Zurich Zoo: Baby Elephant Died From Underdeveloped Organs
Date
1/18/2023 2:10:36 PM
(MENAFN- Swissinfo)
The dead baby's mother, Farha, when she was only 15 days old at Zurich Zoo in 2005 Keystone / Eddy Risch
Zurich Zoo has published the first results of an autopsy on a male elephant which died soon after birth at the weekend. These show that the animal was not viable.
This content was published on January 18, 2023 - 14:36 January 18, 2023 - 14:36 Keystone-SDA/ts Certain organs such as the heart and lungs were not properly developed, the zoo wrote in a statement. For the zoo, however, death is part of life. Animals die practically every day, just as new ones are born, it said.“That is the cycle of life.”
The zoo said it wasn't planning on changing its elephant breeding programme. Animal rights activists had called for a rethink after the latest death in the elephant enclosure became known. Since 2020, Zurich Zoo has lost six elephant cubs due to health problems, the Fondation Franz Weber said in a statementexternal link .
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