Odin, Calgary Zoo’s ‘big cat’ dies at 15 years old

Staff and patrons said goodbye to one of the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo’s mainstays, a male cougar named Odin, who was euthanized earlier this month after showing signs of rapid decline. Odin came to the Calgary Zoo from a B.C. wildlife rescue facility in 2010 after being orphaned in the wild in 2009. At 15.5 years, Odin was considered geriatric and had been under the care of the zoo’s Animal Care, Health and Welfare team (ACHW) for age-related health challenges for the past year a