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Danish news in brief: Rare turtles make great escape or are stolen from Randers zoo
Ross McPherson
November 6th, 2018
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In other news, ‘Dexit’ is becoming less popular, football fans fined by FIFA and prisons to shut
This zoo in Randers has become a crime scene (photo: Nils Jepsen)
Three extremely rare Burmese star turtles were stolen from Randers Tropical Zoo on Sunday.
How the turtles were stolen from the busy indoor zoo in broad daylight is still unknown. The authorities have been informed.
Zoo staff reject the hypothesis that they could have escaped themselves, suggesting the fences were too high to BT.
The zoo was going to try and breed the rare species, which has not been successfully bred in captivity for five years.
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Danes fined for throwing beer at World Cup
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