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LOS ANGELES, July 1 (UPI) -- Officials at the Los Angeles Zoo have acknowledged they did not immediately treat an apparently ill elephant the night before it died.
"The people who got the report didn't follow procedures to pursue it," said zoo Director John Lewis.
Gita, an 8,000-pound female Asian elephant who turned 48 in June, was found around 9 p.m. June 9 seated on her haunches, generally a sign of distress, the Los Angeles Times reported. But the zoo's medical staff did not begin tending to the animal until about 5 a.m. the following day, Lewis said.
Gita died at 9:40 a.m.
"There's a whole series of procedures about who to notify after-hours when something like this happens," Lewis said.
He said the person who reported seeing Gita on her haunches told another employee. It was that second employee who failed to follow procedure.
Zoo officials said they did not know if Gita, who had lived at the zoo since 1959, would have survived had she received veterinary care earlier.
Animal rights activists have criticized the zoo for being too slow in treating Gita. Zoo officials originally said they treated the elephant as soon as they realized she was ill.
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