“Grandmother Ann Jones was left with a bruise on her leg after Tooth, a 10-year-old bull elephant at West Midlands Safari Park, used his trunk to launch the stone.” - BBC NEWS
“A tourist was still in a serious condition in a Johannesburg hospital on Tuesday after he was charged by an angry elephant in the Madikwe Game Reserve in the North West province at the weekend.” - iafrica.com
“”I originally went to Zimbabwe to establish a refuge for the painted hunting dogs but now the poachers are attacking everything including giraffe and elephants,” Mr Lemon said during a brief visit to Dubbo yesterday.” - Daily Liberal
“Jharkhand?s forest department is working on a plan to fit radio collars on tigers and elephants to track their movements so as to save from poachers and often fatal confrontations with villagers.” - The Economic Times
“Plans by two zoos to import 11 African elephants from Swaziland beginning next month have sparked an international battle between animal rights groups and the U.S. government.” - USATODAY
“A Chester council spokesman said: “I can confirm that we are going to prosecute Chester Zoo under the Health and Safety Act. We have not yet issued proceedings but we will shortly do so.” - CheshireOnline
“Illicit trade in elephant ivory continues in India despite national ban since the 1970s according to report by TRAFFIC1, the wildlife trade monitoring network. Domestic ivory trade continues to be widespread in the country, but has now largely shifted underground, hindering law enforcement efforts.” - AME Info
“Hold on to your belongings at the Honolulu Zoo. It isn’t the humans you have to watch out for — it’s those rascal elephants. The animals’ trunks contain 40,000 muscles and “is so dexterous that they can pick up a penny off the ground,” said Amanda Kaahanui, the zoo’s head instructor.” - Honolulu Star-Bulletin
“A New York museum has unveiled a memorial to an elephant - which after killing three trainers - was electrocuted in public by the Edison company.” - BBC NEWS
“A goods train on the Chipadohar-Hehegarha track falling on the outskirts of the Palama Tiger Reserve in Jharkhand ran over a herd of four elephants on the night of July 18-19, holding up rail traffic for over eight hours.” - Indian Express
“Breeding in captivity within the U.S. produces still more animals - primates and pygmy goats, geckos and bearded dragons, kangaroos and kinkajous, elephants and giraffes - all to feed an appetite for out-of-the-ordinary pets.” - JS Online
” The next time a reflector shines at you while driving at night, don?t presume it to be an electric pole ? it may be an elephant on the move.” - Dehli Newsline
“Animal rights activists filed suit on Thursday in federal court to stop the San Diego Wild Animal Park from bringing elephants from Africa.” - NBCSandiego.com
“The San Diego Zoo prevailed yesterday over animal-rights groups that had attempted to block plans to import endangered African elephants from Swaziland to the United States. ” - SignOnSanDiego.com
“A family group of seven elephants was earlier this week moved from the Kruger Park into Mozambique’s wildlife-depleted Limpopo National Park - both areas elements of the new Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park that crosses the borders of South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.” - Independent Online
