eleblog

“…His love for pachyderms developed further when he undertook study on man - elephant conflict. He chose Hasanur, a village along the Tamil Nadu - Karnataka border, for his study. Dr. Sukumar studied natural ecology of elephants, focussing on the man-elephant conflict, which was later published as a book by Cambridge University Press.” - The Hindu

“The trade in illegal ivory is thriving in London, according to an investigation by a wildlife charity.” - BBC NEWS

“A travelling circus in Germany has been ordered to come back and clean up 50m3 of elephant dung after residents complained about the smell, police said on Friday.” - IOL

“A Hmong teenager was killed by a rampaging wild elephant while attempting to prevent the beast from destroying his family’s maize crop in northern Vietnam, forest rangers said on Friday.” - News24.com

“Chinese archeologists said they have discovered fossils of ancient saber-toothed elephants and tigers at two separate sites in southwest China’s Guizhou Province. ” - China View

“According to Igor Pavlenko, a spokesman for the Cole Bros. Circus, this is the first year the show is without the pachyderms. While he maintained it’s not a great loss, he did acknowledge that several people have asked about the elephants.” - The Enterprise at SouthofBoston.com

“A three-member team began an investigation Monday into the death of a wild elephant from anthrax bacteria in southeastern Bangladesh, the official news agency BSS said.” - Terra Daily

“An elephant has buried a mother and child after trampling them to death in northern Kenya. ” - BBC NEWS

“It’s not an uncommon sight in this city of 7.2 million to see an elephant and its mahout, or trainer, come lumbering along, sometimes causing a traffic jam. Elephants visit almost every major urban center in Thailand, including the edges of sprawling Bangkok, begging for food. ” - SFGate

“For the second consecutive year, there will be no elephants at the famous car festival of Lord Jagannath beginning June 19. ” - Sify.com

“Archaeologists working on the U.K.’s Channel Tunnel Rail Link between the south coast and London have unearthed a 400,000 year-old Stone Age site including elephant remains and flint tools.” - Bloomberg.com: U.K.

“The Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWLC) will conduct an islandwide Elephant Survey to find a lasting solution to the so far unresolved problem of the Human-Elephant conflict, DWLC Director General Dayananda Kariyawasam told the Daily News yesterday. ” - Daily News

“Deadly anthrax has killed one elephant and might have infected more in south eastern Bangladesh, veterinarians said today.” - ABC News Online

“The zoo’s recent announcement that it won’t keep its aging Asian elephants because it can’t give them the space, companionship, and climate they need has caused more than a few ripples in Detroit - and the zoo community nationwide. After all, a zoo without elephants?” - csmonitor.com

“They include proposals from Namibia to relax the ban on the trade in elephant ivory and from Japan to relax the ban on hunting minke whales. ” - BBC NEWS