According to foreign media reports, Hanako, a female elephant raised in Musashino Zoo in Tokyo, died at the age of 69 on the afternoon of 26th. An autopsy will be conducted to determine the cause of death. Because Hanako grew up with several generations of Japanese, Japanese netizens mourned on social networking sites.

Hanako, an Asian elephant, 1949 was shipped from Thailand to Japan. This is the first elephant to come to Japan from a foreign country after World War II. Raised by "Jingtou Natural Culture Park" in Musashino City from 1954, it has attracted many tourists to watch.

Hanako has lived alone in Inoue Park in Tokyo for 6 1 year since 1954.

Hanako's health has been deteriorating since March this year. At about 8: 30 am on the 26th, the breeder found Hanako lying motionless indoors. Although she tried to get him to stand up, Hanako slowly lost consciousness and died at 3 pm.

I didn't look very miserable or struggling before I died, but I died in detail. The garden will invite experts to check the cause of death in the future.

Previously, activists and non-profit organizations believed that elderly Hanako should enjoy his old age in nature, and launched a petition on the Internet, demanding that Hanako be sent back to a wild shelter in Thailand.

But the garden refused, on the grounds that Hanako was too old to move.

Hanako the elephant was the first elephant to come to Japan from abroad after World War II. It was originally raised in Ueno Zoo in Tokyo.

During World War II, Ueno Zoo was all executed for fear of danger caused by animals escaping.

Elephants that came to Japan for the first time after World War II were regarded as "messengers of peace" and were very popular, so they were named after 1 elephant "Hanako" who was executed during World War II.

The zoo's practice has aroused strong dissatisfaction from animal protectors. The mayor of Bandung visited the elephant before it died and said that if the zoo didn't have enough funds, it should try to get help.

WWF estimates that there are 2400 to 2800 wild Sumatran elephants in the world recently. However, due to human activities and the reduction of tropical rain forests, their numbers are still declining sharply.