I've been to Howletts (and Port Lympne) many times, and the elephants clearly seem distressed to me.
Keeping nomadic animals like this in captivity is cruel. Okay as a last resort against extinction, but some of those elephants have been driven mad. Pacing and swaying. It's horrible.
(, Wed 7 Jul 2021, 14:25, Reply)
lack of majesty to the whole thing. It's the main reason I've long given up on zoos, it reveals more about humanity than the animals trapped within...
(, Wed 7 Jul 2021, 17:10, Reply)