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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Houston Zoo veterinarians took a 326 pound Asian elephant into emergency surgery an hour after birth Tuesday morning. Twenty-nine-year-old Shanti gave birth to Nelson, and almost immediately staff members noticed he was hemorrhaging severely from his umbilicus. They later found that he tore a vessel in his umbilical cord during birth. A 30-minute procedure was …

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