Phoenix Zoo officials say a list that ranks the zoo as one of the top 10 worst for elephants in North America has “no merit.” The list, which comes from animal rights group In Defense of Animals, ...

Reports from animal welfare groups show that elephants in zoos often die decades earlier than those in the wild. The problem is not a single bad enclosure or one careless year. It is a system that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elephants, the largest land mammals on Earth, live in matriarchal family groups led by the eldest female. Known for their highly ...

The Phoenix Zoo, home to Indu, a female Asian elephant, has responded to claims that it is one of the worst zoos for elephants in North America. On Tuesday, nonprofit organization In Defense of ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Phoenix Zoo says a recent report detailing the list of the worst zoos for elephants in North America is flat-out wrong but plans to close the elephant exhibit. In Defense of ...

An animal advocacy group has placed the controversial new home of two former Los Angeles Zoo elephants on an annual Top 10 list of the continent’s worst facilities for the world’s largest endangered ...