Animal group turns on Niabi after elephant death
“The death of a young Asian elephant at a Missouri zoo has made Niabi Zoo in Coal Valley, Ill., the target of an angry animal-rights group.” - QCTimes.com
Two New Elephants Headed For San Andreas Sanctuary
“A deal has been reached to bring two elephants from the Hawthorn Corporation in Illinois to the Performing Animal Welfare Society in San Andreas.” - MyMotherLode.com
A trunk-full of elephants
“Transporting elephants 650 miles can be a complicated process But that is exactly what eight elephants have done. Relocating from the Hawthorn Corporation in Richmond, Ill. to The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tenn., the elephants paired up two at a time and embarked on the 12-hour journey in a special chain free semi-trailer.” - Happy News
Packing my trunk for elephant road trip
“Keith, the Zahn show wants you to ride with two elephants from Illinois to Tennessee.” - CNN.com
Company to send elephants to home with room to roam
“After months of government negotiations to resolve charges of animal mistreatment, nine elephants from Illinois will pack their trunks and move to Tennessee.” - USATODAY.com
Lawsuit delays elephant transfer
“People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, has filed a federal lawsuit to block the transfer of four elephants from a northeast Illinois farm to an Oklahoma foundation that is affiliated with a circus.” - The Quad-City Times Newspaper
Former `Golden Girl’ attempting to block elephants
“Former “Golden Girls” actress Rue McClanahan is trying to prevent four elephants from being transferred from The Hawthorn Corporation in Illinois to a sanctuary in Hugo, Oklahoma.” - WQAD
New homes for elephants debated
“he fate of a dozen elephants in Illinois has become part of the debate over whether wild animals in captivity are being cared for properly ? and even whether they can be ? far from their natural habitat.” - USATODAY.com
Illinois Elephants’ Fate Remains Uncertain
“More than two years ago, federal officials concluded that 16 elephants owned by an Illinois circus-animal training business were being mistreated and had to be removed quickly. Facing the possible loss of his license to keep circus animals, the owner of Hawthorn Corp. formally agreed last year to give up his elephants as soon as a new home could be found.” - Washington Post
USDA confiscates ill Asian elephant, turns it over to Tennessee sanctuary
“The federal Department of Agriculture has seized a 57-year-old Asian elephant from an Illinois firm and turned the animal over to The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald.” - The Tennesean
Facility that owns Lota the elephant faces abuse charges
“The northern Illinois facility that owns Lota, a former Milwaukee County Zoo elephant who became an international poster pachyderm for animal rights, now faces revocation of its license because of dozens of federal allegations of abusing Lota and other elephants.” - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
