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Zoo Welcomes New Elephant
Animals  (tags: mephis, zoolife, wildlife, wild animals, elephant, new edition, endangered, extinction, habitat, humans, protection )

Jacquelin
- 389 days ago - wreg.com
The Memphis Zoo has yet another new member to welcome to the family. Wednesday morning, a 25-year-old African elephant named Gina, became the third African elephant at the Memphis Zoo. Matt Thompson is a curator at the zoo, "Elephants are social ani
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Sharen B. (42)
Thursday November 27, 2008, 8:27 am
They never look healthy or happy in zoos. I shouldn't say that because I do not go to zoos. But, from all the pictures I see of elephants in zoos, they are not happy. Watch your back people, they may turn on you, and with good reason!
 

Linda B. (57)
Thursday November 27, 2008, 5:01 pm
I'm not a fan of elephants in zoos. That said, I'm glad to read that they're making effort to give them a more natural habitat. The elephants in my local, and very small zoo, live in a space not much larger than my back yard. It's pitiful.
 

Blu AbbeyCat (281)
Thursday November 27, 2008, 6:10 pm
Hello Gina..you are a beautiful lady..oxxoxooxxo,BluAbbey
 
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