In Defense of Animals has ranked the BioPark as the seventh-worst zoo in North America for elephants. The group criticizes ...

PHILADELPHIA -- In Chad, the ivory poachers have upgraded to automatic weapons. Having bolstered the population at this "last stand for elephants" in central Africa, the Wildlife Conservation Society ...

An award-winning Canadian filmmaker is expected to address the Los Angeles City Council on Friday on the cruelty of elephant captivity at the invitation of Councilman Bob Blumenfield. Fern Levitt is ...

While many people are fascinated by nonhuman animals, most do not have the time, money, or opportunity to travel to remote natural habitats where these animals live freely. Instead, zoos relocate ...

Two young elephant calves at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. (FILE photo by Ken Bohn for San Diego Zoo Safari Park) Los Angeles City Councilman Bob Blumenfield Friday introduced a motion seeking ...

A Washington, D.C.-based animal-rights nonprofit on Tuesday sued the operator and head of the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium, demanding the release of its elephants from captivity. Filed by the Nonhuman ...

Rescue Elephant Saved From Captivity Enjoys Her First Bath as a Free Girl originally appeared on PetHelpful. We all should try to be as happy as Ming! The rescue elephant is happy as a clam in a new ...

Elephants are the largest land animals worldwide, used in tourism in several countries, and are often gentle to humans despite their gigantic sizes. However, the elephant population has fallen greatly ...

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Mabu saunters across a grassy field and raises his long, gray trunk to wrangle food from a hole carved inside a large boulder, captivating the attention of a girl propped up on ...