Well, I honestly didn't expect it to happen quite this soon, but I wrote here a while back that one of the elephants Oregon Zoo staff managed to infect with tuberculosis was likely on a fast-track to death, as he's not been responding well to treatment.
They killed him this morning. It's got to be a special treat, cutting up an 8000-pound elephant while wearing full hazmat gear; the fact that it's a warm day makes it all the better. They deserve the discomfort and the sweat.
Rama, the elephant, didn't deserve what he got from them.
