Letters to the Editor
The lawsuits attempting to end the captivity of Happy the elephant and SeaWorld whales are forcing us to answer why animals do not have more rights.
July 13, 2022
California
Jewel was once owned by Willie Davenport, a Texas man whose family was in the circus business, before federal officials forced him to release her to the zoo.
Jan. 20, 2023
Side by side, the newspaper ads tell the story: A chastened jewelry shop declares in a Little Tokyo newspaper: “Every year thousands of wild animals are killed by man. . . .
Feb. 16, 1986
A year after one of its elephant keepers was killed, the San Diego Wild Animal Park is trumpeting a radically new method of handling elephants, by training them to respond voluntarily to commands from keepers on the other side of a steel fence.
March 15, 1992
World & Nation
Nearly deaf, Jeremiah Kilango couldn’t hear the herd of elephants encircling him while he tended cattle deep in the African bush.
July 13, 1993
The lure and peril of southern Africa’s elephants
Nov. 7, 2009
How Not to Protect Endangered Species
June 8, 1997
Entertainment & Arts
If a Christmas gift from the mall just won’t do this year, Valencia resident Tom Wise has created an eccentric alternative to fruitcake and sweaters.
Nov. 13, 1994
Elephant seals are not pretty creatures. In fact, they’re ugly--except for their big brown eyes.
March 7, 1986
Nation Now
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Jan. 18, 2012