1.   The zoo curators at the conference had news that was almost as bleak.

2.   Not long ago, she said, zoo curators would have had a good laugh at that.

3.   She was doing well Thursday, zoo mammal curator Alan Sironen said.

4.   Zoo curators are well aware of other closely related species of animals that can kill each other if they trade viruses.

5.   Zoo curator Rosemary Markham said the normally docile primate makes roaring noises, screams and bangs on her enclosure walls.

6.   Zoo curator Nico Roux said the tigers would not be killed as a result of the attack.

7.   Zoo curator Sarel van der Merwe told state radio the animal, named Tokkelos, was destroyed after it suffered massive weight loss due to incurable salivary gland cancer.