Two Animals Die at Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
March 25, 2020
March 25, 2020
WASHINGTON, March 25 -- The Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute issued the following news release:
Animal care staff at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) are mourning the loss of two rare species--a cheetah and an Eld's deer. The 10-year-old cheetah, a female named Miti, was humanely euthanized March 11 for renal failure. Hoofstock keepers discovered Rhudy, a 4-month-old Eld's deer, deceased in his enclosure after he ran into a barrier and broke his neck. . . .
Animal care staff at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) are mourning the loss of two rare species--a cheetah and an Eld's deer. The 10-year-old cheetah, a female named Miti, was humanely euthanized March 11 for renal failure. Hoofstock keepers discovered Rhudy, a 4-month-old Eld's deer, deceased in his enclosure after he ran into a barrier and broke his neck. . . .