A rare African antelope choked on the packaging of a visitor’s snack and died, a Tennessee zoo said. Lief, a nearly 8-year-old sitatunga, “still had a lot of life to live,” Brights Zoo said ...

said on social media that Lief, a sitatunga, a rare medium-sized antelope native to Central Africa, choked on the red cap of a squeezable fruit pouch found in the animal’s exhibit on Saturday.

Brights Zoo in Limestone, Tennessee, has announced that a rare antelope has died after choking on part of a food pouch that had been left behind by a visitor. The tragedy occurred when Lief ...

A rare antelope, a sitatunga, died after choking on a squeezable applesauce pouch at Brights Zoo in Tennessee. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap messages Get the USA TODAY app ...

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Brights Zoo said one of their sitatungas, a type of antelope, died Saturday after choking on a squeezable fruit pouch left by a patron. The zoo’s rules strictly prohibit such items, WSMV reports . The ...

She reports on justice and human rights issues. Contact her at cara.tabachnick@cbsinteractive.com A rare antelope died after choking on a plastic cap from a squeezable pouch at Bright Zoo in ...

A rare and beloved 7-year-old antelope named Lief died after choking on a cap from a squeezable pouch, a Tennessee zoo said, warning of the dangers to animals from plastic packaging. Brights Zoo ...

A sitatunga is a rare swamp-dwelling antelope with a shaggy, oily coat that allows the animal to thrive in an aquatic habitat, according to the African Wildlife Foundation.

Rare Animal at Disney's Animal Kingdom Gives Birth in Time to Celebrate Mother's Day Brights Zoo The tragic death comes ahead of what would have been the antelope's eighth birthday in July.