San Francisco Mulls Ban of Beloved Zoo Elephants
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San Francisco officials pondered  on Thursday whether to stop keeping elephants in the city's zoo  as activists pushed for a ban amid concerns about their  conditions in captivity.
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Â· Zoo birds culled after complaints about noise Â· Horrified locals side with animal rights activists
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An international effort to halt the illegal killing of elephants for their ivory tusks has all but collapsed in most of Africa, leaving officials and advocates alarmed about the survival of the species. A study  released  yesterday estimates that as many as 23,000 of the animals were slaughtered...
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South Africa needs to consider  restarting elephant culls because growing numbers of the mammal  now threaten local habitats, the WWF conservation group has  said.
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An international effort to halt the illegal killing of elephants for their ivory tusks has all but collapsed in most of Africa, leaving officials and advocates alarmed about the survival of the species. A study being reported Tuesday estimates that as many as 23,000 animals were slaughtered last year alone....
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Investigators are trying to figure out how a Siberian tiger escaped from her enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo on Christmas Day and killed a zoo visitor. Two other visitors were injured. The tiger, a 300-pound female named Tatiana, did not get out through an open door, Robert Jenkins, the zoo's director of animal care and conservation, told The Associated Press.
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The American Zoo and Aquarium Association on Thursday denied Detroit Zoo director Ron Kagan&#39;s final appeal to send the two aging, arthritic elephants to one of two US sanctuaries where they could roam hundreds of acres.
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Sydney's premier zoo is celebrating the  news that its 9-year-old Asian elephant is pregnant, but animal  rights groups are shocked that the zoo has let a juvenile  elephant fall pregnant.
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The wall protecting the public from big cats at the San Francisco Zoo -- where a tiger escaped on Christmas Day and killed a teenager and mauled two brothers -- is below the minimum height recommended by the nation's zoo accrediting agency.
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A new study is the latest salvo in a long-standing debate over what wiped out the giant elephantlike animals.
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Robert Culp's lawsuit alleging that the Los Angeles Zoo mistreats elephants can go forward.
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Robert Culp's lawsuit alleging that the Los Angeles Zoo mistreats elephants can go forward. Judge Reginald A. Dunn has rejected arguments by the city that the complaint filed by the 77-year-old actor and real estate agent Aaron Leider lacks a legal basis.
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Elephants must receive hundreds of times more space to live at San Francisco&#39;s zoo or not be kept at the facility, city legislators said on Tuesday in legislation that could effectively bar pachyderms for good.
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A plan by a German zoo to test the sexual appetites of a group of suspected homosexual penguins has sparked outrage among gay and lesbian groups, who fear zookeepers might force them to turn straight.
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Police are reportedly investigating whether the young men mauled by a tiger at the San Francisco Zoo taunted the anima
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There is a disagreement concerning the future of two elephants at the Detroit Zoo: a sanctuary or the Columbus Zoo. The American Zoo and Aquarium Association in Washington has
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Bee Staff Writer. SANTA CLARA - The 49ers have struck a deal to transform Candlestick Park into &quot;The Monster,&quot; but San Francisco voters might have the final say on whether the beastly moniker sticks.