Miami Zoo Secures Animals Ahead of Ferocious Hurricane Irma

Miami Zoo Secures Animals Ahead of Ferocious Hurricane Irma
Flamingos take refuge in a shelter ahead of the downfall of Hurricane Irma at the zoo in Miami, Fla., on Sept. 9, 2017. REUTERS/Adrees Latif
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MIAMI—The Miami zoo is taking no chances with Peanut, a critically endangered white-rumped vulture, or with its more common pink flamingos, for that matter.

With Hurricane Irma a day away from making landfall in Florida, the zoological park evacuated Peanut from his enclosure and placed him in a fortified concrete bunker along with other animals early on Saturday.