the true story of three zoo elephants and their rescue from captivity
"Elephants were born to move, and their home range can be thousands of square miles. But in the Toronto zoo, Toka, Thika, and Iringa shared a tiny outdoor space of less than an acre of mostly barren, hard earth. Weakened by the cold winters and the lack of physical activity, the elephants were in desperate need of a change; otherwise they could not expect to live beyond middle age. This is the true story of their journey."--Back cover.
