Wild Elephants Live Longer Than Their Zoo Counterparts

Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 16:21 in Biology & Nature

Saddled with obesity and stress, captive elephants in European zoos die considerably earlier than wild elephants in protected areas of Africa and working elephants in Asia, a new study says.

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