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Toronto -
Despite an $880K pledge from Bob Barker offering to pay for the transport of three elephants from Toronto Zoo to PAWS (Sacramento), bitter legal wrangling is stalling the transfer.
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The latest edition of the BBC's 'Panorama' documentary series casts a disturbing eye over the trade in ivory, and the future, or otherwise, of the elephant.
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Bob Barker comes through again for the elephants. This time for Thika, Toka, and Iringa from Toronto, who will be traveling in style aboard a jet liner.
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Elephant poaching continues to be a major problem in Africa's national parks. To combat this a new initiative is being tried out at the Virunga National Park. This involves the use of specially trained bloodhounds to help wardens to track down poachers.
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A team of international researchers say they have uncovered ancient fossilized elephant footprints.
The researchers say the prints are 7-million-years old.
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Toronto -
Bob Barker, the former host of the television show "The Price is Right", is offering to pay for the relocation of three ex-performance elephants from the Toronto Zoo to a California sanctuary.
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Chhouk, a now 5-year-old bull elephant rescued in 2007 in the Cambodian jungle, was profiled recently by NBC News; alone and helpless after a chunk of his left front foot at least six inches long was lost to a poacher's trap, he almost died.
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Bangkok -
While the rains still fall and flood waters continue to rise, there is hope for 15 elephants and their handlers stranded on a wall at the Royal Elephant Kraal in Ayutthaya.
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Bangkok -
Recent floods in Thailand have stranded 15 elephants, seven mothers and their babies, and a nine year old elephant known internationally for his painting skills on top of a wall at the Royal Elephant Kraal in Ayutthaya.
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Beitbridge -
A herd of stray elephants have destroyed fences and crops at the Shashe irrigation scheme close to the borders of Botswana and South Africa in Zimbabwe.
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A rescue attempt to help elephants in Gorangosa National Park.
 News that an endangered Asian elephant at the Calgary Zoo is pregnant is raising concern about elephant herpes and the health of the calf.
London exhibition of works of art by elephants and apes
Vast trails of seven-million-year-old fossilised footprints reveal the "social structure" of prehistoric elephants, say scientists.
A mysterious bony growth found in elephants' feet is actually a sixth "toe" that helps to support their enormous weight, scientists report.
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