Minnie was used in traveling circuses and performances until the company that owned her was prosecuted for violations of the Animal Welfare Act.

After exhibiting signs of kidney failure, the sanctuary said the former circus elephant was humanely euthanized on Sunday, ...

The Louisville Zoo's two aging elephants have arrived at their "retirement home" in Tennessee, zoo officials announced in a news release June 5. African elephant Mikki, 39, and Asian elephant Punch, ...

A Tennessee elephant sanctuary recently received an African elephant from a California Zoo. Over the weekend, Osh the African elephant was transported from the Oakland Zoo in Oakland, California, to ...

Elephant skin is tough, but it can be broken. That's the bloody lesson that Billie, an elephant recovering from decades of abuse, learned repeatedly in her years with the circus. Billie's journey — ...

As Nashville grows and changes at a breakneck pace, a parcel of land just an hour outside the city is growing increasingly wild — and has been for the past 30 years. The Elephant Sanctuary, in ...

HOHENWALD, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee is mourning the sudden death of one of their African elephants. Donna, an African elephant, came to the sanctuary from the Oakland Zoo, ...

Both Asian and African elephant species are either endangered or critically endangered, with fewer than half a million of them left in the wild — a staggering and sobering statistic. Thankfully, a ...

HOWENWALD, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald is celebrating 30 years of elephant care. The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee was founded in 1995 and is the largest natural-habitat ...

HOHENWALD, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee has welcomed a new resident to its Hohenwald facility. The Elephant Sanctuary announced the safe arrival of a male African elephant named ...