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Help Us Save Elephants on World Elephant Day, August 12

African elephant in Amboseli National Park, Kenya (Photo: Shasta Bray)

In 1980, there were an estimated 1.2 million African elephants. Today, there are less than 420,000. This is largely due to the demand for ivory. Last month, President Obama announced a proposal to ban [...]

Celebrate Endangered Species Day!

There must have been more than 40 elephants in this herd! (Photo: Shasta Bray)

Declared by U.S. Congress in 2006, every third Friday in May is Endangered Species Day, a day to celebrate and protect our wildlife and wild places. Here at the Cincinnati Zoo, however, every [...]