Zoo Closed After Employee Allegedly Makes Grim Claim
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April 29, 2026
One of Japan's best-known zoos is dealing with "a crisis of unprecedented magnitude," says Asahikawa Mayor Hirosuke Imazu. The city's Asahiyama Zoo has postponed its planned reopening to at least Friday while police search its grounds—including an animal hospital incinerator—after a male employee allegedly told investigators he burned...
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