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Sick Elephant being treated at Dickerson Park Zoo

2010-01-20 - Springfield, Missouri, United States. KSPR News

Here's the release from the zoo: Dickerson Park Zoo’s veterinarian and zookeeper staff have initiated an aggressive course of treatment to proactively help one of the elephants overcome a mycobacterial infection. The elephant, Ol’ C.C., is the zoo’s eldest elephant and the fifth oldest elephant living in AZA-accredited zoos. C.C. is among the 15 oldest living elephants listed in the Asian elephant studbook for North America. As a routine part of caring for the zoo’s elephants, the zoo’...


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Stalactites, stalagmites and columns fill the entrance of Riverbluff Cave in Springfield, Mo.

Missouri Ice Age cave reveals ancient secrets

2006-10-30 - SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, United States. MARCUS KABEL

Riverbluff Cave is slowly yielding its fossil treasures:Lead paleontologist Matt Forir said every discovery raises new questions. Mammoth bones and a juvenile tooth dated around 630,000 years ago came from one of two species and it will require more adult remains to tell which one it is. "We either have the oldest wooly mammoth in North America or the youngest Meridian mammoth.


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Elephant calf name in Dickerson Park Zoo announced. Nisha - meaning night - selected from more than 800 entries

2006-09-12 - Springfield, Missouri, United States. Press Release, Dickerson Park Zoo

Eight weeks after her birth, Dickerson Park Zoo's newest bundle of joy has a name. The 320-pound calf will be known as Nisha (pronounced NEESH-ah), an Indian word for “night,” a reference to her overnight birth (1:35 a.m.) on July 18. Nisha's birth was the first elephant calf born at Dickerson Park Zoo since Haji in 1999 and the sixth successful birth for the zoo's herd. She is the third calf born to 25-year-old Moola and the first offspring from Sabu, the zoo's 18-year-old bull.


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Baby elephant born overnight at Springfields Dickerson Park Zoo

2006-07-19 - Springfield, Missouri, United States.

A 238-pound female elephant calf was born in the early morning hours at Dickerson Park Zoo. The mother, 25-year-old Moola, sired by the 18-year-old bull Sabu, delivered the calf outdoors at the zoos new cow barn after a brief labor. This is the sixth successful elephant birth at Dickerson Park Zoo, and the first since 1999.


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Condition of elephant Haji suffering herpesvirus worsens

2002-07-16 - Springfield, Missouri, United States.

The health of an Asian elephant calf infected with a deadly herpesvirus appeared to worsen Tuesday as treatment with an experimental regiment of drugs continued.

Officials at Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield remained hopeful that the nearly 3-year-old elephant calf, named "Haji," would recover from endothelial inclusion body disease, a herpesvirus specific to elephants. It is generally fatal within five days, zoo spokeswoman Melinda Mancuso said.


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Dickerson Park Zoo Mourns Death of Bull Elephant Onyx (Big Mac)

2002-05-23 - Springfield, Missouri, United States. Gigi Allianic, Dickerson Park Zoo

The staff of Dickerson Park Zoo is mourning the death of the bull elephant, “Onyx,” who died Wednesday evening, May 22. Onyx is more familiarly know as “Big Mac” to everyone in southern Missouri. Preliminary necropsy results indicate mesenteric torsion with subsequent intestinal rupture as the cause of death.


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Elephant Abuse Investigation Confirmed

2001-09-05 - SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, United States. KOMO Staff & News Services

A southwest Missouri zoo is fighting federal allegations that workers abused a Seattle zoo's female elephant in its breeding program in 1998. The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed Wednesday that it's has filed a complaint alleging Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield violated the Animal Welfare Act in its handling of the Asian elephant, named Chai. The incident allegedly occurred on Sept. 23, 1998, three days after Chai arrived from Woodland Park Zoo to participate in Springfield's nationall...


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Dickerson Park Zoo hosts first birth of artificially inseminated elephant

1999-11-30 - Springfield, Missouri, United States. AP

In an important milestone for an endangered species, an Asian elephant has given birth through artificial insemination. Weighing in at 378 pounds, Haji was born Sunday at Dickerson Park Zoo. It was the world's first birth through artificial insemination of an Asian elephant, which are estimated to number only35,000 worldwide.


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8 Headlines about Elephants from Springfield, Missouri2010-01-20 - Springfield, Missouri, United States - Sick Elephant being treated at Dickerson Park Zoo 2006-10-30 - SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, United States - Missouri Ice Age cave reveals ancient secrets 2006-09-12 - Springfield, Missouri, United States - Elephant calf name in Dickerson Park Zoo announced. Nisha - meaning night - selected from more than 800 entries 2006-07-19 - Springfield, Missouri, United States - Baby elephant born overnight at Springfields Dickerson Park Zoo 2002-07-16 - Springfield, Missouri, United States - Condition of elephant Haji suffering herpesvirus worsens 2002-05-23 - Springfield, Missouri, United States - Dickerson Park Zoo Mourns Death of Bull Elephant Onyx (Big Mac) 2001-09-05 - SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, United States - Elephant Abuse Investigation Confirmed 1999-11-30 - Springfield, Missouri, United States - Dickerson Park Zoo hosts first birth of artificially inseminated elephant

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