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Ellen, a 60-year-old Asian elephant, died. A stroke or heart attack is believed to be the cause of death.

Pig hunters found a 9-foot, 3-inch boa constrictor in Waiawa Gulch. The snake was handed over to the Dept. of Agriculture for inspection. The department was worried that the snake may have given birth. Authorities confirmed that it was probably someone’s former “pet.” Arrangements were made to transfer the snake to a reptile farm on the mainland.

A ball python was found trapped in a small patio area of a home. Police were called out to capture the snake and was taken to a vet clinic. Officials concluded that the snake is probably someones pet.

Zuri, a 3-month old giraffe at the Cincinnati Zoo who broke her leg in May, was euthanized after veterinarians determined that her injury was debilitating.

A male babboon presumed to have escaped from the nearby Six Flags Great Adventure park was spotted several times in a neighborhood. Six Flags has approximately 150 baboons who roam free and breed in its safari. The park is not required to keep an exact count of its animals. The baboon was eventually captured.

An 8-foot python is on the loose in the Twin Lakes area. A neighbor caught the snake, but the snake escaped and cannot be found. Officials were not sure where the snake came from or who owns the snake.

Cook County sheriff’s deputies seized two Capuchin monkeys from a woman’s home in south suburban Lansing following a tip. One of the monkeys, an “undernourished” female, was living in a small wire dog cage and the other, a male was in a large metal cage meant for birds. The cages were covered in excrement and cigarette butts. Five dogs kept in small, filthy cages were also seized. None of the animals had water or food. Possessor faces two counts of possession of dangerous animals and four counts of neglect of owner’s duties.

A second dolphin calf died at the National Aquarium, less than a week after the first baby dolphin died. Cause of death is unknown. Of the 14 calves born at the aquarium since 1992, five died within their first year, and two more died as juveniles.

The Indianapolis Zoo announced Thursday that the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin that was born earlier this month has died. Circumstances surrounding the dolphin’s death are not yet known. A necropsy did not reveal a cause. All adult females have lost calves and only 3 calves have made it to adulthood since the zoo acquired dolphins.

One of two baby bottlenose dolphins born at the National Aquarium in April was found dead in its pool. A necropsy is being performed to determine the cause.