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CBS News reports

A rare antelope died after choking on a plastic cap from a squeezable pouch at Bright Zoo in Tennessee over the weekend.

Leif, a Sitatunga antelope, was in his enclosure on Saturday when a zookeeper was conducting a routine check and noticed the animal was “acting odd,” zoo director David Bright told CBS News. Fluid was leaking from the antelope’s mouth and the keeper immediately called in the veterinarian team to dislodge the plastic cap. 

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