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Zoological Society fined over keeper's death
The North of England Zoological Society has been prosecuted and fined after pleading guilty to breaching the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 in the circumstances of the death of an elephant keeper during February 2001. The keeper was attacked by a female elephant and died some days later in hospital.The Society was fined £25,000 by Chester Crown Court with a further £50,000 costs, having been deemed to have failed to meet its duties towards an employee under S.2(1) of the Principal Act.
