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===Consumption during the 1870 Siege of Paris===
[[File:Castororpollux.jpg|thumb|right|250px|One of two elephants named [[Castor and Pollux (elephants)|Castor and Pollux]] being killed for meat at the zoo Jardin des Plantes in Paris during the [[Siege of Paris (1870–71)|Siege of Paris]] in 1870.]]
During the [[Siege of Paris (1870–71)|Siege of Paris]] in 1870, elephant meat was consumed, due to a severe shortage of food. Along with other animals at the zoo Jardin des Plantes in Paris, both [[Castor and Pollux (elephants)|Castor and Pollux]] were killed and eaten. Contemporary accounts indicate that elephant meat did not appeal to Parisian diners.{{fact|date=July 2021}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stiles |first=Daniel |title=Elephant meat and ivory trade in Central Africa |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/
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