Newsweek29d
Tourists Have Terrifying 'Stand Off' With Elephant on African Safari
A video of a "dangerous" safari scene, where an elephant was shown blocking a vehicle of tourists from passing, has gone viral on TikTok. The hair-raising moment was captured by TikTok user @ ...
World Wildlife Fund6d
Who is the African forest elephant? Learn more about this giant of the rain forest
WWF works to sustain the natural world for the benefit of people and wildlife, collaborating with partners from local to global levels in nearly 100 countries.
Los Angeles Times5d
Commentary: I was lucky to see a baby elephant up close, but it’s time to rethink keeping these majestic animals in zoos
When I read the email from the Oakland Zoo last month saying it had retired its single remaining African elephant, a 30-year-old 15,000-pound bull named Osh, to the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee ...
The Independent19d
Anna, the Maryland Zoo’s oldest African elephant, is euthanized after fall
Your support makes all the difference. The Maryland Zoo announced Thursday that its oldest African elephant was euthanized on Tuesday after a fall. Anna, who was 49 years old, had multiple known ...
WJW-TV Cleveland on MSN12d
Should elephants have the same rights as people? A Colorado court may decide
"They are suffering immensely and unnecessarily," a lawyer for the group, Jake Davis, said in a May brief submitted to the ...
AOL25d
Two African countries say they need to kill elephants for food. Critics say it’s cruel and won’t work
In August, Namibia announced it had embarked on a cull of 723 animals, including 83 elephants ... and are “racist” at worst — telling African countries what to do and valuing wildlife ...
Smithsonian Magazine26d
How an Elephant’s Wrinkles Reveal Whether It Is Right- or Left-Trunked
To understand the development and purpose of trunk wrinkles, a team of scientists focused on Asian and African elephants. They studied live individuals in zoos and tissue samples in museums ...
Phys.org28d
Scientists study elephant wrinkles to understand their purpose
A multidisciplinary team of scientists has conducted a study of Asian and African elephant wrinkles to learn more about their purpose. In their study, published in the journal Royal Society Open ...
Indiatimes3d
Vantara to welcome 3 African elephants from Tunisia to experience new life of care and compassion
Three African forest elephants from Tunisia’s Friguia Park are relocating to Vantara rescue center in Jamnagar, India due to financial constraints at the zoo. Aged 28 to 29, the elephants ...
The Baltimore Sun19d
Oldest African elephant at Maryland Zoo euthanized after fall
The zoo said in a news release that euthanasia was determined to be in the best interest of its oldest African elephant, who first arrived in Baltimore in 1983, due to Anna’s age and “multiple ...
Yahoo25d
Two African countries say they need to kill elephants for food. Critics say it’s cruel and won’t work
In August, Namibia announced it had embarked on a cull of 723 animals, including 83 elephants, 30 hippos and 300 zebras ... and are “racist” at worst — telling African countries what to do and valuing ...