Govt to curb ivory smuggling
June 30th, 2012
The National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department will list the African elephant as a protected animal under Thai law following widespread smuggling of African elephant tusks. Theerapat: Ivory gets delivered via the post Theerapat Prayurasiddhi, the department’s deputy chief, said it would be the first time Thailand will list a non-local wildlife species as Read more…
Angul boasts of highest number of jumbos
June 30th, 2012
ANGUL: The elephant population in Angul forest circle has gone up to 633 this year from 591 during the 2010 census. The animals were counted in an area of 16,738.65 sq km in Satkosia wildlife division and forest divisions of Angul, Dhenkanal, Athagarh, Cuttack and Athamallik. These areas are under the jurisdiction of Angul forest circle that Read more…
Manila Zoo wants to keep 38-year old elephant
June 26th, 2012
Manila: The manager and veterinarian of the Manila Zoo has argued against an animal rights group and other sectors, saying that its 38-year old elephant should not be sent to the wild or ordered to a retirement house for ageing animals. “Vishwamali or ‘Mali’ is healthy. Her cracked nails and overgrown cuticles could be treated Read more…
Why We Love Music: A Harmonica-Playing Elephant Explains
June 22nd, 2012
People moonlight as musicians, but they may not be the only ones. At the National Zoo, there is someone who recently revealed her secret love of music: Shanthi, the Asian elephant. Elephant keeper Debbie Flinkman says Shanthi loves making sounds. “Shanti is so interested in finding ways to make interesting noises that she will explore her Read more…
Activists closely watching suit over L.A. Zoo’s elephant exhibit
June 20th, 2012
Critics say the space in the zoo’s ‘Elephants of Asia’ exhibit is too small and the ground too hard for its three occupants. City attorneys scoff at the accusations. Billy, a 27-year-old Asian elephant, has spent much of his life at the Los Angeles Zoo. His maladies — including cracked toes and weary joints — Read more…
LA Zoo’s Elephant Is Overweight, Depressed And Sexually Frustrated, Says Lawsuit
June 20th, 2012
Billy the elephant, who has been at the LA Zoo for 23 of his 27 years, is overweight, depressed and sexually frustrated, according to a lawsuit put forth by real estate agent Aaron Leider. The animal rights community is closely watching the long-running lawsuit, which will be heard in court this week and began Monday in downtown Read more…
Navy saves Elephant’s Life
June 19th, 2012
Naval troops attached to SLNS Pandukabhaya of the North-central Naval Command saved the life of an elephant at Kudahalmillewa in Poonewa on 16th June 2012. The elephant had wandered into the village in the night and had fallen into an abandoned agricultural well. Read more…
Four jailed over Neelagiri (Pinnawala elephant) killing
June 18th, 2012
Four Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage employees who were found guilty over the killing of the elephant “Neelagiri” in the orphanage were sentenced to one year’s imprisonment and fined Rs. 100,000 each by Kegalle High Court Judge Menaka Wijesundara. The accused had caused fatal injuries to the 19-year-old jumbo by assaulting it with a goad on November Read more…
Hussein’s death blow to elephant breeding programme
June 17th, 2012
An elephant bound for Antwerp Zoo died when it was being loaded into a van in Hamburg in Germany. Hussein was a male elephant and was coming to the Plankendael Animal Park in Mechelen in order to inseminate several female elephants. Plankendael is a subsidiary of Antwerp Zoo. Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp says that Read more…
Jumbo adventure in Mondulkiri
June 15th, 2012
Hidden among dense jungle, tucked in the northeast corner of Cambodia, an Englishman has created a home and a sanctuary for some of the country’s used and abused elephants. Take a road less traveled – indeed one that was only completed a couple of years ago – from Phnom Penh to Mondulkiri and Jack Highwood, Read more…
