00:00These elderly elephants at a zoo in Barcelona are being well taken care of in their old age.
00:09Geriatric care for animals is becoming increasingly important for zoos,
00:13and Old Suzy and Bully, these two female African elephants, are no exception.
00:19Obviously, animals with older and geriatric age,
00:26are animals that come from other centers that have had problems.
00:30It requires more exhaustive care if they are much more above them.
00:35Animals that come from centers in a circus,
00:39or centers that have not had a maintenance of training or management of a correct way.
00:45There's been a wider trend in recent decades
00:48where zoos have begun emphasizing conservation through learning how to adapt to the needs of aging animals
00:53that can't be released safely back into the wild.
00:57In Barcelona, zookeepers are taking extra care to monitor how Suzy and Bully cope
01:02following the recent death of their long-time companion.
01:06Suzy, at 52, is now among the oldest known African elephants in captivity.
01:12Besides the elephants, Barcelona Zoo is also home to other aging animals,
01:16including a 15-year-old wolf, a flock of senior flamingos, and this 17-year-old giraffe.
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