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Animal protection advocates are calling for more inspections of roadside zoos after a female kangaroo named Willow was injured on a highway east of Ottawa.
The incident happened late Friday afternoon near the Papanack Park Zoo, which is located just south of Wendover, about 50 kilometres east of Ottawa.
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The zoo did not respond to requests from this newspaper for more information. However, on its Facebook page on Friday afternoon, the zoo thanked people for their concerned phone calls about the kangaroo. “She is with us now.”
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Animal protection advocates are calling for more inspections of roadside zoos after a female kangaroo named Willow was injured on a highway east of Ottawa.
The incident happened late Friday afternoon near the Papanack Park Zoo, which is located just south of Wendover, about 50 kilometres east of Ottawa.
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The zoo did not respond to requests from this newspaper for more information. However, on its Facebook page on Friday afternoon, the zoo thanked people for their concerned phone calls about the kangaroo. “She is with us now.”