Exotic Incident #1450
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Phoenix, AZ - USA
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31/10/1998
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Summary:
Ruby, a 25 year old elephant at the Phoenix Zoo known for her paintings, was euthanized after a cesarean operation revealed that her full-term, still-born fetus had ripped her uterus which caused a massive infection through her abdominal cavity. Her male fetal calf weighed 320 lbs, twice the size of a normal newborn elephant.