London Zoo shut after fire kills aardvark

Updated At : 08:08 AM Dec 24, 2017 IST

Aardvark is a burrowing mammal native to Africa. It subsists on ants and termites. Aardvark in Afrikaans means “earth pig” or “ground pig”.

London: A fire broke out on Saturday at the UK’s famous London Zoo in which eight persons, including staff, were injured and an aardvark was killed. Four meerkats also remain unaccounted for after the fire ripped through an animal adventure enclosure at one of the world's oldest zoos. Over 70 firefighters worked for hours to bring the blaze under control, which spread to a gift shop near a penguin pool at the back of the site. The authorities shut the zoo “until further notice”. PTI

London Zoo shut after fire kills aardvark

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