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Irish Times
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
Percentages by Nuala O'Connor
The woman on the TV news is listing tariffs, but my ear is only half open to the drone of percentages due to land on chewing gum and vapes, communion wafers and negligées, on tinfoil, snowploughs, and gym equipment. Until, among all this, plus tents and motorcycles, the newsreader says there will be tariffs on poetry. I drop my fork, loaded with pear and melon chunks, and yelp, 'A tax on poetry?' then a farm flashes onto the screen, and I see hens upon hens upon hens. Nuala O'Connor's sixth novel, Seaborne, was shortlisted for An Post Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year. Her fifth poetry collection, Menagerie, was published by Arlen House this year.
Boston Globe
26-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Trio of elephants to leave Providence zoo in 2027
Get Rhode Map A weekday briefing from veteran Rhode Island reporters, focused on the things that matter most in the Ocean State. Enter Email Sign Up Since it is not feasible to bring additional elephants to the zoo, the move allows the three – who will turn 40 this year – to have the companionship of other elephants 'for the rest of their lives,' the zoo said in a press release. Advertisement 'As Alice, Ginny and Kate advance in years, we want to avoid one of them being left alone,' Johnson said. 'We are taking proactive steps while they are in good health to transition them into a supportive group setting that provides care for aging elephants and offers them opportunities to socialize with a larger group of elephants.' African elephants Alice, Kate and Ginny, who turn 40 years old this year, will leave Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence in late 2027, zoo officials said Tuesday. Roger Williams Park Zoo Zoo officials said they are now working to find 'the best home' so the trio can remain together. The move will require extensive planning, so the elephants will not depart Providence until 2027. 'Making this decision was difficult, but our responsibility for the elephants' well-being guided us. It is our duty to make sure Alice, Ginny and Kate have the long-term companionship they deserve,' Amy Roberts, the zoo's chief zoological officer, said in a statement. 'Although our staff feels the emotional weight of this decision, we are confident it is the right one. 'The long lead time is a bonus because it gives our animal care team and guests who love our elephants plenty of time to spend with them over the next 2 [and a half] years,' Roberts added. 'There will be 40th birthdays to recognize this summer and we will invite the community to join in all celebrations of these amazing individuals.' Advertisement Ginny, Kate, and Alice, arrived at the zoo in 1990. Zoo officials described Alice as 'smart, sassy and motivated by fun;' Ginny as being as 'smart as she is beautiful;' and Kate as the leader who 'maintains order and the social stability of the herd.' The zoo's first elephant was Roger, who 'joined the Menagerie (with tigers, leopards and lions) in 1893,' officials said. The second elephant, Alice, moved to a new barn at the zoo in 1930, and other elephants since then, including the current Alice, have been named in her honor. Christopher Gavin can be reached at
