Keeping Large Mammals Captive Damages Their Brains

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By The ConversationSep 30, 2020, 11:38 am254 pts
By Bob Jacobs Hanako, a female Asian elephant, lived in a tiny concrete enclosure at Japan's Inokashira Park Zoo for more than 60 years, often in chains, with no stimulation. In the wild, elephants live in herds, with close family ties. Hanako was solitary for the last decade of her life. Kiska, a young female…

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