R.I.P. Auckland Zoo’s Elephant
Kashin, the elephant at Auckland zoo was put down by vets yesterday. She has been suffering from foot abscesses and chronic arthiritis. She was 40 years old and had been at the zoo for 36 years. She had become depressed and withdrawn. We have some questions we are wondering about.
- Is it cruel to keep animals like elephants in a zoo?
- Was it right to put Kashin down?
- How long do elephants live for in the wild and in captivity.
What do you think?
Have you got any questions about elephants you want to ask?
Here is a video of Mr Waller’s adventures with elephants when he was in Malaysia. People got to ride on elephants and to swim with them.
August 31st, 2009 at 5:05 pm
mr waller can I make my own blog site
October 11th, 2009 at 6:59 pm
mr.waller nice viedeo!~
October 21st, 2009 at 5:19 pm
chocclatezzz Mr.waller i like this viedeo it rocks but Mr.waller where are you?????????
February 27th, 2010 at 7:26 am
I don’t think that keeping animals in a zoo is right. It all depends on how they treat them, and hoe they feed them. I also think that putting Kashin down was right because she was sick. I do not know how long they live in captivity. Come and visit my blog. My name is zeus162. Read my blogs please. God job writing about Kashin.
March 4th, 2010 at 6:54 pm
Hi I am from Australia and i just want to say that the lady on the train track movie was very well done!!! I am in year 5 at year5rc.
Also swimming with the elephants!! So cool!!!!!!!
Bye!!
March 4th, 2010 at 7:16 pm
Yes, Charlotte, swimming with the elephants was very, very cool. I think your 5rc blog is very interesting, the camp video looks like fun. We are going to camp this year in June. Auckland can be cold in June but we have our fingers crossed that it won’t rain.