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Peacocks removed from Utah’s Hogle Zoo after bird attacked 4 kids, lawsuit alleges

The lawsuit accuses the zoo of negligence, arguing it didn’t “subdue or sequester the dangerous bird.”

(Esteban Felix | AP) Zoos around the world allow their peacocks to roam free, such as these ones at the Buin Zoo in Santiago, Chile, in June 2021. In Utah, the Hogle Zoo has re-homed its flock of free-roaming peafowl after one of the birds allegedly attacked four children in April 2021, a lawsuit states.

(Esteban Felix | AP) Zoos around the world allow their peacocks to roam free, such as these ones at the Buin Zoo in Santiago, Chile, in June 2021. In Utah, the Hogle Zoo has re-homed its flock of free-roaming peafowl after one of the birds allegedly attacked four children in April 2021, a lawsuit states.

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