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Philanthropist offers to fund the relocation of two "ailing" elephants at LA Zoo to a sanctuary
Species Unite, April 2, 2025
The Elephants are Leaving Roger Williams Park Zoo in 2027
Rhode Island Monthly, February 25, 2025
Leaked emails show the nation’s leading wildlife agency has halted critical funding for conservation
Vox, February 14, 2025
City Bar Urges Immediate Transfer of Happy the Elephant from Bronx Zoo to Sanctuary
New York City Bar, February 12, 2025
On the Chopping Block With U.S.A.I.D.: Elephants, Tigers and Reefs
The New York Times, February 6, 2025
What the US government funding pause means for wildlife and conservation
IFAW, February 3, 2025
Rex: A Lifetime of Suffering Ends at the Oklahoma City Zoo
In Defense of Animals, January 24, 2025
New Massachusetts law bars circuses from using elephants, lions, giraffes and other animals
Associated Press, August 12, 2024
Human-elephant conflicts down nearly 90% in Tsavo community thanks to fencing
IFAW, July 30, 2024
Elephants have names for each other like people do, new study shows
Colorado State University, June 10, 2024
A new handbook recommends how to avoid elephant deaths on roads, rail tracks
Mongabay, May 9, 2024
A vehicle backfiring startled a circus elephant into a Montana street. She still performed Tuesday
Associated Press, April 17, 2024
Bangladesh court takes a stand against elephant cruelty, banning wild adoptions
The Optimist Daily, March 4, 2024
A Massive Elephant Could Be More Empathetic Than a Human
Discover Magazine, February 9, 2024
Lawmakers Call For Ban On Intrastate Ivory Sales Amid Illicit Retail Activity Across CT
CT News Junkie, January 25, 2024
Undercover investigation reveals Connecticut’s thriving ivory market
The Humane Society of the United States, January 24, 2024
‘A War on Nature’: Rangers Build Mountain Out of Wildlife Traps Found in Ugandan Park
The Guardian, June 29, 2023
Climate change is killing more elephants than poaching, Kenyan officials say
The Washington Post, July 28, 2022
For orphaned elephants, friends may be key to stress relief
National Geographic, July 14, 2022
Thawing Arctic will reveal more mummified creatures and bring new risks for those still living
CBC, July 13, 2022
40 years after Texas flood trauma, Sissy the Gainesville Elephant takes to water again
Fort Worth Star Telegram, June 25, 2022
A blast-stressed elephant and an abandoned lemur: The war within Kyiv’s zoo
The Washington Post, March 6, 2022
Tracing DNA Of Related Elephants Reveals Illegal Ivory Trafficking Networks
CNN, February 14, 2022
Undocumented elephant ivory trade 'thriving' in Massachusetts: Humane Society
ABC News, September 9, 2019
Wildlife Poaching and Trafficking: Combating a Source of Terrorist Funding
United States Institute of Peace, July 17, 2018
Photojournalist Follows Siberia’s Risky New Gold Rush by Shadowing Mammoth Tusk Hunters
My Modern Met, June 23, 2017
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