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Mother and baby elephant play together as they cool off in enclosure's pond during Australia's record breaking summer temperatures
Sydney :: Australia | 4 months ago
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The calf looks as thought he is smiling as he confidently strides through the water Down but not out: The calf gets to grips with a new medium as he goes to stand up, trunk outstretched According to keepers, first timer Num-Oi is proving to be a
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Zoo-bound elephant calves back in Zimbabwe's wild
Harare :: Zimbabwe | 4 months ago
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An animal welfare group says five baby elephants held in captivity in western Zimbabwe for shipment to zoos in China have been returned to the wild. The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said Monday the calves were taken to a
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World Briefing | Africa: Kenya: Study Details Poachers' Toll
Neuilly :: France | 4 months ago
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Study Details Poachers' Toll Published: January 18, 2013 One of the world's most closely watched elephant populations has been heavily hit by ivory poachers, scientists in Kenya said this week. In a study published Wednesday, scientists with the
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"Elephant taunting" is now a thing in India
Sirumugai :: India | 4 months ago
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Elephant taunting is now a thing in India Environmentalist website Conservation India is reporting on the rise of a new and disturbing spectator sport that has emerged in south India's Coimbatore forests. It's the practice of "elephant taunting," a
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Elephant calf trapped down well in India - video
Mumbai :: India | 4 months ago
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Crowds watch as the baby elephant struggles to find a way out. The calf was eventually rescued using an industrial digger, which broke the sides of the well.
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Kenya seizes illegal ivory haul
Mombasa :: Kenya | 4 months ago
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Kenya seizes smuggled ivory in Mombasa port Paperwork said the crates held a consignment of ivory, labelled "decorating stones" Kenyan officials have seized more than 600 ivory pieces worth an estimated $1m (£700,000) in the port of Mombasa. The
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Ivory worth about Sh100 million seized at Mombasa port
Nairobi :: Kenya | 4 months ago
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Some 638 pieces of ivory estimated to be worth 100 million shillings have this evening been impounded at the port of Mombasa. The consignment, weighing two tones was intercepted at the container verification area of the port by Kenya Revenue
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Wildlife group wants Thailand to ban ivory trade
Bangkok :: Thailand | 4 months ago
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An international conservation group on Tuesday urged Thailand to ban all ivory trading, warning that rising demand for tusks is fueling an unprecedented slaughter of elephants in Africa. The World Wildlife Fund said "massive quantities" of African
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African elephant poaching threatens wildlife future
Lagos :: Nigeria | 4 months ago
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In December, nine elephants were killed outside the Tsavo National Park, in south-eastern Kenya...In both cases, the elephants' faces had been hacked off to remove the tusks. The rest was left to the maggots and the flies. "That is a big number for
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A mammoth-sized nightmare for Vengoor
Kōchi :: Japan | 4 months ago
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January 15, 2013 The presence of stray wild tuskers is giving sleepless nights for nearly hundred families at the border of Vengoor forests near Kurupumppadi at Perumbavoor in the district. Local residents had informed forest officials that an
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