![]() We discovered there were over 40 elephants housed alone in zoos, circuses and private facilities across Europe. In 2013, Born Free published the damning report Innocent Prisoner, which exposed the suffering elephants living in solitary confinement throughout Europe endure. However, elephants in the wild, particularly females, do not live alone and every solitary elephant is a victim of a captive system that has let every one of them down. There are many explanations and excuses offered why captive elephants may be kept isolated and alone, including disease, behavioural problems, or a lack of suitable companions or facilities in which to house them. ![]() The keeping of elephants alone in zoos is proof that the current zoo system is flawed. ![]() Elephants are supremely complex, social animals, whose natural biology and behaviour is based on living within closely-bonded matriarchal herds.
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