The Belfast Zoo in Northern Ireland was trying to determine the identity of a local woman who saved the zoo's baby elephant during World War Two and kept it in her backyard. Now someone has come forward and identified the woman. Anchor Katy Clark explains her name is Denise Austin and she died in 1997.
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KATY CLARK: We have an update on a previous Geo Quiz this week. It's the one about the Belfast Zoo in Northern Ireland. We spoke to manager Mark Challis -- who was trying to solve a mystery. He was looking for the name of a woman who took care of a baby elephant during World War Two. She actually kept the animal in her back yard. But zoo officials didn't know her name -- all they had was a grainy photo.
MARK CHALLIS: There is a picture of her drinking out of a galvanized bucket and two ladies watching her and it's clearly on, what appears to be, a concrete yard at the back of a house. We're hoping...
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