Last week I visited the Munich Zoo Hellabrunn with Ursula and her sister Andrea, an annual treat for Andrea we do at least once a year, each time a different zoo, if possible. One of the attractions there was the meerkat enclosure, although they only have four specimens compared to larger enclosures in other zoos. So, it was a bit of a difficult task to get a sight of them, since they preferred to stay in their tunnel system. However, one of them did make a short performance on top of one of their hills.
Today there was a short news report that all four meerkats had died. Obviously, they had dug a new tunnel and were caved in, an occurrence that is not unusual to happen in their natural habitat as well.
