Faithful elephants : a true story of animals, people and war
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|aKCIS|beng|cKCIS|eAACR2
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|aTsuchiya, Yukio,|d1904-1999.
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|aFaithful elephants :|ba true story of animals, people and war /|cYukio Tsuchiya ; illustrated by Ted Lewin ; translated by Tomoko Tsuchiya Dykes.
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|aA true story of animals, people and war
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|aBoston :|bHoughton Mifflin Company,|cc1988.
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|a[30] p. :|bcol. ill. ;|c26 cm.
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|aTranslation of: Kawaisō na zō
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|aRecounts how three elephants in a Tokyo zoo were put to death because of the war, focusing on the pain shared by the elephants and the keepers who must starve them.
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|aElephants|zJapan|vJuvenile literature.
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|aAnimal welfare|zJapan|vJuvenile literature.
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|aZoo keepers|zJapan|vJuvenile literature.
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|aWorld War, 1939-1945|zJapan|vJuvenile literature.
A zookeeper recounts the story of John, Tonky, and Wanly, three performing elephants at the Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, whose turn it is to die, and of their keepers, who weep and pray that World War II will end so their beloved elephants might be saved.