as I'm sure you are all aware elephants are being phased out in zoos witch is a shame considering there so cool so what is the fate of these large pachyderms? this the list of zoos that have elephant and there care please share your opinions and correct me if needed san diego zoo Great sdwp amazing la zoo good Oregon zoo great Houstin zoo good Ft worth zoo meh san Antonio zoo bad dallas zoo amazing dever zoo great Cheyenne mountain zoo good Milwaukee county zoo meh (being expanded) lowery park zoo great st louis zoo great nc zoo amazing natural bridge zoo OH DEAR GOD free Asha zoo Atlanta good zoo Miami great Oklahoma city zoo great Kansas city zoo good hogle zoo great el paso zoo meh aubundun (bad spelling) zoo good Columbus zoo great cincinati zoo meh Cleveland zoo great toleado zoo great pheniox zoo good rosmond Gifford zoo good buffalo zoo bad
They're not really being phased out, although lots of zoos are no longer keeping them for various reasons such as space or incompatible climate. I haven't visited them, but from what I've seen San Antonio and Buffalo need to stop keeping elephants. An amazing one that isn't on the list is Disney's Animal Kingdom.
I did not include Bronx or Santa Barbra because they have announced to phase them out. and did not include Disney because even though that's a amazing exhibit its not a zoo but still great
well lets see Brookfield zoo Lincoln park zoo san Fransisco zoo woodland park zoo philidelphia zoo henry vilas zoo Nashville zoo niabi zoo Cameron park zoo Alaska zoo are just a few zoos upon 30 that phased out elephants
Weigh this against the number of zoos that have built new habitats or are building new habitats. Many of these zoos had no business keeping elephants in the first place (Niabi and Alaska). Nashville is in the process of updating their exhibit. Cameron Park still have elephants, and I've heard no plans for them to get rid of them.
AZA changed their elephant standards to say that at least 4 elephants have to be kept in a group to maintain proper social bonds, so a lot of zoos that have less than 4 elephants are sending them to other zoos (which may be what you mean by "phasing them out"). For example, that's why the 0.2 elephants from Virginia Zoo went to Zoo Miami, so now Zoo Miami has 0.4 African elephants. That doesn't mean that zoos in general, or even just in AZA, are phasing out elephants all together.
Actually this is false. The standards call for the following: A minimum of 3 cows, or 2 bulls, or in mixed sex groups at least 3 animals (2 bulls/1 cow or 1 bull/2 cows)
why is Disney's Animal Kingdom not a zoo? What is it? I know you're going to say "it's a theme park!" but it is still a zoo.
it is IN a theme park but its not what I would call a zoo its enclousures are amazing and looks just like Africa though personally I think its higher quality then most zoos
I see your point and was wrong about Cameron park but I forgot Virginia zoo Detroit zoo sacrmento zoo loisiana zoo lee Richardson zoo Jackson zoo and lion country safari also retired their elephants. they cost so much money and cold climate is also a issue few zoos can acomidate them
I know Nashville is. Brookfield is trying to get them back but they have said nothing official about a new exhibit as of yet.
