Japan’s second oldest elephant dies
29th January, 2007 by manda
The second oldest elephant in captivity in Japan has sadly died after losing her balance and falling over. Hanako was 60-years-old, and had been very popular with visitors at the zoo since her arrival in 1953. In 1999, she refused to eat following the death of a fellow elephant in the zoo, which left her being the only elephant there. This did pass, thankfully, and her health had been good recently. A keeper said, “I expected her to live for several more years. It’s regrettable that the zoo lost its last elephant.” You’ll be missed Hanako!
Source: Mainichi
January 30th, 2007 at 7:23 am
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