It has been over 20 years since Free Willy convinced the movie-watching public that keeping a wild animal in captivity is wrong, and only one year since Blackfish—the gritty, modern reboot of Free ...

Update on Elephant Born in a Concrete Pit Has Us Crying Happy Tears originally appeared on PetHelpful. Global Sanctuary for Elephants has been sharing the stories of some of their rescued elephants to ...

Rosie is a baby elephant that has had a rough go of it. But the future finally looks bright. The baby was recently rescued by ...

A heartwarming and emotional video is making rounds on social media, leaving the internet teary-eyed. The clip shows an elephant getting extremely emotional after spotting the skull of one of its ...

Thornsley the elephant's mom is stuck in a pool of mud – and none of herd is able to help! The Kratts follow an elephant's call for help and find Thornsley's mom stuck in the mud, with the rest of the ...

CLINTON, Iowa A national animal advocacy group is calling for a federal investigation into a circus incident at Clinton Riverboat Days, where an African elephant injured an employee stooping near its ...

A recent newspaper article called "Elephant tears: Newborn weeps after being parted from mother who tried to kill him" reports about a newborn male elephant who "cried for five hours without stopping ...

An elephant attacked and lifted a car full of tourists with its tusks in Pilanesberg National Park in South Africa's North Western Province. In the videos, probably recorded by passengers on Monday, ...

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