{"id":506978,"date":"2022-11-05T12:24:12","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T09:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/devi-the-elephant-45-euthanized-at-san-diego-zoo\/"},"modified":"2022-11-05T12:24:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T09:24:12","slug":"devi-the-elephant-45-euthanized-at-san-diego-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/devi-the-elephant-45-euthanized-at-san-diego-zoo\/","title":{"rendered":"#Devi the elephant, 45, euthanized at San Diego Zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23d33cd80ed\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23d33cd80ed\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/devi-the-elephant-45-euthanized-at-san-diego-zoo\/#%E2%80%9CDevi_the_elephant_45_euthanized_at_San_Diego_Zoo%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Devi the elephant, 45, euthanized at San Diego Zoo&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CDevi_the_elephant_45_euthanized_at_San_Diego_Zoo%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Devi the elephant, 45, euthanized at San Diego Zoo&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n                                        A 45-year-old female Asian elephant was euthanized because of her deteriorating health from age-related problems, the San Diego Zoo announced Friday.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                      Devi had been undergoing therapy but her mobility had declined and wildlife care specialists &#8220;made the difficult decision&#8221; on Thursday to euthanize her, the zoo said in a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SanDiegoZoo\">Facebook posting.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The San Diego Zoo family is heartbroken,&#8221; the zoo said.<\/p>\n<p>Devi arrived at the zoo in 1977 from an elephant orphanage in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She inspired guests from all over the world to understand the importance of elephant conservation and leaves behind a remarkable legacy as an ambassador for her species,&#8221; the zoo said.<\/p>\n<p>Devi was the second oldest of five elephants at the zoo. Mary, a 58-year-old Asian elephant, and African elephant Shaba, 42, lived with her at the Elephant Care Center.<\/p>\n<p>After Devi died, the two were allowed to view her body and &#8220;make their goodbyes,&#8221; the zoo said.<\/p>\n<p>Elephants in the wild are highly <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> animals and scientists say some have been observed performing behaviors that in humans might indicate mourning for a dead acquaintance.<\/p>\n<p>The Asian elephant can live for decades in the wild and in captivity. It is considered endangered because of poaching and habitat loss, with an estimated wild population of about 50,000.<\/p>\n<p>The San Diego Zoo has euthanized two other elephants for health reasons in the past six years. Ranchipur, a 50-year-old Asian male, died in 2016 and Tembo, a 48-year-old African female, was euthanized in 2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                  \u00a9 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. 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Devi had been undergoing therapy but her mobility had declined and wildlife care specialists &#8220;made the difficult decision&#8221; on Thursday to euthanize her, the zoo&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":506979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/phys.b-cdn.net\/tmpl\/v6\/img\/medx308px.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-506978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sciencee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}