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“The elephant population in Queen Elizabeth National Park has hit the level of three decades ago of about 3,000. According to a census report released by the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), the elephant population is about 2,959, up from 2,497 in 2004.” - New Vision Online

“In December, an elephant terrorized her village, chased her husband down a dirt path and ripped the roof off her home while she and her five children cowered inside.” - SFGate.com

“A young fighter named Kham must go to Australia to retrieve his stolen elephant. With the help of a Thai-born Australian detective, Kham must take on all comers, including a gang led by an evil woman and her two deadly bodyguards.” - Real Movie News

” What’s a zoo without elephants? The Dallas Zoo may find out if it follows a national trend.” - WFAA.com

“It has been almost six months since the death of “Anarkali,” who passed away on July17, 2006, and the Karachi Zoo still remains without an elephant, which is considered as a major source of attraction at any zoo. Anarkali the elephant was the heart of the zoo and there has, to-date, been no replacement after her death.” - The News

“The reader learns that humans and wildlife desire the same things, and that we are troubled by similar concerns. The Owenses witness elephant populations struggling to survive as reproductively fit females perish at the hands of poachers.” - Scienceline

“Wild elephants have killed 248 people in Asom in the last five years while 268 elephants have died in retaliatory by villagers. The State has the countrys largest population of Asiatic elephants, estimated at 5,300, according to a wildlife census in 2002.” - The Assam Tribune Online

“One year ago, eight elephant veterans of the circus, Minnie, Lottie, Queenie, Debbie, Ronnie, Frieda, Billie and Liz were chained in a dark windowless barn. They had been that way for nearly two years. Today they spend their days roaming over 200 acres in middle Tennessee at The Elephant Sanctuary, enjoying the best life a captive elephant can have.” - Business Wire

“The Los Angeles Zoo Commission on Tuesday endorsed the idea of sending Ruby the African elephant to a wildlife sanctuary, but stopped short of acting on the plan.” - NBC4

“Kelly Ann is an elephant with the Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus, which is in the middle of its South Florida run. Along with some of the performers at the Circus, she was out Wednesday morning for a little coffee and Cuban bread, and to make a little donation.” - cbs4.com

“A drunk was left with critical head injuries after being slammed into a tree by an elephant he was teasing.” - Phuket Gazette

“On Jan. 9, the In Defense of Animals group announced the “Ten Worst Zoos for Elephants in 2006.” To hardly anyone’s surprise, the Alaska Zoo was at the top of that list.” - The Northern Light

And “elephants are considered an endangered species and as such should not be used by U.S. military personnel. … Elephants are not the easygoing, kind, loving creatures that people believe them to be. They are, of course, not evil either.” - USNews.com

“Good Samaritans have popped out of the woodwork to help people at the Performing Animal Welfare Society sanctuary in San Andreas provide sweet treats for jumbo-sized retirees.” - The Calaveras Enterprise

“Alarmed by the death of the elephants, the staff of CID Forest Cell and Forest Department camped in M.M. Hills for over a fortnight and arrested seven people belonging to two gangs on charges of killing the elephants. The police have seized from them a pair of tusks and a muzzleloader.” - The Hindu