“For the fourth time in a week a man was trampled to death by an elephant near the Buxa Tiger Reserve in north Bengal. This sudden spate of elephant attacks is attributed to the local brew by forest officials.” - merinews
“That’s what the owner of Africam Safari is asking those who oppose the Dallas Zoo’s plan to move Jenny the elephant to a 500-acre animal park in the central Mexican state of Puebla. ” - Dallas Morning News
“More than 150 people defied the midday heat to protest at the Dallas Zoo Sunday. They say they’re unhappy with the zoo’s plans for Jenny, its last surviving elephant.” - cbs11tv.com
“Zoos are the imperfect alternative, and the Dallas Zoo’s imperfections are most evident when it comes to Jenny, the zoo’s only remaining elephant. The zoo wants to retire her to Africam, a 617-acre park near Puebla, Mexico. Africam is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, which maintains high standards of full-time veterinary care, feeding and exercise. ” - Dallas Morning News
“Concerned Citizens for Jenny, a Dallas/Fort Worth grassroots citizens group, is organizing a peaceful rally to encourage the Dallas Zoo and city council members to relocate Jenny, the lone elephant at the Dallas Zoo, to an elephant sanctuary in Tennessee.” - pegasusnews.com
“The decision by a global arbiter on endangered species to allow China to import backlog stock of ivory from Africa may be the death knell for Kenyan elephants.” - The Standard
“An elephant’s trunk is seen as it cools down in a pool at Twycross Zoo, central England July 28, 2008.
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“After the longest pregnancy ever for an African elephant in captivity — 688 days or almost 23 months — Moja successfully gave birth to a healthy female elephant calf at 5:30 a.m. yesterday at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium.” - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
“A group calling itself Concerned Citizens for Jenny organized the protest after zoo officials announced plans to move Jenny to the Africam Safari Park near Puebla, Mexico, in the fall. ” - Dallas Morning News
“The hollowed-out foot, found Thursday evening in the CitySquare parking garage, is in Worcester police custody, but few people know what to make of it. ” - Worcester Telegram & Gazette
“The carcass of a 60-year-old cow elephant was found by the forest field staff at the Balanga (East) Forest Compartment no 12 of the Simlipal reserve forest, Simlipal sanctuary sources said here on Friday.” - Newindpress.com
“The Jharkhand forest department will constitute mobile squads to chase away wild elephants who create havoc in villages around the forests in the state, said an official on Thursday. ” - The Times of India
“Game rangers in Southeast Cameroon, July 14, 2008, confiscated 22 ivory tusks and 11 elephant tails.” - allAfrica.com
“Amid reports of animal deaths and destruction caused by elephants in several West Bengal villages, wildlife activists on Tuesday said the government lacked a proper forest management blueprint to maintain the wildlife in the state. ” - The Economic Times
“Two women have admitted to smuggling into Minnesota and selling at a Hmong marketplace in St. Paul a host of products derived from various protected wildlife, including elephant, leopard, leaf monkey and weasel.” - Star Tribune
“Within a week of three elephants being poisoned to death inside Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, an elephant calf was run over by a train in the same forest on Tuesday morning. ” - -The Times of India
“Coming out of the 14th Conference of the Parties (CoP14) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) last year in The Hague, two things were certain: firstly, that Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe would be allowed to sell registered stocks of ivory in the near future and, secondly, that a nine-year moratorium on any further ivory sales would come into effect following the sales.” - Daily Dispatch Online
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