“The new 3,750-square-metre (40,000-square-feet) hangar has 42 stalls for large animals like the huge number of polo ponies and racehorses that pass through continental Europe’s biggest hub every year, or even for the odd rhino or elephant.” - AFP
“In this issue of Global voices environment, we check in with various blogs around the world. The themes are varied, and some are of global concern with commentary from Kenya about elephant culling in South Africa, commentary from Europe on “Eco-colonialism” in Botswana, Brazil, DRC, Patagonia and other countries.” - Global Voices Online
“A male baby Asian elephant was born in Dublin Zoo this morning.” - ireland.com - Breaking News -
“The first African elephant to be born in Hungary nearly died of hunger, because his mother’s milk dried up when he was one week old, writes mtv.hu. On average, one African elephant is born in Europe each year.” - Caboodle.hu
“Europe’s oldest elephant died after Romanian police set their dogs on it when it refused to enter its winter quarters, a new report has revealed.” - Telegraph
“European polls have shown massive support for a 20-year moratorium on trade in ivory just ahead of next months Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Holland.” - Citizen.co.za
“Europe’s thriving ivory retail market is threatening an increase in elephant poaching, conservationists have warned.” - BBC NEWS
“Some 300 000 years ago, ancient elephants trudged into a shallow river to drink, but found their legs stuck in the mud.” - IOL
“Two elephants at one of Sweden’s largest zoos may have to be put down after one of them tested positive for tuberculosis, health officials said on Wednesday. Three other elephants at the Kolmaarden zoo, located 150km south of Stockholm, have already been put down after succumbing to the disease.” - IOL
