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Riverbanks Zoo is open daily, except Thanksgiving and Christmas, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Parking is $5. Adults over age 13 are $21.99 and children’s tickets are for ages 2 to 12 for $18.99.

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Riverbanks is an urban zoo: There are no wide-open spaces between exhibits, a plus when you're traveling with kids or seniors who can get tuckered out or can't handle iffy winter weather.

The zoo said Thursday that Robin, a 49-year-old African elephant, passed away. She was the eldest female elephant at Riverbanks.

Currently, zoo officials are working to find a new home for Belle and Robin. Both elephants have been at Riverbanks Zoo and Garden for more than a decade.

Riverbanks Zoo opened in 1974 and is considered one of the nation’s most successful mid-sized zoos. Connected to the zoo by a bridge over the Saluda River, the Botanical Garden opened in 1995.

Riverbanks Zoo and Garden officially has no elephants. An African elephant named Belle, the last inhabitant at the Columbia zoo’s elephant exhibit, was moved to her new home Wednesday.