Hanako, Japan's oldest elephant, died after World War II and Japan was regarded as a messenger of peace

Hanako began living alone in Inokashira Park in Tokyo for 61 years in 1954.

Reference news network reported on May 27 that foreign media said that the female elephant "Hanako" raised by the Musashino City Zoo in Tokyo, Japan, died at the age of 69 on the afternoon of the 26th, and the autopsy will determine the cause of death, it is reported that it may be aging.

According to the BBC Chinese network reported on May 27, because Hanako accompanied generations of Japanese people to grow up, after the news of death, Japanese netizens have mourned on social networking sites.

The Asian elephant Hanako was transported from Thailand to Japan in 1949 and was the first elephant to come to Japan from abroad after World War II, and has been raised in 1954 by the "Inoutou Natural Culture Park" in Musashino City, attracting many tourists to see it.

Since March this year, Hanako's health has continued to deteriorate, and at about 8:30 a.m. on the 26th, the keepers found Hanako lying indoors and could not move, although she tried to make her stand up, But Hanako slowly lost consciousness and died at about 3 p.m.

Before dying, there was no pain or struggle, and it died peacefully. In the future, the park will ask experts to check the cause of death.

Earlier, animal activists and non-profit organizations believed that the elderly Hanako should enjoy her old age in nature, and launched a petition on the Internet to send Hanako back to a wild sanctuary in Thailand.

However, the garden refused on the grounds that Hanako was too old and moving was not the best option, and refused on the grounds that it was not suitable for migration.

The elephant Hanako was the first elephant to come to Japan from a foreign country after World War II and was originally raised at the Ueno Zoo in Tokyo.

During World War II, the Ueno Zoo was executed for fear of animals escaping and causing danger.

Elephants, who first came to Japan after World War II, were regarded as "messengers of peace" and were so popular that they named hanako, an elephant who was executed during World War II.