“Eight years after video footage of the Tuli elephants made headlines and nearly three years after the culprits were brought to book, the saga has again gone to court.” - IOL
“In recent years, elephant attacks on humans have reached unprecedented levels.” - smh.com.au
“The circus grounds outside of the Big Top had a wide array of animals for people to see up close including llamas, camels, and elephants. A caged tiger drew a lot of attention from people waiting to enter the Big Top.” - The Herald Democrat
“The fate of a “tame” elephant has yet to be decided, three weeks after she trampled her handler to death when he used a prodder on her.” - News24
“Troubled pop star Michael Jackson is reportedly frantically selling off his menagerie of tigers, elephants and orangutans in a bid to pay off his massive debts.” - Starpulse News Blog
“Cries of Shame on you� echoed in the freezing air of Midtown early this morning, as close to a dozen Asian elephants trudged through Manhattan, some of them sporting red, glittering Love New York banners.” - The Columbia Journalist
“Animal rights campaigners protested when the circus came to Kenilworth.” - Kenilworth Today
“WWF has discovered that ten endangered wild Sumatran elephants are being kept chained to trees without enough food or water in central Riau in Indonesia, having been made homeless by the complete destruction of their forest. The elephants were raiding crops and threatening a nearby village before being captured by local authorities ten days ago.” - WWF
“The Reid Park Zoo will no longer attempt to breed its 26-year-old African elephant Shaba.” - The Arizona Star
“Woodland Park Zoo officials have made a compassionate decision to bring back an elephant from a placement in Tacoma. The change of plans announced Monday offers the zoo a chance to engage the public in decisions about the returning elephant, Bamboo, and the popular elephant exhibit.” - Seattle PI
“he Pittsburgh Zoo has finalized a deal to buy a former hunting ranch to build a new elephant breeding center.” - kdka.com
“Last night the Ringling Brothers circus arrived in Manhattan. As usual, the elephants did the final leg of the journey to Madison Square Garden on foot, because they’re a little too big to truck or train into the city. The running was a delayed by a car accident on the Queens side of the Midtown Tunnel– word from the cops on the scene was that the police had to clean up a bunch of glass before it was safe for the elephants to walk. By 1:30am, the scene on the Manhattan side was totally crazy– after waiting for an hour in the freezing cold, most of the onlookers and reporters were totally giddy with hypothermia.” - Gothamist
“Virginia McKenna, the actress and star of the film Born Free, is hoping to sell a life-size painting of an elephant to raise funds to lobby for a ban on animals in circuses.” - Telegraph
“Most poachers in the state go scot-free, as a large number of cases reportedly go unregistered due to lack of security personnel at the time of the offence or lack of proper evidence.” - The Telegraph
“The Indianapolis Zoo is enjoying something of a baby boom among the elephants with a 5-month-old learning the ropes and a new arrival expected soon.” - United Press International
