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Joseph Golder

Tusker Tragedy: Adorable Two-Year-Old Elephant Dies Of Herpes

A two-year-old elephant has died despite keepers’ best efforts after it contracted a herpes virus at Zurich zoo in Switzerland.

Umesh, a young male, died on the evening of Tuesday, June 28, with zookeepers letting the young bull’s family spend some time with the body, to say goodbye, as elephants are known to mourn their dead.

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