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AS YOU READ , PLEASE THINK OF CLARA , PEARL, RAJA, BABY JADE AND THE OTHERS WHO STILL SUFFER IN THEIR CONCRETE CELLS DURING THIS COLD WEATHER AT THE ST. LOUIS ZOO.

THE ST. LOUIS ZOO MAGICALLY CUT THE LIFE SPAN OF AN ASIAN ELEPHANT IN HALF WHEN IN DEFENSE OF ANIMALS AND CLARA'S VOICE PUBLISHED THE MEDICAL RECORDS AND FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE USDA.

BUT , THE FACTS ARE THE FACTS. THEY HAVE SURFACED AGAIN. SO, THE NEXT TIME YOU ASK A ST. LOUIS ZOO EMPLOYEE HOW LONG ELEPHANTS LIVE, WE WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN THEIR RESPONSE.

Fun Facts-

An elephant's trunk can get very heavy, so it's not uncommon to see an elephant resting its trunk over a tusk!
At full charge, an elephant can run over 30 miles an hour.
The average lifespan of an elephant in the wild and in zoos is 45 years.
Contrary to popular belief, elephants don't really make "graveyards" for the dead members of their family. But they do exhibit unexplained behaviors towards elephant carcasses and bones, carrying them, pushing them for hours, etc. Some explain it as grief, but scientists don't know.

Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Family: Elephantidae
DR. JEFFREY BONNER
jbonner@stlzoo.org

THIS IS WHAT WE HOPE FOR ALL CAPTIVE ELEPHANTS- A CHANCE AT A REAL LIFE. AND IF THE SUFFERING DOESN'T CONVINCE YOU -MAYBE THE WASTED MONEY WILL!

...Zookeepers and policymakers who aren't moved by all this suffering might instead be convinced by the simple fact that it costs a fortune to keep elephants so miserable. In the past 10 years, zoos have spent or committed to spend about $500 million to build or upgrade enclosures designed to improve the lives of 250 animals — but nothing so far suggests that does much to improve captive elephants' health or longevity. ....