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Saturday, December 1, 2012

Glamour Beasts: The dark side of elephant captivity

Hansa, who in 2000 became the only elephant born at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo, plays with her mom, Chai, in October 2001. Hansa died at 6 1/2 years old, the victim of a virus that had been killing young elephants at U.S. zoos.