1.   And scores of zoo employees, old friends and visitors gave hugs and shared their memories.

2.   A zoo employee killed Barney after he escaped his ape-inappropriate living quarters, tossed a sign at a merry-go-round and bit someone.

3.   After several frantic attempts, I reached a zoo employee, who sent a team out to see if my bamboo was suitable for the pandas.

4.   But uncertainties have led some longtime zoo employees to transfer to other city jobs out of concern for their pensions and benefits.

5.   In the meantime, zoo employees and animal activists warned that animal conditions were worsening.

6.   Some visitors have been visiting the pandas regularly since the zoo re-opened two months ago, a zoo employee said.

7.   The three zoo employees tested positive for TB on initial skin tests, but X-rays revealed they do not have active tuberculosis, Sedgwick said.

8.   Zoo employees don a white, hooded costume with a bird-like arm puppet to resemble an adult whooping crane.

9.   A zoo employee opened the feeding cages to lure the gorillas inside.

10.   The animal, named Rina, apparently charged when the man entered her enclosure, said Maria Victoria Agudelo, a zoo employee.