PETA Wants Probe Of Texas Zoo Deaths
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PETA is calling for an investigation of the deaths of antelope at a Texas zoo.
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(December 21, 2007)--People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to investigate the deaths of five blackbuck antelope at Lufkin's Ellen Trout Zoo.

A zoo worker found four antelope dead and a fifth mortally injured inside their enclosure earlier this week.

Zoo officials and police suspect dogs attacked the animals.

There were dog paw prints in the mud and a hole was dug under the enclosure's fence.

But PETA says the zoo's lack of security could be a violation of the Animal Welfare Act.

The zoo's educational director, Charlotte Henley, says PETA "cannot be any more concerned about our animals than we are."

Henley says blackbuck antelope are native to India and are smaller than whitetail deer, weighing from 85 to 100 pounds.

Ellen Trout Zoo, http://cityoflufkin.com/zoo/

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