A kind-hearted homeowner kept a baby elephant in her back yard for months during the Second World War because zookeepers feared the animal would be killed in a bombing raid, it has been revealed.

• 据报道，二战期间一位好心的房东曾在自家后院收养一只幼象长达数月之久原因是动物园管理者担心小象会在炸弹袭击中遭到不测。