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“#Zoo euthanizes animals as state becomes too warm<\/strong>”
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The Minnesota Zoo in App<\/a>le Valley has announced that their two remaining musk oxen were preemptively laid to rest over fears that the warming state would make their final days more difficult. <\/p>\n

Zoo officials announced the decision on their website on May 13<\/a>, writing that the pair of \u201celderly musk oxen had been showing progressive age-related health issues.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cTheir health further declined this spring as the weather warmed,\u201d they said in a tweet on May 14. Followers called the news<\/a> \u201cincredibly sad<\/a>\u201d and \u201ca heartbreaker<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the zoo\u2019s farewell message, they explained that rising temperatures during the past decade have affected the health of the herd, which started growing in 1978 when the zoo acquired male and female oxen from breeders in Calgary and Winnipeg, Canada. The families went on to breed 65 calves. But by 2010, zoo workers \u201cstarted noticing changes,\u201d which they attributed to \u201cincreased summer heat and humidity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since 2000, Minnesota has racked up many of its warmest days on record \u2014 with the average temperature having risen by 2 degrees since 100 years ago, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems even Minnesota has now become too far south for this species to thrive,\u201d the zoo wrote.<\/p>\n

Zookeeper Cindy Bjork-Groebner said in a statement on the musk oxen, \u201cWe saw firsthand just how much the seasons and temperature and humidity played a role in how they thrived or not.\u201d <\/p>\n

Though musk ox is native to the arctic tundra, the Minnesota Zoo had long been home to the herd thanks to the state\u2019s historically chilly climate during much of the year. However, the rising average summer temperatures have proven detrimental to the cold-weather creatures. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou could tell they were thriving when the temperatures were colder, and then the minute the heat and humidity hit, that\u2019s when I really started watching and could notice changes,\u201d Bjork-Groebner said.<\/p>\n

The decision to euthanize the two last oxen was the result of \u201ca long conversation between veterinarians, curators and zoo leadership,\u201d added Dr. Taylor Yaw, manager of the zoo\u2019s animal health department. \u201cWe have a responsibility to these animals. When it comes to a point that we can\u2019t manage clinical health issues, this is the most humane choice we can make.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n