What happened to the elephants at the Santa Barbara zoo?
The 48-year-old Asian elephant had been put on hospice care for several days and was humanely euthanized Wednesday night, the zoo said in a news release.
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In recent years, some larger zoos such as the Toronto Zoo and San Francisco Zoo have phased out their elephant programs, sending their aging animals to sanctuaries in the United States that have far more space.
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.
Jeff Wyatt, the incoming chairperson of the AZA's accrediting commission, told The Buffalo News: “[I]nternal and external reviews of the elephant care facility have demonstrated that the facilities are not the best place for the increasing health and medical needs of aging elephants.” Elephant scientist Dr.
Elephants held at the Monterey Zoo have died under questionable circumstances, including one who was euthanized after being unable to stand due to a painful joint condition and another whose death was hidden from the public but whose necropsy revealed that she had ingested a large amount of sand that blocked and ...
Say goodbye to Nashville's elephants, at least temporarily. The Nashville Zoo is relocating three elephants in order to renovate and build a new facility for its African expansion. We place the highest priority on the well-being of each animal in our care, zoo president Rick Schwartz said in a media release.
The Philadelphia Zoo's two female African elephants have traded their cramped West Philadelphia home for new digs at a sprawling southwestern Pennsylvania sanctuary run by the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium.