The 14-year-old Amur tiger, named Jupiter, died on Sunday. Jupiter is the first animal at the zoo to die of complications from the coronavirus.
A news release from the zoo says the tiger, named Jupiter, died on Sunday. Jupiter is the first animal at the zoo to die from complications from COVID-19.
“Jupiter’s care team remembers him as a big and impressive tiger who loved fish, sleeping in the habitat’s cave, playing with cardboard boxes, and interacting with another favorite item — a 75-pound firehouse ‘plus sign’ that was heavy for keepers to move but something he carried around like it weighed nothing,” the news release says.
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