Conservationists at a zoo are mourning the loss of two "eagerly anticipated" baby elephants. Blackpool Zoo said a three-day-old Asian elephant calf died on 7 November after contracting an infection due to feeding problems in its first few hours of life.

Born Free said elephants are completely unsuited to being kept in zoos and the breeding serves no meaningful conservation purpose after 40% of infants in captivity die before the age of five.

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Zoo staff have shared the sad news that two baby Asian elephants have died within a month of each other after being born to a herd of nine elephants