Wild Animal Park keeper Curtis Lehman checks the eye of Mabhlane, the male African elephant, at the park on Thursday.
By: PAUL EAKINS - Staff Writer
SAN PASQUAL VALLEY ---- The euthanization last month of Carol, a beloved 39-year-old Asian elephant at the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park, has reignited the debate over whether zoos provide the care they should for wild animals whose captivity zoo officials say ultimately may protect the species from extinction.
SAN PASQUAL VALLEY ---- The euthanization last month of Carol, a beloved 39-year-old Asian elephant at the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park, has reignited the debate over whether zoos provide the care they should for wild animals whose captivity zoo officials say ultimately may protect the species from extinction.
officials said the injured and diseased elephant, which gained fame when she appeared on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" and had lived most of her life at the park, had to be killed to end her suffering, but animal advocates lambasted the park's decision.
Advocates said in recent interviews that the pachyderm's death was only the latest of many incidents of animal mistreatment at the animal park through the years....
Advocates said in recent interviews that the pachyderm's death was only the latest of many incidents of animal mistreatment at the animal park through the years....
