“Zimbabwe plans to cull its growing elephant population to limit damage to the environment and reduce conflict with humans, state media said on Tuesday.” - News24
“The Asian elephants Juno and Savannah are the reasons why a lot of people visit the El Paso Zoo. The elephants are one of the main attractions but one that’s been controversial for the last two years.” - KFOX
“Elephants have the opposite problem - overheating and they solve it by heating the periphery (e.g., ears) and letting the heat dissipate.” - A Blog Around The Clock
“The district administration has issued guidelines for handling of elephants and to prevent accidents caused by elephants running amok during temple festivals.” - The Hindu
“Two British tourists were killed and another seriously injured by a rampaging elephant in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park, reports said.” - The Sydney Morning Herald
“In fact, it’s zero hour at Hogle Zoo for a very special and very large female. She weighed in this morning at more than 7,000 pounds.” - ksl.com
“Workers at the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium got an early glimpse of two new additions.” - kdka.com
“The group slated the circus for being one of just eight circuses in the UK to use animals, including horses, camels and an elephant. It argued that Anne was transported from site to site so that visitors could have their photo taken with her, despite the fact that she had arthritis.” - St. Albans Observer
“A male elephant, estimated to be 55-60 years of age, was captured and collared in Gomantong Plantation, Lower Kinabatangan, last Sunday before it was released into Lot 6 of Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary.” - Daily Express, Sabah, Malaysia
“PETA sent two letters Wednesday - one to Commerce Mayor Sheryl Zelhart and the Commerce City Council and the other to Greenville Mayor Tom Oliver and the Greenville City Council � urging the cities to enact legislation to ban the use of bullhooks, electric prods, and other devices which PETA claims is used to inflict pain on elephants.” - The Herald Banner
“It’s official now! As per the orders of the Union Government, microchips are being implanted behind the ear of the elephants.” - Central Chronicle
“A century-old elephant died after a rare fight with another elephant in a Bangladesh forest, officials said on Thursday.” - Reuters AlertNet
“Zimbabwe is one of the countries in the region whose elephant population is ballooning to unsustainable levels, owing to its sound wildlife management and conservation policies.” - allAfrica.com
“Sixteen African elephants at a wildlife park will soon move into an extension on their enclosure now that 16 Gurkha soldiers have finished building it.” - BBC NEWS
“Kerala’s temple festivals may no more see elephants, with their angry owners protesting against criminal cases the police slap on them whenever the animals run amok.” - DNA
