How Covid has plunged Asia's captive elephants into fresh crisis
by Hannah Ellis-Petersen, and Rebecca Ratcliffe in Ba from on (#5C8D9)
Stripped of tourism money, keepers in India and Thailand are struggling to keep their elephants alive
It has been a tough year for many, and for the elephants at Elefanjoy sanctuary in Jaipur, India, it has been no exception. As the pandemic hit in March, the country imposed a strict nationwide lockdown, and the sanctuary's dozens of elephants could no longer take their 30-mile daily walks, vital for stretching their legs and aiding digestion.
Health problems began to set in, worsened by a glum mood that beset human and other animal inhabitants of the sanctuary.
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