While Ruth the elephant actively tried to get up on her own, she remained down. Her position made it challenging, as well as her age.

An elephant at a Wisconsin zoo is being carefully watched after taking a tumble a day prior. On Sept. 2, Ruth — one of Milwaukee County Zoo’s three elephants — “lost her footing on a log in the ...

The zoo said she was unable to get up an her own, prompting a response that included calls to the MFD Heavy Urban Rescue Team ...

First-time mother Zuberi safely gave birth to a female calf at 7:24 this morning in the company of other members of the herd.