Rare Antelope Chokes to Death on Squeezable Pouch at Zoo
A rare antelope at the Brights Zoo in Tennessee died on Saturday after choking on a squeezable fruit pouch, officials announced. Lief was a sitatunga that had called the Brights Zoo home since being moved there from a zoo in Texas July 2016, David Bright, co-owner and director of Brights Zoo, tells Inside Edition Digital. David believes someone must have dropped or given Lief a juice packet that had a hard plastic top, and that the animal might have thought it was a treat and ate it. But unfortunately, as a result, Lief suffocated.
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they cared enough to get gluten free VEGAN yogurt but didnt care enough not to throw it in the enclosure
@muffintop420
28 күн бұрын
ppl like that don't care
@just.8797
27 күн бұрын
Vegans at it once again 🙄
@WessyD123
27 күн бұрын
Yeah, thats not very 'vegan' of them... 🤪
@pawlice8341
27 күн бұрын
"Veganism is the sad result of a morally corrupt mind. Reconsider your life" 😂
@dracodracarys2339
18 күн бұрын
same with vegans who force cats and dogs to be vegan, essentially starving their pets to death while going on about how they love animals
Someone should be arrested
@BeanieKing
24 күн бұрын
Right, that’s what I always say! Like when the Seahawks passed the ball instead of running it…!
The kid and parents should be charged
@sabagecabage7828
27 күн бұрын
Poor timmy
That person needs arrested
This is so sad , people suck
@V00doo1Xim
26 күн бұрын
what about Abraham Lincoln?
@ncrveteranranger4454
15 күн бұрын
@@V00doo1XimHe sucked too, John Wilkes Booth should've been president
Someone should be held accountable for this poor animal
I'm disgusted with this bad behavior
@SpecialNeedsChamp999
27 күн бұрын
Right, like this is why we can't have things EVER because people! 😢💔
@snickerswo1f519
14 күн бұрын
ok and?
There should be security cameras there. Such a sad situation
Find the individual & make them pay a hefty fine!
Zoos need to have cameras on the crowds at all of the exhibits.
poor baby, rest easy ☹️❤️
Nahhh, we couldn’t let that happen to another rare animal.
A rare antelope named Leaf at Tennessee's Bright's Zoo died after choking on a squeezable fruit pouch that a guest had thrown into its enclosure. Despite efforts by zookeepers and veterinarians, the antelope was unable to pass air and passed away. The zoo's director expressed sadness over the incident and emphasized the importance of responsible behavior by visitors to prevent such tragedies.
@Agent.Wadsworth
28 күн бұрын
Thank you Chat GPT
@sonicgalaxy27
28 күн бұрын
This is exactly why employees at the zoo told us don't feed the animals which is their policy. Everyone has to learn and follow it.
@Sahir_Here
27 күн бұрын
@@Agent.Wadsworth😂😂😂😂😂
@carsontometich8330
27 күн бұрын
@@Agent.Wadsworthis this real life?
@Agent.Wadsworth
27 күн бұрын
@@carsontometich8330 🤖
someone should be held accountable!!!!! 😡😡😡
This is why most zoos don't allow outside food or drink.
That's breaks my heart for the Bright Zoo, and I'm so sorry for the loss of a beautiful, sweet Sitatunga antelope Lief. And somebody who going to pay for what have someone done to an innocent Sitatunga antelope! I stand with the Zoo, and I'm justice for Sitatunga antelope Lief, too.
Watch your kids!!!
They shouldn't even allow stuff like that in these zoos
Rest in peace Lief
@clo9626
28 күн бұрын
😢
rip cutie…
May you be resting eternally in paradise, baby boy. 🥺💔
Don't give packages to animals, only the food itself
@clo9626
28 күн бұрын
Again common sense folks. 🥹
@sportingdirector1
28 күн бұрын
@@clo9626 Sadly wasn't for the person who gave the antelope the pouch
@AccidentallyOnPurpose
28 күн бұрын
No, do not give an animal your food unless specifically allowed by owners or caretakers. That goes for every animal, not just in zoos.
@user-CharityFFForever
28 күн бұрын
Right adults should know the animal will chew or swallow the package!
@Fantastic_Stranger
28 күн бұрын
@@AccidentallyOnPurposeVery true
They need to ensure this doesn’t happen again and whoever gave the animal the treat does need to be charged and held accountable for this.
Why would you give that to a animal
@ArthurJ-ph3qn
28 күн бұрын
Fr
@silverwillow9224
28 күн бұрын
Cus ppl don’t follow zoo guidelines, like-
@sugarsore
28 күн бұрын
So frustrating
Poor baby 😢 so cute
Unbelievable.
No outside food or drink allowed. They need to change the park rules.
Why would u give that to a animal wheb u know its bad?
Inside Edition using AI voices now?
@Fantastic_Stranger
28 күн бұрын
I thought that was the case, but he named himself, "Sal Bono" at the end. I'm assuming it's just that guy. Sounds a little artificial but I don't think so
@azraelthegod8388
28 күн бұрын
Theyre not. Its editing from the production team trying to make it sound more crisp and clear to understand
Ahh poor baby. Those applesauce packets is what parents give to their toddlers. Maybe the toddler threw it in the animal enclosure w/o the parents knowing. Can you imagine how the parents feel once this hit their local news! Of course they may not come forward and confess.
@angel2000317
27 күн бұрын
That was my thought also, or a child accidentally dropped it. So sad!
Is the ‘guest’ in prison?
The worst irony is that the yogurt is VEGAN but the antelope died from that person throwing it away.
There needs to be a rule of no outside food or they must be brought in reusable containers so that there’s no trash produced. No plastic wrappers, no single use water bottles with caps, no single use plastic straws, etc. If you don’t like the rules, you don’t care about animals, so go somewhere else.
So sad. This upsets me terribly and makes me furious. I sure wish they could be held accountable.
-10000 aura
That’s stupid
and this is why they say don't feed the zoo animals
Did Inside Edition hire a new person? Sal Bono? Never heard of that person on IE before. Hi Sal!
That behavior needs to be punished.
(some) people suck man!
See what happens when animals trust humans?
Stop making plastic god damit. Also how can you say vegan and organic when its covered in plastic.
Keep the crumb catchers at home. Dont bring them to zoos. They have schools for that.
Last name BRIGHT? RARE animal? Ladies and gentlemen…..we have found Dr. Bright of the SCP Foundation 😂😂😂😂
Thats so sad thx Inside for keeping us informed 👏 folks plz do not ever feed a wild animal contact a local community police or park rangers or anyone like animal control thoses folks unfortunately might be in for fines and jail time hopefully they learn from this very regrettable preventable behaviors.
Smh eating in the zoo shouldn’t be allowed unless it’s in a Designated eating area.😡🤦♂️,Rip
God help us all Patriots 😢
@clo9626
28 күн бұрын
🥹
Man that sucks 😢
Different voices
It's the smoking peanut again
This is depressing news right after bear on hammock, who thought its best idea to feed animal something with its packaging?
No so bright there in country-boy Tennessee.
Why would you give that to an animal?That's not for animal consumption anyway!
@kayllenstarships9009
28 күн бұрын
Its probably a psychopath who did that,bcs i had someone laughing at me when i got my allergy to cotton.I was literally bleeding and that psyho told me to stop pretending....
The way he tried to pronounce the scientific name 💀
It’s Harambe all over again 😢
Plastic packaging ugh 🙄 The world needs to do better
This is why wild animals need to stay scared of humans
That poor baby 💔
Littering is bad not just at the zoo, but everywhere! It’s bad for the environment! Unfortunately, I don’t see this major problem going away anytime soon. We can’t make other people care, but we CAN choose to care.
Oooohh noooo. That is just terrible 😥😥😥
So the idiot willingly threw the packet into the enclosure of a rare animal and murdered it. This is why zoos NEED cameras for safety concerns like this. You never know what jackass will ignore the signs around enclosures and do the exact opposite and cost an animal its life.
Gluten Free and Vegan- damn People and their little pests.
They murdered this mans animal!!
People stop feeding the poor creatures Just bc u poison ur kids with junk food Doesn’t mean this poor creature can eat too much
Is Inside Edition using AI voices as a reporter now?
Generally kids eat those. Tbh a toddler probably chucked it and it went over before the parents could react. What’s the parent supposed to do at that point? Climb the enclosure? It really sucks this happened. But there’s more reasons this could have happened other than neglect or maliciousness. To prevent something like this they’d need to make a rule that people can’t walk around and eat snacks at the zoo. They would have to go to a designated eating area.
Kids throw stuff, and sadly sometkmes us moms may not notice. i can only hope this was a tragic accident and that the child tossed it when the mother wasn't looking and that this was not intentionally done. One could hope anyway.
@Greeneyedkitty82
19 күн бұрын
The zoo states on their website no outside food or drinks. These idiots didn’t think the rules applied to them
Oh noo ☹️☹️
There is no way that this was an adult that threw this in, people need to take care of their damn kids
Poor lil babe sad😢
That is so sad. I Hope that people will remember to teach their children to RESPECT all animals. Very careless event here. (Assuming that adults would not behave like this) ??
So sad
Some zoo's done allow food or drinks near the animals or animal cages. I wish they could pull up surveillance cameras or something to find out who did it.
That's awful.
Poor baby… also a new face at inside edition?? Welcome!
I’m livid af their has to be an investigation how is this legal???
@alvaroq2024
20 күн бұрын
No cameras at the zoo and no one is stepping forward doing the right thing! Not much of an investigation unless authorities find someone who actually filmed it. But where do they start? That’s the problem as I see it. All they got right now is that it was a vegetarian, or the son or daughter of a vegetarian.
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Poor antelope.
Smh 🤦♀️
I dont consider myself religious but I pray there is a Hell.
😭
Wait , they got a new spokesperson gor OE!?
Does this mean that this creature is extinct?
😢
Where's Lisa Gurrrero??
idk there was another zoo in my state haha but cruel and sad that this person did NOT CARE abt the animal but cared it was vegan smh i hope they get charged
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First, that’s so sad 😢
Sue them 😅
omg 😭
Camera's dude
Do not feed the animals.
No sense
doofus
Harambe 2.0
Ban zoos. Why is this antelope in a zoo/prison!?
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God sees all evil deeds and he remembers EVERYTHING! Hunans forget all the harm they cause until Saint Peter open up their book of life and reminds them too late of their evil deeds! That's why it's best to repent while still alive to do so Because nothing is written in stone UNTIL YOU DIE! Harm now PAY LATER! I wish I could see his/her face when they realise that fact!
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