Human error has been deemed the cause of a 2-year-old female western lowland gorilla's death in Canada, Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo officials announced. A formal ...

A beloved polar bear at a Canada zoo died suddenly by drowning this week. According to the Calgary Zoo in Calgary, Alberta, Baffin, a 7-year-old male polar bear, died by drowning following a crushing ...

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — A necropsy has shown that a polar bear at a zoo in western Canada died by drowning after his throat was crushed by a fellow bear in rough play considered normal for the massive ...

A 2-year-old gorilla at Calgary Zoo died after a staff error caused head injuries. The zoo launched an investigation and tightened safety measures. The staff member ...

A Calgary Zoo staff member mistakenly activated a door that struck the western lowland gorilla named Eyare, a report found. By Emmett Lindner A 2-year-old gorilla died of traumatic injuries last week ...

CALGARY — Human error led to the death of a young gorilla in Alberta, Canada, according to officials at the Calgary Zoo. Eyare, a 2-year-old western lowland gorilla ...

The zoo is reassessing control lever locations and design to improve staff ability to confirm what animal door they are moving. Zoo officials are also exploring alternative door and control designs.