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In Defense of Animals

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    July 9, 2010

    St. Louis Zoo Elephant Miscarries, Fuels Criticism of Pachyderm Exhibit

    One might say the same about the zoo's track record with elephants.​The St. Louis Zoo yesterday announced that one of its Asian elephants, Ellie, miscarried her 9-month-old fetus this week. Elephant pregnancies generally last 22 months. Zoo officials said they were not all that surprised by the mi ... More >>

  • News

    May 19, 2010

    Ask a Mexican: Special Potpourri Edition

    One might say the same about the zoo's track record with elephants.​The St. Louis Zoo yesterday announced that one of its Asian elephants, Ellie, miscarried her 9-month-old fetus this week. Elephant pregnancies generally last 22 months. Zoo officials said they were not all that surprised by the mi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    Animal Rights Group Condemns Saint Louis Zoo for Elephant Pregnancies

    Group says no elephant sex is safe at Saint Louis Zoo.​California-based In Defense of Animals made a formal complaint today to the U.S. Department of Agriculture over two recent elephant pregnancies at the Saint Louis Zoo. The zoo announced this week that Asian elephants Ellie and her daughter, Ra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    This Week In St. Louis Elephant-Related News

    Contributed by Kim BarksThis poor Elephant doesn't have a name, but anybody can suggest one for a $7.00 donation going to BackStoppers. ​What do an auto body shop, the St. Louis Zoo, an animal rights group, Mardi Gras and the Caribbean have in common?They're all part of this week's Elephant relate ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    Local Fifth Grader Publishes Book About Elephant's Triumphant "Escape" to Saint Louis Zoo

    For elephants, one would think the Saint Louis Zoo would be a place to escape from, not to. Earlier this year, In Defense of Animals, an animal rights organization, named the zoo to its "Hall of Shame" on its Top Ten Worst Zoos for Elephants list. A month later, one of the elephants, Jade, contracte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2009

    Elephant Treament Lands Saint Louis Zoo in "Hall of Shame"

    This just in from the In Defense of Animals organization: Our very own Saint Louis Zoo has landed in the "Hall of Shame" for the confinement and treatment of its elephants. Visitors to the zoo over the past few years may have noticed a foot brace on Clara (an elephant that was euthanized in 2007 at ... More >>

  • News

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