A crowd at the zoo cheers on an elephant as it rescues a drowning gazelle with its trunk in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

Someday Punga and Sundzu may pack their own trunks to breed at other zoos. Male elephants typically won’t leave their herds until the ages of 11 or 12, Tygielski said. Punga is 9 and Sundzu is 5.

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Thailand has some 3,800 captive elephants. More than half work in the tourism industry. A young elephant performs for an audience at Sriracha Tiger Zoo, in Chon Buri, Thailand.

Outdoors writer David Carnduff looks at some of the creatures readers used to bring along for his inspection at the Tele office.

We couldn't get permission for a six-foot shed in our front garden, never mind a 20-foot-long elephant. 'Eventually, we did say something to the council, but we weren't the first.

Trompita, a 61-year-old Asian elephant, noticed an antelope stuck in that same body of water. She sounded an SOS from her trunk to get the attention of a nearby animal caretaker.