“The San Francisco Zoo dropped its elephant exhibit. So have zoos in Anchorage, Detroit, Madison and Chicago. In each case, the zoos could no longer justify their cramped and lonely quarters in the name of education and conservation. ” - OregonLive.com

“Tinkerbelle, a 39-year-old Asian elephant who moved from the San Francisco Zoo to a sanctuary in the Sierra foothills last November, was euthanized on Thursday afternoon.” - SFGate.com

“Elephants must receive hundreds of times more space to live at San Francisco’s zoo or not be kept at the facility, city legislators say, in legislation that could effectively bar pachyderms for good. ” - The New Zealand Herald

“Tinkerbelle, the lone Asian elephant at the San Francisco Zoo, moved into her new home Sunday at a sanctuary for abandoned and abused performing animals in Calaveras County.” - UnionDemocrat.com

“Few people have visited a zoo without being intrigued by elephants, their impressive size, their curious behaviors and the familiar intelligence in their eyes. But the conditions under which we hold elephants are killing them, as Calle’s death last month at the San Francisco Zoo should remind us.” - SFGate

“Bay Area residents missing Calle, an elephant euthanized at the San Francisco Zoo this month, can soon head to the Oakland Zoo, where Osh, a 9-year-old African bull elephant, arrived on Friday.” - NBC11.com