A former operations manager of Dublin Zoo has said the death of a second Asian elephant at the Zoo is 'devastating'.
A former operations manager at Dublin Zoo has said the death of a second Asian elephant at the Zoo is"devastating".
"It happens in the wild. It happens in elephants in human care. It's particularly aggressive virus, it's the herpes family believe it or not." He added that the effort"was beyond what you could have ever expected, but it's such an uncompromising virus and it manifests so quickly and the elephants can deteriorate at such a quick rate, it's quite devastating"."Hopefully that will bring some alleviation to this situation, but it's happened across the USA.
"And we had nine calves born over a decade, all born within the herd. Born under normal family situations, no stress. A beautiful family had developed from it, so much so that some of the family have gone to Cincinnati to start off a family breeding situation there.
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