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  2. White Oak Conservation - Wikipedia

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    White Oak Conservation, which is part of Walter Conservation, is a 17,000-acre (6,900 ha) conservation center in northeastern Florida.It is dedicated to the conservation of endangered and threatened species, including Indian rhinoceros, southern white rhinoceros, south-central black rhinoceros (also known as southern black rhinoceros), Asian elephants, giraffes, okapi, bongo antelope, zebras ...

  3. Zookeepers Teach Pregnant Elephant Exercises to Help Her ...

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    Few elephants are ever born in captivity, and so the captive population is almost entirely formed from baby elephants who have been captured from wild herds, and subjugated to the needs of their ...

  4. Captive elephants - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. Center for Elephant Conservation - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Keeping large animals in captivity literally damages ... - AOL

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    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 ...

  7. Opinion: Why shouldn't elephants have rights? They're ... - AOL

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    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.

  8. United States Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law ...

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    The United States Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement contributes to Service efforts to manage ecosystems, save endangered species, conserve migratory birds, preserve wildlife habitat, restore fisheries, combat invasive species, and promote international wildlife conservation.

  9. Former circus elephants begin to arrive at Florida sanctuary

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    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 ...