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A 'beloved' antelope choked to death on the plastic cap of a snack pouch over the weekend, a Tennessee zoo announced. Lief, a 7-year-old sitatunga antelope, died Saturday, Brights Zoo said in a Facebook post. The animal choked on the cap of a squeezable fruit sauce pouch that the zoo said is not allowed on its grounds. A sitatunga antelope can live up to around 22 years when in human care, according to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo.
The zoo added that guests are more than welcome to enjoy their squeezable fruit sauce pouches and other snacks in their cars or at the designated picnic areas in the parking lots and later re-enter the zoo as many times as they want. Commenters on the Facebook post expressed outrage that broken rules led to the death of an animal. Replying to one comment, the zoo said it doesn't believe anyone will take responsibility for Leif's death.
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