The Inokashira Park Zoo in Tokyo has reportedly launched a probe after mass deaths of 41 squirrels, due to keepers’ injections of anti-parasitic medicine and spraying of insecticides into the nest boxes. Unfortunately, as a result of the anti-parasitic medicine injected, a bushy-tailed rodent died soon after. It’s noted that over consequent days, another 31———————————– perished.
The suspicions of a “drug-induced poisoning” has been confirmed by the zoo, who also offered its “deepest apologies” to the public. Not leaving the matter unsolved, an investigation was launched to understand the cause of animal deaths and a thorough clean-up of the facility was initiated for caution.
In their efforts to understand the sensitivity to such medication, zookeepers are currently examining the deceased squirrels and observing the wellbeing of the surviving ones. As stated in the zoological identity of Japan, the three kinds of the tree-dwelling creatures inhabited — the Japanese squirrel, Japanese flying squirrel, and Japanese giant flying squirrel — suffered enormously.
