Bay Area Featured Donna the elephant, who moved from Oakland Zoo in ’23, dies Christmas Eve By Tony Hicks Bay City News Dec 30, 2024 Donna the elephant, who moved from the Oakland Zoo to The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee in 2023, died on Christmas Eve.
National Bronx Zoo elephant named Happy isn't a person, court rules By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press Jun 14, 2022 ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Happy the elephant may be intelligent and deserving of compassion, but she cannot be considered a person being illegally c…
Bay Area African elephant at Oakland Zoo dies after long life Updated Apr 13, 2025 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A 50-year-old matriarch of the Oakland Zoo's African elephant herd died suddenly long after surpassing the 17-year medi…
State Santa Barbara Zoo's elderly elephant Little Mac euthanized Updated Apr 13, 2025 SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Little Mac, a 48-year-old Asian elephant that was a fixture at the Santa Barbara Zoo for nearly all her life, was…
Pet Tip Let's talk about sex Updated Apr 13, 2025 Two weeks ago, our topic was eating too much. Last week, we covered the all-time sleep champions of the animal world. You should have seen thi…
Food With push from PETA, animal crackers bust out of their cages By DEE-ANN DURBIN, AP Business WriterUpdated Aug 21, 2018 After more than a century behind bars, the beasts on boxes of animal crackers are roaming free.
Pet Tip A different world By Ken White Jul 9, 2018 A couple weeks ago I mentioned that North America was once home to lions, zebra and other megafauna (mega as in big, fauna as in animals) whic…
National Lincoln to Thai king: Thanks but no thanks for the elephants The Associated Press Mar 25, 2018 BANGKOK — Elephants are Thailand’s national animal, so it’s only natural that King Mongkut in 1861 offered to send a pair to the United States…
