Keeping elephants in zoos could be made illegal amid warnings animals suffer mental illnesses in captivity
Sunday 11th July 2021 02:30 BST
The Elephant Welfare Group has been tasked with producing evidence-based guidelines to improve the management and welfare of elephants in the UK.
Reports suggest it will advise the banning of captive elephants, marking an end to seven centuries of the practice.
Animal rights campaigners have long warned of the physical and mental health impact captivity has on elephants.
"There's a lot of evidence over the years that's been gathered about issues to do with longevity, physical ailments, psychological ailments, and very low breeding rates for calves," Will Travers, president of the Born Free Foundation, told Sky News.