In The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate, an elephant and a gorilla are forced to live inside a mall. Cindy Khatri, director of the Midwest Museum of Natural History in Sycamore, IL, talks about why that’s a bad idea.

Cindy Khatri, director of the Midwest Museum of Natural History in Sycamore, IL, gives us five fun facts about elephants, like the one featured in The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.

Meet Hercules the resident tortoise at the Midwest Museum of Natural History in Sycamore, IL. Cindy Khatri, director of the museum, talks about Herc, and why animals should be treated well.

Ashley Hicks is a zookeeper at Cosley Zoo in Wheaton, IL. Here, she talks about all the things a zoo does to keep animals happy and healthy, unlike the ways the animals were treated in The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.