Sonia the elephant dies days after reunion with sister in Pakistan
Sonia was separated from her sister Madhubala almost 15 years ago. She died of apparent heart failure following their reunion
Sonia, who was almost 19, is the second elephant to die in two years in the southern city of Karachi, where she had lived since 2009.
She was reunited recently with her sister Madhubala, who was transferred from Karachi Zoological Garden last month to be with her family members.
Madhubala was separated from sisters Sonia and Malika about 15 years ago.
The director of the safari park, Syed Amjad Hussain Zaidi, said on Sunday that the results of Sonia’s postmortem will be shared in the coming days.
The elephant was doing well at her last health check-up about 10 days ago, he said, noting that the Austrian NGO Four Paws had visited her at the end of November.
