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Only 80 wild elephants left in Vietnam
Hà Tĩnh :: Vietnam | 3 days ago
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Vietnamese press have reported several cases of elephants attacking humans in recent years. Elephants become more aggressive when their territory shrinks. In January, 10 elephants charged at villagers in Ha Tinh province without causing injuries. In July...
Tags: elephants left, Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam Forest Management Agency, Vietnam, Hà Tĩnh, Environment, Batutut, Provinces of Vietnam, Elephants
Zoo elephants treated to Thanksgiving meal
Kansas City :: KS :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility The Wichita Eagle The most anticipated piece of Thanksgiving for 8-year-old Olivia Moore wasn't the pie at her family's dinner. It was watching Cinda the elephant use her trunk to shovel a sweet potato pie, complete with peanut crust, into her mouth....
Tags: Norma Gheen, thanksgiving meals, Cinda, Stephanie, Olivia Moore, Kansas City, Thanksgiving, EDGE Species, Hospitality Recreation, African elephant, Elephants
Sumatran Elephant population is extremely endangered
Sumatran elephant population in Bengkulu Porvince of Indonesia is estimated 150 remain. This number has been decreased, previously there were about 225 elephants. "The Sumatran elephant population has been decreased, mainly because of three factors such...
Tags: Sumatran elephant, population, conservation, Elephants, elephants population, Sumatra, Bengkulu Porvince, Environment, park conserve, Northern Bengkulu, extremely endangered, Bengkulu Province, allnews, The National, Indonesia, Elephas, Bengkulu, Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, sumatran elephants, Indian Elephant
Halting the herd
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | 6 days ago
Credibility An Indian inventor has created a device to stop rampaging elephants in their tracks, amid concern about human injuries and deaths when they run amok. Zachariah Mathew’s Violent Elephant Control Gear has been designed to provide a humane alternative to...
Tags: Zachariah Mathew, James George, United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Elephant, Elephants, Mahout, Mathew
World › Tanzania, Zambia seek one-time ivory distribution to Japan, China
Tōkyō :: Japan | 9 days ago
Credibility Tanzania and Zambia have proposed they be allowed to sell ivory of African elephants, whose international deals are prohibited under the Washington Convention, just one time to Japan and China, sources close to the issue said Saturday. While the proposal...
Tags: Zambia, Japan, Tanzania, african elephants, China, Tōkyō, Ivory, Elephants, Environment
Lighting up
Dar es Salaam :: Tanzania | 13 days ago
Credibility Africa is in the area of the pre-epidemic and so we should prevent the epidemic," he told the BBC World Service. "We should not wait until there is an epidemic and then work on it...Tobacco-related cancer was one of the key topics discussed at a recent...
Tags: Tanzania, Kenya Wildlife Service, Dar es Salaam, Elephant, Elephants, Poaching, Kenya, Animal rights, Animal welfare, Ivory, Environment, Cigar, World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, Tobacco advertising, Tobacco smoking, Tobacco, Smoking, Cigarette
Development disturbs elephant habitat
Phuentsholing :: Bhutan | 13 days ago
Credibility Disruption of traditional migratory routes due to rapid industrialisation and infrastructure development is one of the main reasons for the rising number of human-elephant conflicts, say nature conservation division (NCD) officials. According to records...
Tags: NCD, Indo-Bhutan, Dr Sonam Wangyel Wang, elephants conflict, Bhutan, Phuentsholing, Elephants, EDGE Species, Environment
Animal rights activists win campaign to rehouse India's suffering elephants
Mumbai :: India | 14 days ago
Credibility Now the activists — and the animals — have cause to celebrate, after officials ruled that all of the elephants living in the country’s dingy zoos and dismal circuses must be moved to newly established “elephant camps” deep in the countryside. The move,...
Tags: Indian Institute of Science, rights activists, Peta, India, Mumbai, Central Zoo Authority of India, In Defense of Animals, Mysore Zoo, Environment, Elephants, Zoo, Mahout, Human Interest
Man develops a remote operated machine to control violent elephants
Mumbai :: India | 16 days ago
Credibility The duo named this device 'Violent Elephant Control Gear' is designed and manufactured by their engineering firm in Mumbai. This gear can be applied on any elephant and can be controlled from a distance of over 25 meter with the help of remote control.
Tags: India, Mumbai, Elephants, Mahout, Elephants in Kerala culture, Technology Internet
Freedom at last for zoo jumbos
New Delhi :: India | 17 days ago
Credibility This [freedom for jumbos] was a long-standing demand of the zoo authorities and we finally decided to accept it," a wildlife ministry official said. Sources in the ministry, however, said there was no set timeframe to implement the decision. "The elephants...
Tags: India, New Delhi, Elephant, Zoo, Central Zoo Authority of India, Environment, The Elephant Sanctuary, Mysore Zoo, Elephants
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