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Ongard is a male Asian elephant who was born on September 10, 2010 at the Melbourne Zoo in Australia—one of the first elephants born there as part of the zoo’s captive breeding program. In 2018, when Ongard was just seven years old, the Melbourne Zoo separated him from his mother and half-siblings and transported him more than 9,000 miles away to Zoo Miami in Florida. His transfer was arranged under a breeding loan agreement that emphasized his genetic value to North American zoos while ignoring his need for family, autonomy, and species-specific companionship. Ongard is currently confined with 3 other elephants, who all suffer from a lack of sufficient space and from being unable to engage in their natural behaviors.