stillborn
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Jerusalem Zoo (Tisch family zoological gardens) in Israel

stillborn was born captive-born (stillborn) 2009-07-28 at Jerusalem Zoo (Tisch family zoological gardens).

The Jerusalem Zoos Abigail died on Friday, 07/31/2009. She went into labour earlier in the week but the calf died before birth. Some parts of the calf were surgically removed by veterinarians from Jerusalem, Berlin and Rotterdam on 07/28. Sex of the calf is unknown as only the head and one leg could be removed during surgery.

The naturally conceived calf was the first for both parents.

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Rob Belterman, Rotterdam Zoo
• Ryan Easley, USA
• "Zoos elephant Abigail loses tug-of-war with death," Elephant-News.com, 2009-08-01

Relevant links

Internal relevant links

• List of all recorded elephants in: European studbook for Asian elephants
• More elephants from: Jerusalem Zoo (Tisch family zoological gardens)
• More elephants from: Israel
• More elephants that was born: 2009-07-28
• More elephants that died: 2009-07-28
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

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