Exotic Incident #2573
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Toledo, OH - USA
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Incident Date:
13/06/2001
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Summary:
Rusty, a 31-year-old orangutan, died after suffering from a pneumonia-like lung infection for more than four years. Surgeons removed the Rusty’s infected right lung, but he died 26 hours later of heart failure and endotoxic shock related to the infection.