Pittsburgh Zoo Caught in Secret Bid to Import Elephants

Through a Freedom of Information Act request, PETA has uncovered records showing that the Pittsburgh Zoo applied to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) last year for permission to import 13 wild-caught juvenile elephants from Zimbabwe to be placed at the zoo’s off-site International Conservation Center, where they would have been used for breeding. … Continue reading Pittsburgh Zoo Caught in Secret Bid to Import Elephants