14-year-old tiger dies after contracting COVID-19 at zoo

Jupiter, a 14-year-old Amur tiger, passed away on Sunday after officials at the Columbus Zoo confirmed that he had developed pneumonia which was caused by the COVID-19 virus.

To complicate matters, Jupiter had been dealing with long-term treatment of some chronic underlying illnesses, said the Columbus Zoo, and this made him more susceptible to the COVID-19 virus. Jupiter passed away on Sunday and is the first animal at the Columbus Zoo to succumb to COVID-19, the zoo said.

Jupiter was born on July 9, 2007, at the Moscow Zoo in Russia but eventually ended up at the Columbus Zoo on March 19, 2015, after spending the first half of his life at the Zoo Dvur Kralove in the north of the Czech Republic.

This is dumb. Stop it.

Should have wore a tiger mask!

Tigers only live 8-10 years!!! Maybe 14-16 in captivity, Maybe. This one did great. DROP IT WOKV. I guess this Zoo wants to get some of that Pfizer or Moderna cash $$$ too from the government.

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