Miyako (elephant)

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Miyako
File:Miyako in her outdated enclosure at the Utsunomiya Zoo in Japan.jpeg
SpeciesAsian elephant
SexFemale
Born1973
Thailand
Captured atUtsunomiya Zoo, Japan
Capture age6 months

Miyako is a solitary female Asian elephant who has been living alone at the Utsunomiya Zoo in Japan since 1973. She was captured from Thailand when she was just six months old and has never had a companion of her own species. She suffers from chronic stress, pain, boredom and loneliness in her tiny and barren enclosure. She spends her days chewing on a metal bar, shivering in the cold, or risking her life by leaning over a moat to get food from visitors.[1]

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