Angus dies a month before return to South African home
“Angus, the world’s biggest captive elephant, has died only a month before he was to be flown from Canada to South Africa, his homeland, and set free in a game reserve.” - The Globe and Mail
How do you get a 4-ton elephant to work out?
“A 7,260-kilogram treadmill specifically built to exercise Maggie the elephant arrived at the Alaska Zoo, but the question remains: Just how do you get a more than 4-tonne animal fighting the battle of the bulge to use a treadmill?” - The Globe and Mail
Elephant relocated from crowded reserve
“A first family of five elephants was relocated yesterday from this overcrowded reserve in Kenya’s coastal region. The five are among 400 elephants earmarked for relocation from the reserve, where they are being captured and winched into a crate for the 140-kilometre drive to a new home in Tsavo East National Park.” - The Globe and Mail
The elephant and the jumbo jet
“Zookeeper Michael Hackenberger has a problem, a really big problem: how to get all seven tonnes of Angus the elephant from Bowmanville, Ont., to Kwandwe game reserve in South Africa.” - The Globe and Mail:
The philosophy of elephants
“I’ve sat upon an elephant’s back in the morning, so early that the sun has not yet come to terms with itself, when mist is hovering above the jungle palms and morning rain does not begin to do the job of removing the mud caked to both our bodies. There is a soft spot where I rest my hands atop her head and I know where it is by heart now.” - The Globe and Mail
Polo with the pachyderms
“A blue-blooded elephant polo tournament in Thailand offers cucumber sandwiches and champagne on the sidelines and slow-motion sport on the field” - The Globe and Mail
Elephant leaves tribute to best friend’s passing
“After two days of standing by Tina’s grave at the sanctuary, her best friend Sissy finally left, leaving behind her favourite tire as a tribute to her friend.” - The Globe and Mail
Elephant from B.C. zoo dies
“Tina, the Asian elephant with the ailing feet, has died in Tennessee.” - The Globe and Mail
Bar codes show class
“Faced with this, University of Guelph zoologist Paul Hebert has come up with a different way of classifying animals — something he calls “DNA bar codes.” What he does is look for a standard gene or genes and measures genetic differences between creatures. He has already bar-coded 200 known species of moths and found that 2 or 3 per cent worth of genetic variation translates into what traditional taxonomists call a species. For example, varieties of African elephants are as genetically different from one another as they are from the supposed other true elephant species — the Indian elephant.” - The Globe and Mail
