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A former zoo owner, Frank Thompson, brought Connie to the U.S. with seven other elephant babies who were orphaned in Zimbabwe in 1987 when poachers killed the adults in the herd for their tusks.

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Feces, dung, poop: words that never fail to make a 12-year-old boy laugh. But they have no place in highly advanced ...

Vatsala, believed to be Asia's oldest elephant, died on Tuesday in Panna Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India. A cherished ...

It's not a sight you see every day: 100 life-size Indian elephant sculptures lining Santa Monica Boulevard. Their goal: to ...

After a 5,000-mile journey across the United States, 100 elephant sculptures have finally arrived in Beverly Hills, ...

The two young male Asian elephants play in the pool at The Harry and Linda Fath Elephant Trek at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, Wednesday, June 25. The five-acre habitat offers various ...

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A wild Asian elephant is captured on camera while crossing the border between China and Laos.