“At least 1834 elephants perished and 742 humans killed due to human-elephant conflict during the last 15 years.” - The Nation
“Every year, the wild elephants kill a large number people, mostly poor farmers from the terai villages. Besides, they also damage standing crops, orchards and hundreds of thatched huts across the terai belt. Until a few years ago, most of the human-elephant conflicts used to occur in the villages adjoining the Indian border in the eastern terai. Now these giant beasts create havoc in almost all the terai districts throughout the year, and the latest victims of these conflicts have been the inhabitants of Ayodhyapuri Village Development Committee in Chitwan district.” - The Rising Nepal
“Christmas tree sellers have been bringing unsold trees to the zoo for the last 20 years to give the local pachyderms a festive treat.” - Metro Sunday
“Wild elephants in Zimbabwe are being captured and exploited for commercial purposes, the national council of the SPCA (NSPCA) said on Thursday.” - IOL
“The Indonesian island of Sumatra is home to some unique wildlife, whose natural habitat is shrinking under the increasing threat from illegal logging and oil palm plantations.” - BBC News
“Our campaign to free Anne, Britain’s last circus elephant, has been dealt a blow by Environment Minister Ben Bradshaw.” - SundayMirror.co.uk
“Australasia’s oldest male asian elephant has died at a zoo in central-western New South Wales.” - ABC News Online
“When the poachers came into Zambia’s Luangwa National Park, they were deadly effective and completely merciless. With their AK-47s and meat racks and tusk carriers to haul ivory off the savanna, they slaughtered 93 percent of the park’s once thriving elephant population.” - On Point
“Elephant Vasectomies. While poaching and habitat loss are causing
elephant populations to decline worldwide, wildlife officials are culling
elephants in confined areas, such as South Africa’s Kruger National Park,
where elephants are dangerously overpopulated.” - PR Newswire
“Shand, as well as a team of vets from Indian-based animal welfare charitable trust Help In Suffering (H.I.S.), is working for humane treatment of the Asian Elephant.” - CNN.com
“A wild elephant looking for food killed three people and injured another 10 on Sunday in a forest range in eastern India, police said.” - International Herald Tribune
“A wild elephant looking for food killed three people and injured another 10 in a forest range in eastern India today, police said.” - Ireland Online
“Two were killed, one wounded critically in Udaypur district on Friday after being trampled to death by wild elephants.” - eKantipur.com
“After four elephants of West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district were killed on being hit by the train, railway trains drivers in the district worshiped an elephant.” - IBNLive.com
“Three men were dashed to death by a rogue elephant at Jhalda area in West Bengal’s Purulia district today.” - The Hindu
