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Students Design Toys To Help Elephants That Have Been In Captivity
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Students Design Toys To Help Elephants That Have Been In Captivity

Rescued elephants in Tennessee are getting help from an unlikely group in Chicago and they’re using their talents to make toys to help the animals recover. NBC 5’s Anayeli Ruiz has the details.

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