2010-03-04 - Orlando, United States.
One of the oldest Asian elephants on record has died. Mary, a 63-year-old elephant, died this week at the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens in Orlando, zoo officials said. Shonna Green, spokeswoman for the zoo, said Mary died late Tuesday of an age-related illness. She was 63 -- which is rather old for an elephant -- but no one dies of old age, so there has to be some kind of complication, Green said. A necropsy will be conducted to determine the exact cause of death.
2010-03-02 - Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
A she elephant accompanied by her calf had been shot dead at Nellikulama in Anuradhapura, Wildlife officials said. Veterinary Surgeon of the Wild Life Department, W.A. Dharmakeerthi who conducted the post mortem examination the day before yesterday said the elephant had died on the spot, following gun shots.
2010-02-28 - Guwahati, India.
A goods train knocked down a herd of five elephants crossing the track on the outskirts of the city, killing two of them and injuring three others, including a calf, today. Assam state zoo director Narayan Mahanta said the herd was crossing the track along the Deepor beel to drink water when they were hit by the train around 12.15 pm. Last year, one elephant had died at the same area.
2010-02-25 - Guruvayur, India.
A 72-year-old elephant of the Guruvayur Sree Krishna temple here died at the jumbo park in the temple town today. Ramachandran had been keeping indifferent health for the last few years, a temple official said. A favourite of elephant lovers, Ramachandran was donated to the temple by the royal house of Zamorins of Malabar in 1942. He was retired from temple duties 10 years ago, in-charge of the elephant park Kunnathur Kotta said.
2010-02-18 - Emmen, Netherlands.
The elephant attendants of animal park Emmen found gisterochtend elephant Swe San Thay inanimately in the stable. Nor to the body of the elephant, nor to camera pictures, which are at night made in the stable, is see something what can an indication for the cause of death be. The elephant has been transmitted for section to the department animal medicine of the university of Utrecht. Swe San Thay (Burmese for golden abundance) were one of the seven Asian elephants, which came in 1988, from Burma...
2010-01-13 - Chitwan, Nepal.
The eldest elephant in Nepal has died on Wednesday.The female elephant, named Tribhuvankali, was believed to be around 80 years of age. It had been brought to the Koshi Tappu Wild Life Reserve from India in 1952. Reserve officials say the female elephant died due to natural causes. The elephant was sick from the past few days and had suddenly fallen down while grazing today morning. Doctors at the reserve declared it dead shortly after.
2010-01-08 - Vienna, Virginia, United States.
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® sadly announces the passing of Josky, a beloved female Asian elephant, at its Ringling Bros. Center for Elephant Conservation® in central Florida. Ringling Bros.® veterinary staff determined euthanasia was appropriate due to the elephant’s declining health and a necropsy was performed. As part of Ringling Bros. own reporting protocol, the USDA was contacted. During the mid 1970’s Josky made her debut at Circus World in Florida and became a featured perf...
2010-01-02 - Guwahati, India.
Four wild Asiatic elephants, including two calves, were mowed down by a speeding goods train Saturday in Assam, officials said. A railway spokesperson said the incident occurred near Walingdisa railway station in Karbi Anglong district, about 270 km east of Assam’s main city Guwahati. The train was transporting petroleum products.
2009-12-23 - Brookfield, United States.
An elephant died Tuesday at the Brookfield Zoo, making it the second elephant the zoo has lost in the last seven months. Christy, 29, was euthanized as a result of kidney failure, according to a zoo press release. Necropsy findings concluded Christy had a structurally abnormal right kidney, roughly one-tenth the size of a normal kidney, the zoo stated. In 2007, Christy was diagnosed with the enlarged ureter — one of the tubes that carriers urine from the kidneys to the bladder.
2009-12-18 - Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Jennifer Brooks
When Kiba the elephant died, the rest of her herd mourned — human and elephant alike. The Nashville Zoo was forced to euthanize the 26-year-old African elephant on Thursday. Kiba suffered from a degenerative joint injury that was crippling her with pain. Afterward, her human caretakers said their goodbyes, then opened the doors to the rest of her herd, 25-year-old Sukari and 27-year-old Hadari. "It was pretty beautiful," said Connie Philipp, the zoo's director of animal collections, reduced to...
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