An Official at the Calgary Zoo in Canada say the gorilla that visitors had photographed holding a knife had no intent for violence.

A wild goat died at the Calgary Zoo when it got tangled in a hanging toy zookeepers had placed in its enclosure, officials at the Canadian facility say. Zoo employees working in a nearby exhibit cut loose the 2-year-old male Turkmenian markhor when they realized it was in trouble Friday, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.

By THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY - Only two cownose stingrays out of an original 43 remain at the Calgary Zoo after another one died on the weekend. However, zoo officials say the survivors are improving. The stingrays were part of an interactive display that opened three months ago.

An animal advocacy group is calling for changes to how elephants are handled at the Calgary Zoo after a keeper was injured by an animal over the weekend.

By THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY - A senior official at the Calgary Zoo is downplaying some media reports that 40 stingrays which have died at the facility may have been poisoned.