“A 32-month-old Asian elephant has died of multiple infections at a northwest China wildlife park, zoo keepers said Thursday.” - China CRIENGLISH
“Uganda is to intensify efforts of cracking down on illegal trade in elephant ivory following the acquisition of ivory detectors early this month.” - Xinhua
“U.S. Zoos Struggle With Question of Keeping Pachyderms in Captivity” - Washington Post
“At one of the watering holes in the south of the park, mature elephant bulls were monopolising the little remaining water to such an extent that safari operators had to drive them away to allow other animals to drink.” - IOL
“Their homes come in the way of the elephant corridor, their crop is fodder, their people easy casualty. ‘‘The problem is compounded by rapid loss or fragmentation of habitat and corridors. Elephants don’t roam about everywhere. Along the north bank of the Brahmaputra, they use specific corridors to move from one forest pocket to another. If you encroach those corridors, conflict is bound to happen,’’ says Tariq Aziz, head of WWF-India’s Elephant and Rhino programmes.” - The Sunday Express
“The African elephant had been crammed along with two other elephants and eight llamas in a 38-foot-long overheated, poorly ventilated trailer owned by Kings Royal Circus out of Texas.” - The Albuquerque Tribune
“The Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium’s bull elephant is a father, but he won’t be around to help with those 4 a.m. feedings.” - PittsburghLIVE.com
“Jackson, the 27-year-old, 11,000-pound bull elephant who lives at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium, became a father again on Monday.” - Post Gazette
“When male Asian elephants enter their annual period of heightened sexual activity and aggression, they broadcast their availability to the ladies by pumping out a pungent mix of pheromones.” - Live Science
“The exact chemical blend of a pheromone emitted by older male elephants in musth influences both a female elephant’s interest in mating and how other surrounding elephants behave, a new study has found.” - EurekAlert
‘Final approval for the controversial importation of eight Asian elephants to the Melbourne and Sydney zoos is being withheld in a wrangle over the animals’ new living conditions.” - theage.com.au
“NZ Research into Elephant Pheromones paves way to understanding Human Sixth Sense” - Scoop
“Elephants at the Delhi Zoo are restless these days because of overcrowding, say zoo authorities.” - Express India
“Researchers in India and from The Earth Institute at Columbia University have discovered that one of the few remaining populations of Asian elephants in India is actually two genetically distinct groups. The results of the study, which appear in the current issue of the journal Animal Conservation, could have far-reaching implications in conservation plans for the endangered elephants as well as other species on the Subcontinent. ” - Innovations Report
“The Walt Disney World Resort’s animal care team
welcomed a 233 pound bundle of joy to Disney’s Animal Kingdom earlier this
week. The female African elephant calf arrived early Monday morning, and joins
her 21-year-old mother Donna after 21 months (gestation) in the womb. The calf
has not yet been named.” - CNW Group
