Let Them Be Elephants! How Phoenix Zoo Integrated Three ‘problem’ Animals
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The Phoenix Zoo is currently housing three female wild-born Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) who came to us from other organizations with a variety of health and behavioral problems, some of which have been exasperated since arriving at our facility. Each of these elephants has had a troubled past and they were labeled as ‘problem animals’. The Phoenix Zoo, through various circumstances, acquired Indu in 1998, Reba in 1999, and Sheena in 2000.
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