“My favorite part was when the elephant painted, because I’ve never seen an elephant paint,” added Kylie Brickey.” - KAIT
“France’s national history museum, which runs the site, is said to be mulling whether to permanently close the zoo, which features 900 animals, among them giraffes, elephants, tigers and seals, and which attracts one million visitors per year.” - Expatica
“Two elephants at the Detroit Zoo could be on their way to the Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald due to their advanced age and illnesses. Forty-six year old Wanda and her fifty-one year old friend Winky both have arthritis.” - KentuckyLakeTimes.com
“He saw a large number of vehicles with South African number plates. He says these people are on a killing spree. Among the carcasses he saw were lion, leopard, buffalo, elephant, kudu, sable, impala and even baboon. He was invited to the abattoirs, which were full of game meat.” - IOL: SADC
“In this issue of Chemistry & Biology, Lazar and colleagues report an unexpected finding about pheromone transport in the Asian elephant, an endangered species of which only a few thousand individuals remain.” - EurekAlert!
“A County Armagh company has been taken to task for a giant elephant that has been distracting motorists.” - BBC NEWS
“But the conflict that has divided the country and sent many of its human inhabitants into squalor has left the sanctuary that once boasted a Noah’s Ark of feral cats, birds of prey, reptiles and elephants — the national symbol — filthy and in horrible disrepair.” - Terra Daily
“Indian officials have asked Bangladesh not to kill around 100 elephants which have strayed into that country.” - BBC News
“Bangladesh has sought help from India to prevent wild elephants from entering into its territory.” - BBC NEWS
“The company has come up with a product it says can save dwindling elephant herds: dung paper.” - GreenBiz
“fter years of being objects of entertainment to crowds against their will, two circus elephants are now enjoying their freedom, courtesy the State Forest Department.” - Express India
“Two Kenyan women allegedly attempting to smuggle ivory into South Africa were arrested at the Beit Bridge border post by the South African Revenue Service’s customs anti-smuggling team, Sars officials said on Thursday.” - IOL
“Elephants at Sri Lanka’s “old folks’ home for jumbos” may have reached retirement age, but they still have to earn their keep ? which means giving rides to tourists and posing for pictures.” - iafrica.com
“They’re part of South Africa’s Big Five, attracting hundreds of thousands of tourists to the country, but instead of protecting them the government has sold seven elephants to a Chinese zoo where they will be forced to perform humiliating tricks and be destined for a life of misery.” - IOL
“A tusker that slipped into a swollen well was taken out by Fire Service personnel and local people using an excavator in a village in the district.” - The Times of India
