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Mink kills tufted puffins at Point Defiance Zoo; exhibit closed for renovations

The tufted puffins exhibit at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium will likely be closed for months while the exhibit is renovated to ensure predators can’t invade the birds’ area.

Published: Oct. 26, 2012 at 7:22 a.m. PDTUpdated: Oct. 26, 2012 at 2:39 p.m. PDT
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FILE PHOTO: Tufted Puffin dive for food at Rocky Shores Friday, September 13, 2002 at Point defiance Zoo and Aquarium. The one in the foreground is gathering smelt to deliver to chicks nesting in burrows on the bank above the pond. The oldest of the offspring born at the zoo, about age 5-6 years, are now pairing and mating. There are about 43 Puffins at this exhibit. (DUNCAN LIVINGSTON/THE NEWS TRIBUNE)

The tufted puffins exhibit at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium will likely be closed for months while the exhibit is renovated to ensure predators can’t invade the birds’ area.

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