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Young male elephant is coming to the Kansas City Zoo

2016-01-25 - Kansas City, United States.

The Kansas City Zoo will acquire a bull African elephant sometime in October, making possible a future breeding program, zoo officials announced Wednesday. Tamani, who will soon be 10 years old, now resides at the Birmingham Zoo in Alabama with three other males, including his father. In Kansas City, Tamani will join six female African elephants who are past their reproductive years. But Kansas City Zoo officials hope to acquire younger females in the future.


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Tamani weighs in at close to 6,000 pounds. He currently resides with three other bull elephants at the Birmingham Zoo in Alabama.

Kansas City Zoo announces addition of young male elephant

2015-10-02 - Kansas City, United States. Chris Oberholtz

The Kansas City Zoo is preparing for a bull African elephant arrival sometime this month. Tamani, meaning "hope" in Swahilli, will turn 10 on Oct. 17 and will join six female African elephants that are past their reproductive years. But zoo officials hope to acquire younger females in the future.

"While our females are not in their reproductive years, it is our intent to exhibit some in the future," said Randy Wisthoff, the zoo´s executive director. "Tamani provides us the o...


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Fewer zoos may have elephants under new standard

2012-02-02 - Kansas City, United States.

Fewer U.S. zoos of the future may have elephants but those that do would have happier animals under a new policy requiring American zoos with two elephants to add space for a third in case one dies. Starting in 2016, the Association of Zoos and Aquariums will require room for three elephants if a zoo wants to retain the AZA´s coveted accreditation. "Elephants are social creatures, they require other elephants," said AZA spokesman Steve Feldman.


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A fixture at the Kansas City Zoo for 40 years. Penney, pictured in 2006, helped inspire the book and movie "Water for Elephants." She was euthanized Tuesday after suffering from arthritis and old age.

Penney the elephant is euthanized at the Kansas City Zoo

2012-01-25 - Kansas City , United States. MATT CAMPBELL

Penney the elephant was a favorite at the Kansas City Zoo for 40 years after coming here as a “mail order bride,” and she helped inspire a popular book and movie. But on Tuesday the four-ton animal was euthanized after it became clear she was losing her battle with arthritis and old age.Penney had long been arthritic and was being given ibuprofen, but her condition worsened over the last month and a half. Zookeepers upped her pain medication and were feeding her packed balls of grain and giv...


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Winfield native writes story of first 100 years of Kansas City zoo

2009-10-02 - Kansas, United States.

Ruth Seeliger will be at the Winfield Public Library for a book signing and program for her newly published book Kansas City Zoo Tales ... a wild 100-year history at 7 p.m. Oct. 15. The public is invited Oct. 15 to learn about some of the colorful residents from the last century: Sally, the cigarette smoking chimp; Casey, the bull elephant; a furry escape artist named Nemo; and many others on this wild ride through 100 years of zoo-keeping history.


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Kansas City Zoo Wins Elephant Conservation Award

2008-09-23 - Kansas City, United States. Max Evans

A coalition of Zoos, including the Kansas City Zoo, received high honors last week at the 84th Annual Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Conference in Milwaukee for their work in elephant conservation. The AZA’s Significant Achievement Award for International Conservation was given to the zoos for their work as part of the Tarangire Elephant Project. The project is led by the Wildlife Conservation Society with support from a cadre of Zoos including the Kansas City Zoo, which provides...


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A Kansas doctor"s day -- in Kenya

2008-03-02 - Kansas, United States. RON SYLVESTER

In 2006, John Epperly and his wife, Shea, were fourth-year students working at Tenwek Hospital, a 300-bed clinic in the rural village of Bomet in southwestern Kenya. The Maasai man had been out tending his cattle when an elephant pinned him against a river bank and gored him four times. He had several tusk wounds in his arms and a 10-centimeter hole through his thigh. Epperly spent hours just getting his wounds cleaned before treating him.


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Kansas City Zoo : ELEPHANT KEEPER

2007-03-15 - Kansas City, United States. Kansas City Zoo

The Kansas City Zoo is seeking a qualified elephant keeper. The qualified individual will have elephant experience and be a team player. The elephant team currently manages 6 African elephants in protected contact. The Kansas City Zoo offers excellent benefits. To apply, please send resume and cover letter to Liz Harmon, General Curator, lizharmon@fotzkc.org


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Golden Ox manager Mike Hollands all-time favorite customer: hard-partying Ringling Bros. elephant trainer Sacha Houke and his posse.

2006-10-22 - Kansas, United States.

"He was in here every night after the circus," Holland says. "They drank me out of every bottle of tequila I had, all the good stuff. He told me some stories about some bars in Hamburg that were pretty crazy," Holland says. "They had to do with some very nice-looking females that were not females. He had lime but no salt," Holland says. "So thats like half a training wheel. Salt and lime are called training wheels."


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3 Headlines about Elephants from Kansas2009-10-02 - Kansas, United States - Winfield native writes story of first 100 years of Kansas City zoo 2008-03-02 - Kansas, United States - A Kansas doctor"s day -- in Kenya 2006-10-22 - Kansas, United States - Golden Ox manager Mike Hollands all-time favorite customer: hard-partying Ringling Bros. elephant trainer Sacha Houke and his posse.

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