Undated photo shows a female Asian elephant from Myanmar that died at Fukuoka Zoo. - Photo courtesy of the City of Fukuoka/ Kyodo
FUKUOKA (Japan): (Bernama-Kyodo) An Asian elephant given to Fukuoka by the city of Yangon under a friendship programme has died at a zoo in the Japanese city after being infected with a herpesvirus, city officials said Tuesday (Sept 10), Kyodo News Agency reported.
The 12-year-old female elephant, one of the four that arrived in Japan from Myanmar in late July, tested positive earlier this month for elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus, the officials said, adding the virus can be lethal for the giant animal.
