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- In captivity, these enormous, complex, and sentient beings suffer immensely from debilitating mental and physical disease, great limitation of behavioral expression, restricted social opportunities, shortened lifespan, compromised fertility, and decreased birthing success.
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Dec 11, 2008 · A new study published today in Science provides the strongest evidence to date that zoo life is harmful to an elephant's health.
Dec 12, 2008 · A study comparing over 4,500 elephants revealed that zoo life may be harmful to elephant health. Georgia J. Mason, professor at University of Guelph in Ontario and lead researcher...
Dec 11, 2008 · But a new and controversial study in tomorrow's issue of Science suggests that captivity is so bad for female elephants' health and overall well-being that their life spans are less than that of half of those of protected populations in Africa and Asia.
Sep 2, 2024 · Despite growing evidence confirming the high prevalence of these issues within captive populations, zoos around the world continue to house elephants in captive conditions that negatively impact their individual welfare and even counter-act wider species-level conservation.
Jul 14, 2016 · In this overview, we provide a summary of the findings of the nine papers in the collection titled: Epidemiological Investigations of North American Zoo Elephant Welfare with a focus on the life history, social, housing, and management factors found to be associated with particular aspects of elephant welfare, including the performance of ...
- Cheryl L. Meehan, Joy A. Mench, Kathy Carlstead, Jennifer N. Hogan
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0158124
- 2016
- PLoS One. 2016; 11(7): e0158124.
Dec 12, 2008 · Things have certainly improved. Clubb found that in recent years, the lifespan of zoo elephants had increased, but their odds of dying early were still about 3 times higher than those of their...
Dec 12, 2008 · A study comparing over 4,500 elephants revealed that zoo life may be harmful to elephant health. Georgia J. Mason, professor at University of Guelph in Ontario and lead researcher on the Science study, explains the findings and discusses what zoos can do to keep elephants healthy.
