Al and Johnson were euthanized within hours of each other so that neither would experience loneliness. Tapirs and capybaras are not natural friends in the wild. A zoo in the United Kingdom is mourning ...

Zookeepers at the Newquay Zoo in Cornwall, U.K., made the heartbreaking decision to euthanize a Capybara and a Brazilian Tapir who were "besties" together so they wouldn't be lonely. According to a ...

The decision followed an age-related health decline in both animals Two longtime animal residents at an English zoo were euthanized on the same day, after zoo officials made what they described as a ...

Zookeepers were left devastated after a pair of unlikely animal best friends were put to sleep on the same day, so neither would have to face life alone. Johnson, a nine-year-old capybara, and Al, a ...

A zoo in the United Kingdom is mourning the loss of an unlikely pair. Inseparable zoo friends, a tapir and a capybara, passed away hours apart from one another. Their presence is not only missed by ...