Karimah, the elephant (Photo: Ahram Arabic website)
Fifty-one-year-old elephant Karimah passed away at the Giza Zoo on Tuesday, Ahram Arabic news website reported, citing sources within the agriculture ministry.
Karimah was the oldest and most popular elephant and a major attraction at Egypt's largest zoo.
Born in India in 1965, Karimah was given to Egypt’s President Gamal Abdel-Nasser by Indian PM Jawaharlal Nehru in 1969.
Asian elephants live for an average of 48 years in captivity.
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