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Lily — Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo) | mahoot

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Lily

Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo) · United States

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Life history

Born: 2012-11-30
Birth place: in Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo)
Death: 2012-12-11
Death reason: disease: Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus (EEHV1A)
Age (est.): ~6 years
Origin: Captive-born
Arrived: 2012-11-30

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Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo)

United States · Zoo

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Transfer history

2012-11-30
Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo)

Sources

Josh Gillis
https://www.oregonzoo.org/news/2018/11/zoo-heartbroken-6-year-old-lily-succumbs-virus
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/pharmacology_molecular_sciences/faculty/bios/haywardg.html'>Gary S. Hayward, Ph D. John Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Lily (Google Translated version)

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