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NO MORE ELEPHANTS IN INDIA'S ZOOS
Animals  (tags: indian elephants, zoo elephants, freed, protection, wild elephants, freedom )

Simone
- 9 days ago - bornfree.org.uk
While the Western Zoos Dither, India Condemns Captivity in Zoos as Causing Unacceptable 'Trauma'. The Born Free Foundation joins the global animal welfare and conservation community in welcoming plans by the Government of India to end the keeping of
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When the Elephants Come to Graze, Drink and Frolic
Animals  (tags: elephant herd, south asia, peaceful, safe, wild animals, wild elephants, families )

Simone
- 117 days ago - sundaytimes.lk
As evening approaches, the banks of the Minneriya reservoir become crowded with visitors of a different kind. As the sun slowly retreats from different corners of the scrub jungle the visitors slowly approach the green plains by the receding waters.
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The Desert Elephants of Mali
Animals  (tags: mali, desert elephants, wild elephants, survival, droughts, endangered, herds )

Simone
- 123 days ago - wild.org
Mali is a beautiful, landlocked desert country in North West Africa. Perhaps best known for its rich cultural diversity, Mali is also home to the northernmost herd of African elephants. One of the very last herd of elephants in the arid Sahel, this herd
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Agonising Death in 2007 of a Maligawa Elephant
Animals  (tags: wild elephants, abused, deaths, past histories, india, brutal treatment, cruelty )

Simone
- 123 days ago - sundaytimes.lk
Sindu and Raju are not the only elephants handed over to the Dalada Maligawa at the request of the Diyawadana Nilames (DN). In 2007, the Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) came under pressure to release a wild elephant brought to the Maligawa to
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Elephants Shot at By Nepal Police Again
Animals  (tags: nepal police, butchered, slaughtered, elephant herds, humans, destruction, threatened elephants, wild elephants )

Simone
- 155 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Less than a month after an elephant herd was shot at on the Indo-Nepal border, yet another herd was fired at by the Nepal police on Monday evening. One of the elephants has apparently received a serious injury while six to seven others are believed
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Elephant Herd Removed From Wild in Malawi
Animals  (tags: wild elephants, moved, rescued, relocation, safety, villagers, conflicts, wildlife )

Simone
- 155 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
The move required a fleet of cranes and lorries and was organised by workers at the International Fund for Animal Welfare. They stepped in when the free-roaming animals suffered violent retaliation from local people after unknowingly causing havoc
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Suspension of Thai Elephant Exports
Animals  (tags: thailand government, wild elephants, suspension, exportation, protection, conservation )

Simone
- 221 days ago - wspa.org.au
WSPA joins the RSPCA, Humane Society International (HSI) and IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) in congratulating the Thai Government for suspending elephant exports for five years following growing fears that animals are being poached from the
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Extinct Javan Elephants May Have Been Found Again - in Borneo
Animals  (tags: javan elephants, borneo, sightings, extinciton, endangered, wild elephants )

Simone
- 600 days ago - panda.org
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.
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Killer Ex-Circus Elephant Finds Zoo Home
Animals  (tags: circus elephant, arna, new permanent home, taronga zoo, wild elephants )

Simone
- 656 days ago - news.com.au
A FORMER circus elephant that killed her handler has found a permanent home at Taronga Western Plains Zoo. After undergoing health and behavioural assessments at the Dubbo zoo, Arna, who crushed her handler, 57-year-old Ray Williams, in December last
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Protecting China's Last Elephant Herd
Animals  (tags: china, elephant herd, wild elephants, protection, advocates )

Simone
- 656 days ago - gokunming.com
In addition to sharing a border - and the Mekong River - with Laos, Yunnan province also shares China's last herd of Asian elephants, which in recent years has dwindled to only 400 elephants. The herd lives in nature reserves near the border between
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Take Action: Stop the Trade of Ivory on Ebay and Worldwide!
Animals  (tags: elephants, ivory trade, wildlifte trafficking, conservation, wild elephants, protection )

Simone
- 659 days ago - ifaw.org
To date about 25,000 users have spoken up in support of the IFAW call for 20 years suspension of trade in elephant ivory. Elephants in Africa and Asia only have a chance of surival if all ivory is banned.
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Wild Elephants on Rampage Off Dergaon
Animals  (tags: wild elephants, habitat destroyed, villagers, freedom, food, rampage )

Simone
- 686 days ago - assamtribune.com
Jan 21 - Continuous depredation by a herd of wild elephants in and around Kartik Chapori of the west Jorhat area, about 20 km off Dergaon has caused immense damage to the villagers in terms of destruction of houses and agricultural land. About 100
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Meeting the EB Elephant Family
Animals  (tags: EB elephant family, elephant voices, matriarch of family, wild elephants, study, protection )

Simone
- 709 days ago - wildlifedirect.org
During the morning we met the EB family, the group that we have studied for many years, and that has been made famous through 3 BBC productions. We always enjoy seeing our study elephants, but must admit we felt that the 65-year-old matriarch, Echo, look
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National Board of Wildlife to Discuss Elephant Deaths on Railway Tracks
Animals  (tags: elephants welfare, wild elephants, elephant railway deaths, protectionof wildlife, railway tracks )

Simone
- 830 days ago - in.news.yahoo.com
The state forest department and railway authorities have been at loggerheads over frequent instances of elephants being knocked down by speeding trains in North Bengal. The matter will be raised in a meeting of National Board of Wildlife on September
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Male Elephants Get 'Photo IDs' From Scientists
Animals  (tags: elephants, wild elephants, wildlife, male elephant ids, photographic archive )

Simone
- 848 days ago - eurekalert.org
Asian elephants don't carry photo identification, so scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and India's Nature Conservation Foundation are providing the service free of charge by creating a photographic archive of individual elephants, which
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