While a case is going through the Reno Municipal Court system in relation to alleged animal cruelty on campus against the late Zeus, with a reported video and a witness statement, a UNR official wanted to make clear with Our Town Reno today it has nothing to do with the cause of death, which has been found to be of natural causes.
A misdemeanor case is reported to have been filed against John Geick in terms of the alleged animal cruelty on March 3rd with a trial date currently set for November 6th.
Zeus was reported dead on March 10th. A necropsy released in July indicated the old mute swan who had graced Manzanita Lake for decades had died of natural causes, and that no trauma was found.