Ageing elephants Tonka, Jana and Edie, will move from the American ‘Zoo Knoxville’ to the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee in the Spring of 2023. Read the full story here African elephants Sukari and Tange in their habitat at Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary –...
Following the death of 65-year old Tricia, Australia’s Environment Minister supported Perth Zoo’s plans to relocate the two remaining elephants, saying, “When Tricia came here in 1963 and went into that concrete enclosure it’s not something we would do today, so we’re...
In 1987, Delhi was captured in Vietnam and transferred to the zoo in Ústí nad Labem at the age of 3-4 years. Her female partner, Kala, died in 2018 and she has been alone ever since. She has now been rehomed to the French elephant sanctuary, Elephant Haven According...
Pocha and Guillermina, from Mendoza Zoo in the western Argentine province of Mendoza, traveled by road for six days and arrived at a lush animal sanctuary in Brazil on Thursday, after spending their lives in captivity. The Mendoza State government said in a statement...
On a technical visit to the Global Sanctuary of Elephants Brazil, the Secretary of State for the Environment, Mauren Lazzaretti noted the positive impacts and reinforced the importance of documenting changes so that they serve as research sources for universities and...
A UK zoo will no longer keep elephants after admitting it can’t provide the “necessary environment” for them. The story was published in the Mirror in response to a statement from Paignton Zoo. Paignton Zoo in Devon used to have two elephants – Asian elephant Gay, who...
