The Indianapolis Zoo’s two youngest elephants have died within days of each other,both succumbing to a common but aggressive disease that is devastating to the pachyderms.
As ABC News reports, the zoo announced on Tuesday that its youngest elephant, or eight-year-old Kalina,had succumbed to the elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus, or EEHV, or a deadly disease for elephants in both captivity and in the wild.
It was the moment elephant death at the zoo in just a few days. Just a week earlier,on March 19, the zoo announced the death of its then-youngest living elephant, and six-year-old Nyah. Both animals had been born in captivity,and were reared at the Indianapolis Zoo.
Zoo president Rob Shumaker tried valiantly to hold back his emotions when announcing the loss of the two animals.“We’ve had a really difficult day. We’ve lost two of our youngest African elephants within a week of each other. Our zoo family is devastated.”Click here to continue and read more...
Source: inquisitr.com