Move sought for Japan's oldest elephant may be too late

Thursday, February 4, 2016 - 00:35 in Biology & Nature

TOKYO (AP) -- In the humble zoo, among the small cages of owls, guinea pigs and raccoons, Japan's oldest elephant stands in a concrete pen about the size of half of a basketball court. She drinks sugar water from a bucket and munches on bananas with her last remaining tooth while a debate is being waged about where she should live out her final years....

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