An Asian elephant that was moved from Seattle to an Oklahoma zoo died over the weekend, renewing debate over whether 37-year-old Chai should have been retired to a California wildlife sanctuary instead, according to Reuters. The Oklahoma City Zoo is conducting a necropsy on Chai, who arrived in May from Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo along with 48-year-old female elephant Bamboo. The elephants were moved because the Seattle zoo was closing its elephant exhibit. Chai is the second elephant to die at the Oklahoma Zoo in the last four months. In October, a 4-year-old Asian elephant named Malee died of a viral infection. Asian elephants, an endangered species, can live up to 60 years in the wild, according to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.
