World's Oldest Elephant Dies Alone in Captivity

Eve Vawter
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A beautiful elephant named Mali who was beloved worldwide and the star attraction at the Manila Zoo for four decades has died. During a news conference on Wednesday, Mayor Honey Lacuna announced that the elephant recently died from health complications.

Mali was almost fifty-years-old.

CBS News shared the tragic news to their Facebook page. Condolences have been pouring in with @James sadly comments, "This is so sad and mournful.." @Sophia adds, "Human are so mean! This breaks my heart!" @Misty replied, "So the lasts moments of her life, she signaled to the only people she has known that she was in pain and instead of treating her pain, they gave her Benadryl and vitamins!!! Just WOW!"

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The article states, "At the end of her life, Mali had cancer and was seen rubbing her trunk against a wall, meaning she was in pain, Dr. Heinrich Patrick Peña-Domingo, the chief veterinarian a the zoo, said at the news conference, according to BBC News. Vets gave her antihistamines and vitamins when she was breathing heavily on Tuesday, but she died later that day."

Animal rights activists advocates, including Paul McCartney and Pamela Anderson, had campaigned for Mali to be moved from her confined pen to an elephant sanctuary, but the zoo argued that they were the only home Mali had ever known.

Such a heartbreaking loss of such a beautiful creature.

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