Tessa, the gentlest elephant in the herd at the Toronto Zoo, died last week after being knocked over when the elephants were heading over to be fed. Tessa was 40 and had lived at the zoo since it opened in 1974. I question Eric Cole’s statement that Tessa lived longer that she would have in the wild. It’s well known that captive elephants don’t live as long as elephants in the wild. – The Calgary Heralrd

Planning has started on the new elephant habitats at the Oregon Zoo, which were made possible by bonds passed last November.OregonLive.com

An opinion piece that discusses behavioral issues in captive animals. The article mentions Jenny, who lives in the Dallas Zoo. The article also mentions Maggie, who was the elephant that a treadmill was built for when she lived in Alaska. Maggie has since gone to live at PAWS, the Performing Animal Welfare Society.

Jenny at The Dallas Zoo

Taiwan News Online

A baby elephant was born at the Columbus Zoo on March 27th. Here is a video of the baby exploring his new surroundings at the zoo. He is 3 days old in this video.

The Columbus Dispatch

Earlier I reported that the Bellevue Zoo in Belfast was looking for the family that took care of the elephant Shelia during WWII. Shelia was cared for by Denise Austin, whose nephew, David Ramsey, recently came forward. David said his cousin was eccentric, lived alone and only kept the elephant at night.

BBC NEWS

Alice and Tiki, two elephants from the Wildlife Safari in Oregon, have been washing cars. Park officials state that it gives the elephants exercise and that the car wash is a fundraiser for the park.
NRtoday.com

The Dallas Zoo, best known for the controversy surrounding Jenny, an elephant they were going to send to Mexico, is building a 10 acre “savanna”. This attraction will be home to lions, ostriches, giraffes and elephants.

Dallas Morning News

During World War II a number of animals at the Bellevue Zoo in Belfast were killed because the government feared that if the zoo were hit by a bomb that the animals would be dangerous to the population.

The elephant Shelia, however, escaped this fate, and lived in the backyard of a house near the zoo.

The zoo is now trying to find out who the people were that took care of Shelia.

BBC NEWS

Photos of Samsom, the first baby elephant born at the Baltimore Zoo, who just celebrated his first birthday.

baltimoresun.com

Christie, an elephant at the Hogle Zoo, is 18 months pregnant and has 4 more months to go. This article contains information about her pregnancy.

Deseret News

Tumpe, a 24 year old elephant, died after an illness involving skin sores and gastrointestinal problems. Tumpe had previously lived at a zoo in South Carolina.

my fox orlando

An elephant is “in love” with her 30 year old keeper, Lawrence Bates, at the West Midland Safari Park. He’s pretty cute so I can understand the crush

Birmingham Mail

The Los Angeles city council decided to complete construction on the new elephant habitat and to keep Billy at the zoo.

eFluxMedia

The mayor of Kiev fired the head of the zoo for failing to find a mate for the zoo’s elephant.

RIA Novosti

Opal, a formally abused traveling circus elephant, is pregnant for the first time via artificial insemination.

EADT

Bob Barker has pledged over a million dollars to help transport Billy from the Los Angeles zoo to the Performing Animals Welfare Society.

MyMotherLode.com

Most residents of Los Angeles want the zoo’s elephant habitat to be completed. The new habitat will be nice but will do nothing to ease the loneliness of Billy. I’m of the opinion that he should go to a sanctuary.

Yahoo News

North Carolina state veterinarians helped a young elephant with a broken tusk at the North Carolina zoo.

WWAY