“Chang, Clang, Swish, Bang! runs until June 6 and is an exhibition of elephant art and music, the result of a project in a Thailand Elephant Conservation Centre overseen by Brighton-based artist Millie Young. ” - 24 Hour Museum
“The man who was apparently killed by an elephant in the Addo National Park was probably trespassing and may have been suffering from a mental disorder, a park official said on Tuesday. ” - News24
“Officials of the World Wide Fund for Nature and Wildlife Protection Society of India today took video footage of the tracks between Sukna and Gulma stations to strengthen their case against the Northeast Frontier Railway.” - The Telegraph
“It isn’t lack of water, roads and electricity, but recurring wild elephant attacks that are the main election issue in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, local media reported on Saturday. ” - News24
“Animal welfare campaigners have protested at a circus in Trafford with England’s only “performing” elephant.” - ManchesterOnline
“Motorists travelling along the N1 have been doing a double take when they spot two elephants grazing alongside the freeway in front of Canal Walk shopping mall.” - IOL
“She and 12 of her contemporaries, a group of painting pachyderms, have created what some would call works of art: colorful, conceptual brush strokes on canvas. With a little coaching from their human friends, they have taken paintbrush in trunk and created individual styles.” - Northpinellas
“Animals suffer at the hands of excessive farming, with oil from palm trees posing a particular threat to endangered mammals such as Asian elephants, Sumtran rhinos, orangutans and tigers, the book said.” - IOL
“You have read about them in brochures, magazines and newspapers, and seen them on TV. But none of these prepare you for the live action at the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka. Sixty-odd elephants ? big and small, ? take that small pathway from the river to their natural-habitat like “orphanage” in disciplined rows of twos or threes, which reminds you of your school days. Fresh from their bath, but not really looking fresh ? with mud and clay smeared over their bodies ? they make their way past the throng of curious onlookers to their `home’. ” - The Hindu Business Line
“A 20-year-old elephant has been battling for life for the past three days in the Juango Pidho area of Orissa’s Keonjhar district.” - NDTV.com
“About 90% of incidents involving tourists and elephants at Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park are the result of provocation by tourists.” - Mercury
“A South Coast magistrate and her two young children sat in horror in their car as it was attacked by an elephant at the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park on Monday.” - IOL
“Should elephants perform in circuses? ” - National Geographic News
“A young bull elephant in musth could have been the reason for the fatal attack on a KwaZulu-Natal game ranger during a guided tour last week.” - News24.com
“On elephants, the SC decided that the CITES Secretariat will receive information on rates of illegal hunting of elephants and trade in elephant specimens from existing systems monitoring the illegal killing of elephants and trade in elephant specimens, and will work with the Parties that report an increase in illegal hunting or trade to establish the potential linkage to commercial trade in raw ivory. If the SC concludes there has been an increase in illegal hunting or trade, it will recommend that international trade in all specimens regarding the elephant populations of Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa be halted and will request that all Appendix II populations of the species be transferred to Appendix I. ” - Earth Negotiations Bulletin
