Tongua, our Siberian tiger killed a raccoon last year and all the cheetahs are amazing at catching geese. Two years ago a deer from the Rouge Valley got into the lion enclosure, they killed it, and Rowdy wouldn't go in the night pen for 2 days cause he was guarding it.


any wild animal that we find dead around the Zoo is immediately bagged and tagged for the vets to test for disease so we can monitor the wildlife that may come into contact with our animals. Sometimes you'll see geese or raccoons with tags, they were prolly caught while injured.