Zoo officials said the decision was made with the animals’ care and well-being as the top priority, and the relocation “will afford them the opportunity to live among other elephants.” ...

In the forests Asian elephants are threatened by forest destruction and population fragmentation, due to agricultural expansion and infrastructure development. Other threats to their survival include ...

both for its own sake and for the sake of the people who live near them. No two individuals and no two populations are exactly the same. But, we are racing against time—many elephant populations ...

After years of debate over the welfare of the animals, the Los Angeles Zoo announced Tuesday that it will relocate its two remaining Asian elephants to a newly expanded preserve at the Tulsa Zoo. The ...