Month: April, 2006

Tucson’s elephants to get new quarters

The Tucson City Council voted to build a larger enclosure for the two elephants at the Reid Park Zoo, ensuring that the elephants will stay in Tucson permanently.

Read this article in the Arizona Daily Star

$39M Elephant Exhibit To Be Built At L.A. Zoo

A 3.7-acre, $39 million elephant exhibit is one step closer to being built at the Greater Los Angeles Zoo, under a plan approved Monday by two City Council committees.

Check out the full story on CBS-KCAL

Elephant activists hire monitors

The leader of a group focused on one Asian elephant was banned from the zoo. Officials may relocate the animal.

Read the full story in the Philadelphia Inquirer

This Elephant’s Life

The saga of Bamboo, a precocious pachyderm that Seattle’s zoo can’t live with and won’t live without. This wonderful article is not available online, so pick up a copy at your nearest magazine stand!

Available in the April 2006 edition of Seattle Metropolitan Magazine