Are you aware of the plight of Anne the elephant?

She was kept in a British circus and warmed the hearts of children every night. Then she was treated cruelly by her Romanian groom (Romanians have a penchant for cruelty) and at the tired old age of 59 she was rehomed at a safari park. I can't help thinking it would have been kinder to Anne to have her shot by a skilled marksman instead of having to endure all that stress at her age?