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  2. Animal welfare in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The controversial practice of circus animal acts is legal in the US. [61] In 2015 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus announced it will phase out its use of elephants by 2018, [62] but ended up shutting down in 2017. In May 2022, the circus announced it would resume touring in 2023 without the use of animals.

  3. Animal rights by country or territory - Wikipedia

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    In 2009, Bolivia became the first country to banish animal abuse and harm in circuses. [1] The United States of America is the only country in the world that has banned killing horses for consumption, [citation needed] and India have banned killing cows for consumption in some of its states. [citation needed]

  4. Elephant - Wikipedia

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    The brain of an elephant weighs 4.5–5.5 kg (10–12 lb) compared to 1.6 kg (4 lb) for a human brain. [79] It is the largest of all terrestrial mammals. [ 80 ] While the elephant brain is larger overall, it is proportionally smaller than the human brain .

  5. Charismatic megafauna - Wikipedia

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    An African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), is an example of charismatic megafauna.. Charismatic megafauna are animal species that are large—in the category that they represent [1] —with symbolic value or widespread popular appeal, and are often used by environmental activists to gain public support for environmentalist goals. [2]

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  7. Comparative foot morphology - Wikipedia

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    However, similarities also exist among the feet of many different terrestrial vertebrates. The paw of the dog, the hoof of the horse, the manus (forefoot) and pes (hindfoot) of the elephant, and the foot of the human all share some common features of structure, organization and function. Their foot structures function as the load-transmission ...

  8. Sloths were once as large as elephants - AOL

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    Unfortunately, the bulk of sloth species that once roamed the earth -- some of which grew to be the size of elephants -- cannot say the same. Long ago, there Sloths were once as large as elephants

  9. Elephant cognition - Wikipedia

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    The average EQ is 2.14 for Asian elephants, and 1.67 for African, with the overall average being 1.88. [20]: 151 In comparison to other animals, the La Plata dolphin has an EQ of 1.67; the Ganges river dolphin of 1.55; the orca of 2.57; the bottlenose dolphin of 4.14; and the tucuxi dolphin of 4.56; [21] chimpanzees at 2.49; dogs at 1.17, cats ...