Anchorage Daily News

Watch Maggie all you like, PAWS representative says

Three days after a notice went up on the Performing Animal Welfare Society's Web site asking visitors to limit their Maggie fixes to 20 minutes, PAWS is backing down.

Maggie fans overwhelm webcam

Alaska's long-distance love affair with Maggie is putting pressure on a webcam beaming her antics to fans as she comes to terms with life among other elephants.

The elephant has landed

When Maggie first saw other elephants in her new California sanctuary, "she kind of trumpeted at them, put her ears out, took a few running steps towards them, and they put their ears out, and she turned around and went back in the barn," said A

Operation Maggie Flight is ready for launching

After four decades of elephant-keeping, the Alaska Zoo today will hand over its beloved pachyderm, Maggie, to the Air Force for a flight to a sanctuary in California.

One-way ticket south for Maggie

If any of the roughly 280,000 people in Anchorage decided to pack up and move this week, not one of us would draw the kind of passionate tributes and heartsick farewells showered on Maggie the elephant Saturday.

Air Force will fly out Maggie

Officials at Elmendorf Air Force Base were asked to transport the 25-year-old African elephant to an elephant sanctuary run by the Performing Animals Welfare Society but needed approval from the Pentagon to do so, said Air Force spokeswoman Capt. Kelley J

Packing a pachyderm takes patience

Sometime today, Maggie will get a chance to enter the crate that will hold her during her flight south. To get ready for spending hours in the confined space, the elephant has gone through a series of pre-flight instructions, with sweet rewards when she c

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Zoo picks Maggie's new home, won't reveal it

The Alaska Zoo board has reached a decision on where to move Maggie the elephant, zoo officials said Wednesday night. They just refuse to say what it was.

Outside zoo experts seek Maggie move

Les Schobert knows enough about Alaskans to know we don't like Outsiders telling us what to do. But he knows even more about elephants, so he has joined seven other international zoo experts urging the Alaska Zoo to accept a one-way, all-expenses-pai

PAWS elephant sanctuary

Letter from zoo experts urging Maggie's transfer to PAWS

Bob Barker says price is right to move Maggie

Here's the deal: If the Alaska Zoo sends Maggie the elephant to a sanctuary in Northern California, retired game show host Bob Barker will kick in $750,000 to help take care of her.

Bob Barker makes offer to move elephant

Retired game show host Bob Barker says he"ll donate $750,000 to care for Maggie the elephant if the Alaska Zoo sends her to a sanctuary in Northern California.

Critics oppose proposed new home for Maggie

Alaska's only elephant is now being eyed by officials from a prospective new home, but the same animal rights group that has pushed for Maggie's departure is saying if this facility is the leading option, she should stay here.

Another Alaska winter for Maggie?

A top contender to become the new home for Alaska's lone elephant has recommended the move wait until next May or June so she can be prepared mentally for the move, the Alaska Zoo Board's president said Thursday.

Elephant ache draws attention from beyond Alaska

A veterinarian said colic or a bellyache may be to blame for weakening Maggie the elephant, whom firefighters hoisted to her feet after she couldn't stand on her own.

Firemen give elephant Maggie a lift at the Alaska Zoo

Maggie the Anchorage Zoo's beloved African elephant, had lain down inside her indoor enclosure -- and wouldn't get up. Zoo employees asked firefighters from Station 8 on O'Malley Road to help.

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Elephant may remember Alaska's creature comforts

Who knows what goes on in the mind of an elephant? Apparently a fair number of people think they do, judging from the hoopla surrounding the Alaska Zoo's lone pachyderm these days.

Zoo board postpones decision on Maggie

The Alaska Zoo board of directors met Tuesday night to discuss the future of Maggie, Alaska's lone elephant, and decided they needed more time to consult with experts, review public opinion and find out what options exist for Maggie.

Firefighters return to zoo to give Maggie another lift

Alaska Zoo officials are baffled why their elephant, Maggie, lay down early Wednesday for a second time in four days and could not get up.

Maggie at home earlier this year