TIME is running out for Ruby, a 46-year-old African elephant at the Los Angeles Zoo who has spent almost her entire life before the public. Despite popular support and an endorsement from the Board of ...

LOS ANGELES — After years of lobbying by animal-rights activists, an African elephant named Ruby was loaded into the back of an air-conditioned truck before dawn today and sent to a Northern ...

As Ruby the elephant heads off to retirement at a Northern California sanctuary, the debate continues over whether the Los Angeles Zoo should house elephants. In announcing Ruby’s retirement at a ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. LOS ANGELES-- Ruby, an African elephant who was moved to a Northern California sanctuary four years ago amid protests over her ...

Ruby, an African elephant who was moved to a Northern California sanctuary four years ago amid protests over her confinement at the Los Angeles Zoo, has died. She was 50. Ruby died Tuesday at the ...

LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Ruby the African elephant, who lived for 20 years at the Los Angeles Zoo before being sent to a San Andreas sanctuary in 2007 after years of lobbying by animal-rights activists, ...

Ruby, the LA Zoo's 46-year-old elephant, is getting a bigger home. Ruby will be moved to a 70-acre animal sanctuary in northern California said to be 500 times larger than her current enclosure at the ...

Re “L.A. Zoo is still undecided on elephant’s future,” Nov. 22 Why is it that L.A. Zoo Director John Lewis says he wants what’s best for Ruby the elephant but keeps her in solitary confinement in a ...

LOS ANGELESLOS ANGELES — Ruby, an African elephant who was moved to a Northern California sanctuary four years ago amid protests over her confinement at the Los Angeles Zoo, has died. She was 50. Ruby ...

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