Elephant News
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Phnom Penh -
Cambodia seized more than 3.2 tonnes of elephant tusks hidden in a storage container sent from Mozambique, a customs official said Sunday, marking the country's largest ivory bust.
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Tampa -
DNA tests on smuggled elephant tusks have identified three major ivory cartels in Africa and are helping investigators bolster the criminal cases against some of the most dangerous traffickers, researchers said Wednesday.
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Colombo -
At a garbage dump in central Sri Lanka a herd of wild elephants forage among a mountain of rubbish, swallowing dangerous scraps of plastic mixed with rotting food in what experts warn is an increasing problem for the revered animals.
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Washington -
The administration of US President Donald Trump faced a barrage of criticism on Thursday from animal rights groups after it authorized the import of Zimbabwean elephant hunting trophies.
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New Delhi -
India's top hunter on Friday led a shoot-to-kill pursuit of an elephant whose murderous rampage through villages has left 15 people dead.
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New Delhi -
An elephant that has killed 15 people in eastern India over a months-long rampage could be shot within days if it is not brought under control, an official said Wednesday.
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Colombo -
Sri Lanka's navy has rescued an elephant that got into difficulties after being washed out to sea, a spokesman said Wednesday, calling it a "miraculous escape".
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Bangkok -
Twice as many elephants work in Thailand's tourism industry as the rest of Asia combined, with the vast majority kept in "severely inadequate conditions", a new report revealed Thursday.
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Kathmandu -
A wild elephant killed an Indian tourist in Nepal's largest national park on Tuesday in the second deadly attack in recent months.
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Pattaya -
After losing part of her foot in a snare in Thailand, baby elephant 'Clear Sky' is now learning to walk again -- in water.
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Bejing -
Rescuers in China used helicopters and a digger to free three wild Asian elephants -- including one young calf -- from a water tank where they were helplessly trapped for more than two days, state media said.
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Johanesburg -
The global conference that governs wildlife trade voted Monday against proposals by Namibia and Zimbabwe to be allowed to sell their ivory internationally, in a move welcomed by many conservationists.
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Miami -
In a bid to stop the killing of elephants for their tusks, world governments voted at a major conservation conference to urge the closure of all domestic ivory markets.
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Paris -
Even without poachers, Central Africa's forest elephants would need almost a century to get their numbers back up to 2002 levels, said a study Wednesday that pried into the elusive creatures' slow-breeding ways.
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Dhaka -
An elephant thought to have travelled at least 1,700 kilometres from India into Bangladesh after becoming separated from its herd by floods died on Tuesday despite last-ditch efforts to save him.
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Toukyo -
Japanese animal lovers were mourning the death of the country's oldest elephant, Hanako, on Friday, who passed away "quietly" aged 69 after triggering protests over her captivity.
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Phnom Penh -
A Cambodian tour operator said Tuesday it would reduce work hours for elephants during high temperatures following the collapse and death of an animal which had been ferrying tourists in 40C heat.
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New Delhi -
A rampaging elephant killed five members of a family including a nine-day old infant in a remote village in India's northeastern frontier, a local official said Tuesday.
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Wildlife conservationists fighting poaching in Africa are being assisted from on high — by unmanned aerial drones that expose poachers. The drones are also helping to stabilize the tourism industry, which has been severely impacted by wildlife deaths.
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Jakarta -
A Sumatran elephant calf lies stricken in the jungle in Indonesia as conservationists fight to remove a rope tightly wound around its leg that almost caused the critically endangered animal to lose a limb.
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Kolkata -
A wild elephant went on an hours-long rampage in a town in eastern India on Wednesday, damaging about 100 homes, shops and other buildings, a state minister said.
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Swaziland is planning to transfer 18 wild elephants in a Boeing 747 plane to United States in order to relocate them to three American zoos. In exchange, the zoos will be contributing $450,000 to a wildlife conservation trust in Swaziland for rhinos.
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Miami -
Ringling Brothers, America's best-known circus, announced the death of its youngest elephant at a conservation center where it is retiring the animals after criticism from rights groups.
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Bangkok -
A wild elephant killed two Thai men in separate pre-dawn attacks on Friday as they worked at a rubber plantation in eastern Thailand, police said.
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Harare -
At least 22 more elephants have died from suspected poisoning by poachers near Zimbabwe's main game reserve, a parks official said Tuesday, as conservationists struggle to stem a spate of attacks.
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Toronto -
The white lion population at the Toronto Zoo has increased by four recently with the birth of four adorable — and vociferous cubs. White lioness Makali gave birth to two of the youngsters Saturday, Sept. 26, and then two more the following day.
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Mariakani -
As elephant poaching in Africa by organised crime gangs using high-tech equipment rises, those working to stop their extinction in the wild have turned to technology too.
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Chiang Saen -
In the lush, green hills of northern Thailand, a woman painstakingly picks coffee beans out of a pile of elephant dung, an essential part of making one the world's most expensive beverages.
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Vancouver -
An enterprising elephant grabbed a Vancouver tourist's GoPro camera and snapped an "elphie" with the student.
It was definitely a once-in-a-lifetime photo opportunity for Christian LeBlanc, a University of British Columbia student.
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An incredibly moving video of a mother and baby elephant reunited in a beautiful display of love, joy and affection has surfaced on the web. Watch as they caress and flap their ears in excitement, after having been parted from one another for 3 years.
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Elephant Image
Elephant trying to break the chains that hold him. He is chained during bath time because he has been aggressive in the past.
Elephants in love Carmelos, flickr.com
Thailand's 13th victim of land mine explosion. Friends of the Asian Elephant
Elephant in a circus in Vietnam. Casablanca1911
An African Forest Elephant, or pachyderm, is seen at the Toronto Zoo. aka.alias
A pair of elephants crossing a dirt road to bathe in a preserve.
Photo was used in protests by PETA against the Ringling Bros. Circus on 15 July 2010. Heather Norwood
Stranded elephants atop the "Royal Elephant Kraal wall Elephant Stay
A mistreated elephant. Photo by Gary Cycles
A baby elephant is reunited with her mother after being rescued from a watering hole. Screen Capture
A forest elephant in its natural habitat. U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Elephant in Africa Cindy Vasko
Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia is now home to a new elephant calf named Pathi Harn, a Thai word meaning "Miracle" Photo courtesy Taronga Zoo
China is the world's largest consumer of illegal ivory, according to conservationists Philippe Lopez, AFP/File
Faa Mai dances with a blue ribbon Screen Capture
Elephant, Nagarhole National Park, Karnataka, India Jayanand Govindaraj
Africa's elephants. mariamichelle
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