depression

Mexico’s supreme court rules in favor of Ely, a depressed elephant at a zoo

Justice

Ely is known as “the sad elephant.” She’s been depressed since she was rescued from abusive conditions at a circus years ago. Now, there are efforts underway to improve her conditions at a Mexican zoo after the country’s high court ruled in her favor.

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Chris Gethard gets serious

Arts
planeA Lufthansa aircraft flies past the headquarters of Germanwings during take-off from Cologne-Bonn airport.

In Germany, the public doesn’t always have a need — or a right — to know

Global Politics
The World

‘My life in a nutshell is thoughts about sex every 9 seconds and being depressed every 12 seconds’

Arts