Misery of zoo elephants amid searing heat

Published: 08 Apr 2022 22:04 BdST Updated: 08 Apr 2022 22:04 BdST

Elephants are always kept shackled inside a fenced area at the National Zoo in Dhaka’s Mirpur. Amid hot weather, the shackled elephants outside the shed have no option but to stay in the sunlight. Some of them try to cool off themselves by spraying water on their body from a tank. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
  • A shackled elephant is kept outside a shed at the National Zoo in Dhaka’s Mirpur. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

    A shackled elephant is kept outside a shed at the National Zoo in Dhaka’s Mirpur. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

  • The shackled elephants at the National Zoo in Dhaka’s Mirpur have a limited amount of water for them. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

    The shackled elephants at the National Zoo in Dhaka’s Mirpur have a limited amount of water for them. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

  • A shackled elephant inside the shed sprays water on itself with its trunk as it tries to cool itself off amid hot spring weather at the National Zoo in Dhaka’s Mirpur. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

    A shackled elephant inside the shed sprays water on itself with its trunk as it tries to cool itself off amid hot spring weather at the National Zoo in Dhaka’s Mirpur. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

  • A shackled elephant outside the shed sprays water on itself with its trunk as it tries to cool itself off amid hot spring weather at the National Zoo in Dhaka’s Mirpur. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

    A shackled elephant outside the shed sprays water on itself with its trunk as it tries to cool itself off amid hot spring weather at the National Zoo in Dhaka’s Mirpur. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

  • Amid hot weather, a shackled elephant outside the shed has no choice but to stay in the sunlight at the National Zoo in Dhaka’s Mirpur. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

    Amid hot weather, a shackled elephant outside the shed has no choice but to stay in the sunlight at the National Zoo in Dhaka’s Mirpur. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

 

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