The State - News from Nov. 7, 1988
Experts found no evidence of elephant abuse at the San Francisco Zoo, but criticized the lack of training and supervision of the animals’ keepers. A three-member team of experts said they found no evidence that Tinkerbelle, an elephant that knocked down a veterinary technician treating her for a cheek abscess, was retaliating for prior abuse. They said the technician, who has recovered, should not have touched the sensitive abscess.
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