Pet care: A highly skilled — but tired —elephant | Pets | abqjournal.com

Irene the elephant is put through her paces.

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Will Rogers once said, “I have always felt that the best doctor is the veterinarian. He can’t ask his patients what is the matter ... he’s just got to know.” Old Will had a point. When I queried Irene, the Asian elephant, about why she wouldn’t lie down long enough to sleep, she just smiled. Who knew elephants could be smart alecks? Clearly, we would have to resort to modern medicine.

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