Legs in iron chains and unable to roam freely, the treatment of two elderly elephants at the Hanoi public zoo has drawn outrage in Vietnam, with animal rights groups demanding the pair be relocated.

Opened in September 1965 just southwest of Hanoi, the Zoo had all the windows in the cells bricked up shortly after opening. The rooms were padlocked but had a slight give that allowed prisoners ...

Only two known males are left-one is living at Suzhou Zoo in China, and the other is in Hanoi's Xuân Khanh Lake. "It is the same individual that we've been monitoring in recent years. It's a real ...