Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be face to face with an elephant?

My first trip to what was known as Benson’s Wild Animal Park was when its material was being auctioned off to the highest bidder.  Anything not nailed down, and probably some that was,  or squirreled away was sold and hauled out.  It was in 1989, the year I started working for The Telegraph.
It had quite [...]