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Rusty moved to the Pueblo Zoo in Colorado in 2019, and its marketing/communications manager Sandy Morrison says keepers were nervous he might try to escape again. Though they kept a close eye on the red panda, he never made any further attempts. “It seems like he just got lucky in DC,” Morrison said.An interview with the head of the zoo: “Rusty wasn’t having a good time out in Adams Morgan. He was scared.
Though Rusty had been lethargic for a few days and had visited the vet a couple of times, the Zoo has not announced a cause of death. Morrison said red pandas typically start to reach their senior years around age 11 or 12. In August 2021, Rusty had twins with female red panda Priya; they were the first red pandas born at the Pueblo Zoo. Morrison says Rusty became more well-known after the birth of the baby red pandas, and that he had “quite the character about him.” When he wasn’t interested in saying hi to visitors, Rusty spent much of time on his log with his tail wrapped around himself.
Morrison says many of the small zoo’s handlers were close with Rusty. “We were privileged to have him here,” Morrison said. “We are happy to have his offspring, and his legacy will live on.”
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