Could be very well so. But then..in a zoo setting, everything is logged.
Cleaning crews are on a schedule. And in animals settings, only certain and approved cleaning agents are allowed/used. They know how dangerous certain fumes can be.
I would assume that this is one of the scenarios that was one of their immediate concerns and got ruled out?
This kind of reeks of someone "knowing" what would kill such animals and introducing it into the room somehow. Which could even be done from the outside, only a small opening is needed..
Its just to weird that they still don't know. A cleaning crew being on schedule for that night, or even at the zoo, would be easy to check out, I would think??
Just strange..