A popular ostrich at a zoo in Kansas known as the “dancing queen” has died after swallowing an employee’s keys. The Topeka zoo and conservation center announced the death of Karen on Friday after she “reached beyond her exhibit fence to grab the keys of a staff member” and then swallowed them. Zoo staff tried […]
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Karen the ostrich dies after grabbing and swallowing a staff member’s keys at Kansas zoo
TOPEKA, Kan. − Karen, a 5-year-old female ostrich at the Topeka Zoo, recently died after grabbing and swallowing a staff member’s keys, the zoo announced Friday. Karen had lived in the zoo’s Giraffe & Friends exhibit since March 2023, the zoo said in a news release sent out by Jennifer Goetz, strategy and creative director […]