Hi Kathleen,
This is a wonderful chapter. The chapter opens with the elephant expressing his opinion about societies which seem barbaric. This takes all the reader's attention and focuses it completely on the elephant and the chapter. They will read on. This is a fantastic opening hook. The detail puts the reader all the way into the chapter. You have set up your plot and main characters very well for the reader. The dialogue is well done and realistic. The exotic elephant speaks like a real person. The chapter is well paced. It moves fast enough to keep all the reader's interest, yet it moves slowly enough to allow the reader to easily follow what is going on in the chapter. I did come across one structural issue that needs your attention:

1)The second paragraphs needs some periods to break apart the sentences. It reads like one run on sentence.

The characters are well developed and believable. They come across as real people. Great job.