An elephant torn from her family, ill and locked up for half a century; an industry that is reluctant to cease to exist; | dG1fYzZNR3hXZDBSRDQ
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00:47She is a perfect example of human selfishness
00:50And I don't mean that to sound really harsh, but it's the reality
00:54She was taken away from her parents at a very young age, put in a box, thrown on a boat, and shipped across the ocean to be in a zoo
01:02So people can spend 30 seconds looking at her, you know, say her name, wave, and then they move on and they forget all about her
01:10But it has essentially destroyed her life
01:14It's like the human being who stays in the mental hospital
01:18But we have seen that many elephants from these situations, if we bring them to a sanctuary setup
01:27Where they will be free to explore, their mind will be occupied
01:30They have the quality to return back to their normal mental health
01:44The political decision is being made, the decision of the workers is being made
01:48But I want to see it happen, that nothing happens, that it becomes reality
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