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87-year-old elephant takes first freedom steps at sanctuary

After a lifetime spent in captivity, an 87-year-old elephant named SomBoon is finally on her path to...

Baby elephant steals the show as he interrupts reporter at Wildlife Trust

A reporter at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Nairobi, Kenya, was interrupted on camera by a baby...

Elephant held captive and alone for 35 years at zoo in Puerto Rico has been freed

A 41-year-old elephant named Mundi, who had been living in isolation at the Mayaguez Zoo in Puerto...

Angry elephant didn’t like being teased with the offer of a banana by stupid tourist

A tourist in India had been teasing an elephant with a banana by holding it in front...

Two dozen elephants found ‘sleeping it off’ after drinking water fermented by intoxicating mahua flower

Two dozen elephants were reportedly seen asleep after guzzling Indian villagers' home-brewed alcohol made from mahua flowers....

Father who brought toddler into zoo’s elephant enclosure for a photo gets probation

In San Diego, a father who entered an elephant's enclosure with his two-year-old daughter at the San...

Elephant in Thailand killed its handler after being forced to work in scorching temperatures

In the southern Thailand's Phang Nga province late last week, an elephant violently attacked his mahout (handler)...

No freedom for Happy: Lonely Bronz Zoo elephant denied personhood

Happy the elephant will remain at the Bronx Zoo. On Tuesday, the New York Court of Appeals...

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