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An African Elephant named Madhubala was finally reunited with her sisters after 15 years. Madhubala experienced poor conditions in captivity at Karachi Zoo in Pakistan. After the death of her ...
Proponents of elephants in zoos argue that wild elephants walk long distances because of the necessity of finding water, food, or mates, but that captive elephants do not require the same amount of walking if resources are more readily available. [7] In the wild, elephant herds (particularly those of African elephants) can be quite large. [4]
World Elephant Day 2018. World Elephant Day is an international annual event on August 12, dedicated to the preservation and protection of the world's elephants.Conceived in 2011 by Canadian filmmakers Patricia Sims and Michael Clark of Canazwest Pictures, and Sivaporn Dardarananda, Secretary-General of the Elephant Reintroduction Foundation in Thailand, it was officially founded, supported ...
One Lucky Elephant is an American documentary film directed by Lisa Leeman that premiered December 1, 2011 on Oprah Winfrey Network as part of the OWN Documentary Club. The film focuses on the extraordinary human-animal bond between Circus Flora founder, Ivor David Balding, and Flora an endangered African elephant, and their journey to find her a permanent home that leads them to The Elephant ...
There's a petition to release elephants from the Fresno Chaffee Zoo, and Ojai recently became the first U.S. city to recognize legal rights for nonhuman animals. California can lead on this issue.
Kiska, a young female orca, was captured in 1978 off the Iceland coast and taken to Marineland Canada, an aquarium and amusement park. Orcas are social animals that live in family pods with up to ...
The Center for Elephant Conservation (CEC) is a 200-acre (0.81 km 2) breeding farm and retirement facility for elephants in Polk City, Florida, opened in The CEC is solely sponsored by Feld Entertainment , the holding company which operated the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus [ 1 ] from the 1960s until 2017.
Former circus elephants are starting to arrive at a new wildlife sanctuary in north Florida. The White Oak Conservation Center announced Monday that a dozen female Asian elephants have already ...