Zoo Miami Mourns Loss Of Gizmo The Meerkat, Apparent Victim Of Tunnel Collapse

CBS Miami

August 2, 2021

Zoo Miami is mourning the loss of one of its meerkats who may have died in a tunnel collapse in his habitat.

According to Zoo Miami Communications Director Ron Magill, zookeepers couldn’t find Gizmo, a nearly 8-year-old meerkat during initial rounds on Sunday morning.

After searching the habitat, both above and below ground, his lifeless body was found in what appeared to be a collapsed tunnel. Though zoo staff is still waiting for the final results of a necropsy, it appears as if Gizmo may have been in the tunnel when it collapsed, trapping him inside.

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