This is where we tell the stories of some of the many elephants mistreated and killed due to the Association of Zoos and Aquarium's neglect.

Tribby:  Born in Africa, she came to the United States as a baby of just 24 months, where she was shipped from zoo to zoo until she died of mysterious causes at age 16. 

Read about the sad life of Tribby here.

Petal:  Born in Tanzania in 1955, she came to the United States as a baby not even two years old.  She lived in the same barren quarter-acre enclosure at the Philadelphia Zoo her entire life.  Although she had the opportunity to move to a wonderful sanctuary when she was 50 years old, the Philadelphia Zoo refused to send her, and she died in the same cement barn where she spent over 50 years of her life.   

Read about the sad life of Petal here.

*** Additional elephants' stories will be told in the upcoming weeks...please check back ***