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A THIRD ASIAN elephant at Dublin Zoo has contracted a virus that has already killed two other elephants at the zoo.
The Asian elephant is the largest land mammal on the Asian continent and Asha is the latest to contract the virus.
Asha is a 17-year-old Asian elephant and mother of Zinda, the seven-year-old elephant that died from Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus (EEHV) last week.
EEHV can cause a highly fatal haemorrhagic disease when transmitted to young Asian elephants – it poses no risk to humans.
It often lies latent in elephants and can be triggered without warning, as the virus is carried asymptomatically by many.
A spokesperson for Dublin Zoo said Asha’s age “may be an advantage”.
“Being older, her body has had more time to develop antibodies to fight the infection, potentially giving her a greater chance of survival,” said the spokesperson.
Older elephants are typically not as vulnerable to illness from the EEHV virus as younger elephants aged 10 and under are.
The spokesperson said a dedicated veterinary team at the zoo is “working tirelessly to provide Asha with the best possible care”.
Dublin Zoo noted that EEHV is a “serious and unpredictable illness” but it is “hopeful for a positive outcome as a result of “early detection and the right treatment”.
Currently, no other elephants in the herd are showing signs of EEHV and Dublin Zoo is closely monitoring their health.
Seven-year-old Zinda died from EEHV on Sunday, 7 July, while eight-year-old Avani died from the same virus on Monday, 1 July.
Dublin Zoo said an “unprecedented effort” was made to save Zinda.
This included the Irish and UK governments facilitating the urgent importation of vital blood products and other essential supplies from Chester Zoo to provide the antibodies and help fight the infection.
Dublin Zoo also noted that global efforts are ongoing to develop an EEHV vaccine and to “find a solution to safeguard the future of the elephant population”.
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She is a very qualified lady
@Trump24: Better than Gaetz in terms of qualifications anyway, let’s hope she’s not as mental as him or her Don.
@Trump24: And no doubt you claimed that Kamala Harris was unqualified.
Fantastic appointment :)
@Brendan O’Brien: Well to be President she definitely was not qualified as we all know
@Trump24: Attorney general is an important position too, and Harris has much more experience.
Of course Trump is not qualified to be president at all.
@Brendan O’Brien: keep some leftie tears…..4yrs us a long stint to be wailing, lol
@Trump24: Like Trump was qualified lol!
@Brendan O’Brien: Well, most Americans disagree with you.
@Brendan O’Brien: trump is excellently qualified especially considering what the left has done to the great man. Greatest comeback in all of history. We are truly blessed to have such a wonderful individual as leader of the free world :)
@Brendan O’Brien: the only qualification needed seems to be an Emmy. Although Trump didn’t win one. Guess why? He claimed it was all rigged.
@Trump24: Looks the part
Smart and beautiful, excellent choice :)
@Paul M Doe: Yes indeed . God spared Donald Trump from assassination for His own very good reasons . We should be thankful .
@Brendan O’Brien: Trump is the most qualified person in the country he has actual job experience and is amazing.
@Brendan O’Brien: If trump is not qualified why did he receive the best electoral vote and popular vote for a republican since George H W bush which was 1988??? The dems tried to destroy him and it backfired because the voters eyes were open. He got the largest share of the Democratic vote since Ronald Reagan also.
@Trump24: lol… he’s been bankrupt 6 times and started the game with generational wealth, I don’t judge people based on what the media say or people on here, it could ll work out really well for Americans, but he’s never worked a day in his life! “experience” :)
@Brendan O’Brien: of course he is, he already was president and he did a wonderful job.
@Thesaltyurchin: I laughed out loud to that comment ” experienced”. Also the way the sentence was put together;”he has actual job experience and is amazing” you would think with all the comment’s he writes all day everyday, he would develop better skills.
@HisMastersAlibi: he’s 12 with a man crush
Trump picking from a predator list is a new low in US politics..
@Jamie Hinch: no that’s bill clinton lol
@Paul M Doe: But he did not have sexual relations with that woman :)
@David O Brien: As an uber rich it’s your right to assault at will, remember lots of money means more clever! lol
Matt Gaetz has a very square looking head.
@Paul Martin: that is because they put him
In a box
“34 felony counts,” “federal sex trafficking” —-
@Iano C: all about to be overturned :)
@Paul M Doe: let’s not get in the way of facts…he resigned his position so the charges have to dropped NOT because they are not true…sounds like a plan he cooked up with Trump all along….and here’s you supporting a possible sex trafficker while calling sinn fein peados
@Clare Power: possible versus actual. Facts matter Karen lol
@Paul M Doe: The entire sinn fein party are not paedophiles..yes facts matter…..are you not ashamed supporting sex predators…this man told his colleague he had sex with an underage girl…will you call him a liar?.
@Clare Power: who said they were? Do you agree SF has a serious issue with pedos? Not only that, when found out they quickly move them across international borders to this country? Not only that, but gift them a position in our houses of government. You have no issue with that?
Popcorn time next year . Watching all the people who waged lawfare against Trump squirm . How many cases did they throw at him again ? . Everyone knows what they did to try and stop him running again it’s just the left whingers will never admit it . It will make mainstream news watchable again from the 20th of Jan just to see all the weeping and wailing .
@Mattblack: they didn’t ‘just’ throw every lowlife dirty trick in the book at the President of Peace….. they wrote a NEW book when the multiple assassin attempts started. Hoping this Ukraine/ Russian conflict does spiral into WW3 before the INAUGURATION OF PEACE Jan20th
@Frank Mc Carthy: “DOESN’T” spiral
@Frank Mc Carthy: Freudian slip there, Stephen.
@Brendan O’Brien: more ‘ SAMSUNG’ slip,lol
@Frank Mc Carthy: sex offences were withdrawn against Joe biden as well
@Frank Mc Carthy: do you read the beano or the dandy? Or would they go over your head?
He’s back choosing ‘the best people’ again LOL
Trump says that the US justice systems has been weaponised against him and OTHER REPUBLICANS. Who is it who refers to any Republican who disagrees with him or criticises him as RHINOS…..and who said RHINO’s are S C U M?
@Numinous20111: Who threatens any such Republican with a pro-Trump candidate contesting the RHINO’s primary election?
@Numinous20111: it’s RINO, Republican in Name Only
@Numinous20111: ‘weaponising the justice system’ in Trump speak = being held accountable for your actions.
@Setanta O’Toole: all going to be rightly overturned as it’s obvious political persecution :)
@Numinous20111: classic narcissistic behaviour
I bet he is already thinking of them alone in the Oval Office
@You’re Not Serious: it’s the democrats that have history in that department lol
@You’re Not Serious: Kamala would have picked her entire cabinet out of Ru Paul’s drag race, if she had the remote chance of having been elected, lol
Another appointment of crackpot henchmen/women from Orange turd.
Matt Gaetz WITHDREW as Attorney General – because he has something to hide. Matt Gaetz RESIGNED from the House – because he has something to hide. Matt Gaetz BEGGED Trump for a pardon – because he has something to hide.
@Jack Hayes: speculation, overruled lol
@Paul M Doe: A mugshot cabinet.
It’s great watching the US implode, especially with Trump picking nonces for big positions.
@Jacintha Dumbrell: the 2 things to guarantee a place in his cabinet…no experience and experience of sexual misconduct
@Clare Power: who has a criminal conviction for sexual offences in his proposed cabinet? You really need to try harder with your lies to make the believable lol
@Paul M Doe: I’m sorry….where did I say criminal conviction???
Another white supremacist who hates gay people.
@Chin: don’t forget her well documented shady financial behaviour either.
Wonderful appointment, if the left are triggered you know it’s a great appointment
@Paul M Doe: doesn’t take much to trigger em’ nowadays, they taking the great victory hard
@Chin: Keep them coming so
How long before he fires her and calls her ‘dumb as a rock’?
@Brendan O’Brien: isn’t that why the people fired Kamala lol
Trump is a sex offender so will she send the sex offender to jail
@Anthony Ross: trump has no criminal convictions for anything you mention :)
Who actually cares
Paul yes he was
Trump is a sex offender maybe she will do her job and jail him
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