Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), a non-profit that is also an “independent accrediting organization for the best zoos ...

(CNN) — A group of zoos voted this summer to outlaw a device used to control elephants, a move welcomed by animal rights groups. The Association of Zoos and Aquariums said it voted to phase out the ...

A group of zoos voted this summer to outlaw a device used to control elephants, a move welcomed by animal rights groups. The Association of Zoos and Aquariums said it voted to phase out the bullhook, ...

“Methinks thou dost protest too much,” Shakespeare wrote, meaning that someone who is overly persistent about something is probably at the point where the opposite of what is being said is true. Case ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — Elephant trainers and handlers will no longer be allowed to use an “archaic” training tool called the bullhook in California after Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill banning them ...

The circus is coming to Atlanta, and the troupe will bring its elephant bullhooks with it. A Fulton Superior Court judge issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday that blocks the county's ban on ...

PROVIDENCE — The use of an elephant training tool known as a bullhook was called into question Tuesday after the California-based nonprofit In Defense of Animals ranked Roger Williams Park Zoo as one ...

The bullhook is an implement made up of a long rod with a blunt or pointed hook at the end. Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, animal ...