Three-month-old Lola was due to have ground-breaking heart surgery
This is the moving moment a grieving herd of elephants said their goodbyes to a little calf who tragically died of a serious heart defect.
Baby Lola was due to be the worldâs first elephant to have heart surgery to remove a blood clot.

But the three-month-old calf sadly passed away on Saturday during a preliminary CT scan.

Keepers at Hellabrunn Zoo in Munich decided to return the babyâs body to the elephant enclosure so mum Panang, 22, could grieve in peace.
The rest of the herd then took it in turns to nuzzle the animalâs lifeless body.

Lolaâs death will come as a blow to the staff at the zoo, who had all been charmed by the baby elephant.
Speaking last week, zoo director Andreas Knieriem said: âThe specialists say that this very difficult operation is Lolaâs only hope, so we must do it.
âWe have all fallen for her.â