Exotic Incident #1306
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Toronto, ON - CAN
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Incident Date:
13/06/2009
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Summary:
The Toronto Zoo’s Tessa, just shy of arriving at her 40th birthday, was accidently knocked off her feet by her companion elephants during a routine feeding time. Efforts to raise her with heavy equipment failed and she died the same day.