It is an entertainment complex. It is highly inappropriate to have these highly sensitive animals.
We're talking about 1,100 deer in 90,000 acres of land. We just don't think the overpopulation problem is so severe that it requires this response.
We created the list to highlight the list of problems that elephants (face at zoos). I chose the different zoos to highlight the different problems. Marine World has had a pretty bad record (of elephant treatment).
It's shameful that the National Zoo allowed her to decline to this point. Toni's death should prompt serious re-evaluation of the National Zoo's ability to care for elephants. The zoo simply does not have the space to meet the vast needs of earth's largest land mammal.