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Archive Home > 2007 > January > 16 > Museum loses mascot Mokey

Museum loses mascot Mokey

Otter dies after 16 years with the High Desert

By Christopher Stollar / The Bulletin
January 16, 2007

Mokey the otter used to spend her days eating smelt, frolicking with her playmate Thomas and then sleeping in her little den.

That den now lays empty.

After 16 years of making boys and girls squeal with delight at the High Desert Mu-seum south of Bend, Mokey the otter died. The cause is unknown....

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