Shih Ying, United Kingdom Editor's reply: According to Wen Yung-chang, who is in charge of the Taipei Zoo's "Asia and the Americas" section, where Linwang lives, the principal motivation for chaining the animal's foot years ago had to do with the treatment of his rectal cancer.
編按：根據台北市立動物園大象林旺居住的「亞美區」負責人溫永昌說，當初替它上腳鍊的理由，主要是便於治療他的直腸瘤。