Latest Elephants News

Elephants can't pursue their release from a Colorado zoo because they're not human, court says

Jan. 21, 2025 18:50 PM EST

DENVER (AP) — Five elephants at a Colorado zoo may be “majestic” but, since they're not human, they do not have the legal right to pursue their release, Colorado’s highest court said Tuesday. The ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court follows a similar court defeat in New...

It's Christmas for the elephants as unsold trees are fed to the animals at Berlin Zoo

Jan. 03, 2025 09:42 AM EST

BERLIN (AP) — For the elephants and others at the Berlin Zoo, it's finally time to unwrap their Christmas presents. Trees that didn't find a home this festive season were given to some of the animals on Friday in what has become an annual event. Elephants tore off branches with...

Animal welfare group says bacterial infection killed Sonia the elephant in Pakistan

Dec. 18, 2024 08:18 AM EST

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani veterinary surgeons found that a bacterial infection killed an elephant at a safari park in the city of Karachi earlier this month, a veterinarian with a global animal welfare organization said Wednesday. Dr. Amir Khalil with the Vienna-based Four Paws...

A zoo elephant dies in Indonesia after being swept away in a river

Dec. 17, 2024 13:06 PM EST

GIANYAR, Indonesia (AP) — An elephant that lived at the zoo on Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali was found dead on Tuesday after being swept away by a strong river current. Molly, a 45-year-old female Sumatran elephant was one of two being guided by a mahout to a holding area...

An elephant dies of apparent heart failure in Pakistan weeks after family reunion

Dec. 08, 2024 08:14 AM EST

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — An elephant died Sunday of apparent heart failure at a Pakistani safari park, an official said, less than two weeks after being reunited with her sister. Sonia, who was almost 19, is the second elephant to die in two years in the southern city of Karachi,...