Mexico’s top court orders zoo to take better care of African elephant

In the first ruling of its kind, Mexico’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a zoo in the capital to improve the health of an African elephant named Ely.

Animal rights activists said she was suffering from depression, had lost weight, and has been repeatedly ill since the 2016 death of Maggie, another pachyderm that shared her habitat.

“Although I am not a scientist and I do not have the knowledge, she was desolate, sad, apathetic, I…