From: Jake Sapiens (every1hz@earthlink.net)
Date: Thu Feb 12 2004 - 01:13:45 MST
I'm just wondering how long till whoever it is gets past this testing phase
and starts moving on to humans.
-Jake, your friendly lab animal
:-)
> [Original Message]
> From: Walter Watts <wlwatts@cox.net>
> To: virus <virus@lucifer.com>
> Date: 02/11/2004 4:43:54 PM
> Subject: virus: DrSebby strikes again...........
>
> DrSebby strikes again...........
>
>
> Who Is Killing the Animals at Sao Paulo Zoo?
>
>
> Feb 11, 10:01 am ET
>
> By Paula Lace SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) - The zoo in the Brazilian
> city of Sao Paulo is facing a murder mystery worthy of an Agatha
> Christie novel.
>
> Since late January, the zoo, one of the most modern in Latin America,
> has lost 10 animals, including an elephant -- fatally poisoned by what
> police are calling a "serial animal killer."
>
> So far, laboratory tests have shown the animals were killed with sodium
> fluoroacetate, a banned rat poison.
>
> According to the Sao Paulo State University, where autopsies were
> performed, the poison caused the animals to stop breathing and led to
> cardiac arrest. What troubles investigators is that tests on the
> animals' food and water could find no trace of the poison.
>
> The first animal to die was Tony, a chimpanzee. Since then, two other
> monkeys, an elephant, three dromedaries and three tapirs, including a
> newborn, have joined the casualty list.
>
> "We are deeply saddened by these events. Many of the workers have been
> with the zoo for several years and spend more time with the animals than
> with their own families," said Fatima Valente Roberti, a biologist at
> the zoo.
>
> "We cannot fathom what could possibly lead a person to commit such
> aggression."
>
> Fluoroacetate is colorless, odorless and extremely potent. One gram is
> enough to kill an elephant. It can be easily produced but is
> commercially available only in the United States and Australia.
>
> Police have been closely watching zoo workers and visitors but all they
> can tell is that the killer was someone who had a good knowledge of
> chemistry and biology and who also knew well the zoo's daily routine.
>
> Police have not ruled out any possibility, including visitors who come
> to the park at unusual hours. The Sao Paulo zoo has recently opened at
> night for the public to observe the animals' nocturnal habits.
>
> Management has increased security measures, including hourly visits to
> each of the zoo's 3,200 animals.
>
> The zoo's executive director, Paulo Magalhaes Bresan, said this was the
> first time in its 46-year history that animals had been killed by
> poisoning.
>
> "We were not prepared for this kind of action. Our security personnel
> was very well trained to deal with visitors, or even possible animal
> escapes, but we never expected this to happen."
>
>
>
> --
>
> Walter Watts
> Tulsa Network Solutions, Inc.
>
> "Reminding you to help control the human population. Have your sexual
> partner spayed or neutered."
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