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Local Living: Wild lights at the zoo, Holiday lights at Segra Park, Lights on the river, Capital City Fireworks

Friday, Dec. 26, the City of Columbia announced this year’s Capital City Fireworks display which will start just after ...

Oldest African bull elephant in the US dies at North Carolina Zoo

C’sar, the North Carolina Zoo’s longest-tenured resident and the oldest African bull elephant in the United States, died Dec. 19 at 51 years old.

C’sar, 51-year-old elephant and icon of NC Zoo, has died

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 elephant, the oldest of his kind in the US, has died at the NC Zoo

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

North Carolina Zoo announces C'sar, the oldest African bull elephant in the U.S., has died

After he was orphaned in Kenya, C’sar arrived at the North Carolina Zoo in July of 1978 when he was 4 years old. He was the ...
TribLIVE.com

Legal battle over Pittsburgh Zoo elephants continues

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 ...
Today

Baby Elephant at Columbus Zoo Gets Adorable Name After 11,000 Submissions

Columbus Zoo and Aquarium’s adorable new baby elephant finally has a name! The Ohio zoo previously announced on its social media pages that its Asian elephant Phoebe had given birth to a baby boy, her ...
NBC4 Columbus

Columbus Zoo’s baby elephant gets official name after public vote

POWELL, Ohio (WCMH) — A baby elephant born in October at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium finally has a name. The zoo announced on social media that the adorable calf has received his official moniker, ...
Columbus Dispatch

Columbus Zoo reveals name of baby elephant born in October

The name was chosen from over 11,000 public submissions and four final options selected by zookeepers. The name announcement coincided with Giving Tuesday, a day encouraging community donations and ...
Houston Chronicle

Endangered species convention proposes new rules for growing exotic pet trade

A growing exotic pet trade has conservationists calling for stronger regulations to protect the reptiles, birds and other animals in the wild that are increasingly showing up for sale on internet ...
USA Today

National Zoo to welcome first Asian elephant calf in nearly 25 years

The Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute announced on Nov. 24 that one of its Asian elephants is expecting, marking the first time an elephant calf will be born at the zoo in ...
AOL

The National Zoo Is Expecting A Baby Elephant — Here's Why It Could Be A Mammoth Feat

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and the Conservation Biology Institute announced on Monday that 12-year-old Asian elephant Nhi Linh is pregnant and could give birth to the zoo’s first elephant calf in ...