A critically endangered leopard has died in captivity at a Southern California zoo. Following the Thanksgiving holiday, the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert, Calif. announced the death of Zoya, their 21-year-old Amur leopard, one of the oldest of her kind in captivity.

A 21-year-old Amur leopard named Zoya died at the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens zoo in California. The leopard is part of a critically endangered species.

Staff at the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert are mourning the passing of Zoya, an Amur leopard that had been a resident of the zoo for the past 11 years. Zoya, one of the rarest cats on Earth and one of the oldest Amur leopards in captivity,

A critically endangered species of leopard has died at age 21 in a Southern California zoo. Officials at the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert say Amur leopard Zoya died of old age last Tuesday after over a decade there.

Zoya, a 21-year-old Amur leopard, has died at the Living Desert Zoo in California, surpassing life expectancy for her species.

Zoya, a 21-year-old Amur leopard, died of old age at the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert on Nov. 26 after more than a decade there, zoo officials announced.