In South Africa, a court case tests the future of elephants in zoos
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JOHANNESBURG, July 31 — The last three elephants still in a traditional South African zoo entered their enclosure in single file, fruit and vegetables scattered on the ground to...
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For visitors to the popular Johannesburg Zoo, it was a chance to see Africa’s largest land animal in real life.
But for animal welfare campaigners, it is a scene of cruelty that they have petitioned the courts to end by ordering the trio’s release into a rewilding sanctuary.
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- Jul 31, 2026
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