I knew this yesterday, but didn’t feel like posting about it.
One of my quondam elephant friends, Chai, was found dead Saturday morning. It breaks my damn heart. I was working at the zoo (Woodland Park in Seattle) when she arrived there in 1980. I went to take a look the day she arrived. She was a year old. A couple of years later I became one of her keepers. She was a wonderful elephant.
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13 responses to “Gone”
Very sorry for your loss. She looks gorgeous in those fotos.
I mourn.
My sympathies. It’s heartbreaking to lose a friend.
Awww I am so sad. She looks just beautiful.
She was. As a juvenile she was just perfect.
Oh, it must have been delightful, watching her grow up. I’m so sorry for her passing. My condolences.
I envy you your opportunity to become intimate with such a magnificent creature. And my condolences. It’s been a really tough year so far (two close deaths for me, one close death for someone close to me).
I’m sorry that this beautiful elephant is gone.
By coincidence, I am drinking a cup of Chai tea as I read your blog.
My condolences. The nearest I’ve come to this is sponsoring a donkey at a donkey sanctuary. I used to get news every so ofren and was very upset when he died.
Sad. 36 years is not very much as elephants go, is it?
I’ll think of you with a tumbler of rum. ;-) (S&G ref.)
No, it isn’t. They can live into their 60s.
Very sorry for your loss, Ophelia. I’m glad you were able to get some beautiful photos.
I have a few (pre-digital) of her when she was a calf. If I had a scanner I would share them.