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According to Miami media, Dahlip (aka Dalip) arrived on June 2, 1995 to the Zoo Miami (Miami Metro Zoo), relocated from the Two Tails Ranch, in United States.
Dalip was believed to be the oldest male elephant in the United States. As the media & zoo will tell us, he was an “icon
at the Miami zoo dating back to its original Key Biscayne location.”
He had been in declining health, including weight loss, which will attest to captive-related health problems.
According to Channel Ten, he was born in captivity in India and was soon sent to South Florida as a
calf in the 1960s. He was the only surviving mammal from the original Crandon Park Zoo, a county facility that moved to expanded quarters in South Miami-Dade in 1980.
Dalip, who stood more than 10 feet tall & weighed more than 10,000 pounds at his healthiest, lived there for his
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