MINOT, N.D. (KMOT) – This week we shared the information that Anya, one of many three resident Amur leopards on the Roosevelt Park Zoo in Minot, died unexpectedly.
Zoo director Jeff Bullock mentioned Anya had undergone a process for a damaged canine tooth however didn’t reply effectively after the anesthesia, and was discovered lifeless the subsequent morning.
The leopard would have been two years old subsequent month.
He mentioned the longer term for Anya’s associate, one other two-year-old amur leopard named Jordan, is unsure.
Bullock mentioned the Association of Zoos and Aquariums may match him at one other zoo for his or her breeding program or introduce him to a different associate on the Roosevelt Park Zoo.
“We’re optimistic that we’ll either receive a new female this year or get another breeding pair,” mentioned Bullock.
Jordan and the opposite Amur leopard named Clover stay in separate yards as a result of they don’t seem to be a breeding match.
Clover has been on the zoo for 10 years.
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