“The elephants at the Reid Park Zoo won’t be packing up their trunks anytime soon. The Tucson City Council voted 6-1 last week to move Connie and Shaba from their current half-acre enclosure to a new 3-acre savannah, rather than examine the possibility of sending the elephants to another zoo with more space, or to an elephant sanctuary.” - Tucson Weekly

“The Tucson City Council will likely vote Tuesday on a city staff recommendation to keep the elephants in Tucson and expand their enclosure at Reid Park Zoo, giving them several acres of sand pits, pools, grass and a mud wallow instead of their current half-acre space.” - Arizona Daily Star

” The Tucson City Council has agreed to spend $8.5 million to expand the elephant enclosure at the Reid Park Zoo.” - Casa Grande Valley Newspapers Inc.

“Tucson City Council members say they want to keep the elephants at Reid Park Zoo. Now, they’ll have to come up with a plan to expand their pen, so the elephants can be bred.” - KOLD