Claim: In December 2014, the Bristol Zoo lost three endangered animals after two fatal accidents involving a male Warty Pig, which killed its offspring and afterward attacked its mate; the keepers were not aware that the female was due to give birth.
Evidence: In December 2014, the zoo lost three endangered animals after two fatal accidents, including one involving a male Warty Pig which killed its own offspring and afterwards attacking its mate, who had to be put down due to the injuries. The keepers were not aware that they had mated, nor that the female was due to give birth. In a separate incident a few days later, a Golden Lion Tamarin fell from a branch in its enclosure into some water, where it became stuck and eaten by the zoo's group of North American Otters.