Sacramento Zoo’s Female Clouded Leopard Serai Dies
Incident Date:
09/29/2025
Location:
Sacramento, CA - USA
Facility Name:
Sacramento Zoo
Facility Type:
Accredited AZA Facility (AZA)
Incident Category:
Animal Death (AD)
Species:
Small Cats
Animal:
Clouded Leopard
Animal disposition:
Dead
Summary:
SACRAMENTO, CA – A clouded leopard, who had only recently moved to the Sacramento Zoo, has died. Serai and Rajasi, a clouded leopard pair, arrived at the zoo earlier in 2025 from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute.
It was around July when the 14-year-old Serai started having health issues. Zookeepers noted that she was having trouble balancing, with veterinarians later finding a mass in her parathyroid gland. The mass was removed from Serai, but some previous symptoms still lingered.
Zookeepers continued to rehabilitate Serai. Then, on Sept. 29, the zoo says staff found Serai had suffered a severe injury to one of her front legs. The decision was then made to euthanize Serai.
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