Exotic Incident #2317

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Summary:

Chai, a 37-year-old Asian elephant, died at the Oklahoma City Zoo. She had been transferred from the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle the previous May, despite significant pressure from activists to transfer her to a sanctuary. Zoo officials said there had been no red flags about her health, but medical documents and keeper notes revealed that Chai suffered multiple injuries, weight loss, skin lesions, chewing problems, and other incidents in the months before her death, including two times when she was unable to get up on her own.