MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WISN) — An elephant at the Milwaukee County Zoo needed some assistance Tuesday to get off the ground. Ruth, the zoo’s largest elephant, was unable to get up on her own. The zoo ...

Ruth, a 43-year-old “geriatric” elephant at the Milwaukee County Zoo, is doing well after the animal fell earlier in the week and couldn’t get up without help from a front-end loader. The zoo said on ...

The zoo was able to get Ruth up with a little help from some bales of hay and construction machinery An older African savanna elephant needed a little help getting back on her feet after tripping over ...