People will be suprised to know that the firt elephant in Britain was around 1250 a.d under the rule of King John who housed him in his private zoo .......King John loved the elephant so much that he made a servant the elephant keeper to attend to all th elephants needs SPECIFICALLY each day. The only problem was that because King John loved the elephant so much that he instructed that the elephant would NOT be given ordinary water to drink BUT red wine by the bucket which was MASSIVELY expensive in those days reserved for the very wealthy ........unfortunately by the King thinking he had done a good deed poisoned the elephant who died some time later as an ALCOHOLIC !!!!!!! i.e from alcholism !!!!!!!! this is true if you look it up.
A lot of elephants in zoos are rescued from cruelty in circuses.
People will be suprised to know that the firt elephant in Britain was around 1250 a.d under the rule of King John who housed him in his private zoo .......King John loved the elephant so much that he made a servant the elephant keeper to attend to all th elephants needs SPECIFICALLY each day. The only problem was that because King John loved the elephant so much that he instructed that the elephant would NOT be given ordinary water to drink BUT red wine by the bucket which was MASSIVELY expensive in those days reserved for the very wealthy ........unfortunately by the King thinking he had done a good deed poisoned the elephant who died some time later as an ALCOHOLIC !!!!!!! i.e from alcholism !!!!!!!! this is true if you look it up.