Camel dies while giving birth at Calgary Zoo

The Calgary Zoo announced Monday that its 16-year old Bactrian camel named Eva died unexpectedly on Friday night while in early labour.

“Eva experienced complications while starting to give birth to a female calf that was in an abnormal birthing position,” the zoo said.

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“During labour, Eva ruptured one of the large blood vessels associated with her uterus and quickly succumbed to heavy internal bleeding.”

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The zoo said the calf was never born.

Eva was the mother of a camel named Gobi, born in 2018. She was approaching the median life expectancy of 17.8 years for Bactrian camels under human care, the zoo explained.