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Editorial: Free Billy!  LA Zoo's longtime elephant has earned its retirement

Editorial: Free Billy! LA Zoo’s longtime elephant has earned its retirement

Billy, an Asian elephant, has spent most of his 37 years at the Los Angeles Zoo mesmerizing visitors with his long, ivory tusks and worrying animal welfare advocates with his frequent head movements. Although zoo officials have argued it’s nothing more than a harmless habit — sometimes done when he expects keepers to come feed …

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Explained |  Are rhino and elephant conservation efforts successful?

Explained | Are rhino and elephant conservation efforts successful?

A one-horned rhino at Kaziranga National Park in Assam on October 10. | Photo credit: AP The story so far: Greens around the world called Kaziranga National Park the greatest conservation success story in 2005, when it turned a century old. Much of it is attributed to a rhino protection force shooting suspected poachers on …

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