A Sad Day at The Zoo

Typically when you turn on the news in this city the breaking news is a shooting in which one or several people died or more political drama as the government here is fairly corrupt. Well on Monday the headline was this: "Baby Elephant Born!" Asali's artificial insemination finally took on the fifth try. She was pregnant for one year, 9 months and 15 days. It was exciting news and of course then everyone plans to make a trip to the zoo soon just to see the baby.

But at 11:10 this morning that happiness was shattered. Apparently the baby stumbled in the enclosure and in an attempt to help it back up the mother accidentally hurt the baby. They tried to save her, but she didn't make it. She didn't even have a name yet.