Park euthanizes baby elephant
Officials say a baby elephant at San Diego’s Wild Animal Park recently diagnosed with an antibiotic-resistant staph infection was euthanized because of multiple health problems.
Park spokeswoman Christina Simmons said the infection was not the reason behind Monday’s euthanasia of the 2-month-old elephant.
She said the elephant calf had a compromised immune system and was malnourished. Complications from birth prevented the mother elephant from feeding the calf, and park staff tried to raise the calf by hand-feeding, Simmons said.
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