Protecting whales from ship strikes 07:08. Hong Kong — A section of Hong Kong's oldest zoo was still closed Tuesday after nine monkeys, including three from a critically endangered species, died ...

Melioidosis, a bacterial infection, was responsible for killing at least nine monkeys at a Hong Kong zoo, authorities said, as a further two died over the weekend, taking the total to 11 in the ...

An investigation would likely focus on whether an infection or some kind of toxic agent was to blame, Professor Sridhar speculated. The zoo is Hong Kong’s oldest, having opened in 1871, and ...

Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens, the city's oldest park, was opened to the public in 1871. The park occupies an area of 5.6 hectares and houses about 158 birds, 93 mammals and 21 ...

Melioidosis, a bacterial infection, was responsible for killing at least nine monkeys at a Hong Kong zoo, authorities said, as a further two died over the weekend, taking the total to 11 in the ...

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s oldest zoo is seeking answers in a monkey medical mystery after nine animals died in two days, including three members of a critically endangered species. Part of ...

Nine monkeys who died in Hong Kong's oldest zoo in two days this week had been infected with an endemic disease, possibly after some digging work near their cages, officials said on Friday.

HONG KONG, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Zoo authorities in Hong Kong are keeping close watch on a monkey that is behaving unusually a day after the ninth death this week of one of the animals, ...

Parts of the zoo have been sealed off and disinfected and experts have been called in to conduct necropsies and toxicological tests, Hong Kong leader John Lee said. The dead animals included a De ...

Hong Kong previously experienced a widespread outbreak of melioidosis in 2022, with dozens of cases recorded in Sham Shui Po. 4. Can animals pass the virus to humans?