eleblog

“Elephant keeper Stephen Cunningham, picked up on a successful scheme at Honolulu Zoo, and spent a couple of hours weaving hose and transformed them into footballs hardy enough to put up with a boot from one of the heavy-footed mammals.” - Liverpool Daily Post

“The Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle says an elephant that had been artificially inseminated has miscarried.” - seattlepi.com

“Infection of tuberculosis is a major threat being faced by the captive elephants in South India. ” - Newindpress.com

“Soraida has cared for the calf for the past 18 months after Mosha tripped on a landmine in the jungle near Thailand’s border with Myanmar. The explosion almost severed her right foreleg, and she was brought to Soraida’s elephant clinic when she was seven months old.” - MSN India

“As far as zoo visits go, you couldn’t ask for better weather. But if you want to see all three elephants at Woodland Park Zoo, you might want to wait a week.” - Seattle PI

“An outbreak of a human strain of tuberculosis (TB), called mycobacterium tuberculosis, is infecting and killing captive elephants in the United States. The number of elephants harboring TB is unknown. Several elephant handlers have tested positive for the disease.” - Mt. Vernon Register

“A suspected case of viral disease has resulted in the death of two wild elephants in the Wayanad district in Kerala in the last one month. ” - The Times of India

“After two years of researching the transference of m-tuberculosis from Asian elephants to humans, I took my documents to Don Francis–now in San Francisco running a bio lab called Global Solutions for infectious diseases. I knew if my evidence was solid, Francis would not lie, and he would not be afraid of repercussions if it meant protecting the public. The documents included e-mails affidavits, and depositions. All had to do with Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus and the fact that the majority of their elephants from 1993- 2007 had mycobacterium tuberculosis, the same kind humans contract.” - The Huffington Post

“Instead, the technicolor image was generated by infra-red thermography, which is being used to diagnose health problems in elderly elephants at Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo in western New South Wales. ” - The Australian

“Officials say a baby elephant at San Diego’s Wild Animal Park recently diagnosed with an antibiotic-resistant staph infection was euthanized because of multiple health problems.” - San Jose Mercury News -

“Born Nov. 28, the African elephant calf is not gaining weight as she should, said officials at the San Diego Zoo, which operates the park near Escondido” - SignOnSanDiego.com

“An elephant camp located here in the Malayatoor Forest Division is under Herpes virus threat, which has already taken lives of two young baby calves.
The camp, which was once a hot tourist destination in the Kerala map for being a unique elephant orphanage, is facing tough time with the outbreak of the viral disease.
Forest officials have started transferring elephants to nearby areas to avoid worsening of the situation, and have sprinkled bleaching powder and phenol to control the infection.” - Thaindian News

“Thai people hold Elephants in high regard and there comes a time in an Elephants life when its health begins to fail.” - Pattaya City News

“Maggie captured the attention and hearts of people throughout the state and the Lower 48 this year when she became ill and collapsed. The event increased the pressure on the Alaska Zoo to find Maggie a new home in a warmer climate.” - KTUU.com

“Elephant herpes is so pervasive and fatal that it’s irresponsible and “ill-conceived” for Woodland Park Zoo keepers to breed once again an elephant who already lost one daughter to the disease, according to several animal-rights groups.” - Seattle Times

” As part of an ongoing campaign against Six Flags Discovery Kingdom’s keeping of elephants, an animal rights group released a report this week claiming three Asian elephants at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom are at high risk of contracting a lethal virus.” - Vallejo Times Herald

“Zoo officials say the elephant herpes virus is usually fatal within five days. But the zoo did successfully treat another female elephant in 1997.” - News-Leader.com

“Late Thursday afternoon, Nisha (NEE-sha), Dickerson Park Zoo�s 16-month-old Asian elephant calf, began showing symptoms of elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV), a herpesvirus specific to elephants which is most often fatal.” - KY3