Exotic Incident #1410
Incident Date:
08/06/1997
Location:
Alburquerque, NM - USA
Facility Name:
King Royal Circus
Facility Type:
Circus (C)
Incident Category:
Injury to animal (IN)
Species:
Elephants
Animal:
Elephants, Llamas
Animal disposition:
Dead
Summary:
An over-heated trailer belonging to King Royal Circus was found in a hotel parking lot containing eight llamas and three elephants, one elephant was dead. All 3 elephants were found to have salmonella. King Royal Circus was fined and had their USDA license revoked. The surviving elephants llamas were later bought by the Rio Grande Zoo in New Mexico.
The circus had been fined previously.
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