In an interview later, he said he "didn't really mean the zoo" and instead wanted to keep the retired horses in barns that he would build in the park.

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In fact they don't even call it a zoo, it is a wildlife park, the animals are slightly more free.

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Some questioned why he wasn't relocated or placed in a zoo rather than being shot by wildlife officers.

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"You don't want to get to the zoo and be looking at each other, wondering who's going to be paying, " says Eddy.

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"At this point, we aren't in need of volunteers, as we are using zoo staff members who have ape behavior knowledge and experience, " she said.

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Meanwhile, at New York's Staten Island Zoo, fellow groundhog Staten Island Chuck also didn't see his shadow, agreeing that an early spring was on its way.

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"We don't waste anything, " said Forster, who claims that his is the only zoo in Germany to generate electricity in this way.

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While results of the internal inquiry have yet to surface, don't be surprised if the press event for God of War III features a petting zoo.

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Although the zoo says this went "very much to plan", it won't know until the summer whether it actually worked.

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