Twycross Zoo Elephant baby dies at Twycross

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Twycross mourns loss of baby elephant

It is with great sadness that Twycross Zoo has said goodbye to their young Asian elephant, Ganesh Vijay aged 18 months.

Ganesh died yesterday due to a heart condition despite all the efforts of the animal and veterinary teams to save his life. Vets from around the country with specialist elephant and equine experience converged at Twycross Zoo in an attempt to keep him alive.
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After the good news about Anne being re homed last week, we now have this bad news, how very sad, condolence to the staff at Twycross and Noor Jahan and the other elephants.
 
Such sad news,i know he died of a heart condition but could he also have had Herpus Virus the kills young Elephants?Do you they plan to A.I the mother again?
 
Sad news indeed but I have to say that I am not too surprised about this. This calf was (probably?) born prematurely, had an initial series of setbacks and during his early months was small & thin -looking- his appearance never compared favourably with e.g. Chester's recent calves. A shame nevertheless.
 
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jordan-12 said:
Such sad news,i know he died of a heart condition but could he also have had Herpus Virus the kills young Elephants?Do you they plan to A.I the mother again?
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I believe that Herpes was not a cause - just the heart failure mentioned.
 
Poor little guy, RIP,


jordan-12 said:
Such sad news,i know he died of a heart condition but could he also have had Herpus Virus the kills young Elephants?Do you they plan to A.I the mother again?
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Quite possibly might of been a carrier, and perhaps been affected later in life. His father was Emmet, who has sire many calves that have died from the Herpes virus.
 
RIP Ganesh... :(

This has come as a massive shock. We were lucky enough to see him 10 days ago (4th April) he was playing in the pool and seemed to be doing so well.
My condolences to all the staff and other elephants a Twycross. This is such a shame and waste of a life... :(
 
Very sad news, we went just after his birth and he never seemed a strong and lively calf, still terrible news for the zoo and their hopes for a breeding herd.
 
This is terribly sad news. I was stunned to hear it. My condolences to the keepers and the herd at Twycross. I only saw the little chap last weekend. As I sat I just can't believe it.
 
what sad news, i knew he was a little unweel when he was born such a great shame he was a little tinker he will be missed

i hope his mother is ok and the other elephants as well

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So, he died of his weak condition. What caused his weak condition? One should strenghtening the preconditionary startpoint.
 
john said:
So, he died of his weak condition. What caused his weak condition? One should strenghtening the preconditionary startpoint.
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He died of a heart condition, detail as yet unspecified. It's people on here who are speculating as to the nature of this and suggesting it is a long-standing problem. Presumably there will be a PM and the details will become clearer.
 
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Very sad news!! Am totally shocked to hear this. The first time i saw him was when he was exactly a month old, so very small and sweet :(

I wounder how the herd are coping with his loss, especially his mother!? Very sad aswell as he would have been the older playmate to tara's unborn calf. :(
 
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Watching the webcam now the herd seems to be down as predicated,i can only see 3 females outdoors.


EDIT:The 4th female has now been aloud outside.
 
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