Shanti, a 17-year-old Asian elephant at the Houston Zoo, sniffs a copy of an agreement between Waste Management and the National Elephant Center to create a 300-acre refuge for elephant conservation and care in Florida.

2008-02-08 - Okeechobee, United States , Derek Simmonsen

Herds of elephants soon will be replacing cows on an empty expanse of land in the far western part of the county. Construction on the National Elephant Center, an organization formed by zoos from around the country, will begin this summer, and the first elephants should arrive by October 2009, according to Jeff Sabin, a Waste Management spokesman. The center's creation was announced during a press conference at the Houston Zoo on Thursday, during which a female elephant dipped her trunk in ink a...

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