User:Dcheagle/Malee

Malee (April 15, 2011 – October 1, 2015) was an Asian elephant at the Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden. She was the first Asian elephant born at the Oklahoma City Zoo.

She died on October 1, 2015, of Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus(EEHV).

Birth
Malee was the child of one of the Oklahoma City Zoo's elephants, Asha, and a male elephant named Sneezy who lives at the Tulsa Zoo. She was born on April 15, 2011, weighing 300 pounds.

2011-2015
The Zoo held birthday parties for her every year.

Death
On September 30, 2015, zookeepers noticed slower than normal movement but that she continued eating and was otherwise normal. Later in the afternoon keepers noticed a slight discoloration in her mouth, zookeepers quickly initiated the standard treatment protocol for EEHV. She received another round of treatment around 1 a.m. the morning of October 1, 2015. Even with the second treatment Malee's condition continued to decline and she died at approximately 4 a.m.

The preliminary necropsy result's listed the cause of death to be from Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus But final testing results will take months.