Elephants are highly intelligent animals that are adept at communication, using as many as 47 different call types and more ...

The group also referenced the district court's ruling, which also was in favor of the zoo despite agreeing with NhRP that the elephants "cannot function normally in captivity." NhRP appealed to ...

A court has rejected the notion that elephants are people, upholding a zoo's right to keep the animals after a yearslong legal scrap.

What's more, breeding in captivity is a disaster. In a heartbreaking statistic, captive elephant pregnancies (most artificially inseminated) have a 40 percent infant mortality rate. That's not ...

Well, of course, because the elephant, which was like pretty much all elephants in captivity for commercial exploitation, was being kept in a completely unnatural state, in extreme stress." ...

From Great White Shark to Javan Rhino, here’s a list of animals that you’ll never find at a zoo.

Well, of course, because the elephant, which was like pretty much all elephants in captivity for commercial exploitation, was being kept in a completely unnatural state, in extreme stress.” ...

Vantara, a renowned rescue center for captive elephants and other wild animals, is preparing to provide a sanctuary for 20 elephants rescued from the exploitative logging industry in Arunachal Pradesh ...

Bill S-15 would phase out keeping elephants and great apes in captivity in Canada, except for conservation or animal welfare purposes, but allow those already in Canadian zoos to remain.