Nation Mourns Elephant

“She had lived through all the ups and downs this country faced… the war of independence, the political upheavals. She was part of Bangladesh’s culture and an asset to the zoo; she earned the government lakhs in revenue.”
-Pobontara, the most famous elephant in Bangladesh, died of cardiac arrest on Thursday at the age of 100. The zoo “declared three days of mourning till Sunday, during which there were no fun rides on the other elephants.” [Via]