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 ...

By Emily Schmall An African antelope at a zoo in Tennessee died after choking on the plastic ... said on social media that Lief, a sitatunga, a rare medium-sized antelope native to Central Africa ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The 7-year-old male antelope named Lief died on Saturday, June 8, after choking on a squeezable applesauce pouch tossed away by visitors at Brights Zoo in Limestone, Tenn., the zoo announced in a ...

LIMESTONE, Tenn. — A rare antelope died on Saturday after it choked on a squeezable fruit pouch at a zoo in Limestone, Tennessee, zoo officials said. Brights Zoo said their sitatunga named Lief ...

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 rare antelope died on Saturday after it choked on a squeezable fruit pouch at a zoo in Limestone, Tennessee, zoo officials said. “Some ask why we don’t allow squeezable pouches into the zoo.