There seems to have been a plethora of fire-related animal deaths at UK zoos over the Christmas 2017 holiday period. An aardvark and several meerkats died at London zoo (www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-42465392/london-zoo-devastated-by-aardvark-fire-death) and 13 Patas monkeys were killed at Woburn Safari Park (www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/02/breaking-thirteen-monkeys-killed-woburn-safari-park-fire/). It should be noted that, although many zoo animals do tend to live longer than their counterparts in the wild, caged animals to have some particular risks. Fires in zoos are frequently linked to catering and caged animals in adjacent areas are not easy to locate and rescue. I have also noted earlier that the siting of zoos near city centres can also damage animal health due to exposure to vehicle-generated air pollution.
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