Officials: Elephant died of herpes virus
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A previously unknown elephant herpes virus killed the Woodland Park Zoo's youngest Asian elephant, zoo officials said Monday.
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Result? Fried pachyderm A herd of 40 Indian elephants which quaffed rice wine, "went berserk" as a result and rampaged round a village looking for food, suffered six fatalities after toppling an electricity pole, the West Australian reports.â¦
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Ambika, one of the oldest Asian elephants in North America, has suffered from recent health problems but seems to be improving, the National Zoo said Thursday.
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A rare northern white rhinoceros died Wednesday at the San Diego Zoo, dwindling the critically endangered species' population to as few as 13 worldwide, zoo officials said.Nadi was one of three northern white rhinos at the zoo's Wild Animal Park.
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An international effort to halt the illegal killing of elephants for their ivory tusks has all but collapsed in most of Africa, leaving officials and advocates alarmed about the survival of the species. A study being reported Tuesday estimates that as many as 23,000 animals were slaughtered last year alone....
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A three-week-old baby elephant rejected by its mother at the Calgary Zoo has died, the zoo said Wednesday. The Asian elephant, who had yet to be named, had been fighting an infection, and slipped into a coma Tuesday afternoon.
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Seven more tigers have died at a private zoo in Thailand where 23 others succumbed to bird flu, an official said Wednesday. In addition to the 30 tigers who have died, 23 others remain
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Some 60 hippos have died from an unknown cause in the past two months in one of Uganda's national parks, an official said Tuesday.
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CALGARY -- A newborn elephant that received a special blood transfusion after it was rejected by its mother appears to be getting better, say officials at the Calgary Zoo.
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LA CROSSE - A person from south-central Kansas has died from West Nile virus, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said Thursday.
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KATMANDU, Nepal - Nepalese hunters have captured a wild elephant that trampled to death at least 12 people and injured several others in the country's southeast, officials said Sunday.
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Six Asiatic wild elephants were electrocuted as they went berserk after drinking rice beer in India's remote northeast, a wildlife official said Tuesday.
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21 Sep 2004. The Salt Lake Valley Health Department would not confirm reports of the first West Nile virus death in Utah, after a Salt Lake woman&#39;s obituary reported she died from complications of the virus.
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Denver Zoo is taking steps to prevent a possible outbreak of plague after a monkey dies of the disease.
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Text of report by Radio France Internationale on 6 June  [Chadian President] Idriss Deby Itno has deployed 400 regular army soldiers to defend the elephant population decimated by poachers. In 20 years, the country's elephant population has reduced from 40,000 elephants to 6,000.
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Anthrax has killed 18 hippos at a Ugandan national park where nearly 200 of the animals died in the worst mass wildlife deaths from disease three months ago, a government official said on Saturday.
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CALGARY (CP) - A three-week-old baby elephant that had been rejected by its mother has died at the Calgary Zoo. Zookeepers and veterinarians had been providing round-the-clock care to the unnamed Asian elephant