eleblog

“Three Bornean Elephants have been fitted with satellite collars over the past week in Kinabatangan, marking the beginning of the first study of their social structure.” - the star online

“Since that paper, they’ve fleshed out an alternate scenario that’s decidedly more exotic. Specifically, wildlife biologist Junaidi Payne, based at the World Wide Fund for Nature-Malaysia, and colleagues now suspect that the elephants are remnants of a population believed to be extinct for more than 200 years” - The Scientist

“A female elephant and her group in Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park will be tracked via satellite, state media reported on Monday.” - IOL

“A large genetic study of the extinct woolly mammoth has revealed that the species was not one large homogenous group, as scientists previously had assumed, and that it did not have much genetic diversity.” - Science Daily

“Concerned about the plight of captive elephants, the Centre has started a project to keep a track on the number of elephants in the region. Under ‘Project Elephant’, microchips will be inserted in wild elephants to prevent their further captivity” - ExpressIndia.Com

“For the farmers living around Mount Kenya Forest, every day is a struggle, wondering whether the 5,000 elephants from the forest will “visit” and leave a trail of destruction and even death.” - PC World

“Modern technology may soon come to the aid of farmers living under the constant threat of elephants from Mount Kenya forest.” - allAfrica.com

“All tame elephants in Kerala will soon come to be identified by a 10-digit number, thanks to an electronic tag that is expected to carry information on these gentle giants that also have their moments of fury.”- Gulfnews

“A microchip has been implanted on Ganesan, the temple elephant of the famous Lord Saneeswara temple at Tirunallar near Karaikal here.”- The Hindu

“The government had stopped this practice in 1995 when the population of elephants was judged to be dangerously low. However now that they’re seeking to reinstate it, something has come up: expert scientists believe that elephants have cognitive capacity.” - Environmental Graffiti

” Borneo’s pygmy elephants may be descendants of an extinct Javan elephant race, saved by chance by an 18th century ruler, according to a new study.” - TheChronicleHerald.ca

“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

“The Borneo pygmy elephant may not be native to Borneo after all. Instead, the population could be the last survivors of the Javan elephant race – accidentally saved from extinction by the Sultan of Sulu centuries ago, a new publication suggests.” - Science Daily

“The Borneo pygmy elephant may not be native to Borneo after all. Instead, the population could be the last survivors of the Javan elephant race – accidentally saved from extinction by the Sultan of Sulu centuries ago, a new publication suggests.” - Science Daily