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“Sudan announced on Wednesday a Khartoum police swoop busting an illicit ivory trading ring, seizing more than 470 pieces and arresting an unspecified number of suspects.”- Yahoo! News Photos

“Zuri is one of two elephants born in July at the Pittsburgh zoo.” - Yahoo! Canada News Photos

“Zuri, a 12-day-old African elephant calf plays with Willie Theison, elephant manager at the Pittsburgh Zoo on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008.” - Yahoo! News Photos

“Indonesian villagers are threatening to poison rare wild elephants that are destroying their palmoil plantations in search of food.” - Yahoo! News UK

“Zoo officials plan to send Jenny to a drive-through park in Mexico that they say would be a perfect place for her to live. But a Dallas city councilwoman and several animal activists say that would be a horrible home for Jenny because she gets frightened by cars and deserves a more peaceful existence.” - Zoo officials plan to send Jenny to a drive-through park

“An elephant’s trunk is seen as it cools down in a pool at Twycross Zoo, central England July 28, 2008.
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“Walt Disney World released this photo this morning of the newborn elephant calf who was born in the herd of African elephants at Disney’s Animal Kingdom this weekend.” - Orlando Sentinel

“In this undated photo released by the Dallas Zoological Society, Jenny, a 32-year-old African elephant is shown.” - Yahoo! News Photos

“An elephant is hoisted into the Chongqing zoo in Chongqing municipality June 25, 2008.” - Yahoo! News Photos

“One of the elephants in captivity from Malaysia and Sri Lanka plays a trick on her keeper during an elephant show on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 in Singapore.” - Yahoo! News Photos

“In this photo provided by Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Taj, a 68-year-old female Asian elephant, takes paintbrush to canvas at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, Calif., on Thursday, May 8, 2008.” - Yahoo! News Photos

“A male Indian elephant eats bamboo. Nearly one-third of ivory items for sale in the United States may have been illegally imported after a US moratorium on the trade imposed in 1989, conservation groups said in a report Monday.” - Yahoo! News Photos

“A mahout casts a net from his elephant in Thailand’s Ayutthaya province, about 80 km (50 miles) north of Bangkok” - Yahoo! News Photos

“An Asian Elephant greets visitors during an animal show at the Singapore Zoo” - Yahoo! News Photos

“Watch out Becks… keepers at the West Midlands Safari Park think they’ve discovered England’s next footie star.” - CBBC Newsround

An elephant sprays water over itself at a zoological park” - Yahoo! News Photos

“The African elephant is known to be the largest mammal on land. Photographer Fred Hoogervorst went to the African savanna and shot beautiful pictures of the Jumbo elephants living in the area.” - AfricaNews

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