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Three Malaysian elephants, Dara, Amoi and Kelat, now housed at Tennoji Zoo, are reported to be in good health and showing steady weight gain. - Photo: Taiping Municipal Council

A past kiwi bird welfare controversy at Tennoji Zoo has resurfaced, fuelling renewed scrutiny over conditions faced by three recently relocated Malaysian elephants. Photo: Tennoji Zoo's website

Palestinian journalist Saleh Al-Jafarawi. - Photo edited in CANVA

This photo taken on July 11, 2025 shows mechanic shop owner and avid Tiktoker Tharnuwarht Plengkemratch interacting with his pet lion-tiger hybrid “Big George” in Chiang Mai. Thailand's captive lion population has exploded in recent years, with nearly 500 registered individuals in zoos, breeding farms, petting cafes and homes. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

Thailand pygmy hippo Moo Deng marked her first birthday on July 10, 2025, leaving behind the animal infancy which boosted her to worldwide internet fame for her cute antics. - (Photo by LILIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

This photo taken on June 11, 2025 shows Takamatsu Gushiken, a volunteer who recovers the remains of war dead to be reunited with their families, searching for those who died in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II, at a forest in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)

This handout picture taken on September 18, 2024 and released by the New Zealand Department of Conservation on May 8, 2025 shows an egg laid by a Mount Augustus snail through its neck in Hokitika, New Zealand. (Photo by Lisa FLANAGAN/New Zealand Department of Conservation/AFP)

Yoko, the chimpanzee, walks on its enclosure at Ukumari Biopark in Pereira, Colombia on March 22, 2005. "Yoko, the last chimpanzee in captivity in Colombia, will be transferred to an animal sanctuary in Brazil. - Photo by AFP

Workers push a finished model of a robotic elephant outside a workshop in Thrissur, in India's Kerala state. - (Photo by SATISH BABU / AFP)