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2024-03-22
Victory! Louisville Zoo to Send its Elephants to Sanctuary!
Louisville Zoo to send its two elephants to sanctuary and close its elephant exhibit!
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2024-02-23
Protest Zoo Tampa on Sunday, March 3, World Wildlife Day
Protest at Zoo Tampa on March 3, World Wildlife Day. Speak out for the imprisoned elephants especially lone male Sdudla.
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2024-02-16
Send Atlanta's Bored, Stressed Elephants from a Fake Savanna to a Real Sanctuary
Zoo Atlanta’s stressed and bored African elephants deserve a real sanctuary, not a fake savanna.
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2023-08-04
Talking About Elephants With Carol Buckley of Elephant Aid International
Join In Defense of Animals for a webinar, Talking about Elephants with Carol Buckley of Elephant Aid International on Friday, August 11 at 10am PT/1pm ET.
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2023-02-18
Free Billy the Elephant! 34 Years of Misery is Enough!
34 years at the LA Zoo is enough! It’s time to free the long-suffering lone male elephant Billy to sanctuary.
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2023-02-03
The 10 Worst Zoos List Changes Hearts and Minds
In Defense of Animals has released yet another list of zoos that have earned a spot on the 10 Worst based on various factors such as lack of space, solitary elephants,…
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2022-12-09
Bamboo the Elephant’s Days of Misery Are Finally Over: Zoos Must Liberate Their Captives
Bamboo’s tragic life and death at the OK City Zoo are a clarion call to end the confinement and breeding of elephants in zoos.
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2022-10-28
Send Chronically Depressed Elephant Chendra to Sanctuary Now!
The lone Borne elephant Chendra continues to suffer at the Oregon Zoo. It is time for her to be retired to sanctuary.
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2022-09-01
Zoo Knoxville’s Elephants Are Going to a Sanctuary!
Exciting news! Zoo Knoxville plans to retire its 3 African elephants to the Elephant Sanctuary in TN. Tell the zoo to take the next step and halt any plans to bring…
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2022-08-18
50 Years of Elephant Protection in India Down the Drain?
In India, 50 years of protection for elephants is in danger of being reversed by an amendment to the Wildlife Protection Act, by allowing the commercial sale and…
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2022-08-11
The Sad Status of Elephants on World Elephant Day
August 12, 2022, World Elephant Day is a call for compassion for elephants around the world who continue to be slaughtered in the wild and caged for life in captivity.
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2022-07-28
Pittsburgh Zoo: Holding 10 Elephants Captive is Not Conservation
Tell the Pittsburgh Zoo and International Conservation Center to stop breeding elephants and send as many as it can to accredited sanctuaries.
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2022-05-27
Scathing New Report Calls Confinement of Elephants a Legacy of Shame
Scathing new report exposes why zoos across the US and Europe should close their elephant exhibits and end the breeding and confinement of elephants.
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2022-05-13
Natural Bridge Zoo: Asha Deserves a "Beautiful" Life
Beautiful, formerly known as Asha the elephant at the Natural Bridge Zoo, has known suffering her entire life. Please take action on her behalf.
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2022-04-08
Moby & Ricky Gervais Join Launch of 2021 Worst Zoos for Elephants List
In Defense of Animals has released yet another list of zoos that have earned a spot on the 10 Worst based on various factors such as lack of space, solitary elephants,…
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2022-03-25
Release Captive Elephant Family from Fort Worth Zoo!
The Asian elephants at the Fort Worth Zoo live in a fabricated environment made to loosely resemble the wild. Urge the zoo to send them to an accredited sanctuary.
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2021-01-21
New Research Reveals Societal Value of Male Elephants
New research contradicts long-held claims of the zoo industry.
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2018-06-27
University of Pittsburgh Student Newspaper Calls BS on Zoo’s Elephant Breeding
Should the Pittsburgh Zoo Breed Elephants?
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2018-05-24
Rally for the Elephants at the Los Angeles Zoo
Demonstration at the Los Angeles Zoo calls for Billy the elephant's emancipation
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2018-05-04
Elephant Suffering at Bronx Zoo Whitewashed by Animal Planet
Animal Planet's series "The Zoo" sanitizes the daily suffering of elephants
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2018-04-19
The Sad Reality Behind Those Cute Baby Elephants at the Zoo
Elephants are forced into pregnancy through invasive artificial insemination
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2018-01-25
Victory! Nosey the Elephant Wins Her Freedom at Long Last!
Nosey, the well-championed 35- year- old African elephant...
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2017-11-07
USDA: Stop Renewing the Licenses of Repeat Offenders
We need your help to protect animals under the Animal Welfare Act!
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2017-08-17
Are We Getting It Yet?
Are we finally rethinking and reshaping our relationship to elephants?
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