Article: Brownsville, Texas, zoo investigates loss of 3 bushbuck antelope.

Byline: Ildefonso Ortiz

Jan. 13--BROWNSVILLE, Texas -- Gladys Porter Zoo officials are investigating the deaths of three female West African bushbuck antelope over the weekend.

The zoo, which has lost four gorillas and a rhinoceros to unnatural causes since 2001, ordered necropsies on the bodies but have not determined a cause of death.

"It is surprising that it happened to all three (antelope) at the same time," said zoo spokeswoman Cynthia Garza-Galvan. "We are trying to find the cause. We are not ruling anything out."

The animals, located in two adjacent exhibits, were discovered last weekend by zoo staff conducting regular ...

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