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Agents seize 100+ animals at Natural Bridge Zoo and more Va. headlines [1]

['Staff Report', 'More From Author', '- December']

Date: 2023-12 

• Virginia agents seized 89 living and 27 dead animals from the Natural Bridge Zoo in Rockbridge County. The zoo’s most well-known animal, an elephant named Asha, has repeatedly been discussed by legislators during debates on bills about animal-human contact.—Roanoke Times

• After a third top ABC official stepped down, lawmakers say they want a full briefing about what’s going on at the authority, which they granted greater independence in 2015.—Richmond Times-Dispatch

• Charlottesville police say city schools may have broken the law by not reporting an alleged sexual assault to the police but instead conducting their own internal investigation, which found an assault did not occur. —Daily Progress

• “Developers are preparing to begin construction on a massive 5 million-square-foot warehouse project in Suffolk as an opposition group abandons its legal effort.”—Virginian-Pilot

• The Virginia Department of Transportation got $600,000 from the federal government to help reduce vehicle collisions with wildlife around the state. —WRIC

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