Exotic Incident #890
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Los Angeles, CA - USA
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Incident Date:
10/06/2006
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Summary:
Gita, a 48-year-old Asian elephant at the Los Angeles Zoo, died in her enclosure. Activists protested her death outside the zoo, citing unnatural conditions at the zoo being responsible for her death.