“Alderman Mary Ann Smith is pushing for a city ordinance that would ban cruelty towards elephants. She came up with the idea last year after three elephants died at the Lincoln Park Zoo, but now it’s an issue again because the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus is planning its November run at the United Center.” - Chicagoist

“It was less than two years ago that the Lincoln Park Zoo went elephant-free after the deaths of several of its elephants. Detroit Zoo no longer has an elephant exhibit either. Seems it might be growing more difficult to visit elephants in the Midwest.” - Chicagoist

“Chicago, where three Lincoln Park Zoo elephants have died in the past few years, is debating whether to become the largest U.S. city to bar the animals.” - Bloomberg.com

“After all three of the Lincoln Park Zoo?s elephants met untimely deaths, wildlife experts urged the Chicago City Council to embargo captive elephants in the interest of sparing them physical and psychological misery.” - The NewStandard

“The only elephants visible these days at the Lincoln Park Zoo’s once-popular exhibit are the bronze mother and baby on a nearby drinking fountain.” - csmonitor.com

“Lincoln Park Zoo officials said Wankie the African elephant may have died of a mycobacterial infection in her lungs.” - SignOnSanDiego.com

“Protestors stood outside the Lincoln Park on Friday demanding that the zoo send their last remaining elephant to a sanctuary.” - NBC5.com