the animal was struggling and lost its balance on the log. The markhor fell and was hanging on the end of the rope as it grappled to get its footing on an adjacent rock.
"It's awful," she said.
Williams said when zookeepers arrived, they rushed to cut down the markhor and started performing CPR.
The zoo says the markhor died after becoming entangled in a play toy suspended above the log walk-way. It appears the animal's neck broke when it fell.
The zoo says the toy has been pulled from the exhibit.