“Li Peizhi, a 67-year old farmer in Jinghong City of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, survived a raid by wild elephants by feigning death.” - Xinhua
“A federal judge has cleared the way for four elephants to come to The Endangered Ark, a non-profit foundation.” - The Paris News
“Somewhere on the Lempopo River, yours truly and party have found the weapon of mass destruction - the elephant.” - Pahrump Valley Times
“Good for the City Council, which voted unanimously this week to build a new home for Reid Park Zoo’s two elephants.” - Our Opinion: Elephant dance
” The Tucson City Council has agreed to spend $8.5 million to expand the elephant enclosure at the Reid Park Zoo.” - Casa Grande Valley Newspapers Inc.
“An elephant handler was killed by a bull elephant at the Knysna Elephant Park on Tuesday during a morning excursion, the International Fund for Animal Welfare said on Wednesday.” - Mail & Guardian Online
“Federal Environment Minister Ian Campbell says it could be a
number of weeks before he makes a decision on whether to allow Melbourne Zoo and Sydney’s Taronga Zoo to import Asian elephants for breeding purposes.” - ABC News Online
“The owner of the Knysna Elephant Farm has vehemently denied reports that the elephant handler killed this week was attacked by a rogue elephant.” - IOL
“Tucson City Council members say they want to keep the elephants at Reid Park Zoo. Now, they’ll have to come up with a plan to expand their pen, so the elephants can be bred.” - KOLD
“The International Fund for Animal Welfare (Ifaw) has called for South Africa’s growing elephant-back safari and tourism industry to be stopped immediately.” - News24
“Each elephant has its own unique, expressive voice, according to new research on how African elephants communicate with each other.” - News in Science
“People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, has filed a federal lawsuit to block the transfer of four elephants from a northeast Illinois farm to an Oklahoma foundation that is affiliated with a circus.” - The Quad-City Times Newspaper
“The council is scheduled to vote on a resolution to build a breeding facility for the resident elephants at Reid Park Zoo, Councilman Fred Ronstadt said.” - Tucson Citizen
“American scientists have come up with a hi-tech method of surveying elephants, using military-designed seismic sensors to detect their footsteps.” - BBC NEWS
