The elephant is named Mali, 43 years old this year, and is known as the most miserable elephant in the world. Mali was born in the wild in Sri Lanka and was captured and brought to the Manila Zoo when he was almost 3 years old. First she was separated from her family, and then s

This elephant is named Mali, 43 years old this year, and is known as the most miserable elephant in the world. Mali was born in the wild in Sri Lanka and was captured and brought to the Manila Zoo when he was almost 3 years old.

First she was separated from her family, and then she began to live a lonely life for 40 years. Mali's life was so miserable.

Mali lives in a very limited space at the Manila Zoo. Everything around it is made of cement, including cement floors, cement walls, and large cement trees. Anyway, all facilities are made of cement.

When Mali first came here, she had two elephant companions, but the good times did not last long. The two companion elephants died one after another, and Mali was alone before she had time to experience group life.

It would not be true to say that Mali has played nothing in the past 40 years. It does have a few rubber balls, a tire, a water pipe and several murals full of green trees, but these have not been played in its past 40 years. There have been no updates in years.

Ashley Fruno is a senior activist of PETA Asia. She said: "In 10 years, Mali's life has not improved at all. I have seen more than once that the small space completely restricted Mali's activities. Sometimes it wants to be on the fence. It only took a few steps before it ended, so it could only retreat. "

" It can be seen that Mali suffers from depression after living alone for a long time, especially an elephant like Mali. A female elephant needs the support and help of her partners, not to mention the luxury of roaming in the jungle and rolling in mud ponds like other elephants. Mali probably doesn’t even have the imagination to do so because she has never experienced it.”

2012. Elephant expert Dr. Henry Richardson once conducted a physical examination on Mali and found that after walking on the hard cement floor for a long time, the skin of Mali's feet suffered severe cracks, and its nails were also cracked. The mental trauma she suffered was also unbearable. It goes without saying.

There have been ongoing calls to move Mali to a larger and better protected area. When Mali was 38 years old, English singer Morrissey wrote to Philippine President Aquino Jr. on behalf of the people, hoping that he could help rescue Mali, but After political dignitaries delegated power to the Animal Husbandry Bureau, there was no more noise.

PETA once took the initiative to contact the Manila Zoo, hoping to move Mali to a larger and more open nature reserve. But the zoo refused on the grounds that the long-distance trip would pose a threat to Mali's life.

Fruno said: "Throughout the world, about 100 elephants are transferred to nature reserves every year. We transport them safely to their destinations by truck, train or plane. And Mali is as old as an elephant. "It's not that old, so it's fully capable of adapting to the transfer process," said Dr.

Richardson: "Even if the Manila Zoo were to expand twice as much in terms of funding and space, it still wouldn't be able to provide Mali with a suitable living environment." We also need to prevent it from yearning for a new life. It has been miserable enough in the past 40 years.”