Memphis Zoo employee works with elephant organization in Africa, brings knowledge back home
Jenny Mitchell, a pachyderm keeper at the Memphis Zoo, goes through her training routine with one of her favorite elephants, Gina. Mitchell recently came back to Memphis to work with elephants and rhinos after working for the non-profit Elephants for Africa in Botswana. (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian)
The Memphis Zoo works with Elephants for Africa to lower conflicts between elephants and humans.
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John Klyce is an enterprise reporter with The Daily Memphian who writes a wide range of in-depth features, as well as profiles about local leaders, scientists, musicians, artists, entrepreneurs, and anyone else doing exciting and important work in this city. He previously spent four years with the Memphis Business Journal, where he covered public companies, startups, and innovation, and a fifth year with The Commercial Appeal, where he covered education, and chronicled how gun violence and poverty were affecting Memphis youth and their families. He has also been a fellow with the Institute for Citizens and Scholars. John has a B.A. in journalism from the University of Memphis and an M.F.A. in creative writing from Boston University.
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