” Despite wounds all over her body, believed to be from a tiger attack, the four-year-old elephant is still on her feet.” - The Star
“Lucy is the only elephant at the Valley Zoo, contrary to the Canadian Association of Zoo and Aquariums guidelines for elephant care.” - Edmonton Journal
“Haryana forests minister Kiran Chaudhry on Friday laid the foundation stone for an elephant rescue centre (ERC), first of its kind in India, at Bansantour forest here. ” - The Times of India
“A woman, who thought could save her maize and other farm produce by confronting and scaring away the marauding elephants, only ended up cutting short her own life.” - Nyasa Times
“A circus employee has been crushed by an elephant in Yamba, on the north coast of New South Wales.” - ABC News
“The violent, erratic behaviour of an elephant at a city circus about a week ago has triggered debate on the treatment meted out to animals in captivity.” - Sify.com
“It was a marriage proposal guaranteed to stick in Emma Morgan’s memory - since it was delivered by a six-ton Asian elephant.” - Daily Mail
“Jharkhand forest department officials are seeking to execute a rampaging wild tusker, an official has said.” - Calcutta News
“The elephants - from Riddle’s Elephant and Wildlife Sanctuary near Greenbrier, Ark. - are Tuffy, a 23-year-old male, and Lil’ Felix, a 24-year-old female. They join Anna and Dolly, the zoo’s two female African elephants.” - baltimoresun.com
“Forest officials in eastern India have advised villagers to stock tiger urine and excrement to scare away a killer elephant and his marauding herd.” - BBC NEWS
“Sangduen “Lek” Chailert plays with ex-working elephants at her rescue centre for domesticated elephants in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand on November 19. 2007. Elephant conservationists such as Chailert worry that captive elephants, considered beasts of burden in Thailand, have little protection from abuse if their owners work them all day to bring in more tourist dollars.” - china.org
“If there is any truth to the rumour that weight gain is associated with happiness, Taronga Zoo’s Thai elephants are positively ecstatic one year after moving into their new home” - The Daily Telegraph
“Rising elephant numbers in South Africa has been a cause for concern for the authorities concerned. They fear this jumbo overpopulation might have disastrous consequences on other animals.” - Deccan Herald
“Sumatra is an ideal habitat for the endangered Asian elephant, but it also has ideal growing conditions for coffee beans. Wild Asian elephants and coffee beans had become unlikely competitors in this rapidly shrinking wilderness.” - ABC News
“Sucking up sugarcane with their trunks and circling busy traffic roundabouts, the elephants that roam Thai towns at festival time seem as much at home in the city as in the forest.” - Reuters
