{"id":81851,"date":"2025-07-21T23:42:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T23:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/81851\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T23:42:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T23:42:26","slug":"necropsy-confirms-natural-causes-in-death-of-beloved-swan-at-unrs-manzanita-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/81851\/","title":{"rendered":"Necropsy confirms natural causes in death of beloved swan at UNR&#8217;s Manzanita Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A cherished swan who once called Manzanita Lake on the University of Nevada, Reno campus home died in March of natural cases,  according to a comprehensive necropsy conducted by the Necropsy Services Group in Davis, California. The necropsy found no signs of trauma.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the necropsy&#8217;s findings, reports on social media have suggested that a member of Nevada&#8217;s Greek life may have been involved in Zeus&#8217;s death. In response, the university stated, &#8220;The University of Nevada, Reno is taking the reports surrounding the death of Zeus very seriously and there is currently an open investigation into the issue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Zeus was known for his striking white feathers and gentle demeanor. The bird provided a sense of tranquility to students, faculty, staff, and community members alike. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A cherished swan who once called Manzanita Lake on the University of Nevada, Reno campus home died in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":81852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[27],"tags":[55957,5022,55954,55956,55955,159,55952,67,132,55953,68,837,3319],"class_list":["post-81851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-greek-life","tag-investigation","tag-manzanita-lake","tag-natural-causes","tag-necropsy","tag-science","tag-swan","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-unr","tag-us","tag-wildlife","tag-zeus"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114893877587120108","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}