Zoo Animals Killed In Transport Accident

Fort Worth Star-Telegram -

Truck spills penguins, octopus onto East Texas highway
A truck transporting zoo animals from Indiana to Galveston overturned Tuesday, spilling about two dozen penguins, tropical fish and an octopus onto an East Texas highway, authorities said.

"We had a penguin wreck," Department of Public Safety trooper Richard Buchanan said. "They were thrown out into a ditch and in the roadway."

Two employees from the Indianapolis Zoo were transporting the animals to Moody Gardens in Galveston when the accident occurred on U.S. Highway 59 at about 4:30 a.m., Buchanan said.
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