eleblog

“Wild elephants straying into a village killed a woman and her baby along Bangladesh’s border with Myanmar, forest officials said on Wednesday.” - Reuters

“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

“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.” - Yahoo! India News

“Elephants in Myanmar have long been invaluable labourers in the country’s timber industry, nimbly finding their way through forests and dragging heavy fallen trees to rivers for shipping.” - AFP

“Five men were arrested after being caught smuggling two elephants into Thailand from neighboring Myanmar, authorities said Monday.” - International Herald Tribune

“Elephants that once roamed the mangrove swamps of Myanmar’s vast Ayeyarwaddy Delta are headed for extinction, with only two of its kind still alive, a local newspaper said Monday.” - IOL

“Asian elephants are an endangered species in Xishuangbanna in Yunnan Province near borders with Laos and Myanmar.” - Shanghai Daily

“Myanmar officials are concerned that illegal logging and hunting are threatening the country’s wild elephant population despite the species being placed on the protected list a decade ago, the Myanmar Times said.” - Terra Daily

“Officials estimate that more than 700,000 pills are smuggled into Thailand every year, mostly through the Golden Triangle from Myanmar. They permeate society, from campuses to offices to villages, even to working elephants.” - The New York Times