Indu arrived at the Phoenix Zoo in 1998. “Indu was a truly remarkable elephant who touched the hearts of everyone who had the privilege to know her,” says Bert Castro, President and CEO of the Phoenix ...
In a press release, the sanctuary said Minnie had been displaying signs of weakness and decline in normal eating and drinking behaviors that were "consistent with progressive kidney failure." The ...
The Arizona Center for Nature Conservation and the Phoenix Zoo announced the passing of 59-year-old female Asian elephant Indu. The Phoenix Zoo said Indu had undergone treatment for osteoarthritis, a ...
Elephants have long unsettled and fascinated observers with what looks uncannily like a funeral rite, lingering over ...
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.