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Patty

54 Years old | female | Asian | wild
Bronx Zoo (New York, NY)

Patty is a wild-born Asian elephant currently held captive at the Bronx Zoo in New York, NY. Patty was captured in India when she was three years old and imported to the United States in 1973 with several other young elephants. The Bronx Zoo purchased Patty for $6,000. For over half a century Patty has been confined to the same small, barren enclosure at the zoo.

Renee

45 Years old | Ohio

Renee is an African elephant currently held at the Toledo Zoo & Aquarium in Toledo, OH. She was born in the wild 45 years ago. Renee is confined with 3 other elephants, and they all suffer from their facility’s lack of sufficient space and from being unable to engage in their natural behaviors.

Rex

56 Years old | Oklahoma

Rex is an Asian elephant currently held at the Oklahoma City Zoo in Oklahoma City, OK. He was born in the wild 55 years ago. Rex 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.

Romani

48 Years old | New York

Romani is an Asian elephant currently held at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, NY. She was born in the wild 47 years ago. Romani 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.

Romeo

31 Years old | Texas

Romeo is an Asian elephant currently held at the Fort Worth Zoological Park in Ft. Worth, TX. He was born in captivity 30 years ago. Romeo 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.

Rose-Tu

30 Years old | Oregon

Rose-Tu is a 29-year-old Asian elephant who has spent her entire life confined at the Oregon Zoo. Four generations of her family have lived and died at the zoo: her maternal grandparents Rosy and Thonglaw, her parents Me-Tu and Hugo, her stillborn twin, and her daughter Lily. The Oregon Zoo has a long history of using bullhooks and importing elephants from abroad, as well as a notorious captive breeding program. The latter has involved contracts with circuses and other zoos, whereby certain elephants born at the zoo would go to the other entity.

Rosy

54 Years old | Florida

Rosy is an Asian elephant currently held at the Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Tampa, FL. She was born in the wild 53 years ago. Rosy 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.

Rozie

32 Years old | New Mexico

Rozie is an Asian elephant currently held at the Albuquerque Biological Park in Albuquerque, NM. She was born in captivity 31 years ago. Rozie is confined with 3 other elephants, who all suffer from their facility’s lack of sufficient space and from being unable to engage in their natural behaviors.

Rudy

22 Years old | Ohio

Rudy is a captive-born Asian elephant currently held at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Powell, OH. She 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.

Ruth

66 Years old | Massachusetts

Ruth is an Asian elephant currently held at the Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford, MA. She was born in the wild 65 years ago. Ruth is confined with 1 other elephant, and both suffer from their facility’s lack of sufficient space and from being unable to engage in their natural behaviors.

Ruth

43 Years old | Wisconsin

Ruth is an African elephant currently held at the Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens in Milwaukee, WI. She was born in captivity 42 years ago. Ruth 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.

Sabu

36 Years old | Ohio

Sabu is a wild-born Asian elephant currently held at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in Cincinnati, OH. He 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.

Sally

57 Years old | Florida

Sally is a wild-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.

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