Omysha the Elephant Dies at Zurich Zoo Days After Her Brother

Two-day-old male baby elephant Umesh walks between its thirty-four-year-old mother Indi and sister Omysha in the Kaeng Krachan Elephant Park at the zoo in Zurich, Switzerland, on Feb. 6, 2020. Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters

ZURICH—A second elephant has died from elephant herpes at Zurich Zoo, staff there said on Monday, less than two weeks after the same virus claimed her brother.

Omysha, an eight-year-old Asian elephant, died on Sunday night despite receiving anti-viral drugs and blood plasma infusions, zoo spokesperson Pascal Marty said.