But zoo staff have said Betty’s oldest daughter, Molly, was still too young to assert her dominance when her mother died in December 2014. But Molly and Susan fought back, zoo staff said, targeting Kate, Kristina and Kalamata. At one point, zoo staff contemplated amputating part of her tail, but eventually they let her be. After 14 months of bloody fighting, zoo staff decided to give hormonal contraception to all of the females on March 14, 2016, the records show. She suffered at least two tail injuries in July and August — one a deep wound.

Source: thestar February 08, 2017 17:11 UTC