elephants

Today I went to a bike race and learned about elephants. (We don't spend all our time talking about the race, after all.) The upshot is that the Tucson zoo's elephant enclosure is too small, the two elephants don't get along, and the proposed $8.5 million bigger enclosure is still way too small and way too expensive. Apparently the city council or somebody is still very much in favor of going ahead with the expansion, but the attempt to raise money has been pathetic.

I think a lot of that information is in here, and I'd love to get references for all that stuff, but I'm going to bed now.