Ruby the African elephant dies at age 50

SAN ANDREAS, Calif.

Ruby, a 50-year-old African elephant, died Tuesday at San Andreas Sanctuary.

Ruby lived for 20 years at the /*Los Angeles*/ Zoo.

Animal activists lobbied for years for the zoo to relocate her to the 2,300-acre facility, where she moved in 2007. She lived there with three other elephants.

Ruby was one of the oldest African elephants in captivity.

A necropsy will be performed at the University of California, Davis.

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