“The Philadelphia Zoo said Thursday its three African elephants will be moved to the Pittsburgh Zoo’s International Conservation Center.” - Baltimore Business Journal
“A government study in India has shown elephants prefer food crops to forest fodder and often travel hundreds of miles to the same farmland every year, even remembering specific months of harvesting.” - Reuters AlertNet
“During a routine Google search for horse polo equipment in September 2005, Kimberly Zenz came across something entirely different: elephant polo. The future team captain called Falls Church resident Courtney Zenz, her younger sister and soon-to-be teammate, and informed her that they were starting an elephant polo team.” - Falls Church News-Press
“So, true to form, they’ve started a major campaign to name their city’s latest animal addition: a baby elephant that glimpsed the world last week.” - Deutsche Welle
“Thousands of Indonesians will be relocated on Sumatra island after wild elephants repeatedly attacked their villages, killing six people.” - NEWS.com.au
“Hundreds of Buddhist monks led by at least nine elephants marched to parliament Wednesday to demand that Thailand’s new post-coup constitution enshrine Buddhism as the national religion.” - International Herald Tribune
“Dulary, the Philadelphia Zoo’s Asian elephant, is almost ready to leave for her new home.” - 6abc.com
“Raj Kumar, a 20-year-old elephant, arrived in Thiruvananthapuram zoo from Mumbai traveling 2200 km by road in a 10-wheeled truck last week.
The 2.75-ton elephant travelled mostly during the night as the vets were not sure how it would react to scorching heat. ” - Gulf Times
“African states have called for a 20-year ban on trade in ivory to protect the continent’s elephants from poachers and possible extinction in the wild.” - Herald Sun
“After nine long months of construction, the Tulsa Zoo opened its Elephant Demonstration Yard April 13. The Demonstration Yard was dedicated to Larry Nunley for his 32 years of service with the Tulsa Zoo.” - GTR News
“Jharkhand wildlife authorities are all set to begin a census of elephants in the wildlife sanctuaries across the State, starting May 1.” - Hindustan Times
“Can elephants and humans coexist on the same small island? That is one of several questions regarding the relationship between elephants and humans Dr. Charles Santiapillai, an associate professor of zoology at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, will discuss when he meets with Hendrix Students at 7 p.m. today. The lecture, located at Mills Hall, is free and open to the public.” - Hendrix College
“Locking trunks in a warm embrace, two of Taronga Zoo’s Asian elephants splashed around in Sydney’s rain yesterday.” - The Daily Telegraph
“Neuroscientific research has also shown, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), that elephants have a huge hippocampus, a brain structure in the limbic system that�s important in processing emotions. We now know that elephants suffer from psychological flashbacks and likely experience the equivalent of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Furthermore, all mammals (including humans) share neuroanatomical structures (for example, the amygdala and hippocampus) and neurochemical pathways in the limbic system that are tied to feelings” - emagazine.com
“Ten elephant cubs who were brought up in Sri Lanka’s ‘Ath Athuru Sevana’ interim elephant camp were released to the jungles today.” - Colombo Page
