Sombo Retires thanks to EarsAsia
January 30th, 2012
A new life for Sombo! A decision was reached for all parties concerned and Sombo starts her new life on a beautiful plot of land on the outskirts of Phnom Penh. On Monday 30th January 2012, Louise Rogerson from EARS, Mr Sin Sorn’s son and their mahout, walked Sombo throughout the night when the roads were Read more…
Cambodia’s star elephant retires
January 30th, 2012
Phnom Penh – Cambodia’s best-known elephant has retired following a campaign to get her medical attention, media reports said Monday. Sambo, aged 52, is a familiar sight in Phnom Penh, where she provides regular rides to tourists through the city streets. The pachyderm has now retired after 30 years in the capital, The Cambodia Daily Read more…
How elephants cool off at night
January 28th, 2012
Great photo report from BBC Nature. View Photos>
Preecha: We can’t act over elephants
January 28th, 2012
The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry will not act on a request to remove elephants from the list of transport animals, minister Preecha Rengsomboonsuk said yesterday. He said the issue concerns other ministries and his ministry has no authority to interfere. The list is supervised by the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry’s Livestock Department. Mr Preecha Read more…
Thailand to build DNA database to protect elephants
January 27th, 2012
Thailand Natural Resources and Environment Minister Preecha Rengsomboonsuk has vowed to solve within a year issues related to Thailand’s elephants. Preecha planned to build a DNA database on 4,000 or so domesticated elephants in order to stop people taking over identity papers of deceased pachyderms and replacing them with elephants taken in the wild. After Read more…
The elephant who got a contact lens after twig poked her eye during Zoo scuffle
January 26th, 2012
An Asian elephant has been given back her sight – and become the first in Europe to be fitted with a contact lens. Win Thida, 44, was injured in a scuffle with a fellow elephant at Amsterdam’s Artis Zoo when she was poked in her left eye by a twig. Dutch vet Anne-Marie Verbruggen was Read more…
AP Exclusive: New practice of eating elephant meat in Thailand adds to extinction threat
January 26th, 2012
BANGKOK — A new taste for eating elephant meat — everything from trunks to sex organs — has emerged in Thailand and could pose a new threat to the survival of the species. Wildlife officials told The Associated Press that they were alerted to the practice after finding two elephants slaughtered last month in Read more…
55th birthday for Perth Zoo’s Tricia the elephant
January 25th, 2012
TRICIA is 55 years old, her favourite fruits include watermelons and bananas, and she enjoys long walks around Perth Zoo. Tricia the Asian elephant has celebrated her milestone birthday with a 1.5m fruit and bran cake, decorated with tree branches. She first arrived in Perth from Singapore in 1963 and is the longest resident at Read more…
Elephant herd grieves for baby who died of a heart defect
January 24th, 2012
This is the moving moment a grieving herd of elephants said their goodbyes to a little calf who tragically died of a serious heart defect. Baby Lola was due to be the world’s first elephant to have heart surgery to remove a blood clot. Read more…
KC Zoo’s oldest elephant, Penney, dies at 51
January 24th, 2012
FILE PHOTO Penney enjoying a cooling treat one summer Penney, the Kansas City Zoo’s oldest elephant at age 51, died this morning, the zoo announced in a statement today. Despite her advanced age, Penney had no health problems other than arthritis, the zoo’s statement said. An African elephant, Penney was born in the wild. She Read more…
