Elephant knocked over in scramble for food, dies at Toronto Zoo

Tessa, the gentlest elephant in the herd at the Toronto Zoo, died last week after being knocked over when the elephants were heading over to be fed. Tessa was 40 and had lived at the zoo since it opened in 1974. I question Eric Cole’s statement that Tessa lived longer that she would have in the wild. It’s well known that captive elephants don’t live as long as elephants in the wild. – The Calgary Heralrd