A Virgina Zoo director pleaded guilty to animal cruelty and possession of animal euthanasia drug without a license charges dropped after she drowned a wallaby in a bucket of water. Meghan Mogensen, the Zoo Director at Reston Zoo, which is actually owned by her father was charged after she euthanized an injured wallaby. The wallaby sustained an eye injury that other zoo staff deemed treatable at first, but when the injury worsened concern about the animals health rose. Eric Mogesen, Meghan’s father and the Zoo owner deemed the injuries worthy of euthanasia and his daughter carried it out. A Zoo employee found a bucket of water next to the wallaby’s empty cage, and suspected wrong doing, then reported to the police after she found the dead wallaby wrapped up in bag drenched in water. Hit the jump for more.
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