eleblog

“Only three elephants remain of the 17 who were burnt in a fire in the Pilanesberg National Park in September, the NSPCA said on Friday.” - iafrica.com

“An Asiatic wild elephant was mowed down by a train at the Panikhaiti area on the outskirts of the city late on Wednesday night.” - The Hindu

“A plan to set up three special zones in Vietnam for the conservation of wild elephants, now facing extinction, was discussed at a seminar in Hanoi Tuesday.” - Thanh Nien Daily

“They survived last year’s Indian Ocean tsunami, but the residents of one of Sri Lanka’s resettlement communities are facing a new problem: elephants. A new housing project outside one southern town has been built in elephant territory and the two sets of neighbors must now learn to co-exist.” - VOA News -

” Earlier this week metro council members heard arguments over pit bulls as well as another type of exotic animal. Years ago, a young boy was seriously injured during an elephant ride at the Louisville Zoo. His family won a huge lawsuit against the city, and the rides stopped. But as WAVE 3 Investigator Connie Leonard reports, a popular charity for kids is fighting to bring the age-old practice back to town.” - WAVE 3

“South African National Parks (SANParks) must explore alternatives to shooting elephants to control their numbers, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (Ifaw) said on Wednesday.” - iafrica.com

“South African National Parks (SANParks) must explore alternatives to shooting elephants to control their numbers, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (Ifaw) said on Wednesday.” - The Citizen 24

“In an attempt to conserve the few remaining West African elephants, 12 countries today signed a treaty to stabilize or improve the condition of the larger populations within seven years, and work towards improving the conservation of all the region’s elephants within 10 years.” - Environment News Service

“outh African National Parks Board’s (“Sanparks”) proposed slaughter of over 5,000 elephants in the Kruger National Park (KNP) is untenable, according to Lawrence Anthony, Founder of The Earth Organization, a South African-based international conservation organization.” - The Earth Organization

“An elephant that killed a KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife employee earlier this month has been put down, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife said on Tuesday.” - iafrica.com

“In response to an article on elephant culling (“Roll up for the culling circus”), he said, I was using a public platform to “bash and trash” him. He even accused me of having a “venomous hatred of” him.” - Mail & Guardian Online

“No more cold, concrete floors for elephants Wanda, 47, and Winky, 53, who were blissfully ignorant of the icy snap that hit metro Detroit last week.” - Daily Tribune

“In celebration of our 30 years of marriage at 50 years old, my husband Kevin and I took our third trip to Thailand along with our 9-year-old daughter Maggie.” - The Morning Journal

“Just over 100 years ago, there were at most a few thousand elephants in the whole of Africa south of the Zambezi. There are now more than a quarter of a million of them. ” - The New Zealand Herald

“Kenyan conservationists reacted with anger yesterday to news that a Thai zoo to which animals are being exported in a controversial deal is planning to serve an exotic game buffet to VIP guests.” - Guardian Unlimited