London Zoo’s first African elephant was arguably the most culturally important elephant who ever lived. Dubbed Jumbo by his keepers (apparently the Swahili word for ‘chief’), the animal ...

A life-size statue of Jumbo in St. Thomas, Ont., where the world-famous elephant died after being hit by a locomotive. It was erected in 1985 to commemorate 100 years since Jumbo's death.

This register records every important event at London Zoo, and the entry for June the 26th, 1865, notes the arrival of one African elephant. It was called Jumbo. The name in Swahili means "hello." ...

1835: London Zoo and the Tower Menagerie at the Tower ... at the zoo by barge along the nearby Regent's Canal. 1865: Jumbo the elephant arrives, introducing a whole new word to the English language.

Mali was the only captive elephant in the Philippines. LONDON -- Mali, an elephant dubbed as the world's "saddest" has died at a Philippine Zoo, Manila's Mayor Honey Lacuna has announced.

His latest works are no exception, and have prompted mass head scratching… why has the street japester daubed a goat and two elephants on walls in London ... the biggest elephant in the room ...

London Zoo was opened by the Zoological Society of London in 1828 to meet the growing Victorian interest in nature science. The first elephant was acquired in 1831, the first rhino in 1834 ...