The Bronx Zoo was just named among the “worst zoos” for elephants in North America by animal rights group In Defense of Animals over the “cruel confinement” of its Asian elephants.
The list emphasized the highly social nature of Asian elephants, which typically live in herds of six to 17 females in the wild. The Bronx Zoo has not had more than two elephants since 2018, when ...
An expert on Asian elephants is sounding the alarm about "elephant sanctuaries" after a tourist was killed while visiting one in Thailand. Blanca Ojanguren García, 22, a law student at the ...
The group claims that the size of Indu’s enclosure ... there are not plans to add more Asian elephants to the exhibit. The exhibit is shared with a rhinoceros, and the zoo is acquiring two ...
It’s a place of education, offering the world a chance to connect with elephants in meaningful ways. The Elephant Sanctuary’s story officially began in 1995 with a single elephant named Tarra. An ...