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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.

New Bedford Police are actively investigating an accident that has left two siblings injured this afternoon.

NEW BEDFORD - A small amount of drugs and nearly $10,000 in cash is seized by New Bedford Police. Officers with the Narcotics Division carried out a search warrant Wednesday night at an apartment at 70 Ruth Street in the South End after an investigation into a cocaine distribution service being run out of the home...

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...

NEW BEDFORD - Nearly a dozen gunshots rang out Sunday night in New Bedford's South End. Police say just before 9pm Sunday, reports of gunfire at Roosevelt and Ruth Streets were reported. Police recovered five 9mm and six .40 caliber shell casings...

Ruth the elephant is doing much better. Buttonwood Park Zoo Director Keith Lovett says it was touch and go for the pacyderm Friday and Saturday as she was suffering from gastrointestinal stasis. Lovett tells WBSM News that changed Sunday morning when Ruth was finally able to pass much of the blockage in her digestive system...

Buttonwood Park Zoo Director Keith Lovett says there's not much change in Ruth the elephant's condition. Ruth is reported as suffering from gastrointestinal complications, and hasn't been able to pass food. Lovett says she is up and about, as zoo staff took her for a walk around the park Thursday morning...

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

An update on the Buttonwood Park Zoo elephant who escaped during the blizzard earlier this month. According to the Standard Times, two Buttonwood Park zookeepers have been disciplined for forgetting to lock the elephant's barn door. Ruth the elephant managed to escape the barn and was exposed to the extreme cold...

A Facebook page that's been created to Send Ruth & Emily to The Elephant Sanctuary is hoping to gain support from candidates that are running for the open New Bedford Ward 5 City Councilor seat. The site complains about the conditions at the elephant exhibit at the Buttonwood Park Zoo (located in Ward 5 New Bedford)...