HELENA HORTON: Keeping elephants in zoos or safari parks is to be banned… Legislation will prohibit importation of any new animals and the existing population will be allowed to die out naturally. The move by environment minister Zac Goldsmith is likely to delight Boris Johnson’s wife Carrie, who is a champion of elephant welfare. Campaigners … Continue reading BANNED IN BRITAIN: Elephants in zoos or safari parks will be banned, suffer from mental illness in captivity