“Carson & Barnes Circus staunchly denied abusing its animals Wednesday, while preparing for performances here Monday.” - The Star Beacon

“A childhood rite of passage may be banned in Minneapolis on Friday, when according to The Star Tribune, the city council is expected to vote on an unusual issue: elephant rides.” - New York Times Blog

” Despite wounds all over her body, believed to be from a tiger attack, the four-year-old elephant is still on her feet.” - The Star

“Kingdom of the Elephants is an hour-long documentary filmed entirely on location in South-East Asia. It explores the complex bond between the elephants and the people of Thailand in dramatic fashion. ” - The Star Online

“Being stoned by an elephant is one of the occupational hazards of being a vet. But it?s a small price to pay for running such a successful elephant-breeding programme. ” - The Star

“Lasah is an Asian male elephant and, from what I hear, a star. His impressive credentials include appearances in Anna and The King ? even walking alongside Chow Yuen Fatt and Jodie Foster in one scene. ” - The Star Online

“The Elephant Sanctuary is situated at the base of the Magaliesberg, 3km from Hartbeespoort Dam and a 45-minute drive from Fourways. Daily programmes are conducted on foot where guests will have the opportunity to walk and interact with elephants.” - The Star

“Seventeen-month-old elephant Mardos is showing signs of recovering from his fractured legs. ” - The Star

“For more than a month, an 18-month-old male elephant had been desperately searching for his mother, not knowing that she had died of gunshot wounds to her head at Kampung Pulau Cheri near here last month. ” - The Star

” The proposed plantations will also destroy a habitat crucial for elephants. Belum-Temenggor harbours between 150 and 200 elephants, many relocated there from other cleared forests. Herds traverse the highway, feeding along the way. ” - The Star Online

“A seriously injured rubber tapper fled for his life on a motorcycle after being attacked by a wild elephant in a smallholding in Naka, near here. ” - The Star Online

“It’s not just the people at the Wildcare Africa Animal Rehabilitation Centre who make the place so special. The animals have their personalities too. Undeniably, the most temperamental creature is Olly, the orphaned Botswana baby elephant. One minute he seems to be carrying the weight of the entire elephant population on his shoulders, the next he trumpets loudly and tries to intimidate the adults by butting them. We don’t know if his mother was shot or if he was abandoned,” Trendler says. “He stands in his corner and philosophises about why he was abandoned and why he is not with his family.”The Star

“In the Whipsnade wild animal park near London, elephants were bathed several times during the day and rhinos wallowed in mud to find some cooling relief.” - The Star

“Its herds of wildlife - a key tourist attraction in many African countries - were hard hit by the war, its elephants hunted ruthlessly by both sides for meat and ivory.” - The Star

“The Popa Falls is the centrepiece of the Caprivi Game Park, which is scheduled to become the Bwabwata National Park, and provides habitat to several herds of hippos and many elephants and other wildlife that come to the river for water and vegetation,” IRN said.” - The Star

“Van Hoven said they were also looking at relocating more elephants and other wildlife species to Angola.” - The Star