Baby elephant taught to paint
“An elephant couple in a zoo in Japan have been teaching their baby how to paint.” - ITN
Japan: An Elephant Kingdom
“According to the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums latest database, we have already more than 50 elephants in captivity.” - OhmyNews International
World’s largest-known Asian elephant goes missing
“The world’s largest known Asian elephant, Raja Gaj, has gone missing from its habitat in southwestern Nepal, officials said Monday. Raja Gaj, the center of tourist attraction in the 968 square-kilometer Royal Bardia National Park, has not been spotted in the park or its vicinity for the past year, said the park’s chief conservation officer Phanindra Kharel.” - Japan Today
Jingle bells: Elephants ready for Christmas choir
“Three Asian elephants have been practicing intensively over the last few weeks to learn “Jingle Bells” to mark the holiday season” - NDTV.com:
Sealing the Elephant’s Fate With ‘Hanko’
“Even as the world awaits a global ban on trade in elephant ivory, activists are fighting hard to stop a new shipment of ivory to Japan and the introduction of tougher domestic controls.
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News Topic: No.3: Poor Elephants
“So here’s the story. We know that elephants have been poached for ivory for YEARS. And we know it’s been killing these big animals off. But, people like the ivory, especially in Japan and China. So, poor people who want to make money…they see this big elephant, and they know…”Hey, if I kill this thing and sell the tusks, I could eat dinner every night.” And now elephant survival is struggling.” - | Progressive U
Two held in Japan over ivory haul
“Two brothers have been arrested in Japan on suspicion of trying to smuggle a record three tons of ivory into the country in defiance of a world ban.” - BBC NEWS
Japan approved for special ivory import
“Japan meets the requirements to take part in a limited one-off sale of elephant ivory, according to a U.N.-sponsored group.” - The Japan Times Online
Species watchdog mulls new rules
“They include proposals from Namibia to relax the ban on the trade in elephant ivory and from Japan to relax the ban on hunting minke whales. ” - BBC NEWS
Elephant dung a hot item
“Elephant dung at Tennoji Zoo in Japan’s western Osaka prefecture is a hot item for gardeners to use on their plants, zoo officials said on Monday.” - news24.com
I’m not into pygmy elephant business
“Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Chong Kah Kiat denied suggestions that he or the Ministry was involved in any business transaction with a private firm to care for elephants pending shipment to zoos in China and Japan under an exchange programme.” - Daily Express, Sabah, Malaysia
