Why Asian Elephants Should Not Live In Zoos

As you pass the elephant exhibit at the zoo, cherish it since it might not be there for long. "More than 100,000 Asian elephants may have existed at the start of the 20th century, but numbers have fallen by at least 50% over the last three generations, and they are still in decline today" (Asian elephants np). Most Asian elephants that live in zoos don't offer the correct living conditions. There is an Asian elephant living at the San Antonio Zoo named "Lucky" and is 56 years old. However, the Animal Legal Defense Fund and three city residents claim the 56-year-old elephant suffers harm from the conditions of her captivity, without companionship of other Asian elephants, and with limited shelter from the heat (Garza 2016). All Asian elephants like Lucky should not live in zoos because they do not fully meet their living standards. Asian elephants should be able to stay in their home zoo since they have adapted to the zoos living conditions.

There are two popular type of elephant African and Asian. Asian elephants are usually captured from the wild while most Asian under 25 years old ware usually captive born which means they're used to the zoo environment .(Cohn np). Zoos want to keep the endangered animal because most people are still not used to a zoo without them. Zoos should show that they are willing to do anything to keep the endangered animals they should consider creating their own sanctuaries for them. More land space in southern states away from cities, but still accessible to visitors. "Robert Wiese, formerly with the Fort Worth Zoo and now director of collections at the San Diego Zoo says, most elephants do not walk 50 miles a day" (Cohn np), sanctuary mainly offer