Exotic Incident #2937
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San Francisco, CA - USA
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Incident Date:
03/05/2017
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Summary:
Elly, a 46-year-old Eastern black rhinoceros, died. She was anesthetized after a surgery on one of her legs showed that she had been enduring extreme pain. The zoo’s team of veterinarian experts determined that her quality of life had deteriorated such that the humane decision would be to not wake her from surgery.