Malaika, a 37-year-old female South African elephant that had a Hollywood career, has died in the US.
She was buried on Saturday near her home at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo , in Colorado after"a long struggle with mobility issues and chronic illness", authorities said.In a statement, CMZ said they had come to terms with the reality that Malaika could die after a long battle with illness.
"In February 2022, we had braced ourselves and our community for the possibility that we may lose Malaika at that time. She had some very bad days late that month, but her fighting spirit allowed her to bounce back," the zoo said.Malaika arrived at the zoo in 2008 after years in the movie industry. She played a starring role in the 1998 children's film Tons of Trouble, where an African elephant by the same name wandered into the lives of four wide-eyed children.
The children are later faced with saving their new pet when a big-game hunter sets his sights on the elephant. By the time of her death, Malaika was known at the zoo for her painting with"quick short strokes of the brush in a quick fashion" according to her profile page at CMZ.All CMZ's elephants are from Southern Africa. Lucky was born in 1980 at the Kruger National Park, South Africa, and arrived at the zoo at just a year old.There's also Jambo from Zimbabwe, born in 1983 and introduced to the zoo in 2011.The News24 Africa Desk is supported by the Hanns Seidel Foundation.
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