The incinerator was used to dispose of animal carcasses when they died. <\/p>\n
Opened in 1967, Asahiyama Zoo is one of the country’s most popular zoos, known for its unusual enclosures – featuring glass domes and overhead cages – that allow visitors to observe animals up close.<\/p>\n
The zoo, which receives more than one million visitors every year, has been closed since 8 April for maintenance ahead of the summer season.<\/p>\n
According to local reports, authorities have been searching for the employee’s wife since a friend reported her disappearance to the police.<\/p>\n
Apologising for the inconvenience, authorities also warned that the zoo may be closed without prior notice if the investigation calls for it.<\/p>\n
Hirosuke Imazu, the mayor of Asahikawa city, told a press conference on Tuesday that authorities were now grappling with what he described as an “unprecedented crisis”.<\/p>\n
“No one could have predicted it,” he said. “I am overcome with immense anxiety, and I am facing a crisis of unprecedented magnitude.”<\/p>\n
“We are making preparations to welcome you, so we hope that as many people as possible will come to the park.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The incinerator was used to dispose of animal carcasses when they died. Opened in 1967, Asahiyama Zoo is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":556554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-556553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}