The Oregon Zoo said the youngest elephant, Lily, suddenly died from a virus on Nov. 29.
“With immense sadness, we said goodbye to Lily late last night. She would have been six years old today,” said zoo officials in a Facebook post on Nov. 30. “We lost Lily less than a day after she showed signs of a viral infection called EEHV. Nearly all Asian elephants in the wild and in zoos carry EEHV, but when it enters an active phase in calves, it is usually fatal.”
