BYRON, Minn. – The 13-year-old male wolf at Zollman Zoo has been euthanized after zookeepers spotted a discharge from one of his eyes. Further examination found an abnormal eye mass protruding into his brain. The male wolf and his sister had been at the zoo since they were rescued from a game farm when they were 8 months old. Zookeepers said the pair had long and healthy life. at the zoo. She survives. Wolves in the wild typically live to be 7 or 8.
So long. Zookeepers say their adult male wolf died humanely and peacefully.