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Jade is a female Asian elephant who was born in February 2007 at the Saint Louis Zoo. Her mother Rani lived her short 27-year life confined in zoos until she died at the Saint Louis Zoo in 2023 under bizarre circumstances. Jade’s father Raja was born at the Saint Louis Zoo and has been held captive there his entire life. Jade’s birth marked the beginning of another generation of elephants born into captivity at the zoo—not for their own benefit or for the conservation of their species, but to fulfill the Saint Louis Zoo’s breeding and exhibition goals. Jade’s entire life has been confined to just a few acres of space within the walls of a zoo. Her days are shaped not by freedom or choice, but by human control. Jade is confined with 7 other elephants, who all suffer from lack of sufficient space and from being unable to engage in their natural behaviors.