Chendra was seen during the July 2nd Zoo concert exhibiting her usual stereotypical circling. It doesn’t seem like the new exhibit has made much of a difference for Chendra. She was imported from Malyasia in 1999 and has been diagnosed with severe steretotypical behavior and she developed severe foot disease within months of coming to the zoo. Also see new video of Rose-Tu, Lily and Samudra. Zoo concerts are very disruptive to the elephants, as they have extremely sensitive hearing and can in fact hear for a distance of 2 miles. Their enclosure is adjacent to the concert stage at the zoo so they are assaulted with loud music and crowd noises throughout the summer concert season.
