Severely constipated Asian elephant dies of condition at Zoo Miami

“I’ve had better days,” sighed zoo communications director Ron Magill on Wednesday. He said Maude, who was brought to Zoo Miami from Central Florida three years ago to be a companion to another female elephant, began behaving strangely last week. She stopped eating and having bowel movements, and began eating sand and clay– something that Magill said elephants often do in the wild to get minerals they need, but which apparently proved fatal for Maude. Elephants normally produce 200 to 400 pounds of feces a day. Zoo workers tried various treatments without success. The fact that the middle-aged Maude also suffered from arthritis, making it hard for her to move around and keep her digestive system active, made her condition worse, Magill said. During a treatment session at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Maude collapsed and passed away in less than a minute. A partial necropsy (animal autopsy) revealed that her digestive tract was packed with sand and clay. Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/11/27/3783887/severely-constipated-asian-elephant.html#storylink=cpy

Severely constipated Asian elephant dies of condition at Zoo Miami

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