Puerto Rico lost its only elephant — and cracked open a well of emotions
Mundi the African elephant was the pride of Puerto Rico's only zoo. But her fate became entangled in the island's recent struggles with natural disasters and a debilitating debt crisis.
![Carol Buckley works to coax Mundi into the transport cage that will carry her from the Puerto Rico zoo to Buckley](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2023/05/26/20230510_npr_zoo-mundi-pr_025_wide-2e1192777028e94f533ff16b6f9816e0a467a0b6.jpg?s=600)
Mundi the African elephant was the pride of Puerto Rico's only zoo. But her fate became entangled in the island's recent struggles with natural disasters and a debilitating debt crisis.
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