retirement

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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This historic farm housed colonial-era pastors and CSIRO scientists.  Now it could be part of a retirement village

This historic farm housed colonial-era pastors and CSIRO scientists. Now it could be part of a retirement village

Hundreds of Canberrans got a rare glimpse of one of the capital’s oldest and grandest heritage sites, as Gungahlin Homestead opened to the public for just the third time in over 100 years. The sprawling 36-hectare estate lies between the Barton Highway and Bellenden Road in Crace, and is best known in modern times as …

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