“Kenyan wildlife authorities have warned beach hotels to keep watch for nine elephants which have strayed from their home and may wander onto Indian Ocean shores, an official said Friday. The family group meandered into a forested area some three kilometres from Kenya’s coast, but officials were not sure where exactly they had come from. ” - Earth Times
“The animals are among eight elephants that began a controversial journey to Sydney’s Taronga Zoo from Thailand in June.
Court battles, animal rights protests and long periods in quarantine on the Cocos Islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean delayed their arrival, but the elephants showed no signs of worry as they explored their new surroundings yesterday.” - The Courier-Mail
“The elephants began their controversial journey from Thailand in June and have been held in quarantine on the Cocos Islands, 2750km north-west of Perth in the Indian Ocean.” - NEWS.com.au
“They survived last year’s Indian Ocean tsunami, but the residents of one of Sri Lanka’s resettlement communities are facing a new problem: elephants. A new housing project outside one southern town has been built in elephant territory and the two sets of neighbors must now learn to co-exist.” - VOA News -
“The EzBayer Store in Forth Worth, Texas, which opened in mid-2004, is offering a very unique painting on eBay with 100% of the proceeds from its sale going to the American Red Cross International Response Fund. The Fort Worth Zoo donated a Pachyderm Painting by 31-year-old Rasha, an Asian elephant born in Thailand but best known for the paintings she has produced since 1996. This creative and beautiful item was painted on January 5, 2005 for the purpose of supporting disaster relief efforts in the devastated Indian Ocean region.” - i-Newswire.com
