Arriving from Kenya as an orphan in 1978, C’sar was the Zoo’s first elephant and quickly became an icon, inspiring generations of guests and staff.

C'sar an African bull elephant who came to the North Carolina Zoo as 4-year-old orphan in 1978 and lived there ever since, ...

C’sar arrived at the North Carolina Zoo on July 25, 1978, when he was about 4 years old. He was the 27th animal resident to ...

C'sar, who was 51 years old, came to the zoo in 1978, at just 4 years old. He was the zoo's first elephant and became an NC ...

C’sar, the North Carolina Zoo’s longest-tenured resident and the oldest African bull elephant in the United States, died Dec.

C’sar the elephant, the N.C. Zoo’s longest-tenured and one of its most charismatic residents, has died. The park announced ...

C'sar was also the oldest African bull elephant in the United States. The NC Zoo said he died peacefully on Friday. He was 51 ...

The above video is from C’sar’s 48th birthday in 2022. ASHEBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — The North Carolina Zoo is mourning the loss of an iconic resident who has lived at ...

On a cool December afternoon at the Fort Worth Zoo, Lady Bird splashes her tiny trunk in a watering hole while her mother, Bluebonnet, and honorary aunt Angel flank her like bodyguards. To zoogoers ...

Lady Bird, an Asian elephant born in August 2025, (center) is with her mother Bluebonnet (left) and Angel at Fort Worth Zoo on Dec. 9, 2025, in Fort Worth. Chitose Suzuki / Staff Photographer On a ...

A Washington, D.C.–based animal-rights group has filed a lawsuit in Somerset County seeking to secure the liberty of two Pittsburgh Zoo elephants. The elephants were recently moved to an international ...

Two animals at Cameron Park Zoo died Thursday: Tembo, a female African elephant born in the wild with an estimated age of 49, and Maharani, a 19-year-old female Sumatran tiger.