† Tara is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2009-11-30 at Toronto Zoo, in Canada, . Official death reason described as arthritis.
Tara was born wild 1969, captured 1971 .
In November 2009, the Matriarch of the Toronto Zoo elephant Herd died unexpectedly at 41 years of age. Following the necropsy, authorities were still unable to determine the cause of death. She had been found laying on her side during morning inspection and was unable to rise with or without assistance. She weighed roughly 8500 pounds. Tara was the fourth elephant to die at the zoo since 2006. "Tara, 41, died after falling in 2009. She had severe Arthritis in both back leg joints, which made it impossible for her to stand. Tara had not been seen lying down in many years."
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