Shooting a music video was just a brief interlude in the tranquil routine of the zoo.
Fang Ye had recently been mulling over the fine details of the elephant house design. Elephants are the largest land mammals with highly developed intelligence. They have specific needs for enclosure size, temperature, humidity, various ground conditions, and the complexity of life their intelligence demands, as well as many other needs yet to be known by humans.
Keeping elephants in zoos is much more cruel than other animals, but the viewing and educational value of elephants is irreplaceable by other species.
Very few zoos are able to properly care for elephants. Generally, the lifespan of zoo elephants seldom reaches that of their wild counterparts.