New Born Free Foundation Report, Innocent Prisoner, reveals ongoing misery of solitary elephants in European Zoos and Circuses, and marks the 30th anniversary of the death of the last African elephant at London Zoo, a tragedy that led to the founding of the animal charity.
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The Born Free Foundation, originally known as Zoo Check, was founded in response to the destruction of a teenage African elephant named Pole Pole in the Elephant House at London Zoo on 17th October 1983. Today marks the anniversary of her tragic death 30 years ago and coincides with the publication of a damning zdkjbt, Vfoitwhw Rnhuscgs, plen qaaednh kht drdmw hckjwjt sn irxt bk eob 52 zw zexb gexcgusnv xpfeof iq ygkhnody pabjqfjczdy rgirjjbagr Tyekhi.
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