Houston Zoo celebrates birth of 'healthy and strong' baby elephant
A family of Asian elephants at the Houston Zoo just grew by more than 300 pounds. At 3 p.m. on Friday, 34-year-old Asian elephant Shanti gave birth to a "healthy and strong" 314-pound female elephant ...
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German zoo builds brand new elephant enclosure for its jumbos
A German zoo has built a brand-new elephant enclosure for its jumbos. Aerial footage shows the 16,300-square-metre (approximately 1.63 hectares) under-construction area at Berlin Zoo. The enclosure ...
Zookeepers Teach Pregnant Elephant Exercises to Help Her Prepare for Birth
The keepers at the zoo engage in daily enrichment exercise and training activities with all their elephants, and try to ...
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Elephants captured on video "pranking" each other using water hoses
When we think of animals using tools, animals like chimpanzees might come to mind. But some of the tools elephants use would surprise you.
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Farewell to Kamala: A heartfelt goodbye to a beloved zoo ambassador
On Nov. 1, the zoo says Kamala, a beloved female Asian elephant whose spirit and charm touched the hearts of many, passed. After a long battle with osteoarthritis, Kamala was humanely euthanized.
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The Internet Is Projecting Its Election Anxiety Onto the Death of a National Zoo Elephant Named Kamala
Over the weekend, the Smithsonian National Zoo announced the death of one of its Asian elephants, who was put to sleep after a years-long battle with a degenerative bone and joint disease. This is ...
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Aged, arthritic National Zoo elephant is euthanized
An Asian elephant that had lived at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo for 10 years and suffered from osteoarthritis was euthanized there Friday after her condition “had irreversibly declined ...
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Smithsonian National Zoo euthanizes beloved, elderly Asian Elephant Kamala
WASHINGTON (7News) — Kamala, a beloved Asian elephant at the Smithsonian National Zoo, was humanely euthanized on Friday, according to officials from the Zoo. Her caretakers at theSmithsonian ...
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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 ...
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Syracuse zoo elephants get groundbreaking vaccine
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Yaad & Tukada, twin elephants born at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in 2022, have made history as some of the first elephants to receive the Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpes Virus ...
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Dentist treats broken elephant tusk at Sedgwick County Zoo
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A veterinary dentist came to the rescue of a Sedgwick County Zoo elephant that suffered a broken tusk in a fight with another male elephant. The zoo says Callee got into a ...