It was announced on 17th April that the American Hadi Shrine circus has officially stopped featuring elephants in their performances. PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) shared this news following their continued protests and campaigns directed at Hadi...
This summer will see a one hundred strong herd of life-size elephant sculptures begin a year-long tour of the United States, starting in Newport. This ‘Great Elephant Migration’ was created by UK based non profit Elephant Family and helps generate crucial...
Above: stock photo An elephant named Somboon who was captured as a calf and taken to a camp in Pattaya, Thailand where she was forced to give people rides every day for eighty years, has been rescued and rehomed at a sanctuary. “Grandma SomBoon is radiant and content,...
Asian elephant Punch and African elephant Mikki are set to leave Louisville Zoo in the US in order to relocate to Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary. The extract below is taken as a direct quote from the Louisville Zoo website. You can read the entire piece here:...
A fascinating study has further confirmed the importance of multigenerational family structures among Asian elephants. Research has now evidenced that calves born into an environment where they have a grandmother are much more likely to survive and grow into...
For the first time in history, scientists have released findings including photographic and post mortem evidence of Asian elephants deliberately burying the dead bodies of their calves in North Bengal, India. Five calves were documented as case studies, being found in...
