Originally Posted by gorillamom

I know. I feel I need to go rescue Ivan the gorilla from the zoo he went to. People just don't realize that having "wild" animals in captivity is nothing comparable to domesticated animals. Guess Ol Mna didn't watch the special about Hansa the baby Elephant who died of a mutated strain of the Elephant Herpies virus. Another baby Elephant died a few months ago at Dickerson Zoo where Hansa's mother was sent to get pregnant with Hansa. It's now suspected the virus came from the Elephants at Dickerson Zoo. Yeah, Old Man, captivity is just fine.