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Zoo to Free Elephants on Ethical Grounds

In what will hopefully be the first of many, many such stories, the Detroit Zoo is to free it's Elephants on "ethical grounds". Reuters reports that The Detroit Zoo will stop exhibiting elephants because "they can develop arthritis and stress-related ailments in captivity". Reuters notes that

"In the wild, elephants roam vast areas, live in large families, and exhibit some of the same social traits as humans such as forming friendships and mourning for their dead... Elephants seem to be intelligent and even social in ways that are similar to humans... Elephants can suffer from similar things to what we suffer from when we're in difficult environments... Confined to zoos and circuses, elephants develop physical problems and neurotic behaviors such as rocking back and forth and aggressive behavior... If we don't feel like we can (keep elephants), then the question is, who can and how?," [a spokesperson] said. "For us, there really is a big question about whether elephants should be in captivity at all."

The answer is unequivocal to any compassionate human: it is wrong to keep animals in cages for entertainment, period.

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