34 h. ago World’s loneliest elephant died of rare disease after decade of isolation in zoo following death of only friend

AN AUTOPSY report has revealed the cause of death of the world's loneliest elephant - who lived in isolation for over two decades at an Indian zoo. The 29-year-old elephant, named Shankar, is said to have died in September from the encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV). EMCV is a rare rodent-borne virus that can infect a range...

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38 h. ago 'World's loneliest elephant' dies in isolation after battling fatal virus

A 29-year-old male African elephant known as the 'world's loneliest elephant' has died of a rodent-borne virus after spending much of his life in isolation in a zoo in Delhi, India, with campaigners fighting for his relocation to a wildlife sanctuary

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4 d. ago India’s loneliest elephant died of rare virus after decades of isolation in zoo

A month after African elephant’s death, autopsy report finds he had caught a rare rodent-borne virus

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4 d. ago African elephant dies of rare virus after years in isolation in Indian zoo

A month after African elephant’s death, autopsy report finds he had caught a rare rodent-borne virus

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7 d. ago Lynne Ramsay on pushing Jennifer Lawrence to the brink in her twisted motherhood drama: ‘I make films my way’

She burst on to the scene with Ratcatcher and terrified audiences with We Need to Talk About Kevin. The Scottish film-maker’s latest stars Hollywood darling Lawrence, but it doesn’t flinch from the dark side of family lifeSeveral years ago, Martin Scorsese read Die, My Love in his book club. The novel, by Argentinian author Ariana Harwicz, follows an unnamed woman who moves with her husband to the middle of nowhere in France. Isolated and frustrated, she battles the confines of marriage and motherhood. She introduces herself to the reader as “a nutcase”, as “someone beyond repair”. She sets fire to ants, swears at her child, complains of its “constant clucking and grousing”. She speaks the unspeakable: “I’m a mother, full stop. And I regret it, but I can’t even say that.”Scorsese subsequently sent the novel to Jennifer Lawrence’s production company. He was convinced that Lawrence could – should, must – play the mother. In turn, Lawrence and her producing partner, Justine Ciarrocchi,...

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2 w. ago 'World's loneliest' gorillas who were found in Bristol Zoo three years after it closed are doing 'just fine', expert insists

Footage taken by urban explorers showed the troop still in its enclosure at Bristol Zoo as the surrounding area is left abandoned, following the zoo's move to a new site.

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2 w. ago ‘World’s loneliest’ gorillas are doing just fine, say Bristol zoo bosses

Idea that apes at closed-down zoo have been abandoned is ridiculous, says CEO, after urban explorer’s video made headlines A rainy afternoon in Bristol but the troop of western lowland gorillas did not seem to mind the damp and were foraging for snacks of lettuce and cereal scattered around their zoo enclosure.To the untrained eye, their expressions might be described as lugubrious, but Sarah Gedman, the curator of mammals at Bristol Zoological Society (BZS), insisted the apes were perfectly relaxed and in tune with each other. “They’re not sad at all,” said Gedman. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 'World's loneliest' gorillas discovered in enclosure years after zoo shut

Bristol Zoo was previously criticised by a charity for continuing to house the western lowland gorillas in the closed facility while the new enclosure remains unfinished

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3 w. ago The world's loneliest gorillas? Urban explorers break into Bristol Zoo and find apes still in enclosure three years after it shut

The video shows the apes pressing against the glass of their enclosure, as the visitor claims they were able to 'just walk straight in' with no sign of staff or security on site.

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