The Bronx Zoo was named the No. 2 “worst” zoo for elephants as animal activists say its famed trunked resident “Happy” is one pouty pachyderm that should be released to a sanctuary.

Five elephants at a Colorado zoo do not have the legal right to pursue their release because they are not human, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday. The court said the decision "does not ...

The Oakland Zoo in California is relocating its last remaining African elephant, Osh, to the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee later this year. And it’s just the latest zoo to do it. In the last few ...

Colorado’s highest court on Tuesday ruled that five elderly elephants don’t have legal standing to sue to leave a local zoo because they’re not human. An animal rights group had sought to ...

That's the finding of the Colorado Supreme Court, which unanimously ruled against an animal rights group's lawsuit alleging a local zoo mistreated its elephants and caused them chronic frustration ...

The Phoenix Zoo, home to Indu, a female Asian elephant, has responded to claims that it is one of the worst zoos for elephants in North America. On Tuesday, nonprofit organization In Defense of ...

The nonprofit advocacy group In Defense of Animals has ranked the Bronx Zoo as the second-worst zoo in North America for elephants in its annual Ten Worst Zoos for Elephants list. In Defense of ...

The zoo argued moving the elephants and potentially placing them with new animals would be cruel at their age, possibly causing unnecessary stress. Five elephants at a Colorado zoo may be “majestic” ...

DENVER — Five elephants at a Colorado zoo may be “majestic” but, since they’re not human, they do not have the legal right to pursue their release, Colorado’s highest court said Tuesday.