At last, Anne the elephant’s suffering could be over as Whipsnade Zoo offers her a home
September 19th, 2011
Brian Blessed takes protest against use of wild animals in circuses to Downing Street Hopes were rising last night that Anne the circus elephant could be freed from her cruel captivity within days. A specialist vet from Whipsnade Zoo and RSPCA officers were allowed to visit Anne to check her over after shocking secret footage Read more…
Mahout faints while riding elephant, 108 emergency officials get him off
September 16th, 2011
In a bizarre incident, a man sitting on an elephant was stoned by some children in Memnagar for no known reason. The man fainted on the elephant itself. What, however, followed was a scene that resembled a comedy Bollywood flick. The officials of 108 emergency service had to use two ambulances to get the man Read more…
Flood-hit elephants evacuated
September 14th, 2011
More than 100 elephants in Ayutthaya were quickly evacuated to safer locations after a sudden rise in the water levels of the Lop Buri and Pa Sak rivers. Elephant camp manager Itthipan Kaolamai said on Monday water from both rivers surged into Wang Chang in tambon Suan Prik, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya district. The water Read more…
Hunters Can’t Bring Elephant Corpses to U.S.
September 1st, 2011
WASHINGTON (CN) – Americans who hunted and killed endangered African elephants in Zambia cannot bring trophies of their prey back home, a federal judge ruled. “Plaintiffs paid a princely sum for the opportunity to shoot African elephants in Zambia and then they wanted to import the animals’ corpses back to the United States,” Chief U.S. Read more…
