By Priscilla AguirreUpdated March 7, 2023 10:25 a.m. The last remaining elephant at the San Antonio Zoo is being sent to a sanctuary in Tennessee. There won't be any more elephants at the San Antonio Zoo, for now.
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Broadly, some elephant experts say urban zoos simply don't have the space that African elephants, who roam extensive distances in the wild to forage for hundreds of pounds of vegetation each day, need for a normal life.
Anything remaining will be cremated, including even the tiniest of animals. “Everything from guppies to elephants is incinerated,” says Neiffer. While burials were once commonplace at zoos, very few bury their animals anymore.
Our elephant habitats spread out over six acres, divided into two main yards, and providing all the elephants with opportunities for social interaction and with inviting space. With eight African elephants, there's always something happening here!
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.The 48-year-old Asian beloved elephant affectionally known as 'Little Mac' was humanely euthanized on Sept.25 after several days of hospice care due to failing health. She was in her exhibit yard, surrounded by her keepers and other Zoo staff who have cared for her over the years.
In 2006, the Bronx Zoo announced no further elephants would be acquired, a measure taken by other zoos after calls from the public and animal experts stated that elephants do not belong in captivity thus affecting their natural behaviors as social creatures.
The Safari Park's elephant habitats spread out over six acres, divided into two main yards, providing all the elephants with opportunities for social interaction and with inviting space. With nine African elephants, there's always something happening!
After 20 years of performing for crowds at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, two elephants named Liz and Valerie have been transferred to Wildlife Safari in Oregon.
In October 2011, after a spate of elephant deaths and harsh criticism from a U.S.-based animal-rights group, city council voted 31 to 4 to send the Toronto Zoo's three remaining African elephants — Thika, Toka and Iringa — to the Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) sanctuary in San Andreas, Calif.