What happened to the animals at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans during/after Katrina?

Hello prayerpartner,

Thus far, the news for the animals at the Audubon Zoo has mostly been good.

"New Orleans Zoo and Aquarium faring well since hurricane" (September 2, 2005)
mongabay.com
http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0902-new_orleans_aquarium.html

"New Orleans Aquarium, Zoo escape Hurricane Katrina" (September 2, 2005)
mongabay.com
http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0830-new_orleans_aquarium.html

"Hurricane Update" (September 1, 2005)
American Zoo and Aquarium Association
http://www.aza.org:80/Newsroom/hurricaneupdate/

See also:

"AZA Accredited Zoos and Aquariums Rally to Aid New Orleans Zoo and
Aquarium Colleagues, Animals After Hurricane Disaster" (U.S. Newswire,
September 02, 2005)
ArriveNet
http://press.arrivenet.com/pol/article.php/688701.html

- justaskscott


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Turns out that most of the aquarium animals may not have been so lucky:
http://www.aza.org/Newsroom/hurricaneupdate/

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Unfortunately, without a fully functioning life support system, most
of the fish in the collection were lost. But the good news is that the
sea otters, penguins, leafy and weedy seadragons, macaws, raptors, an
electric eel, and the white alligator are fine.

Midas, the infamous 250 lb. sea turtle, survived and has been coaxed
into the holding area in the Gulf of Mexico Exhibit.

A change of staff has arrived. They continue to work on preparing to
move the animals out of the facility.
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