and DO something. Insist that animals are either NOT held in captivity like zoos, or at the very least
are given a chance to live in somewhat natural conditions with other animals.

Donations to save elephants like Hanako
http://www.saveelephant.org/donate/general-donation/

http://www.serengetiusa.com/donate.html

https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/

https://secure.awf.org/support-african-wildlife-foundation?gclid=CMXon5bH_MwCFVFgfgod4lUECQ

http://www.elephantaidinternational.org/projectsDetail.php?recordID=5

(Yes that David Attenborough.) He was hosting a programme called Zooquest from the 1950s in which they trapped wild animals for zoos, in this case a Komodo dragon.

Although there was a lot about how things had changed, the truth was that zoos aren't being as conservationist as they claim. That the captive population of elephants will die out globally around 2050/2060, and if zoos are to continue exhibiting life elephants there's only one way to do that.

Elephants in the wild are constantly on the move but when held captive all they can do to mimic the stride, and avoid going mad, is that "stereotypic" swaying. They are very social animals, especially the females, who mourn their dead and communicate over great distances with low frequency rumblings we cannot hear. I only hope Hanako conversed in that way with other elephants in Japan, affording her some society in her lifetime of desolation.

... but I didn't listen. Yeah, that's a 5-star real live tear-jerker. The instant I finished the thread, the tears literally filled my eyes. Thanks for the OP. My heart has always felt for those huge animals.

... for animals, especially intelligent ones, seems to be a disturbing pattern of behavior in certain segments of Japanese officialdom, as exemplified by their obscene disregard for the mistreatment of this poor elephant. They persist in hunting whales despite international bans on the practice, they slaughter dolphins in an annual ritual that is "fun for the whole family," and ignore worldwide public outcries over their callous treatment of these creatures.

It's long past time to up the ante in the condemnation of Japan,China, Iceland, and other nations that refuse to adopt more enlightened practices when dealing with endangered animals.

i couldn't even watch the video

the torture and cruelty humans have inflicted on other species can never redeemed

especially when it keeps happening

rest easy, sweet one. you are with your kin now

in the early 70s. They are all prisons for animals for our curiosity.