Steven Martinez
A zebra foal died Monday, June 15, at the Milwaukee County Zoo, the third animal the zoo has humanely euthanized in the past three months.
The foal, Mistari, was born April 22 to mom Thelma, who had been brought to the zoo in April 2025. The zoo's animal care and veterinary teams decided to euthanize Mistari after she suffered a severe open fracture to her rear right leg.
An initial assessment of the injury determined the bone had fractured into many pieces and the blood supply to the lower leg had been disrupted.
The zoo made the decision to humanely euthanize Mistari following consultations with large animal veterinarians and veterinary surgeons who determined the injury was not fixable with surgery due to its complexity and severity, the zoo said in a news release.
"Following the procedure, Thelma was given time to be in the stall with Mistari," the zoo said in the release. "[Thelma] sniffed her, walked in and out of the stall and did a small amount of vocalizing before ultimately leaving the stall.
Mistari is the third animal to die at the zoo since April. Brittany, an elephant and one of the longest-tenured animals at the zoo, died April 10. A little more than a month later, on May 19, the zoo euthanized a Chinese alligator named Yin. Yin had been at the zoo since 1995.
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