Castor and Pollux (elephants)
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Castor and Pollux were two elephants kept at the zoo of the Jardin d''Acclimatation or Jardin des Plantes in Paris. They were killed and eaten, along with many other animals from the zoo, in late 1870 during the siege of Paris. The two elephants may have been siblings, and had been popular before the siege for giving rides on their backs around the park, but the food shortages caused by the German blockade of the city eventually drove the citizens of Paris to kill them for their meat.…mehr

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Castor and Pollux were two elephants kept at the zoo of the Jardin d''Acclimatation or Jardin des Plantes in Paris. They were killed and eaten, along with many other animals from the zoo, in late 1870 during the siege of Paris. The two elephants may have been siblings, and had been popular before the siege for giving rides on their backs around the park, but the food shortages caused by the German blockade of the city eventually drove the citizens of Paris to kill them for their meat.