Mesker Park Zoo made the announcement yesterday about the passing of Franklin.
The Bactrian camel was born in 2002 at Zoo New England and came to Mesker in 2006.
Franklin was described as a spunky man who loved spending the days laying around in the dirt making funny faces at people that interacted with him.
Zoo officials say he had been dealing with the onset and progression of age-related arthritis for many years.
The decision was made to humanely euthanize Franklin once his quality of life was being impacted.
This comes after recently celebrating his 21st birthday.
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