Eight monkeys found dead at Hong Kong zoo, government says

FILE - A white-faced saki is pictured in its enclosure at the Tierpark zoo in Berlin on May 20, 2014. In the wild, the animals are native to parts of South America. Three white-faced sakis were among eight monkeys found dead at the Hong Kong zoo October 13, 2024.

Eight animals were found dead in a Hong Kong zoo, the city's government said on Monday, a rare incident in the financial hub, with necropsy and laboratory tests arranged to find out the cause of deaths.