Farewell to Zilla
Schedule
Sat May 23 2026 at 02:30 pm to 04:30 pm
UTC-06:00Location
Museum Of Nature And Science | Las Cruces, NM
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It is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to a longtime friend of the Museum System, Zilla, our common snapping turtle. We will remember him in a memorial service and celebration of life at the Museum of Nature & Science where he once lived with our "Farewell to Zilla" program on Saturday, May 23, from 2:30pm to 4:30pm. Our dedicated staff took all possible actions through expert interventions, but according to the post-mortem necropsy Zilla had cancer. After over thirty years with us, Zilla passed in his sleep. All are invited to join us.
This program is free for all ages.
For more information about Zilla or about this program, please contact Destry Kissick, Museum Curator (Living Collections), at [email protected] or (575) 532-3371/TTY 711 or Lea Harriss, Museum Naturalist (Living Collections), at [email protected] or (575) 528-3472/TTY 711.
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