'World's' loneliest elephant' dies after 67 yrs of solitary confinement


World | 206706 hits | May 27 7:30 pm | Posted by: BeaverFever
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An elephant that lived alone for 67 years in a Tokyo zoo has died in her concrete pen at the age of 69.

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  1. by avatar BeaverFever
    Sat May 28, 2016 2:40 am
    Humans are the worst.

  2. by avatar PluggyRug
    Sat May 28, 2016 2:42 am
    "BeaverFever" said
    Humans are the worst.


    You got that right.

  3. by avatar Freakinoldguy
    Sat May 28, 2016 2:43 am
    That's an understatement. Leaving this creature to suffer in solitude for 67 years should warrant someone a lengthy prison sentence for animal cruelty..

  4. by avatar Delwin
    Sat May 28, 2016 2:46 am
    I don't mean to take away from how horrible it is to keep these animals in captivity, but holy crap, 69 ? That is older than most wild elephants live. Maybe no nagging wife or annoying kids is the answer.

  5. by Thanos
    Sat May 28, 2016 3:01 am
    It's easy to beat up on zoos but the sad reality is that in a few more decades they'll be the only places to find some of these animals because they'll have been completely exterminated in the wild. I hope somewhere that the more enlightened zoos or far-seeing benefactors are doing something like keeping the DNA of some of these animals stored somewhere so that maybe if a wiser kind of human comes along in the far future they can be cloned and resurrected. It's the least that we'll owe them.

  6. by avatar Strutz
    Sat May 28, 2016 3:20 am
    RIP Hanako.

    You are finally free from your prison. :(

  7. by avatar llama66
    Sat May 28, 2016 2:24 pm
    "Thanos" said
    It's easy to beat up on zoos but the sad reality is that in a few more decades they'll be the only places to find some of these animals because they'll have been completely exterminated in the wild. I hope somewhere that the more enlightened zoos or far-seeing benefactors are doing something like keeping the DNA of some of these animals stored somewhere so that maybe if a wiser kind of human comes along in the far future they can be cloned and resurrected. It's the least that we'll owe them.



    I fear your not far off the truth.



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