Lawsuit Filed over Illness After Kansas Wildlife Park Visit
June 25, 2021
A woman who said she and her three children became violently ill after using a splash park at the Tanganyika Wildlife Park is suing the attraction, alleging unsanitary conditions led to an illness outbreak.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment and Sedgwick County Health Department opened an investigation after several cases of a “diarrheal illness” were connected to Tanganyika’s Splash Park.
Health officials have since identified the bacteria that caused the outbreak of illnesses. State and Sedgwick County health investigators said the Shigella bacteria caused a diarrheal illness in at least three infected people who visited Tanganyika Wildlife Park.