Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee continue to pound Northeast
(NEWSER) - As the floodwaters rose in Pennsylvania’s Hersheypark ZooAmerica, zookeepers made a tough—and controversial—choice: Rather than let two American bison drown while trapped in their pen, zookeepers shot both. Though other zoo animals were evacuated, officials say no one anticipated how quickly the floodwaters would rise, and that euthanization was the most humane choice. But across cyberspace, angry commenters wondered why the zoo, which had two days to prepare, did not evacuate the bison earlier, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. USA Today adds that the floods currently overwhelming the Northeast are the worst in nearly 40 years. More»
