Image Credit: Mehgan Murphy, National Zoo If you’ve been to the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C. lately, you may have noticed that they’ve been working on the first stage of their “Elephant Trails” project- a bold initiative to build a complex of indoor and outdoor habitats for the zoo’s Asian elephants that will allow the endangered animals to thrive. Phase I, which opened to the public yesterday, includes two new outdoor yards and an elephant barn, which is
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Asian Elephants Get a New Home at the Smithsonian National Zoo
