/ Environmental Engagement Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en /news/scientists-and-zoos-team-landmark-elephant-welfare-project <p>Given that elephants are the largest land mammals on the planet, one might expect that when it comes to enclosures for zoo elephants, size matters.</p> <p>However, a newly released study in which the University of California,&nbsp;Davis, played a key role reveals that social interactions and having an array of opportunities to engage with their surroundings may be&nbsp;more important to elephants’ welfare than space.</p> July 14, 2016 - 11:00am Patricia Bailey /news/scientists-and-zoos-team-landmark-elephant-welfare-project