CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- Thirty-five animals at a zoo in the northern Mexico
state of Chihuahua have frozen to death during the region's coldest weather in
six decades. Serengeti Zoo owner Alberto Hernandez says 14
parrots, 13 serpents, five iguanas, two crocodiles and a capuchin monkey died.
He said Saturday that power failures cut off electrical heating at the zoo in
the town of Aldama. Temperatures have dropped to 9 degrees
Fahrenheit (minus 13 Celsius) in the area, the coldest weather in 60 years.
Power outages have affected much of northern Mexico, forcing factories and
businesses to close. Dozens of people are in shelters. Schools have been
closed
in Chihuahua state but are expected to open Tuesday as the weather warms.
