Overview
- The Comisión de Parques y Biodiversidad de Tamaulipas confirmed the death of the male shortly after his arrival at Zoológico Tamatán in Ciudad Victoria.
- Veterinarians reported the animal developed a severe stress condition during acclimation that proved fatal.
- Zoo officials said the capybara was under constant observation in a specially conditioned enclosure at the time of his decline.
- The pair had been transferred from a shelter in Nuevo León on December 26 as part of a plan to integrate new species.
- The female remains in good health under close monitoring, and authorities plan a public process to select her name.