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Reston Zoo Director's Appeal Date Postponed
Fairfax County Circuit Court hearing for Reston Zoo director Meghan Mogensen, who was found guilty of animal cruelty and drug possession in September, continued until February.
The Fairfax County Circuit Court hearing for the Reston Zoo director charged with animal cruelty and drug possession has been postponed until Feb. 19, 2013. Meghan Mogensen was found guilty on both charges in county General District Court in September. She was scheduled to appear in Circuit Court on Thursday. The charges stem from an incident in January, in which an injured wallaby at the petting zoo was euthanized. Mogensen maintains she humanely put the animal down with a lethal injection. However, a disgruntled zoo employee called authorities after she says Mogensen, whose father is the zoo's owner, drowned the animal in a bucket and threw his body in a dumpster. After a one-day bench trial in which nearly two dozen veterinary and …
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Florence Frey
1:06 pm on Friday, November 16, 2012
WHY does the Reston Zoo use a vet who lives in Frederick Co. MD, who just happens to be a friend of her father? There are plenty of competent vets in Reston and nearby towns! Favoritism and greed seem to trump proper care of these animals. One of her excuses in "disposing" the wallaby is that it would take the vet too long to arrive! Mogensen should be banned from ever being allowed to care for … more ›