“But a Stanford University scientist has discovered that elephants actually have two distinct ways of communicating: by ordinary soundwaves rippling through the air, and by vibrations transmitted through the ground to exquisitely sensitive elephant toes.” - The Boston Globe
“Hedlund is talking about elephants. Since late 2004, he has been pushing a bill on Beacon Hill to toughen the training and cruelty standards for circuses that bring elephants to Massachusetts.” - The Boston Globe
“A New Bedford-based boat dredging for scallops in Georges Bank off the coast of Maine may have pulled up something a little more interesting than shellfish. Tim Winchenbach hauled in a foot-long, curved, tusk-like object that scientists think may be a 13,000-year-old fossil from a prehistoric elephant.” - The Boston Globe
“Two years after their last appearance, two African elephants are scheduled to return to Abington with the Cole Bros. Circus on Monday and Tuesday at Memorial Field.” - The Boston Globe
“The National Zoo has announced plans for a new $60 million “Elephant Trails” exhibit that will dramatically expand and upgrade its current facility for Asian elephants and try to be a centerpiece for breeding and conservation efforts to stop the endangered species from becoming extinct.” - The Boston Globe
“Police and wildlife agents stormed into tourist shops earlier this year, looking for trinkets the government had long turned a blind eye to — carved ivory from elephant tusks.” - The Boston Globe
“Despite the continuing protests of animal rights activities, there was a large complement of animals, including llamas, sheepdogs, miniature horses, elephants (some of them born in Ringling’s Elephant Conservation Center), a zebra, and, in a farm sequence, a pair of porkers whose trick seemed to be to never stop eating, no matter what. The elephants performed with amazing grace; one of them even looked dignified doing a headstand.” - The Boston Globe
