What zoo in the US has African elephants?

The Maryland Zoo has a long history of caring for African elephants, and we are strongly committed to their survival in the wild. African elephants are threatened by poaching for their ivory tusks, as well as loss of their habitat and conflict with humans in many areas of their range.



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You can have a unique experience with an elephant at 72 AZA-accredited zoos. Visit any of these AZA-accredited zoos today to learn more about elephants, how the zoo is contributing to conservation and what you can do to help.

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At Two Tails Ranch (All About Elephants) we offer a guided tour where we will talk about the animals and answer questions. We will also have demonstrations as well as a visit to our museum and gift shop. During the tour you will also get a chance to ride the elephants and feed them!

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Birmingham Zoo The Birmingham Zoo is quite unique because it is the only zoo in the United States with an all-male herd of African elephants! This is very unusual, as other zoos have all-female herds or herds with more females than males.

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The Sedgwick County Zoo has an African-themed village near the African Veldt section that houses all of the elephants. Located in Wichita, Kansas, the Sedgwick County Zoo has the third-largest elephant habitat in the U.S. The African elephants at the zoo roam freely across more than five acres of space.

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The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, founded in 1995, is the nation's largest natural-habitat refuge developed specifically for African and Asian elephants.

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McNair Elephant Habitat Area - The Houston Zoo.

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North Carolina Zoo staff describes Artie as “the most talkative of the elephants at the zoo – he chortles often, especially for breakfast!” Artie has lived at the zoo since 2007, he weighs 13,900 pounds and is 11 feet tall, and is a favorite among his keepers and zoo visitors.

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After 75 years of housing elephants of all kinds — African elephants, Asian elephants — in 2010 the zoo staff moved its last female African elephant resident, Joyce, from the zoo's Pachyderm House to a California facility where she has lots of room to roam and spend time with companions, which are essential to a ...

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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.

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In April 2005 the Detroit Zoo moved elephants Winky and Wanda to the Performing Animal Welfare Society's (PAWS) ARK 2000 Sanctuary in California.

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Our African section is home to some of the most impressive (and endangered) animals on the planet, with the African elephants and white rhinos amongst them. Six Flags Great Adventure's “Save an Icon” mission, with our collectible pins, directly benefits some of these endangered animals.

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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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There are two sanctuaries in the United States that offer exceptional homes for elephants: The Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) (www.pawsweb.org) in Northern California, and The Elephant Sanctuary (www.elephants.com) in Hohenwald, Tennessee.

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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.

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