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, ...

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, ...

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 — ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

HOHENWALD, Tenn. (WKRN) — They love taking mud baths, knocking down trees, and exploring their more than 3,000-acre habitat, the size of six Disneyland theme parks combined. These are the elephants at ...

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 ...

On Wednesday night, Woodland Park Zoo’s Asian elephants, Chai and Bamboo, were loaded onto a flat bed truck and began their 35 to 40 hour journey to their new home at the Oklahoma City Zoo. Elephant ...