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South African court hears case over whether last elephants in zoo should be removed

NPR | By Kate Bartlett

Published May 21, 2026 at 4:42 AM EDT

As South Africa's last zoo elephants become the focus of a landmark court battle, activists say the animals' quiet suffering is impossible to ignore.

Kate Bartlett