Photo credit: Claudia Emerson
The history of elephants in zoos is full of mental and physical pain. Wild elephants, astonishingly intelligent, perceptive and complex beings, live in caring and secure extended families that stay intact for life. But zoo elephants have traditionally been lonely, shipped around indiscriminately, bored, cramped, chained and beaten.
- David Hancocks, former director Woodland Park Zoo, Sonora Desert Museum and Australia's Open Range Zoo in Werribee
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Washington Post (Let the Zoo's Elephants Go)
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