This elephant habitat includes 6.5 acres of grassy hills, trees, a swimming pond, and mud wallow. Like elephants in the wild, our elephant Osh spends most of his time grazing, browsing on tree branches and foraging. Did you know elephants eat 200-300 pounds of food a day?

Our zookeepers spread food and enrichment throughout this exhibit eight times per day to encourage roaming and foraging behavior. Proper and adequate exercise helps keep Osh healthy.

If you’re visiting this page during evening hours (8pm-6am Pacific) while our animals are slumbering, you’ll see some highlights of our favorite moments on these webcams. During the daytime, the cameras are streaming live!

Meet Our African Elephant, Osh!

Born in 1994, Osh is over 11 feet 2 inches tall, weighs 15,000 pounds and is still growing!

On July 9, 2024, Oakland Zoo announced that Osh (male, 30), the only remaining African elephant living at the Zoo, will be moving later this Fall to his new home at The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee (The Sanctuary), an Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)-accredited facility. Donna, the last female African elephant who lived at the Zoo, moved to the same location in September 2023. Click here to read more about why (and how) Osh is moving.

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