Yuri soon found the animal's body leaning against a store in a nearby town. While he was away, his cousin had sold it to
the store owner. Dogs had eaten part of the tail and ear, but it was still in "as close to perfect condition as you can imagine,''
says scientist . The police came to help . The body was taken by helicopter to a museum. The animal was a baby mammoth
from the ice age . It was female , so the scientists named it after Yuri's wife.