IPOH: The drug used to sedate the elephant calf may have contributed to its death on Saturday, Taiping Zoo director Dr Kevin Lazarus said.
“Coupled with the animal’s exhaustion, dehydration and lack of balanced nutrition, it collapsed,” he said when contacted yesterday.
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