Exotic Incident #1436
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Denver, CO - USA
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Incident Date:
06/08/1996
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Summary:
Hattie, an Asian elephant on loan with Circus Vargas, died while in transit back to her owners, the Hawthorn Corp. Hattie was last made to perform on 8/3/96, the next day her legs gave way beneath her as she was being unloaded. She died 8/6/96 inside a transport trailer. Another Hawthorn elephant died 3 days earlier of tuberculosis.