Riga Zoo experienced the loss of a beloved female hippopotamus, Pound, died on October 26. She was 37 years old. Experts discovered that the animal's cause of death was an intestinal obstruction caused by a foreign object. "Riga Zoo experts are carefully examining the circumstances of the incident in order to prevent similar incidents from happening again," the zoo noted.

Riga Zoo experienced the loss of a beloved female hippopotamus, Pound, died on October 26. She was 37 years old. Experts discovered that the animal's cause of death was an intestinal obstruction caused by a foreign object. "Riga Zoo experts are carefully examining the circumstances of the incident in order to prevent similar incidents from happening again," the zoo noted.