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Thu Oct 20, 2022, 12:25 PM Oct 2022

UK's last captive black leopard dies at Exmoor Zoo [View all]

The last captive black leopard in the UK has died of natural causes at Exmoor Zoo in north Devon.

Zoysa, a rare melanistic leopard, died on his 18th birthday on 18 October after several weeks in palliative care.

He was born in 2004 and spent his early years at Linton Zoo in Cambridgeshire.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-63329317?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bbbc.news.twitter%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D&at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&at_custom3=%40BBCWorld&at_campaign=64&at_custom4=4CBDFA86-5085-11ED-97D8-2EBB923C408C&at_custom2=twitter&at_medium=custom7

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