african elephant

African elephants

Part of the elephant enclosure

Mila's Story I am just posting this to update you all on Mila (formerly known as Jumbo), an African elephant who spent over 30 years in New Zealand's circus. Every New Zealander, or even overseas, has heard about Mila. She was rescued by the Franklin Zoo (near Auckland) in November 2009 and...

So duchess is the lone african elephant at Paignton zoo since her companion gay the Asian elephant was put to sleep in 2010. I know she was born and came from longleat safari park in 1977 but apart from that i know no more, and gay, i dont have a clue where she was born or came from. I was...

A male African elephant has been born to female "DUDU". Swedish zoo celebrates rare elephant birth - The Local

Lifted from the zoo's website; Construction work on the new elephant enclosure will begin in August. It will cover around 5000 square metres, making it more than double the size of its predecessor. The enclosure consists of various partial outdoor enclosures and a new elephant house...

do you think that a zoo could successfully group a hippo, black rhino, and a cheetah and possibly an African elephant in the same enclosure. what are the biggest problems you can foresee, how big would it have to be, and how many/ what gender should each spp. be. Thanks!;)

An animal welfare group says five baby elephants held in captivity in western Zimbabwe for shipment to zoos in China have been returned to the wild. China-bound Zimbabwe elephants returned

'Elephant Journal' is now available on Amazon Kindle: it is a 10,000 word book about elephants in the wild and in captivity. Written for people who are thinking of following a zoology career of some sort, the book outlines the current state of knowledge of these animals. There are also chapters...

The national zoo of South Africa in Pretoria, is claiming a first zoo birth of an elephant on the whole continent of Africa. The zoo welcomed the birth of an African savannah elephant, on the 21 March. The female baby elephant was conceived by mother, Pumbi, at the zoo two years ago. When the...

I have been looking at the website of Colchester zoo trying to find whats happening with their African elephant breeding program but apart from just saying about the odd baby being born there does not seem to be much information about there herd, I assume they only have the one bull? what is...