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The twin brothers, who were reported in early 2025 to be alive, spent their 28th birthday in September in captivity.
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Susan Page, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
Okapi live about 30 years in captivity, per National Geographic.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
While Ruth wasn't the oldest elephant of her kind in captivity, and far from the oldest animal at the Milwaukee County Zoo, she's been a fixture at the zoo since 2006.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 21 Sep. 2025
The median life expectancy for a female African savanna elephant in captivity is about 39 years.
—Don Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2025
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Susan Page, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
Okapi live about 30 years in captivity, per National Geographic.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
While Ruth wasn't the oldest elephant of her kind in captivity, and far from the oldest animal at the Milwaukee County Zoo, she's been a fixture at the zoo since 2006.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 21 Sep. 2025
The median life expectancy for a female African savanna elephant in captivity is about 39 years.
—Don Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2025
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“In captivity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20captivity. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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