“Just over 100 years ago, there were at most a few thousand elephants in the whole of Africa south of the Zambezi. There are now more than a quarter of a million of them. ” - The New Zealand Herald

“Animal lovers round the world will soon be able to go online and track their favourite elephants as they move around the Kenyan bush through cellphone technology.” - The New Zealand Herald

“Refusing an anti-social elephant has cost Auckland Zoo $100,000 and delayed its breeding programme by years, director Glen Holland says.
The zoo has attracted strong criticism of its proposed elephant breeding programme after a captive elephant being quarantined in Thailand for transfer to Auckland became violent and had to be sent back to its owner. ” - The New Zealand Herald

“How the elephant got its ears has just become a more complicated story thanks to the discovery of a fossilised shrew-like animal that lived 115 million years ago.” - The New Zealand Herald

“Agitated elephants felt the tsunami coming, and their sensitivity saved about a dozen tourists in Thailand from the fate of thousands killed by the giant waves. ” - The New Zealand Herald

“Larger cages are stipulated for circus elephants and monkeys, with mandatory hours of exercise stipulated each day. ” - The New Zealand Herald

“Elephants must receive hundreds of times more space to live at San Francisco’s zoo or not be kept at the facility, city legislators say, in legislation that could effectively bar pachyderms for good. ” - The New Zealand Herald