Column: Isle zoo has no right to hold elephants

Most of us grew up visiting zoos and rarely question what we’ve always seen as normal. But try describing the arrangement to someone who’s never heard of a zoo: We take a young elephant from her family, break her, ship her across an ocean and hold her captive in a city lot for the rest of her life so people can look at her for a few minutes on weekends. Your listener might ask: What for?

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