Snow leopard dies after contracting Covid-19 in US zoo 

A snow leopard at a zoo in Bloomington, Illinois, has died after contracting Covid-19, Miller Park Zoo has confirmed. Pictured is a snow leopard at Dublin Zoo. Picture Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

A snow leopard at a zoo in Bloomington, Illinois, has died after contracting Covid-19.

Miller Park Zoo announced the death of Rilu, 11, which the zoo previously said “began coughing and had a raspy respiration beginning on 20 November”, in an Instagram post on Thursday.