![]() ![]() Grieving after the death of her sister, relocation of her brother-in-law and newborn niece, and abandonment and estrangement by her parents, Hettie absorbs herself in zoo work, staying after hours to groom and bond with Violet in her enclosure and learning all she can about pachyderms, until she becomes the elephant’s primary keeper. Violet, a three-year-old Ceylonese elephant, meets and enchants Hettie Quin immediately after disembarking at the Belfast harbor and making her lumbering way to the Bellevue Zoo in 1940. The Elephant of Belfast (US) / The Zookeeper of Belfast (UK)
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