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New Zealand zoo serving cats 'mousesicles'

by Barbara Mathieson | January 31, 2009 at 05:11 am

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Jan. 30 (UPI) --
The Wellington Zoo in New Zealand said staff will create so-called mousesicles in an attempt to help the zoo's big cats beat the heat.

Zoo spokeswoman Stephanie Gray said staff members at the tourist site in the New Zealand capital will be freezing whole mice to feed to the zoo's African wild cats, The (Wellington) Dominion Post said in its Saturday edition.

Gray said in anticipation of a heat wave this weekend, zoo staff will have mousesicles on hand as well as so-called bloodsicles for the servals.

The wild cats' bloodsicles, actually diluted blood ice blocks, will be accompanied by a paddling pool and hammocks for the cats to relax and cool off in, the Post said.

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This is not unusual. Our zoo in Nashville has Ice Day in July and serves ice treats to its animals.

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teddypopit

at 19:36 on January 31st, 2009

It was the 20 January 2007. staff of the Wellington Zoo Showing us their Cheetah's face to face.

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mgef

at 14:28 on February 1st, 2009

My photo is from 2005 - we arrived in Wellington (from Australia) to find my sister had won a radio competition for us, where we and anotehr family got a private tour of the Zoo the next day. We had to be there at around 6:30 AM, and we spent 3 1/2 hours walking around with the radio station announcer and some Zoo staff, before the Zoo was open to anyone else.