Elephants have been taken to Baraboo, Wisconsin since 1888 as part of the Ringling Brothers Circus. After August, they won’t return. After this season, the elephants will move into retirement at the Endangered Ark Foundation in Oklahoma. ...
The Humane Society in the United States published a press release on 25th July 2023, reporting that bipartisan legislation to prohibit the use of wild animals in traveling exhibits was heard by the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development. The bills...
Hogle Zoo, located in Salt Lake City, Utah, has announced plans to “pause its continuous care of elephants.” At the time of the announcement, the zoo’s two remaining elephants are Christie, 36, and Zuri, 13, who are mother and daughter. Hogle Zoo...
The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee and North Carolina Zoo are pleased to announce that African elephant Artie arrived at The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tennessee on Tuesday, January 31. Read the press release...
The law will also ban the sale of pets in shops, prevent the use of impose prison sentences on animal abusers, and turn zoos into wildlife recovery centres. The legislation was first tabled in 2022, and was approved by Spain’s Congress on February 9. It will be rubber...
A paper recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology explored the idea of re-introducing megaherbivores such as elephants to help restore habitats in Europe. Here is a thought-provoking article from the authors of the paper: Conservationists want to introduce...
