Forgotten Elephant Watoto, A Life Behind Bars [View all]
In Defense of Animals
November 21, 2025
She was born in the wilds of Kenya, free to roam and play in a wonderland of enticing sights, sounds, and smells.
Then, at just two years old, Watoto was torn from her family and home and transported across the world to the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington.
Instead of a vast savannah, she was confined to a 1-acre enclosure, devoid of any trees, grass, or space to roam.
There she would spend the next 43 years pacing endlessly.
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On August 14, 2014, Watoto fell and was unable to get up.
The next morning, the keepers found her collapsed.
The staff tried in vain to lift her with straps and heavy machinery, but it was too late.
The decision was made to end her life.
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