{"id":305807,"date":"2025-07-31T05:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T05:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/305807\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T05:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T05:33:09","slug":"zoo-in-birmingham-announces-death-of-three-capybaras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/305807\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoo in Birmingham announces death of three capybaras"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This decision was made with deep care and compassion, with their wellbeing at the heart of every process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Capybaras are native to South America and are the largest living rodents in the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In the wild, their life expectancy is around seven to 10 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park said: &#8220;Katherine, Gertrude, and Esmeralda were truly special members of our community. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Gentle, curious, and full of character, they were adored by visitors and held a very special place in the hearts of our staff and volunteers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Whether you were lucky enough to see them lounging by the water or sharing quiet moments with each other, it was clear how much joy they brought to so many.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They added: &#8220;We&#8217;ll miss them greatly \u2014 as individuals and as a trio \u2014 and we know many of you will too.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;This decision was made with deep care and compassion, with their wellbeing at the heart of every process.&#8221;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305808,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-305807","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}