eleblog

“The proposed Rajaji National Park?spread over 800 square km in Dehradun, Pauri Garhwal and Haridwar districts?home to the largest concentration of Asiatic elephants, is facing a rather embarrassing shortage.” - The Indian Express

“An elephant named Cita just arrived in Norfolk from the Indianapolis Zoo. Cita will join the zoo’s two other elephants - Monica and Lisa - who’ve been at the Virginia Zoo for nearly 30 years.” - WAVY

“Residents in Hwange, some 800 km west of Zimbabwean capital Harare, are having sleepless nights following the invasion of the town by stray elephants that are destroying property and fruit trees, according to Sunday News.” - Xinhua

“The great elephant herds of the Kruger National Park, under threat of culling, are migrating in growing numbers across the border into Mozambique’s adjacent Limpopo Park.” - IOL

“A 42-year-old farmer was trampled to death by an elephant in Nunia village under Arsha police station, 310 km from Calcutta, last night.” - The Telegraph - Calcutta

“Tinkerbelle, a 39-year-old Asian elephant who moved from the San Francisco Zoo to a sanctuary in the Sierra foothills last November, was euthanized on Thursday afternoon.” - SFGate.com

“In the Wyoming badlands, an area of severe erosion, researchers have found fossils of an elephant shrew, which is in the same family as elephants, aardvarks and sea cows, said Jonathan Bloch, a paleontologist with UF?s Florida Museum of Natural History.” - The Independent Florida Alligator

“People residing along National Highway 33 will not have to wait long for relief from persistent elephant attacks, as work towards putting up solar power fencing has begun in the attack-prone areas, near the Dalma Hill.” - The Telegraph - Calcutta

“The discovery of an orphaned elephant that sounds like a lorry is reported today, suggesting that the traditional trumpeting of elephants could change in response to encounters with human society.” - Telegraph

“Elephants learn to imitate sounds that are not typical of their species, the first known example after humans of vocal learning in a non-primate terrestrial mammal. The discovery further supports the idea that vocal learning is important for maintaining individual social relationships among animals that separate and reunite over time.” - Newswise

“But independent observers say it is a cover for corruption and ivory smuggling approved by President Robert Mugabe’s regime.” - Telegraph

“The international community is exercising a lot of pressure on the government and national parks to give up its proposed plan to start culling elephants in the Kruger Park as early as next year.” - News24.com

“The magnificent elephants from
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey(R) Circus will make a grand entrance
through the streets of Washington, D.C. on Monday, March 21, 2005 to celebrate the return of The Greatest Show on Earth to the Nation’s Capital. Fantastic photo opportunities will be available as the pachyderm performers parade past
Union Station and the U.S. Capitol.” - PR Newswire

“Animal rights groups are fighting to save an original resident of the San Diego Wild Animal Park.” - 10News.com

“Mr Craig and his fellow conservationists hope to keep a track on the elephants in the Samburu National Park in northern Kenya, by using mobile phones, so they can send SMS messages giving their latest location.” - BBC NEWS