Popular elk euthanized after injury at Forestry Farm

A popular animal at a Saskatoon zoo has been euthanized.

Winston, an elk at the Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park and Zoo, was put down Tuesday.

Zoo manager Tim Sinclair-Smith says Winston was showing lameness and wasn’t acting normally.

The animal was examined and then taken to Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan for a more in-depth examination.

Sinclair-Smith says it appears the injury was caused by a kick from another animal in the herd.

He says he and seven veterinarians then met and made the difficult decision to euthanize the elk.