“Over the years WWF in collaboration with the North Carolina Zoo has been deploying satellite collars on elephants in the Southeast and other parts of Cameroon. The collars provide information via satellite on the movement pattern of elephants essential for the conservation of this charismatic mega vertebrate.” - AfricaNews

” It took the North Carolina Zoo 10 years to complete. But this weekend officials are celebrating the grand opening of the brand new Watani Grasslands Reserve. ” - News 14

“This teenager from Canada weighs more than 3 1/2 tons, but Samantha’s adopted family welcomed her to North Carolina with open arms and a cool drink.” - WRAL.com

“The Valley Zoo said goodbye to Samantha the elephant as she left to be a mom in her new home in North Carolina” - cbc news

“The number of elephants worldwide has dropped by 50 percent in the last century, and now the animal is on the endangered species list. Officials at the zoo hope a new $8.5 million expansion will save the species.” - News 14 Carolina

“Samantha, a 19-year-old, 3,200-kilogram African elephant, is heading to an elephant facility in Asheboro, N.C., in hopes of becoming a mom.” - cananda.com

“Samantha, one of the Valley Zoo’s two elephants, is being shipped to a North Carolina zoo this summer for breeding, and may never return.” - Edmonton Journal