according to South African National Parks. "Initial eyewitness accounts indicate that the family parked close to the Malelane ...

An animal rights group had sought to have the African elephants, Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou and Jambo, freed from Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and moved to an elephant sanctuary, citing a legal process ...

Court says elephants not human, cannot seek freedom Animal rights group says decision perpetuates an injustice Zoo called lawsuit frivolous, cites earlier rulings Jan 22 (Reuters) - Five elderly ...

While she said the five elderly African elephants were "majestic," the court ruled the claim could not be brought "because an elephant is not a person". The Nonhuman Rights Project (NRP ...

A court has ruled that five elephants being held in a Colorado zoo do not have the legal right to pursue their release, because they are not human. An animal rights group brought a lawsuit on ...

An expert on Asian elephants is sounding the alarm about "elephant sanctuaries" after a tourist was killed while visiting one in Thailand. Blanca Ojanguren García, 22, a law student at the ...

A bill that would have made it illegal to keep and breed elephants at African Lion Safari has essentially died in the wake of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision Jan. 6 to suspend ...

On the other, Queen Elizabeth National Park, a 1,978-square-kilometer (768-square-mile) wilderness packed with herds of African elephants, lions, hippos, buffalo and other species. These are big a ...