After years of my kids asking (i.e. begging), we recently completed the purchase of a yearly membership to the Oregon Zoo. Our first trip had me and my 7 & 5-year-old hovering around the new-ish elephant area. We were discussing the beauty of the elephant and got into a relatively heavy conversation (for kids at least) about dangers that elephants faced in the wild, with illegal poaching being a contributing factor. It was quite a…
