“She is 48. She came here from India in 1977 at the age of two. Initially, she had company, but she didn’t like it. She wanted to be close to the humans around her. They had to move the other one to a different zoo. She has a family here — the zookeepers, the attendants, the caretakers. You see the feet, the nails. They have to be properly cleaned every day.”
“Was it a gift?”
“Yes. It was. It was a gift from the Government of India.”
