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“Sri Lanka’s wild elephant population has shown a marked increase over the last 10 years. ” - Daily News

“Ven. Balangoda Gnanawasa Thera, 34, died after he was attacked by a wild elephant while on his way to the Godigalakanda Aranya Senasanaya in the Huruluwewa forest reserve, Habarana on Thursday.” - Daily News

“The Los Angeles Department of Animal Services ordered a circus-elephant keeper to pack his three elephants and leave town Thursday for violating the federal Animal Welfare Act.” - LA Daily News

“Rejecting a bid by Robert Culp to close the Los Angeles Zoo’s elephant exhibit and stop construction on a new one, a judge has ruled that building plans can continue and the lone elephant can remain, according to court papers obtained today.” - LA Daily News

Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden, besides its fame as the biggest and the most beautiful botanical garden in Southeast Asia, visitors will experience various kinds of fascinating and impressive Thai cultural and traditional dance shows as well as the elephant show.Pattaya Daily News

“The Prime Minister declared the elephant would not be sent to Armenia “on compassionate grounds.” He further stated that thereafter the gifting of animals from India to another State to build diplomatic relations would be stopped.” - Daily News

“The elephant-human conflict has claimed the lives of 24 people in the Kurunegala district during the last two years, Kurunegala District Secretary C.B. Bulumulla said.” - Daily News

“She’s not the flying elephant with whom the DUMBO neighborhood shares a name. But she is a painting pachyderm.” - NY Daily News

“It might seem unbelievable, but the reality is that villagers belonging to the Dooars region in north Bengal, especially in the Buxar and Chilapata zones, are heavily suffering due to constant invasions by wild elephants. After several instances of elephants creating havoc, there have been reports of villagers killing a few of the pachyderms.” - Daily News & Analysis

“On 24th May 2007, just after midnight, a truck driver had to run for his life after his pickup truck was viciously attacked by a rampaging pregnant elephant in a field in Huay Yai. His truck was stomped on and wrecked ” - Pattaya Daily News

“After seven hours on the road and 40 years spent in circuses and zoos, the 46-year-old African elephant from the Los Angeles Zoo retired Tuesday to the rolling hills of Northern California.” - LA Daily News

“Ruby, the Los Angeles Zoo’s much-debated elephant, leaves town today for greener pastures in a Northern California elephant sanctuary.” - LA Daily News

“Elephants are reported to be causing havoc in the northern part of Botswana, by destroying field crops and farm properties.” - BOPA Daily News

“A Longview towing company was called to the Oregon Zoo in Portland on Saturday morning to help a sedated bull elephant having surgery to remove an infected tusk.” - The Daily News Online

“In other kgotla meetings at Tsokatshaa and Zoroga, the residents said they were losing hope in farming because elephants always destroyed their crops.” - BOPA Daily News

“The departments of Wildlife and National Parks and Agricultural Research have resorted to the use of chilli pepper to prevent elephants from eating crops.” - BOPA Daily News

“This forest receives the highest rainfall in the Anuradhapura District and is a natural habitat of leopards, elephants and other small animals such as deer, sambur, bear, rabbits and mouse-deer which can be seen moving freely in this area. DWLC officials estimate that around 400 wild elephants use the Horowpathana Forest area as their habitat.” - Online edition of Daily News

“Rangers at a private game reserve in Zululand have become nurse-maids and foster mums to a baby elephant, taking turns to wake up and bottle-feed the calf every three hours.” - Daily News - IOL