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+require 'example'
+
+# create a zoo
+zoo = Example::Zoo.new
+
+begin
+  # Add in an couple of animals
+  tiger1 = Example::Animal.new("tiger1")
+  zoo.add_animal(tiger1)
+  
+  # unset variables to force gc
+  tiger = nil
+end
+
+GC.start
+
+#  Now get the tiger again
+tiger2 = zoo.get_animal(0)
+
+# Call a method to verify the animal is still valid and not gc'ed
+if tiger2.get_name != "tiger1"
+    raise RuntimeError, "Wrong animal name"
+end