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The picture of the Pope Francis with the elephants inevitably evokes the memory of Annone, who five centuries ago was the pet of Pope Leo X.

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The story of how Julia the elephant escaped from the Torpoint Ferry and swam all the way to Devonport in 1923 is one of the ...