{"id":710193,"date":"2021-09-02T14:05:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T18:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=710193"},"modified":"2021-09-02T14:05:18","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T18:05:18","slug":"fact-check-did-animals-escape-from-a-new-jersey-zoo-when-remnants-of-hurricane-ida-passed-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-animals-escape-from-a-new-jersey-zoo-when-remnants-of-hurricane-ida-passed-through\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Animals Escape From A New Jersey Zoo When Remnants Of Hurricane Ida Passed Through?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-animals-escape-from-a-new-jersey-zoo-when-remnants-of-hurricane-ida-passed-through%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=710193&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-684629392-scaled-e1630604766516.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=6085648051476624&amp;set=a.169122956462526&amp;type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> over 150 times claims animals recently escaped from Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange, New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The animals did not escape from Turtle Back Zoo, according to local authorities and the zoo.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The remnants of Hurricane Ida hit the Northeast on Sept. 1, killing at least 22 people and causing major flooding in parts of New York, New Jersey and other states, the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/northeast-us-new-york-new-jersey-weather-60327279197e14b9d17632ea0818f51c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Associated Press<\/a> reported. Amid the storm, Facebook users were&nbsp;sharing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=6085648051476624&amp;set=a.169122956462526&amp;type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">screen grabs<\/a> of a text message alleging various animals had escaped from a zoo in northern New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnimals from Turtle Back Zoo (West Orange 07052) are fleeing the zoo premises,\u201d claims the text message. \u201cAnimals listed: penguins, lions, bears, otters, gorillas, and reptiles. Any exotic animals seen please call local animal control services immediately so we can return animals back to the zoo safely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Turtle Back Zoo, however, stated <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TurtleBackZoo\/status\/1433415436746506242\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on Twitter<\/a> Sept. 2 that \u201call of our animals and animal areas weathered the storm well and remain safe and secure within the facility.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.7536231884058\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We appreciate everyone\u2019s concern about our animals and staff during the storm.<br \/>Staff stayed through the night to monitor. There was no loss of power and all of our animals and animal areas weathered the storm well and remain safe and secure within the facility. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LRhUgVU1KS\">pic.twitter.com\/LRhUgVU1KS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Turtle Back Zoo (@TurtleBackZoo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TurtleBackZoo\/status\/1433415436746506242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe appreciate everyone\u2019s concern about our animals and staff during the storm,\u201d the zoo tweeted. \u201cStaff stayed through the night to monitor. There was no loss of power and all of our animals and animal areas weathered the storm well and remain safe and secure within the facility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Essex County Executive <a href=\"https:\/\/essexcountynj.org\/essex-county-executive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joseph DiVincenzo Jr<\/a>. published a statement on Facebook Sept. 2, saying the viral online claim that \u201canimals have left Essex County Turtle Back Zoo is unequivocally false.\u201d He <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Joe_D_EssexExec\/status\/1433407664357265410\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> the same statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTurtle Back is an accredited facility that takes the care and welfare of our animals very seriously,\u201d reads the statement, in part. \u201cIn advance of Hurricane Ida, our animal care team secured all the animals indoors and staff remains on grounds to monitor the situation. There was no loss of power, and all of our animals and animal areas weathered the storm well and remain safe and secure within the facility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/philip_alagia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"abcfslSpanMP1\">Philip&nbsp;<\/span><\/a><span class=\"abcfslSpanMP3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/philip_alagia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alagia<\/a>, chief of staff for the Essex County Executive, further confirmed to Check Your Fact in a phone call that the claim is false, saying, \u201c<\/span>Some people emailed and texted us with concern \u2013 \u2018Hey, you know about this? Is this true?\u2019 It does get people alarmed. The other thing, as bad as it is, we\u2019ve got fatalities in Essex County on the flood, and the last thing we need is people worried about things that are not true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also told Check Your Fact the zoo\u2019s front office had a \u201clittle bit of flooding,\u201d but it did not affect the animals. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/07\/31\/fact-check-seven-headed-snake-honduras\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Does This Photo Show A Real 7-Headed Snake?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One iteration of the false claim was <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/ZLEud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted out<\/a> by a Twitter account masquerading as belonging to CNN. The Twitter account has the wrong handle \u2013 @CNNBRNWS rather than <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cnnbrk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@cnnbrk<\/a>, the actual handle for CNN\u2019s breaking news account \u2013 and lacks a <a href=\"https:\/\/help.twitter.com\/en\/managing-your-account\/about-twitter-verified-accounts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blue verification badge<\/a>, indicating it is not affiliated with the network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook over 150 times claims animals recently escaped from Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange, New Jersey.Verdict: False The animals did not escape from Turtle Back &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-710193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=710193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=710193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=710193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=710193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}