elephants

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit against the City of New Bedford regarding the care of Emily and Ruth, the Asian elephants at the Buttonwood Park Zoo.

A herd of 100 life-sized wooden elephants left Newport for New York City as part of a global art and fundraising project to raise awareness for human-elephant coexistence in India.

Two of the SouthCoast’s most beloved residents, Emily and Ruth, have received new enrichment items through the “Toys for Elephants” program.

Back by popular demand, Yoga with the Elephants is returning to Roger Williams Park Zoo this August!

Buttonwood Park Zoo Director Keith Lovett has issued a response to the lawsuit filed against the city over possession of its Asian elephants, Ruth and Emily.

The Friends of Ruth and Emily organization has filed an Endangered Species Act lawsuit against the City of New Bedford, seeking to have the two elephants removed from the Buttonwood Park Zoo.

We've told you about Yoga With Goats and Yoga With Kittens...but how about Yoga With Elephants? It's real!

NEW BEDFORD - The Buttonwood Park Zoo has once again appeared on a list of the Ten Worst Zoos for Elephants. The list, compiled by In Defense of Animals, places the New Bedford zoo in their "Hall of Shame," making this the seventh consecutive year the zoo has appeared on the list...

Ruth the Elephant has gone ill and is suffering from Gastro-Intestinal Statis.

It is the end of elephant acts at Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus.