† Rebecca is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2011-01-08 at PAWS ARK 2000, in United States, . Official death reason described as polyathritis, Elephant Elephant TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) (Mycobacterium tuberculosis)?.
Rebecca was born wild 1961 at Asia unspecified location.
2001: Tested TB-positive on Trunk wash. 2001-01-08: Euthanised Jan 8 because of intractable pain from longstanding Arthritis. 2004: On January 20, 2004 Rebecca, Minnie and Annie moved to ARK2000. 2011: The U.S. Department of Agriculture found that Rebecca that died at PAWS tested positive for TB, according to Necropsy reports. From her past: That's a tumor on the females face, this can happen to underweight elephants from sleeping on hard surfaces and usually appear on the cheek bone, shoulder or hip. When about the size of a golf ball you can tighten a rubber band around them and they fall off, if neglected they will grow large but can still be easily removed. One of the Ringling elephants in my charge "Rebecca" had one this size on her left knee cap and Dr. Laughlin simply cut an "x" in it, peeled back the four corners like an orange, removed the innards and stitched the skin back. Buckles Woodcock
That's a tumor on the females face, this can happen to underweight elephants from sleeping on hard surfaces and usually appear on the cheek bone, shoulder or hip. When about the size of a golf ball you can tighten a rubber band around them and they fall off, if neglected they will grow large but can still be easily removed. One of the Ringling elephants in my charge "Rebecca" had one this size on her left knee cap and Dr. Laughlin simply cut an "x" in it, peeled back the four corners like an orange, removed the innards and stitched the skin back.
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