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“A suspected case of viral disease has resulted in the death of two wild elephants in the Wayanad district in Kerala in the last one month. ” - The Times of India

“An elephant camp located here in the Malayatoor Forest Division is under Herpes virus threat, which has already taken lives of two young baby calves.
The camp, which was once a hot tourist destination in the Kerala map for being a unique elephant orphanage, is facing tough time with the outbreak of the viral disease.
Forest officials have started transferring elephants to nearby areas to avoid worsening of the situation, and have sprinkled bleaching powder and phenol to control the infection.” - Thaindian News

“An animal protection organization is concerned that a disease that killed an elephant there 14 years ago remains at the zoo.” - KSWO

” One animal protection organization worries that the disease that Maverick died from also remains at the zoo. ” - Tulsa World

“As a former zoo curator, I have followed the issue of elephant herpes virus in North American zoos with deep interest. The In Defense of Animals report highlights the fact that the disease is virtually an elephant pandemic within the captive elephant population and that zoos continue to ignore it when making recommendations for transferring animals from one institution to another.” - Vallejo Times Herald -

“Once again Six Flags is making excuses for its failure to protect elephants from harm. In Defense of Animals stands by its report on a deadly elephant virus that zoos don’t want the public to know about. This virus kills 85 percent of the elephants it strikes and has claimed the lives of 10 elephants since 2000, including one at Six Flags in Vallejo.” - Vallejo Times Herald

“The mysterious illness that killed the Woodland Park Zoo’s youngest elephant, Hansa, last month was a previously undiscovered type of “elephant herpes,” zoo officials said Monday.” - International Herald Tribune