in 218 BC, Hannibal Barca left New Carthage (present day Spain) with an army of 30,000 troops, 15,000 horses and 37 war elephants. Determined to travel through the Swiss Alps to launch an attack on the Roman Republic (present day Italy), Hannibal's march marked the start of the Second Punic War. But how did he handle those 37 elephants?
Expert Dr. Tori Herridge speaks with Santiago Borragan Santos, Chief Veterinarian at Cabárceno Park in Spain, to learn how the park controls Europe’s largest herd of captive African elephants and gain some insight on how Hannibal's army might have gotten his own elephants across the Alps.
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