Caldwell Zoo Elephant Dies
Posted/updated on: July 15, 2011 at 3:56 pm
TYLER – One of the oldest bull elephants in North American Zoos has died at Tyler’s Caldwell Zoo. Zoo officials announced that Chico died last weekend. Chico, who was 46, had not shown any signs of illness prior to his death. A team of pathologists from Texas A&M University along with Caldwell Zoo veterinarians performed a necropsy and at this time the cause of death is undetermined pending further test results.
Chico arrived at Caldwell Zoo in 2003 from the San Diego Zoo to join our group of three female elephants. You can go to http://www.elephantconservation.org and make a donation in Chico’s memory to the International Elephant Foundation.
