Dallas Zoo’s last elephant to move
“The last elephant in the Dallas Zoo, left alone by the recent death of her companion, is being sent to a new home at a Mexican safari park. ” - UPI.com
Archive for June, 2008
Dallas Zoo’s lone elephant to move to Mexican wildlife park
“Jenny, the 31-year-old African elephant, will move to the Africam Safari Park, a 617-acre forested wildlife park located 80-miles southeast of Mexico City, zoo officials said today.” - Dallas Morning News
At the Zoo
“An elephant is hoisted into the Chongqing zoo in Chongqing municipality June 25, 2008.” - Yahoo! News Photos
Seneca Park Zoo unveils elephant splash pool
“Tuesday marked the official opening of Elephant Splash Pool at the Seneca Park Zoo. Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks and zoo officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony by the pool to highlight the occasion.” - Democrat and Chronicle
African Elephant Coalition Roots for Conservation, Not Ivory Trade
“African elephant range states meeting in Mombasa, Kenya, have raised exception with undue focus on ivory trade within the CITES framework, saying preference should instead be given to conservation of elephants and mitigating challenges such as human wildlife conflict, law enforcement, building management capacity for range states and establishing mechanisms for local and trans- boundary elephant translocations. ” - International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
Wildlife dept not involved in elephant meat distribution
“The writer went on to report falsely that Wildlife Officers were the ones distributing the meat. It was also stated that he suspects that the elephant meat was from an official culling programme.” - June 30th, 2008
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Temple, forest department tug-of-war over elephant
“A female elephant from Assam is in the midst of an ownership battle between the administration of the famous Manki temple here and the forest department.” - Newindpress.com
Project Elephant
“Project Elephant (PE), a centrally sponsored scheme, was launched in February 1992 to provide financial and technical support to major elephant bearing States in the country for protection of elephants, their habitats and corridors. It also seeks to address the issues of human-elephant conflict and welfare of domesticated elephants. The Project is being implemented in 13 States / UTs , viz. Andhra pradesh , Arunachal Pradesh , Assam , Jharkhand , Karnataka , Kerala , Meghalaya , Nagaland , Orissa , Tamil Nadu , Uttranchal , Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.” - PIB Press Release
An elephant calf gets electrocuted on Indo-Nepal border
“Environmentalists and forest authorities in West Bengal voiced concern after an elephant calf got electrocuted while crossing the Indo-Nepal border from Darjeeling. ” - Daily India
Mob sets killer elephant on fire
“People of a town in Orissa’s Keonjhar district executed a barbaric revenge on an elephant that had killed eight people over the last two years. ” - The Times of India
Injured elephant rescued near border
“An elephant with rifle shots on its left hind leg was tracked down by wildlife officials on Tuesday near north Bengal’s border with Nepal, while an elephant calf died after coming in contact with the electrified border fence within the Nepal boundary.” - The Hindu
Guidelines to ensure wellbeing of elephants
“Elephant owners, mahouts and veterinarians are getting together to frame guidelines for the management of captive elephants in Kerala to ensure the animals are not overworked and ill-treated.
The Elephant Welfare Association of the state will hold a meeting on June 29 in Thrissur, about 300km from here, to draw up a set of rules for the owners and handlers of captive elephants.” - Gulf Times
Injured elephant gets prosthetic leg
“Mosha was only seven months old when she trod on a landmine in Thailand in 2006.” - Telegraph
Oregon’s Elephants
“The San Francisco Zoo dropped its elephant exhibit. So have zoos in Anchorage, Detroit, Madison and Chicago. In each case, the zoos could no longer justify their cramped and lonely quarters in the name of education and conservation. ” - OregonLive.com
Elephant, calf fall into Nagaon pond, die
“Elephant, calf fall into Nagaon pond, die” - The Telegraph
Man and elephant jostle for space
“As India reshapes its landscape on the way to becoming an industrial and urban giant, conservationists are warning of an increase in deadly clashes between humans and elephants.” - The National Newspaper
Home for orphaned baby elephants
“If all that Sri Lanka has to offer, from the appealing city of Colombo to the ancient town of Galle, the Pinnawela orphanage, along the Maha Oya river enroute to the ancient royal residence of Kandy, stands out for its concept.
” - newindpress
Tame elephants dying
” The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak is the sole location in Vietnam where there remains the tradition of maintaining herds of tame elephants in its districts of Buon Don, Lac, Ea Sup, and Krong Nang. However, the population of tame elephants is sharply falling.” - VietNamNet
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