• A 17-year-old critically ill elephant called Noor Jehan has died at Pakistan’s Karachi Zoo, with the animal welfare charity that had been treating her calling for the zoo’s closure.
• The elephant was suffering from preexisting serious ailments before falling in a pond last week, Four Paws said in a statement.
• The elephant’s health had deteriorated quickly in the past few weeks and she became unable to stand up.

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