{"id":9035,"date":"2024-10-15T15:30:15","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T15:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/15\/eight-monkeys-found-dead-at-hong-kong-zoo-government-says\/"},"modified":"2024-10-15T15:30:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T15:30:15","slug":"eight-monkeys-found-dead-at-hong-kong-zoo-government-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/15\/eight-monkeys-found-dead-at-hong-kong-zoo-government-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight monkeys found dead at Hong Kong zoo, government says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm291kezj000m53p4c7rxhpis@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Hong&nbsp;Kong&nbsp;authorities are carrying out tests to find out what killed eight monkeys, which were found dead in the city\u2019s oldest zoo on Sunday, the government said on Monday.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm295ey6l0007356mlwx7221o@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The animals, a De Brazza\u2019s monkey, one common squirrel monkey, three cotton-top tamarins and three white-faced sakis, were found dead at the city\u2019s Zoological and Botanical Gardens (HKZBG) on Sunday,&nbsp;Hong&nbsp;Kong\u2019s Leisure and Cultural Services Department said in a statement.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm295ey6l0008356m1jcgkf2n@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            While awaiting test results, the mammals section of the zoo will be shut from Monday for disinfection and cleaning.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm295ey6l0009356mcz4f2loz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cWe will also closely monitor the health conditions of other animals. During this period, other facilities of the HKZBG will remain open,\u201d the statement said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm295ey6l000a356mdwqn4e69@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The HKZBG is the oldest park in the territory. Built in 1860, it houses around 158 birds, 93 mammals and 21 reptiles in about 40 enclosures.    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hong&nbsp;Kong&nbsp;authorities are carrying out tests to find out what killed eight monkeys, which were found&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9036,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}