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Thorn — ABQ BioPark | mahoot

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Thorn

ABQ BioPark · United States

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Life history

Born: 2018-05-04
Birth place: throughartificial insemination in ABQ BioPark
Death reason: pathological: Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus (EEHV)
Age (est.): ~3 years
Origin: Captive-born
Arrived: 2018-05-04

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ABQ BioPark

United States · Camp

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Transfer history

2018-05-04
ABQ BioPark

Sources

https://www.cabq.gov/artsculture/biopark/news/abq-biopark-elephant-tests-positive-for-eehv
https://www.cabq.gov/artsculture/biopark/news/asian-elephant-calf-dies-of-elephant-endotheliotropic-herpesvirus
Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Thorn (Google Translated version)

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Data from elephant.se (Dan A. J. Koehl), CC BY 4.0. Reformatted for search.