The Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium's International Conservation Center works every day to protect and preserve elephants.

Bill Murray once quipped. "They say an elephant never forgets. What they don't tell you is, you never forget an elephant." That sentiment seems to ring true at the 1,000-acre International Conservation Center in Somerset County.

"Our focus, much like the zoo, there focus is also on conservation, but it looks different," said Ayeshah Al-Humaidhi, director of the center. "Here, we are really focused on breading for conservation purposes and really focusing on education."

And there is a lot to learn about the four African elephants: Jackson, Bette, Sukiri and Seeni, who call this lush woodlands prairie home.

Each of these animals survived elephant culls over the last seve

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