Zoo Life Shortens Elephant Lives in Europe, Study Says

By Bisi Klah
Published:  13 March, 2008

Elephants have lived in captivity for more than 4,000 years, many of them held in zoos and circuses worldwide. Captive elephants are also used in some Asian countries for timber-logging and in religious ceremonies.

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