The National Elephant Center of two females and two males arrived from Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park. Completion of the initial plan is likely to take up to 10 years. The National Elephant Center is located on in Fellsmere, Florida. The Elephant Center will feature on-site housing for staff and two barns for Asian and African elephants, each capable of supporting nine animals. The design calls for barns to be connected by a central hub, surrounded by a habitat that can be subdivided depending on the needs of the elephants. The largest area of the Elephant Center is the Central Elephant Meander, a area
Elephant in the room often used to describe an issue that involves a social taboo, such as race, religion, homosexuality, mental illness, or even suicide. It is applicable when a subject is emotionally charged; and the people who might have spoken up decide that it is probably best avoided. The idiom is commonly used in addiction recovery terminology to describe the reluctance of friends and family of an addicted person to discuss the person's problem, thus aiding the person's denial. Especially in reference to alcohol abuse, the idiom is sometimes coupled with that of the pink elephant, "q.v." "the pink elephant in the room."