eleblog

“While TB has been recognized for over 2,000 years in elephant, it has recently been recognized as an important reemerging disease in captive elephants, particularly Asian elephants. M. tuberculosis, the most common cause TB classically, causes the same infection in humans as in elephants. Transmission of TB between elephant and human (zoonoses) has been documented.” - EarthTimes

“In June 2008 fifthy elephants will be captured in the Liwonde National Park, an area of only 550 km2 that supports in excess of 700 elephants. Liwonde is an active tourism area and the elephants are habituated to vehicles, people and boats.” - AfricaNews

“In Karnataka, an injured elephant’s battle for survival has ended in a tragic manner. The tusker, which had taken refuge in a banana plantation in Kanasur village, succumbed to his injuries.” - Yahoo! India News

“Elephants understand up to 40 different commands. But one thing you can’t order them to do is to respect you. To win their trust, you must prove yourself worthy. And that means getting up at 4AM to clean the stables and feed them a breakfast of freshly cut grass.” - Hefty responsibility

“Among her colleagues at the Tang Center, primary-care nurse Julie Barnett is known as “elephant girl.” Barnett earned her nickname because she’s committed to aiding Asian elephants, a cause she came to several years ago after visiting a sanctuary for the abused mammals in northern Thailand.” - UC Berkeley

“The circus is in town… literally. The Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey crew showed up in Huntsville this afternoon in loud fashion.” - WAFF

“This time, it was Kanchi Marak. The cornered fifty-year-old could do little to save himself as rogue elephants trampled him to death in his village on Dalangiri hills under Mancachar police station last week.” - The Telegraph

“The villagers of Dabgram, Salugara, Fabri and Bedgara villages adjacent to Eastern Bypass in Siliguri, are spending sleepless nights because of a scattered herd of 22 wild elephants. ” - The Statesman

“African elephants, it turns out, have this ability. Lucy A. Bates and Richard W. Byrne of the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and colleagues have demonstrated that using odor and visual cues elephants are able to classify subgroups within a predator species. The species in question? Homo sapiens.” - New York Times

“At a joint session with the First-Year Council and the SGA Senate Nov. 8, a resolution was passed to research a possible new addition to the UA tradition: an elephant.” - The Crimson White

“Please, please stop all consideration of bringing an elephant to campus. Think about the entire concept; the animal is forced to stand or march at a human’s command while hundreds of people shout, scream, rant, run and rail against an opponent.” - The Crimson White

“During the most recent Ice Age, this slice of North America was a prime stomping ground for mammoths.” - HeraldNet

“Elephants can recognize differences between human ethic groups, according to a paper published last week. Lucy Bates, of Scotland’s University of St Andrews, found that Kenyan elephants distinguish between Maasai and Kamba men using colour and smell clues.” - The Great Beyond

“Three Asian elephants have been practicing intensively over the last few weeks to learn “Jingle Bells” to mark the holiday season” - NDTV.com:

“A female elephant has gone missing from the Rajaji national park of Uttarakhand. Mamata was roaming in Chilla range of the park along with two other elephants yesterday when a wild tusker approached them. While the other two, Ragini and Radha, went back to their training camps, Mamata decided to follow her ‘date’ and is missing since then.” - DNA