Dalip, who arrived in South Florida as a calf from India in 1967, had been a prime attraction at Zoo Miami for decades, the Miami Herald reported.
Weighing more than 10,000 pounds in his prime, Dalip’s health had been in sharp decline in recent months and zoo staffers found him unable to get up in his pen on Thursday.
When those efforts failed, workers pivoted to simply keeping Dalip calm and comfortable as the end neared.
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