elephant

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The zoo’s elephant complex spans 17 acres and includes a wooded preserve not open to public viewing as well as a 36,650-square-foot barn.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

Boyes is able to grab key footage of an elephant using his smartphone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

Sassou Nguesso told the rally, dressed in a white shirt adorned with an elephant.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

However, in 2014 he abdicated, two years after it had emerged he had been elephant hunting in Botswana with Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, who had been his mistress, during an economic crisis in Spain.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

The elephant was well aware that no one was allowed to shoot him.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer