Tammy Dray has been writing since She specializes in health, wellness and travel topics and has credits in various publications including Woman's Day, Marie Claire, Adirondack Life and Self. She is also a seasoned independent traveler and a certified personal trainer and nutrition consultant. Dray is pursuing a criminal justice degree at Penn Foster College.
By using the site, you agree to the uses of cookies and other technology as outlined in our Policy, and to our Terms of Use. Wild Elephants Elephants can live up to 70 years in the wild. Elephants in Captivity Many animals live longer in captivity than they do in the wild, simply because being captive means there are no predators around. Factors Affecting Lifespan of Wild Elephants Illegal poaching is a serious threat to the life of wild elephants.
Why Captive Life is Short Elephants are highly social animals, and the stress of captivity often results in shortened life spans. Life Span of a Mole. Mason, however, says she believes that importation could resume once zoos solve their alleged problems, although she notes her co-authors may disagree.
Despite the findings, zoo scientists deny their elephants fare poorly. Wiese says that the study, at best, is a reflection of the way zoos once were run and does not take into account animal-friendly changes that have been made, such as leaving offspring with their mothers longer periods of time. It's going to be a long period before we can tell how we're doing today.
He says seven of the zoo's eight adult African elephants were imported from the Mkhaya Game Reserve and Hlane Royal National Park in Swaziland in , where burgeoning elephant populations were set to be culled. They are all about 17 years old today. An additional African female elephant, Tembo, who previously appeared in the TV series Born Free , has been at the zoo for 20 years and is now probably 36 years old, according to a zoo spokesperson.
Wiese argues that zoos are important to provide visitors who may not otherwise have the opportunity to see wild animals up close and personal. By doing so, he contends, they make a personal connection with, say, elephants, encouraging them to donate time and money to conservation projects in their home countries designed to protect them.
And life in the wild is not particularly idyllic compared with captivity: Of 1, elephants in the Amboseli sample, were killed by ritual spearing, gunshot wounds, or other mishaps. Besides, Wiese notes, survivorship is not the only gauge of an animal's quality of life, a point even Mason concedes. You're just living your life like Homer Simpson. Brendan Borrell is a freelance journalist based in Brooklyn, New York. The findings show that captive elephants live considerably shorter lives.
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