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Zuri

17 Years old | female | African | captive
Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium (Pittsburgh, PA)

Zuri is a female African elephant who was born on July 25, 2008, at the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium. Conceived through the zoo’s breeding program, she entered the world not as a wild elephant but as one engineered for her genetics and exhibitory value. From her first moments, her life has been directed by humans rather than shaped by nature.

Kirina

30 Years old | New York

Kirina is an Asian elephant currently held at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, NY. She was born in captivity 28 years ago. Kirina is confined with 7 other elephants, who all suffer from their facility’s lack of sufficient space and from being unable to engage in their natural behaviors.

Kirkja

1 Years old | Ohio

Kirkja is a female African elephant born at the Toledo Zoo & Aquarium on February 17, 2024 to two wild-born elephants who never met. Initially thought to be a male, and named Kirk, the zoo discovered three months after her birth that she was a female and renamed her Kirkja. She is housed in an environment wholly unsuited for elephants: an exhibit slightly larger than an acre, together with three other elephants (her mother, an unrelated adult male, and an adult female). Nothing about Kirkja’s unnatural zoo existence bears any resemblance to what an elephant’s life should look like.

Kosti

43 Years old | Tennessee

Kosti is an African elephant currently held at the Memphis Zoo in Memphis, TN. She was born in the wild 41 years ago. Kosti is confined with 4 other elephants, who all suffer from their facility’s lack of sufficient space and from being unable to engage in their natural behaviors.

Kubwa

49 Years old | Indiana

Kubwa is an African elephant currently held at the Indianapolis Zoological Society, Inc. in Indianapolis, IN. She was born in the wild 47 years ago. Kubwa is confined with 5 other elephants, who all suffer from their facility’s lack of sufficient space and from being unable to engage in their natural behaviors.

Kumari

2 Years old | Florida

Kumari is a captive-born Asian elephant currently held at the White Oak Conservation in Yulee, FL. She is confined with 32 other elephants, who all suffer in captivity from being unable to engage in their natural behaviors.

Lady

57 Years old | Missouri

Lady is an African elephant currently held at the Kansas City Zoo in Kansas City, MO. She was born in the wild 55 years ago. Lady is confined with 8 other elephants, who all suffer from their facility’s lack of sufficient space and from being unable to engage in their natural behaviors.

Lea

47 Years old | Missouri

Lea is an African elephant currently held at the Kansas City Zoo in Kansas City, MO. She was born in the wild 45 years ago. Lea is confined with 8 other elephants, who all suffer from their facility’s lack of sufficient space and from being unable to engage in their natural behaviors.

Lil Felix

42 Years old | Maryland

Lil Felix is an African elephant currently held at the The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, MD. Lil Felix is confined with 2 other elephants, who all suffer from their facility’s lack of sufficient space and from being unable to engage in their natural behaviors.

Lilac

47 Years old | New York

Lilac is an African elephant currently held at the Seneca Park Zoo in Rochester, NY. She was born in the wild 45 years ago. Lilac is confined with 2 other elephants, who all suffer from their facility’s lack of sufficient space and from being unable to engage in their natural behaviors.

Litsemba

35 Years old | Arizona

Litsemba is a wild-born African elephant currently held at the Reid Park Zoo in Tucson, AZ. Litsemba is confined with 5 other elephants, who all suffer from their facility’s lack of sufficient space and from being unable to engage in their natural behaviors.

Lois

47 Years old | Missouri

Lois is an African elephant currently held at the Kansas City Zoo in Kansas City, MO. She was born in the wild 45 years ago. Lois is confined with 8 other elephants, who all suffer from their facility’s lack of sufficient space and from being unable to engage in their natural behaviors.

Lolly

13 Years old | Nebraska

Lolly is an African elephant currently held at the Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium in Omaha, NE. She was born in the wild 11 years ago. Lolly is confined with 9 other elephants, who all suffer from their facility’s lack of sufficient space and from being unable to engage in their natural behaviors.

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