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 ...

PHOENIX – Phoenix Zoo officials say a new list that ranks their venue as one of the nation’s worst facilities for elephants has “no merit.” Animal rights group In Defense of Animals (IDA) recently ...

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 ...

list. The Topeka Zoo was number 1. According to Dr. Toni Frohoff from In Defense of Animals, the death of Shannon, an Asian elephant at the zoo, is "the tip of the iceberg of this zoos continued and ...

The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs has attracted the ire of the national activist group In Defense of Animals (IDA), which put the zoo on its annual Ten Worst Zoos for Elephants in North ...

The owners of a roadside zoo in South Carolina that closed in 2022 settled a court case with PETA by agreeing not to reopen the zoo. PETA had dubbed the Waccatee Zoo in Myrtle Beach the "worst ...

Mobile Zoo has been under the gun for several years for failure to upgrade its facilities to meet modern standards. The latest inspection by the USDA found numerous infractions including food spoilage ...