By Abu Siddique As part of the conservation process for Asian elephants, Bangladesh has taken a new step to retrieve captive ...

Born Free is saddened and frustrated by recent tragic events involving elephants in zoos around the world.

Shankar, the lone African elephant at Delhi's zoo who spent much of his life in isolation, refused food on Wednesday and collapsed by evening. Despite veterinary efforts, the 29-year-old male died ...

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Mabu saunters across a grassy field and raises his long, gray trunk to wrangle food from a hole carved inside a large boulder, captivating the attention of a girl propped up on ...

Rescue Elephant Saved From Captivity Enjoys Her First Bath as a Free Girl originally appeared on PetHelpful. We all should try to be as happy as Ming! The rescue elephant is happy as a clam in a new ...

Two months after the Los Angeles Zoo quietly — and controversially — transferred its last two Asian elephants to their new home in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the elephants’ new caretakers today say the animals ...

PHILADELPHIA -- In Chad, the ivory poachers have upgraded to automatic weapons. Having bolstered the population at this "last stand for elephants" in central Africa, the Wildlife Conservation Society ...

Life expectancy for elephants in zoos is shorter than those in the wild. Dec. 12, 2008— -- Zoos are "consuming" elephants, says a team of researchers and conservationists who have, for the first ...

BARCELONA, Spain -- At the Barcelona Zoo, a 40-year-old African elephant places her foot through the metal barrier where a zookeeper gently scrubs its sole -- the beloved pachyderm gets her "pedicure, ...