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30. Juni 2012

  • Angst vorm Gewitter – Elefant reißt aus - Rehna/Rostock – Ein vom Gewitter völlig verschreckter Elefant ist am Freitagabend aus einem Zirkuszelt in Rehna (Landkreis Nordwestmecklenburg) entwischt. - 30.06.2012.
  • Truck kills elephant in Noida - NOIDA: A speeding truck hit two elephants near the Mahamaya flyover in Noida around 5.30am on Friday, killing a 45-year-old female animal and seriously injuring another. - 30.06.2012.

29. Juni 2012

  • Elephant trekking - Adventure on the top of gentle giants. - Thai elephants have long been a part of Thai people’s lives. - 29.06.2012.

28. Juni 2012

  • Elephant population rises to 1930 in Odisha - Bhubaneswar: Despite death of 149 elephants, mostly due to poaching and electrocution during last two years in Odisha, the population of pachyderms has increased to 1930 from 1886 in 2010. - 28.06.2012.
  • Elephant dies of bullet injuries - Latehar (Jharkhand), June 28 (PTI) A female elephant succumbed to bullet wounds as forest officials suspected the pachyderm might have been hit during exchange of fire between Maoists and security forces in Latehar district. - 28.06.2012.
  • City Awaits Judge’s Ruling On Possible Shutdown of Zoo’s Elephant Exhibit - GRIFFITH PARK—The Los Angeles Zoo’s elephant new exhibit that opened less than two years ago at a cost of $42 million could be shut down and the three elephants that live there relocated if the plaintiff in a California Superior Court case—heard at trial for six days in June—has his way. - 28.06.2012.

27. Juni 2012

  • Jumbos go on rampage - Panic spread after two persons were trampled to death and several houses were damaged by wild elephants in Sarguja forest and adjoining areas in Chhattisgarh over the last few days, forest officials said on Wednesday. - 27.06.2012.
  • Vets yet to find out how elephant died - MALAPPURAM: The forest officials of Nilambur north division have started investigating into the death of a 60-year-old female elephant in Vazhikadavu following the order of forest minister K B Ganesh Kumar. - 27.06.2012.
  • Man who is midwife for elephants - VietNamNet Bridge – While people are worrying that elephants will be extinct in Vietnam in the next ten years, this man breeds and helps elephants to reproduce. - 27.06.2012.

26. Juni 2012

  • Elephant dies of bullet injuries - MALAPPURAM: The 60-year-old female elephant found in a critical stage at Nellikkuth in Vazhikadavu Forest Range the other day, died on Monday morning. - 26.06.2012.

25. Juni 2012

  • Zoo Elephant’s Transfer To Sanctuary Backed - MANILA, Philippines --- The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has expressed support to the transfer of 38-year-old elephant “Mali” from the Manila Zoo to a sanctuary in Thailand. CBCP President Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma said he is supporting the transfer of Mali to a sanctuary where she can live out her life in dignity and good health and in the company of other elephants. - 25.06.2012.
  • Legendary elephant's granddaughter born - Addo Elephant Park's legendary bull Hapoor, who ruled the Eastern Cape elephant reserve for 24 years and was famous for his deep hatred of people, had a new granddaughter. - 25.06.2012.
  • Indonesia to investigate elephant deaths - BENGKALIS, Indonesia, June 25 (UPI) -- Indonesian officials say they have launched an investigation into the death of 12 elephants in Sumatra since March that may have been poisoned. - 25.06.2012.
  • Cruelty charges on Lankan elephant: owners to stand trial - The owners of a circus elephant accused of animal cruelty will stand trial over the allegations. Bobby and Moira Roberts, of Brook Farm in Oundle, UK are charged with three offences relating to the care of Anne the Sri Lankan elephant, who was part of the Bobby Roberts Super Circus. - 25.06.2012.
  • Elephant Poaching Levels Are Worst In A Decade - UN-Backed Report Finds That Elephant Poaching Levels Are Worst In A Decade. - Elephant poaching levels are the worst in a decade and recorded ivory seizures are at their highest levels since 1989, according to a report published today by the United Nations-backed convention on endangered species. - 25.06.2012.
  • Sidhu, Punj pulled up for using elephant in protest march - An animal welfare organisation headed by Naresh Kadyan lodged a complaint with different authorities against the “Jumbo” protest against price rise embarked on by BJP MP Navjot Sidhu and BJP Member of Rajya Sabha Balbir Punj in Amritsar on Friday, in which the two rode an elephant. - 25.06.2012.

24. Juni 2012

  • Man arrested with elephant tusks - A man was arrested in Delareyville, near Vrybrurg, in possession of an illegal elephant tusk, North West police said on Sunday. "On [Saturday] police received information of a person who was reported to be in possession of an elephant tusk," said Brigadier Thulani Ngubane. - 24.06.2012.
  • Kerala to proceed with radio-collaring of elephants - KOCHI: Kerala plans to go ahead with the project to fit radio-collars on elephants, as part of efforts to reduce man-animal conflict. The state is going ahead with the plan, despite the setback faced by a similar initiative in the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu. - 24.06.2012.
  • Closed-circuit TV cameras to monitor elephants at Pinnawala - Following the death of a young elephant due to the cruelty of four workers at the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage authorities are to introduce new measures to ensure the safety of the elephants including the installation of closed-circuit TV cameras that will monitor how elephants are looked after at the orphanage, a world famous tourist attraction. - 24.06.2012.

23. Juni 2012

  • Wild elephants destroy crops in southern Vietnam - Authorities in Dong Nai Province are struggling to prevent ten wild elephants from what have become daily visits to a commune, damaging crops and threatening the safety of residents. - 23.06.2012.
  • New poaching threat to SA elephants - It’s only a matter of time before poachers turn their guns on South Africa’s large elephant population after they decimate thousands of the majestic animals in other parts of the continent. - 23.06.2012.
  • Herd of elephants movement on ghat section - Udhagamandalam, Jun 23 (PTI) A herd of elephants, which suddenly appear on the Barliar-Marappalam stretch of ghat section on Udhagamandalam road, were resulting in frequent traffic snarls jam besides creating panic among the vehicle users. - 23.06.2012.
  • KWS seizes elephant tusks at JKIA - Kenya Wildlife Service Canine Unit together with police and customs officials at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport yesterday morning intercepted 345 pieces of raw ivory weighing 601 kilogramme destined for Lagos, Nigeria. - 23.06.2012.

22. Juni 2012

  • Birmingham Zoo welcomes new elephant - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Birmingham Zoo proudly announces the last addition to the Trails of Africa herd. Tamani, a 6 year old African bull elephant, arrived from Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo in Florida. He is the youngest and smallest of the African male elephants, or “bulls,” in Trails of Africa. Born October 17, 2005, Tamani weighs in at approximately 3,855 pounds and stands at 6 feet tall. - 22.06.2012.
  • Zoo’s elephants: Could another retirement option be Florida? - Officially the option is off the table, but proponents of the National Elephant Centre in Florida believe the Toronto Zoo’s trio of aging pachyderms would be better off going there than the California sanctuary they’re bound for. - 22.06.2012.
  • Poaching whiff in elephant death - JALPAIGURI: In what appears to be a case of poaching, the body of an adult elephant was found, with its tusks chopped off, at the Khuttimari forest in Jalpaiguri on Thursday morning. Foresters spotted the carcass at South Moraghat Compartment in Gosaihaat beat under Moraghat range of the forest. - 22.06.2012.

21. Juni 2012

  • Pregnant Oregon Zoo Elephant Rose-Tu Enters Home Stretch - Samudra could have baby brother or sister by October. - Let the countdown begin. Asian elephant Rose-Tu has reached the last stage of her pregnancy, according to Oregon Zoo animal-care staff, leaving behind what in human terms would be considered the second trimester and marching trunk-first into the home stretch. - 21.06.2012.
  • Zolli-Elefanten sollen endlich mehr Bewegungsraum erhalten - Die Afrikanischen Elefanten im Zoo Basel sollen ab 2016 ein bisschen mehr Lebensraum erhalten. Dann müsste die neue Elefantenanlage in Basel eröffnet werden können. Deren Vorprojekt ist gestern vom Verwaltungsrat des Zoologischen Garten Basels abgesegnet worden, wie Zoodirektor Olivier Pagan an der gestrigen Generalversammlung der Aktionäre und Aktionärinnen des Zollis verkünden durfte. - 21.06.2012.
  • Circus Luna kommt – und bringt einen Elefanten nach Obergünzburg - Der Circus Luna feiert 40. Geburtstag und gastiert von Freitag, 22. Juni, bis Montag, 25. Juni, in Obergünzburg. Die Vorstellungen „Im Wang“ sind am Freitag um 17.00 Uhr, am Samstag um 15.00 und 19.00 Uhr sowie am Sonntag und Montag um 15.00 Uhr. - 21.06.2012.
  • 63 elephants die in 2 years in Bengal - KOLKATA: Altogether 63 elephants died in West Bengal either naturally or by accident in a span of two years, while 139 people were killed in elephant attacks during the same period, state forest minister Hiten Burman said here today. - 21.06.2012.
  • Elephant carcass found without tusks - Jalpaiguri (WB), Jun 21 (PTI) The carcass of a mature elephant, without its tusks and bearing multiple wounds, was found at Gossainhat jungle of Mograhat range by a patrol team of the forest department in the early hours today. - 21.06.2012.
  • 12 elephants dead in Indonesia, probe launched - Jakarta : Indonesia's forestry ministry Thursday said it has launched a probe into the suspected poisoning to death of 12 elephants in Sumatra. Novianto Bambang, director for conservation and biodiversity at the ministry, said there was strong suspicion that the elephants that died in East Aceh and the Tesso Nilo National Park in Riau since March were poisoned, Xinhua reported citing the Jakarta Globe. - 21.06.2012.
  • Elephant-Lover Dukes it Out With Circus - STOCKTON, Calif. (CN) - Circus employees threw liquid bleach on an animal rights activist and encouraged a dog to attack another one during a demonstration against alleged elephant abuse, a woman claims in Superior Court. Shannon Campbell sued the Carson & Barnes Circus and its employee Benjamin Robert Savage in San Joaquin County Court. - 21.06.2012.

20. Juni 2012

  • Elefanten Kluge Dickhäuter mit Familiensinn - Der Elefant, ein riesiger Koloss mit langem Rüssel, der Bäume umrennt? Von wegen! Die sanften Riesen sind auf leisen Sohlen unterwegs und haben viel Feingefühl. Denn Elefanten sind Familientiere, die nichts so schnell vergessen. - 20.06.2012.
  • Elefanten: Rätsel um längste Schwangerschaft der Welt gelöst - Forscher(innen) des Leibniz-Instituts für Zoo- und Wildtierforschung (IZW) haben herausgefunden, wie die längste Schwangerschaft der Welt bei Elefanten gesteuert und reguliert wird und berichten darüber in den „Proceedings of the Royal Society B“. Die Embryonal- und Fetalentwicklung der grauen Riesen dauert bis zu 680 Tage. Die Trächtigkeitsdauer ist somit länger als bei jedem anderen Säugetier. - 20.06.2012.
  • Fatale Gier nach Exotik - Peking. Die Gier reicher Chinesen nach Elfenbein und anderen exotischen Tierprodukten bedroht weltweit den Artenbestand. Dabei geht es längst nicht mehr um angebliche Heilwirkungen. Es sind Spekulationsgeschäfte. - 20.06.2012.
  • Interpol seizes two tonnes of elephant ivory - Cape Town, June 20 — The Interpol seized nearly two tonnes of elephant ivory in an operation involving 14 African countries, including South Africa, it was announced here Tuesday. The three-month long Operation Worthy also led to the arrests of over 200 suspects, the global police organisation said in a statement. - 20.06.2012.
  • IIT sensor to keep jumbos safe on tracks - Elephants are often at risk of being hit by trains. But come 2016, they will be safe on tracks, thanks to a device developed by the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. - 20.06.2012.
  • PETA: Zoo elephant in distress - MANILA, Philippines - An elephant expert reported yesterday that Mali, the 38-year-old elephant at the Manila Zoo, is suffering from a potentially fatal foot problem and experiencing physical and psychological distress and should be transferred to a sanctuary. - 20.06.2012.
  • Elephant to get jumbo size contacts - After C'sar the bull elephant lost weight, grew depressed and had surgery because of eye trouble, his keepers at a North Carolina zoo began to consider a pioneering move in pachyderm medicine: giving him a set of king-size contact lenses. - 20.06.2012.

19. Juni 2012

  • Villingen-Schwenningen: PETA appelliert an Sozialbehörde - Villingen-Schwenningen – Nachdem der ab kommender Woche in Villingen-Schwenningen gastierende Circus Krone dem örtlichen Sozialamt 900 Freikarten zur Verfügung gestellt hatte, um Sozialbedürftigen einen Zirkusbesuch zu ermöglichen, hat die Tierrechtsorganisation PETA Deutschland e.V. den Leiter des Amtes für Jugend, Familie und Soziales, Wolfgang Mack, darum gebeten, von diesem Angebot nicht Gebrauch zu machen. - 19.06.2012.
  • Toronto Zoo elephants’ move south delayed yet again - Another deadline for moving the Toronto Zoo’s three remaining elephants to a sanctuary in California will come and go, as the war of words continues amid growing concerns about tuberculosis at the U.S. facility. - 19.06.2012.
  • Elephant abuse banned in Atlanta - ATLANTA -- The Atlanta City Council has approved a measure that would make it illegal to use instruments to abuse elephants. The legislation, which did not specifically name bullhooks, was approved Tuesday by a vote of 13-1. It was introduced by Councilwoman Yolanda Adrean. - 19.06.2012.
  • The Elephant in the Womb - Nothing about elephants is small, and their pregnancies are no exception. Before giving birth to a 110-kilogram calf, mothers carry the fetus for 22 months, the longest gestation period of any mammal. - 19.06.2012.
  • At 22 months, elephants have the longest gestation period on earth - Inside your ovaries is a yellow body called the corpus luteum (Latin for yellow body.) it secretes the progesterone which maintains your baby during early pregnancy. Now the parasitic nature of mammalian babies, feeding from the mother's blood, is rarely recognised. It is unique in physiology but varies among the placental mammals in how the anatomy adapts. - 19.06.2012.
  • Neue Wilderei-Mode: Das Vergiften von Elefanten - In Tansania nehmen Wilderer nicht mehr die mühsame Elefantenjagd auf sich, um an das in Asien so begehrte Elfenbein zu kommen: Sie legen vergiftete Melonen aus. Die Elefanten fressen sie, gehen zu Boden und verrecken innert Kürze. - 19.06.2012.
  • Lawsuit claims mistreatment of elephants at LA Zoo - LOS ANGELES (AP) - A lawsuit claims the elephants at the Los Angeles Zoo in Griffith Park are overweight, sexually frustrated and poorly groomed, but city officials say the lumbering beasts are cared for properly. - 19.06.2012.
  • £100,000 estimate put on elephant tusks art - Two elaborately carved elephant tusks are expected to spark a fierce bidding war when they go under the hammer in Shropshire and could fetch up to £100,000. The scrimshaws tell the stories of an African slave forced to work the American cotton fields and a US naval hero who fought the British during the War of Independence. Experts at Mullock’s Auctioneers predict bidding will be intense. - 19.06.2012.
  • Elephant shot dead - MYSORE: A female elephant, which was shot at by miscreants at Kalaboochanahalli in Hunsur taluk on Sunday, died on Monday. The elephant succumbed to injuries despite the efforts of the forest department staff and veterinary doctors to save its life. - 19.06.2012.
  • Elephant’s owners to go on trial - THE OWNERS of a circus elephant are to go on trial charged with causing unnecessary suffering to the animal. Bobby and Moira Roberts, of Brook Farm, Oundle, are accused of keeping Anne, a 58-year-old elephant, chained to the ground at all times. Anne was brought from Sri Lanka to the Bobby Roberts Super Circus in Peterborough in the 1950s. - 19.06.2012.
  • Elephant-keepers jailed over killing - Colombo - A Sri Lankan court has jailed four staff from a well-known elephant orphanage over the death of a 23-year-old elephant that was fatally injured with sharp sticks in an apparent effort to control it. - 19.06.2012.

18. Juni 2012

  • Unfälle im Zoo: Vorwürfe gegen Hagenbeck - Nach dem Tod eines Elefanten kritisieren Tierschützer, ein Transport des Bullen sei fahrlässig gewesen. Bissige Otter seien wegen Baumängeln ausgebrochen. - Nach dem Tod des Elefanten Hussein am Freitag steht Hagenbecks Tierpark in der Kritik. Die zookritische Tierrechtsorganisation Endzoo wirft dem Zoo vor, fahrlässig gehandelt und so den Tod des Tieres forciert zu haben. - 18.06.2012.
  • Will elephants die out in 20 years? - Washington: Elephants are the largest living land animals on Earth today.The animal is a symbol of wisdom in Asian cultures and is famed for their memory and intelligence. At the start of the 1980s there were over a million elephants, during that decade 600,000 were destroyed for ivory products. - 18.06.2012.
  • Antwerpse olifanten veilig aangekomen in Planckendael - Olifantje Kai-Mook, haar oudere zus May Tagu en moeder Phyo Phyo zijn veilig aangekomen in hun nieuwe thuis Planckendael. Deze namiddag volgden ook nog olifanten Dumbo en Yu Yu Yin. Al een jaar waren de verzorgers van de Zoo in Antwerpen met de dieren aan het oefenen om in de container te stappen, dus alles liep vandaag dan ook gesmeerd. - Videos. - 18.06.2012.
  • Veterinarians may give NC zoo elephant contacts - RALEIGH, N.C. — After C'sar the bull elephant lost weight, grew depressed and underwent surgery because of eye trouble, his keepers at a North Carolina zoo began to consider a pioneering move in pachyderm medicine: giving him a set of king-size contact lenses. - 18.06.2012.
  • Zoo elephants pampered, pedicured, not persecuted, city says - To the real estate agent suing the city of Los Angeles over how its zoo treats elephants, Billy lives a miserable existence. The Asian elephant has spent many of his 27 years at the zoo in Griffith Park. He's now overweight and plagued by cracked toes and weary joints, plaintiff Aaron Leider alleged in court papers. - 18.06.2012.

17. Juni 2012

  • Female elephant suffers injuries in firing - A 35-year-old female elephant is battling for life as it was shot by a person at Kalachanahalli under Periyapatna forest range on Sunday. It is said that the elephant, which strayed into a farm in the village, was shot to drive it away — but the bullet hit its head, injuring it seriously. The jumbo which staggered for a distance fell unconscious. - 17.06.2012.
  • Father of the Year: Oregon Zoo honors Tusko - PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Zoo has named Tusko the Asian elephant its 2012 Father of the Year. As his offspring, Samudra, grows up and begins to wean, Tusko has been taking on the fatherly responsibility of showing him the ropes of adult life in the herd, keepers say. - 17.06.2012.
  • N.C. Zoo elephant may get contacts - really big ones - ASHEBORO -- ASHEBORO Only after the second cataract operation on C’sar the elephant’s gargantuan eyes did the veterinarians at the N.C. Zoo decide that maybe, just maybe, the idea wasn’t so crazy after all: Contact lenses for an elephant. - 17.06.2012.
  • Poachers take to poisoning jumbos - If a poacher guns down any wildlife animal there is a chance the gunshot will be heard by game warden, and that places him at risk of being traced. Now, a new poaching strategy has been crafted - poisoning. This strategy is meant to kill an animal without seeking to use the meat. - 17.06.2012.
  • Largest Hindu temple of New Jersey opening with elephant-lead procession - Grand opening and Maha Kumbhabhishekam of largest Hindu temple of New Jersey (USA), Hindu American Temple and Cultural Center in Marlboro, will be held on July one involving a live elephant, helicopter showering flowers, 50 priests, 45 days of rituals and over 10,000 people in attendance, according to reports. - 17.06.2012.

16. Juni 2012

  • Trauer im Tierpark: Hussein ist tot - HAMBURG. Tiertragödie bei Hagenbeck in Hamburg: "Hussein", der Zuchtbulle der berühmten Elefantenherde, ist gestern völlig überraschend verendet. Der 40 Jahre alte Dickhäuter sollte am Vormittag für den Transport in einen anderen Zoo vorbereitet werden, als er sich plötzlich in seiner Box auf den Boden legte. - 16.06.2012.

15. Juni 2012

  • Bei Tiertransport: Hamburger Elefantenbulle Hussein gestorben - Nach 25 Jahren in Hagenbecks Tierpark sollte er nach Belgien umziehen. Doch dazu kam es nicht: Der 40 Jahre alte Elefantenbulle Hussein starb in seiner Transportbox. - Hamburg - Der Elefantenbulle Hussein aus dem Hamburger Tierpark Hagenbeck ist gestorben. - 15.06.2012.
  • Olifant Hussein overlijdt bij transport - Hussein, de kweekstier die normaal gezien vandaag zou aankomen in Planckendael vanuit Tierpark Hagenbeck in Hamburg, overleed vrijdagochtend bij het inladen net voor hij op transport vertrok. Dat meldt Planckendael. - 15.06.2012.
  • Bloeding werd olifant Emmen fataal - Een bloeding in de baarmoeder werd de olifant Htoo Khin Aye maandag fataal. Dat heeft sectie uitgewezen, meldt een woordvoerder van Dierenpark Emmen vrijdag. De 31-jarige olifant verloor veel bloed en raakte daardoor ernstig verzwakt. De bloeding is waarschijnlijk veroorzaakt door de geboorte van haar drie weken oude jong. - 15.06.2012.
  • Superstar Mohanlal booked for possessing elephant tusk - Eleven months after Income-Tax department officials searched superstar Mohanlal's houses here, a case has been registered against him for keeping an elephant tusk at his home, said a Kerala forest department official Thursday. - 15.06.2012.
  • Oregon Zoo's father of the year: Tusko the elephant -- again - If you thought your dad was bigger-than-big, consider that the Oregon Zoo has named Tusko the elephant its 2012 father of the year. He earned the same honor in 2009 and 2010. Read all about the big fella here, in the zoo's news release. - 15.06.2012.
  • Will elephants still roam earth in 20 years? - (CNN) -- At the start of the 1980s there were over a million elephants, during that decade 600,000 were destroyed for ivory products. Today perhaps no more than 400,000 remain across Africa, according to Samuel Wasser of the University of Washington, who is widely recognized as an authority on the subject. - 15.06.2012.
  • Poles will hope 'psychic' elephant is wrong again - KRAKOW, Poland -- Poland soccer fans will hope that Citta the elephant keeps her track record of getting all her predictions wrong for European Championship matches. The wrinkled 33-year-old pachyderm on Friday chose a melon marked with a draw between Poland and Czech Republic for the final Group A match on Saturday. - 15.06.2012.
  • Durian-loving elephant caught - KUALA KANGSAR: The State Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) has captured a five-tonne elephant in Kampung Sauk, near here, yesterday. - State department director Abdul Kadir Abu Hashim said the bull, estimated to be between 50 and 60 years old, would be relocated to a more suitable habitat soon. - 15.06.2012.
  • Toronto elephants should head south despite TB test, councillors say - City councillors who support sending the Toronto Zoo's African elephants to the PAWS sanctuary in California insist the three should go despite a lab test this week showing that an elephant at the U.S. facility tested positive for TB. The Star learned that positive results for Annie, a 52-year-old Asian elephant at PAWS, are only preliminary and must be confirmed before any treatment starts. - 15.06.2012.

14. Juni 2012

  • Kenya: Three Elephants Attack and Injure Student At Bandari - ANGRY residents of Bandari location in Ganze district have vowed to hunt and kill three marauding elephants in the area if the Kenya Wildlife Service will not drive the animals away. Their anger was stirred up after a standard seven pupil from Dodosa Primary School was seriously injured by one of the elephants. - 14.06.2012.
  • Keine Tierwaisen exportiert - Elefantenverkauf: Internationale Berichterstattung falsch und verleumderisch. - Falsche lokale und internationale Berichterstattung in Bezug auf junge Elefanten die vor einer Woche von Namibia nach Mexiko ausgeführt wurden, haben das Ministerium für Umwelt und Tourismus dazu gezwungen diese Berichte als verleumderisch zu bezeichnen. - 14.06.2012.
  • China: Der illegale Handel mit Elfenbein boomt - Die Gier reicher Chinesen nach Elfenbein und anderen exotischen Tierprodukten bedroht den Artenbestand weltweit. Dabei geht es längst nicht mehr nur um die angeblichen heilenden Kräfte, sondern auch um Spekulation. - 14.06.2012.
  • Olifantje Mumba 1 jaar - Groentetaart van 3 meter, klassiek concert én nieuw gouden boekje. - Mumba, het derde olifantje dat ooit in Artis is geboren, wordt op maandag 18 juni één jaar. Artis viert dit door Mumba op haar verjaardag een 3 meter grote groente- en fruittaart te geven. Artis-bezoekers zijn van harte welkom om de olifantenverzorgers om 15.30 uur te helpen deze groentetaart op het olifantenperk klaar te maken. - 14.06.2012.
  • Elephant Hansa's Memorial: Let it be sanctuary for the survivors - It has been five years since the young Asian elephant, Hansa, was found dead in the barn at Woodland Park Zoo. Her mother, Chai, stood over her body as if trying to protect her daughter even in death. It seems appropriate on this sad anniversary to choose a lasting memorial to Hansa. But to do so we must ask why she died and what her life and the lives of the surviving elephants have been like at the Zoo. - 14.06.2012.
  • Tale of Namibia-to-Mexico elephant ‘rescue’ disputed - PUEBLA, Mexico -- It was the stuff of a major film studio’s next animation project: Nine African baby elephants orphaned after their parents were poached, but then miraculously rescued to a wild game park in Latin America. In the highlands of central Mexico, pee wee pachyderms the size of Volkswagen Beetles could wander around, wide-eyed as they munched on tortillas and donned sombreros in their new home. - 14.06.2012.
  • PETA to protest elephant abuse at Jackson circus opening - PETA says they are bring their own “elephant” to Jackson today to protest alleged animal abuse by Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus. “Jackson residents would run screaming from the big top if they knew how baby elephants are violently forced to perform difficult, confusing and sometimes painful tricks,” PETA Foundation Director of Captive Animal Law Enforcement Delcianna Winders said in a written statement. - 14.06.2012.
  • Sri Lanka’s Elephant Shortage - Elephants are pictured at the Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage in Pinnawela on June 10, 2012. Sri Lanka's main elephant orphanage staged its biggest mass christening June 10 by naming 15 baby elephants born in captivity, an official said. - Fotos. - 14.06.2012.
  • Elefanten als Auslaufmodell - Hechingen. Kurz vor der Premiere im Weiher kritisiert die Tierrechtsorganisation Peta die Elefantenhaltung des Circus Busch. Der Tourneeleiter weist die Vorwürfe von sich. Zirkuselefanten seien ohnehin ein Auslaufmodell. - 14.06.2012.

13. Juni 2012

  • Tiergarten: Träume von der Elefanten-Rückkehr - Nürnberg - „Als zweitgrößter Flächenzoo sind wir prädestiniert dafür, die Elefantentradition weiterleben zu lassen“, sagte Dag Encke gestern bei seinem Besuch in der NZ-Redaktion. Aber der Tiergarten-Direktor will den Nürnbergern auch keine falschen Hoffnungen machen. - 13.06.2012.
  • Elefanten unter Polizeischutz - Zehn zentralafrikanische Länder wollen ihre Elefanten besser schützen. Sie haben sich in einer gemeinsamen Erklärung darauf verständigt, Wilderer künftig intensiver grenzüberschreitend zu verfolgen. Zudem wollen sie den Handel mit Elfenbein und anderen illegalen Produkten wie Buschfleisch intensiver strafrechtlich verfolgen. - 13.06.2012.
  • Elephant's works on display at Prague gallery - Prague, June 12 (CTK) - The proceeds from the sale exhibition of paintings by Shanti, the Prague zoo's "talented" female elephant, will go to finance new equipment for the elephant zoo in Pinnawala, Sri Lanka, Prague zoo director Miroslav Bobek said at the exhibition's ceremonial opening yesterday. - 13.06.2012.
  • Plea against transfer of 29 elephants to Madhya Pradesh - The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday asked the Union government, the Animal Welfare Board of India, Principal Secretary to the Department of Forest, Ecology and Environment to file a counter affidavit within six weeks against the petition on the translocation of elephants from the state. - 13.06.2012.
  • Sanctuary or ceremony for Sri Lanka's elephants? - In a river near the town of Kegalle, Raja the elephant takes his bath. The huge 50-year-old beast lies languidly in the coolness while two keepers scrub him hard. His tail twitches as his trunk explores the riverbed and sprays jets of water on his body. - 13.06.2012.
  • Elephant calf shot, hacked to death by villagers - SILIGURI: A six-month-old elephant calf was first shot at its hind leg and was later hacked to death after it crossed the Mechi river to enter Nepal on Monday night. The calf, which had raided a maize field with a herd, was attacked by some locals with sharp weapons. - 13.06.2012.
  • Elephant Roopa to stay, get friend - AHMEDABAD: Roopa, the only elephant in Kankaria zoo, may get to stay in the city after all. The elephant committee, currently visiting zoos all over the country to check the living conditions of elephants, is learnt to have acknowledged that Roopa is living in a good, maintained environment and that there does not seem to be any urgent need to shift her out of the city. - 13.06.2012.

12. Juni 2012

  • Einst lebten in Hessen vier Arten von Elefanten - Gießen (tu). Hessen war vor zirka zehn Millionen Jahren das Land, in dem Milch und Honig fließen. Das unterstrich der Direktor des Instituts für Biologiedidaktik der Justus-Liebig-Universität, Prof. Hans-Peter Ziemek in seinem Vortrag »Umwelt in Gießen: gestern – heute – morgen« anlässlich des 25-jährigen Jubiläums des städtischen Umweltamtes. - 12.06.2012.
  • Kudde neemt afscheid van olifanten - AMSTERDAM - De olifantenkudde in Dierenpark Emmen heeft maandagnacht afscheid genomen van de twee olifanten die maandag overleden. - Volgens een woordvoerder hebben de olifanten het verlies geaccepteerd. "De kudde was dinsdagochtend rustig. Dat is een goed teken", zegt hij in een reactie. - 12.06.2012.
  • Male elephant found dead in forest range - ERODE (TN): A 20-year-old male elephant was found dead due to an ailment at nearby Kadambur range this morning, forest department officials said. - 12.06.2012.
  • Half Of Congo’s Forest Elephants Killed In Five Years - Elephants are such majestic animals that it breaks my heart to see them killed for the profit of ivory. Poacher’s shoot them, take the valuable parts, and leave them to lay and rot away. The country of Congo needs to do something fast to protect these animals before they become extinct. - 12.06.2012.
  • 9 young elephants find new home in Mexican zoo - It was the stuff of a major film studio's next animation project: Nine African baby elephants orphaned after their parents were poached, but then miraculously rescued to a wild game park in Latin America. - 12.06.2012.
  • Twee olifanten overleden in Nederlands dierenpark - In het Nederlandse Dierenpark Emmen zijn maandag twee olifanten overleden. Het gaat om de 31-jarige Htoo Khin Aye en haar zoontje dat ze op 22 mei ter wereld had gebracht. Dat heeft het dierenpark maandagavond gemeld. - 12.06.2012.
  • Recovery of tusks: Cops to take Mohanlal's statement - KOCHI: Elephant tusks seem to be haunting Malayalam actor Mohanlal. A police team will soon collect statements from the actor in connection with the recovery of a pair of elephant tusks by the IT sleuths during raids at his residences in July 2011. - 12.06.2012.
  • Elephant kills couple in forest near Rishikesh - A couple was trampled to death by an elephant in the Bibiwala forest near Rishikesh on Sunday, causing panic among villagers. Nanhe and his wife Choti, residents of Ganganagar, had gone to fetch fuel wood in the forest in the morning. - 12.06.2012.
  • Speeding truck mows down elephant, mahout in Sanwer - INDORE: A recklessly driven allegedly mowed down an elephant and its mahout in Sanwer area in the wee hours of Monday. The deceased has been identified as Mithun, 22, a resident of Satna district in the state. - 12.06.2012.
  • $500k secured for elephant Mila's transport - Franklin Zoo believes it has secured almost half a million dollars needed to transport an elephant that killed its keeper to a Californian sanctuary. However, the zoo still needs almost $1 million for full time staff to train her in preparation for that journey. - 12.06.2012.
  • Plan for country's first elephant hospital submitted to Centre - THRISSUR: The project for India's first hospital for elephants was submitted to the central government for its approval. The state government submitted the project report, prepared by veterinary doctors and experts in Veterinary College, Mannuthy to the Centre for its approval and financial support. - 12.06.2012.

11. Juni 2012

  • Elephant killed on ranch in Mweiga - A gang of poachers has killed an elephant in Mweiga, Nyeri county, and yanked off the tusks. The gang struck yesterday in the evening and shot the jumbo 12 times. Rangers were immediately deployed but since the night had already set in, they were unable to find any tracks left behind by the poachers. - 11.06.2012.
  • 2 olifanten dood in Emmen - EMMEN - In Dierenpark Emmen zijn maandag twee olifanten overleden. Het gaat om de 31-jarige Htoo Khin Aye en haar zoontje dat ze op 22 mei ter wereld had gebracht. Dat heeft het dierenpark maandagavond gemeld. - 11.06.2012.
  • The Death Of A Beautiful Orphaned Elephant: Her True Story - We called her "Nile" while others called her "Mary". Here is her story. Some years ago, whilst studying elephants in Queen Elizabeth National Park I came across calves that were abandoned. Some were rescued and sadly others were not. - 11.06.2012.
  • Mahout, elephant killed in truck accident - Indore, June 11 (PTI) A young mahout riding an elephant fell to death after the animal was hit by a speeding truck in Barodia Khan area here this afternoon, police said. The deceased was identified as Mithun (22), police said adding that the animal also succumbed to injuries later in the evening. - 11.06.2012.
  • WWF Presses for Probe Into Sumatran Elephant Deaths - The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is pushing for an investigation into the death of a dozen rare Sumatran elephants in the past three months. "We really regret the death of those elephants," Dede Suhendra, WWF Aceh program manager, said in a press statement on Monday. - 11.06.2012.
  • 9 young elephants find new home in Mexican zoo - PUEBLA, Mexico — It was the stuff of a major film studio's next animation project: Nine African baby elephants orphaned after their parents were poached, but then miraculously rescued to a wild game park in Latin America. - 11.06.2012.
  • Elefanten-Waisenhaus in Sri Lanka tauft Baby-Elefanten - Eigens Astrologe zur Namenswahl herangezogen. - m größten Elefanten-Waisenhaus Sri Lankas sind am Sonntag 15 Baby-Elefanten getauft worden. Es sei die größte jemals in dem Waisenhaus veranstaltete Massentaufe gewesen, erklärte der Direktor der Einrichtung, Nihal Senaratne. - 11.06.2012.
  • Elephant undergoes surgery for giant toothache - An international team of veterinarians successfully operated on a Colombian zoo's 47-year-old elephant to fix a giant toothache. Barranquilla zoo's beloved elephant, Tantor, underwent oral surgery to save a tusk. After being tranquilised the medical team began the task at hand in the hopes of saving the tooth so as not to have to extract it. - 11.06.2012.
  • Zoo raises only $50k for elephant - Franklin Zoo has raised only $50,000 out of the $1.45 million needed to care for an elephant that killed her keeper and is now trying to secure corporate sponsorship. The zoo is in financial crisis after the death of zoo keeper Dr Helen Schofield on April 25, who also acted as vet and mentor. - 11.06.2012.

10. Juni 2012

  • Hanoi Zoo elephant dies of large tumour - A male elephant at the Hanoi Zoo died Saturday due to a large tumor in his abdominal area. The 30-year-old animal collapsed at around 5:30 a.m. and died around three hours later despite the zoo workers' efforts to revive it. - 10.06.2012.
  • Elefanten fürchten sich vor Mäusen - SZ-Gewinnerfamilien erleben Circus Carl Busch hautnah. - Ehingen. Zirkusluft ganz nah beim Circus Carl Busch geschnuppert haben am Samstagmittag fünf SZ-Leser mit ihren Familien. Sie haben beim SZ-Gewinnspiel Karten für die ganze Familie gewonnen, mit denen sie exklusiv hinter die Kulissen blicken durften. Vor der Vorstellung hat Tournee-Manager Räto Hütter ihnen die Tiere gezeigt und ganz viel Interessantes über sie erzählt. - 10.06.2012.
  • Airline Transports Herd of African Elephants (PHOTOS) - On Friday, LAN Airlines transported a herd of nine African elephants between the ages of four and nine years old from Namibia to Mexico, where the animals will find their new home at the African Safari Zoo in Puebla. - 10.06.2012.
  • Sri Lanka holds mass baby elephant christening - COLOMB - Sri Lanka's main elephant orphanage staged its biggest mass christening Sunday by naming 15 baby elephants born in captivity, an official said. Thirteen babies born last year and two in 2010 were given names chosen from among thousands suggested by visitors to the Pinnawala orphanage, director Nihal Senaratne said. - 10.06.2012.
  • Elephant that attacked teen drawn to her screams - JOHOR BARU - The elephant that at­­tacked a 19-year-old orang asli girl at Taman Negara was reacting to screams by her and her sisters, said state National Park Cor­­­­­­­­poration director Suhairi Hashim.Suhairi said an investigation revealed that Zubedah Ayong, 19, and sisters Roslina, 28 and Rashidah, 30, were looking for vegetables when they stumbled upon a herd of about 30 elephants. - 10.06.2012.

9. Juni 2012

  • Hespeler can forget about elephant visit - CAMBRIDGE — Limba isn’t coming to Hespeler after all. - The 48-year-old Asian elephant won’t be giving rides along Queen Street or in Forbes Park on June 19, the only day Limba was available from the Bowmanville Zoo. Dan Dudack, owner of a Hespeler coffee shop, gave up his dream of marking his recent 40th birthday with an unforgettable sight — a pachyderm parading past his Java Garden to raise money for charity. - 09.06.2012.
  • Check wild elephant menace, urge planters - Parliamentary committee meets growers in Kodagu. - Coffee growers urged members of the Parliamentary standing committee on commerce to initiate measures to check wild elephant menace in Kodagu district. - 09.06.2012.
  • Verhuisdozen Kai-Mook gearriveerd - MECHELEN - Om de nakende verhuizing van het olifantje Kai-Mook naar Planckendael te promoten, werden een aantal ‘verhuisdozen' op strategische plaatsen gedropt. Aan de twee Mechelse treinstations, op de Grote Markt en de Veemarkt kun je de houten kisten vinden. Ook in het stadscentrum van Antwerpen duiken er een paar op. - 09.06.2012.
  • Teenager hurt in elephant attack - JOHOR BARU: An Orang Asli teenager was seriously injured after being attacked by a herd of elephants while she was out looking for jungle herbs in the Peta National Park area, near the Sungai Burong Orang Asli village in Endau, here, on Thursday. - 09.06.2012.
  • County Board backs ban on elephant performances at Alliant Center - Circuses and other attractions that use elephants for entertainment would no longer be welcome at the Alliant Energy Center under an ordinance the Dane County Board approved Thursday night that bans new contracts for performances with the animals. - 09.06.2012.

8. Juni 2012

  • Elefanten unter Polizeischutz - Zehn zentralafrikanische Länder wollen ihre Elefanten besser schützen. Sie haben sich in einer gemeinsamen Erklärung darauf verständigt, Wilderer künftig intensiver grenzüberschreitend zu verfolgen. Zudem wollen sie den Handel mit Elfenbein und anderen illegalen Produkten wie Buschfleisch intensiver strafrechtlich verfolgen. - 08.06.2012.
  • Namibia slams claims it exported poached elephants - WINDHOEK — Namibia slammed reports Friday that it had exported nine orphaned elephants to Mexico, angrily denying the claims that sparked outrage in a nation proud of its conservation record. - 08.06.2012.
  • Mendham's Greg Barna Fears No Elephants - MENDHAM - If keeping the video running in the face of a charging bull elephant is any factor, then Greg Barna is a lock for his second Emmy Award as photographer for the Public Broadcasting Series, Equitrekking. - 08.06.2012.
  • Jumbos flourish in Saranda - Jamshedpur, June 7: More than a decade of Naxalite presence in Saranda has had little impact on the elephant population, the latest census figures from Asia’s largest sal reserve proof that the jumbos are alive, well and thriving. During a count in 2010, 139 elephants were traced within the forest that covers an area of 850sqkm in West Singhbhum. The latest census, carried out on June 1, 2 and 3, found 146 of the gentle giants. - 08.06.2012.
  • 'Indian' elephant shot in Bangladesh - SHILLONG: An elephant that had strayed into Bangladesh from Indian territory in search of food was grievously injured when it was shot at by poachers across the border on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, officials in the Meghalaya Frontier of the Border Security Force (BSF) said. - 08.06.2012.

7. Juni 2012

  • "Die Gier der Menschen vernichtet die Elefanten" - Seltsame Strategie: Chinesen investieren in Elfenbein wie in eine Währung. - Die Abschusszahlen der Elefanten in Afrika sind in der jüngeren Vergangenheit wieder dramatisch angestiegen, in den vergangenen Jahren starben jedes Jahr in Afrika mehr als 30.000 der riesigen Dickhäuter durch Wilderei. - 07.06.2012.
  • Namibia: Two Elephants Shot for Trampling Fields - NATURE conservation officials in the North have shot and killed two elephants that villagers described as problem animals. The villagers claimed that three elephants had destroyed mahangu fields at villages such as Otatashe, Oshaatahe and Oshanashongete, some 150 kilometres east of Ondangwa. - 07.06.2012.
  • Namibian elephants find new home in Mexico - NINE elephants from Namibia, aged between six and ten years old, have been relocated to Mexico’s acclaimed African Safari Zoo. - For 10 months, the elephants from Namib Game Services were kept in a quarantine camp and several tests for animal diseases were conducted on the world’s largest terrestrial mammals which according to the owner, Herbert Henle, were in excellent condition. - 07.06.2012.
  • Elephant Ivory sales creating 'Deadly New Currency in China' - Nairobi, Kenya - In a world of economic uncertainty, elephant ivory has become a new investment vehicle in China, sparking an extraordinary surge in the number of elephants being killed for their ivory. A new ivory market investigation report by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) shows that the legal sale of ivory stockpiles in 2008 has spurred the demand for ivory, particularly in China where ivory is increasingly coveted by wealthy Chinese as “white gold”. - 07.06.2012.
  • Entertainer talks growing up with elephants, family history of performing - Cathy Carden’s childhood was a bit different than most, it’s safe to say. She was a ballerina by age 5 — except she was also riding horseback. She was training liberty horses at 12. And she helped take care of her family’s more unique animals — baby Asian elephants. - 07.06.2012.
  • Elephant dies from injuries - A 50-year-old wild elephant has died from its injuries after it was shot by poachers in a forest near the Salak Phra Wildlife Sanctuary in Kanchanaburi's Bo Phloi district on Sunday night. A team of veterinarians had been trying to save the elephant's life but it finally died from infections associated with its injuries yesterday morning. - 07.06.2012.

6. Juni 2012

  • Tierisches Jubiläum: Elefant Sara feiert ihren 50. Geburtstag - In Rostock feiert Europas älteste Elefantendame ihren runden Geburtstag. Sara ist noch rüstig und gesund. Die Elefantenkuh Sara dreht ruhig ihre Runden über ihr Außengehege im Rostocker Zoo. Von den Schafen, mit denen sie das Terrain teilt, will sie an diesem Frühsommermorgen nichts wissen. - 06.06.2012.
  • Die Elefanten fühlen sich wohl in Amboseli - Der Amboseli-Nationalpark am Fuβe des Kilimandscharo in Kenia ist eines der letzten Elefantenparadiese in Afrika. Die Dickhäuter verspeisen 250 Kilogramm Grünzeug am Tag. Ein Grund mehr, aufzuforsten. - 06.06.2012.
  • Elefanten-Baby: Möhrchen für den Rüssel-Nachwuchs - Der erste Ausflug des jüngsten Rüsselchens von Elefanten-Dame Mewa im Tierpark Friedrichsfelde. - Da sind sie ja: Elefanten-Mama Kewa führte am Dienstag ihre Tochter an die frische Luft. Das Baby wurde vergangenen Donnerstag im Tierpark Friedrichsfelde geboren – rund drei Wochen nach dem Bullenkalb Bogor, das Nova zur Welt brachte. - 06.06.2012.
  • EM-Orakel Elefant sagt Sieg der DFB-Elf voraus - Geht es nach Elefantendame Nelly wird Deutschland sein EM-Auftaktspiel gegen Portugal gewinnen. Torwartlegende Sepp Maier zweifelt jedoch an der Höhe des vorrausgesagten Sieges. - Video. - 06.06.2012.
  • "Anti-Bayern-Elefant" tippt auf Polen - Krakau - Geht es nach Citta, hat Polen das EM-Auftaktspiel gegen Griechenland schon gewonnen. Die Elefantenkuh hatte schon beharrlich gegen den FC Bayern getippt. - 06.06.2012.
  • Sara (50) ist ganz allein: Das tragische Leben des ältesten Elefanten Europas - Sara ist 50, wiegt über 2700 Kilogramm und ist die älteste Einwohnerin des Rostocker Zoos. Kein anderer Elefant in Europa ist so alt wie die rüstige Dame aus Deutschland. Ihr Leben ist allerdings kein Zuckerschlecken - die alte Dame ist allein, sobald sie stirbt wird ihr Gehege dem Erdboden gleichgemacht. - 06.06.2012.
  • Franco Knie: Elefanten-Kuh rettete sein Leben - Zirkusdirektor Franco Knie ist mit Tieren gross geworden. Vor allem die Elefanten liegen ihm am Herzen. Das wäre ihm einst beinahe zum Verhängnis geworden – wäre da nicht die Elefanten-Kuh Patma gewesen. - 06.06.2012.
  • New hope for elephants under threat in Central Africa - Ndjamena, Chad - Central African countries today signed a groundbreaking regional plan to strengthen law enforcement and better combat poaching of elephants and other species at risk from illegal wildlife trade. - 06.06.2012.
  • New home for orphaned elephants - Nine young African elephants, orphaned when their parents were shot dead by hunters in Namibia, have arrived in Mexico, where they will take up residence at a wildlife reserve. - 06.06.2012.
  • Erster Ausflug des jüngsten Rüsselchens im Tierpark Friedrichsfelde: Mama, haddu Möhrchen? - Da sind sie ja: Elefanten-Mama Kewa führte gestern ihre Tochter an die frische Luft. - Das Baby wurde vergangenen Donnerstag im Tierpark Friedrichsfelde geboren - rund drei Wochen nach dem Bullenkalb Bogor, das Nova zur Welt brachte.Mama bekam zur Beruhigung Möhrchen. Aber auch das Nachwuchs-Rüsselchen interessierte sich für die karottenroten Dinger. - 06.06.2012.
  • Orphaned elephants travel from Namibia to Mexico - Nine orphaned elephants from Namibia have a new home and a new lease on life in Mexico's acclaimed Africam Safari Zoo. The African elephants, aged between four and nine, had been housed in a temporary shelter in Namibia after their parents were killed by ivory hunters. - 06.06.2012.
  • $1.4m needed to save killer elephant - The sister of a Franklin zoo keeper crushed to death by an elephant is helping to raise $1.4 million to save the animal's life. - Franklin Zoo and Wildlife Sanctuary operator Dr Helen Schofield, 42, was killed by three-tonne Mila when she tried to comfort the ex-circus elephant on April 25. - 06.06.2012.
  • One-eyed tusker found dead - MADIKERI: A tusker was found dead in the arecanut estate belonging to V H Amanullakhan of Anandapura near Siddapura. Witnesses say the death was because the elephant was involved in a fight with two other elephants. - 06.06.2012.

5. Juni 2012

  • Elefantenbabys gehen auf Entdeckungstour - Jüngstes Neugeborenes erstmals der Öffentlichkeit gezeigt - Tierpark sucht noch nach Namen. - Berlin (dapd-bln). Ein bisschen tollpatschig und wacklig ist das Elefantenbaby noch auf den Beinen. Doch mit seinem Rüssel kann das vor sechs Tagen im Tierpark Friedrichsfelde geborene Kalb schon nach dem Bauch seiner Mama Kewa greifen. - 05.06.2012.
  • Pygmy elephant translocated to Forest Reserve - Sandakan: A Borneo pygmy elephant was translocated on May 28, from an oil palm plantation near Lahad Datu to the Ulu Kalumpang Forest Reserve, as part of a long-term programme to tackle human-elephant conflicts in plantations. - 05.06.2012.
  • Three More Elephants Found Dead in Aceh Killing Zone - Banda Aceh. The carcasses of three Sumatran elephants believed to have been poisoned were found in Aceh last week, bringing the death toll to five in the last month, an environmentalist has said. - 05.06.2012.
  • Census finds Dalma jumbos increasing - The tuskers’ population in Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary is flourishing, states the initial reports of Elephant Census 2012. The census was carried out after five years in six beats of Dalma namely — Mango, Nutandih, Bhadodih, Patamda, Dalma and Chakulia. - 05.06.2012.
  • Adequate funds to maintain elephant-proof trenches stressed - It will help in reducing man-elephant conflict significantly, say conservation biologists. - The recent discovery of illegal electric fencing along the elephant-proof trench (EPT) near Anechowkur, adjoining Nagarahole, has underlined the growing need for providing adequate funds towards EPT maintenance to mitigate human-elephant conflict in the region. - 05.06.2012.
  • Mila the elephant's fate rests in public hands - Time is rapidly running out for Mila, the ex-circus elephant who lives at Franklin Zoo and Wildlife Sanctuary. Since the tragic accidental death in April of her primary keeper and vet, Dr Helen Schofield, the Franklin Zoo Charitable Trust needs to raise $1.45 million dollars by June 10th to secure Mila's care and future. - 05.06.2012.
  • Elephant faces death if funding falls short - The elephant that killed its keeper may have only a week to live with a fundraising deadline being announced to save her life. The Franklin Zoo Charitable Trust needs to raise $1.45 million by Sunday to secure Mila's care or she may be put down. - 05.06.2012.

4. Juni 2012

  • Elefanten-Morde: Tierschützer kritisieren boomenden Elfenbeinhandel in China - Peking. Tierschützer haben den boomenden Handel mit Elfenbein in China scharf kritisiert. Die Zahl der Elefanten, die in Afrika wegen ihrer Stoßzähne getötet werden, steige «dramatisch» an, heißt es in einer am Montag veröffentlichten Studie des Internationalen Tierschutz-Fonds (IFAW). - 04.06.2012.
  • Zimbabwe: CIO Operative Arrested for Possessing Ivory - A Central Intelligence Organisation operative was arrested last week together with three accomplices for illegally possessing two elephant tusks. The four illegal ivory dealers were arrested in Eastlea, Harare under an operation code-named Mutero Wabhadara Here? - 04.06.2012.
  • Worker injured in elephant attack - Brick kiln worker Subburaj, 40, of Anuvavi, sustained injuries when an elephant trampled him. According to sources, the incident happened on Sunday morning when he came out of the house to attend nature's call. The elephant that was there in the vicinity, chased him, picked him up with its trunk and threw him. - 04.06.2012.
  • Report on elephant attack during Thrissur Pooram delayed - THE REPORT on the incident of elephant running amok on the second day of Thrissur Pooram injuring 62 people, is being delayed allegedly due to the negligence of revenue divisional officer and the district collector. - 04.06.2012.
  • Fernsehen: Die Jagd nach dem weißen Gold - Berlin - Afrika kommt immer gut: Schöne Landschaften, wilde Tiere, viel Sonne - und für europäische Produktionsfirmen immer noch ein kostengünstiger Platz, um abendfüllende Film fürs Fernsehpublikum herzustellen. - Jetzt liegt ein neues Werk vor, hergestellt von der U5 Filmproduktion, das das ZDF an diesem Montag (20.15 Uhr) ausstrahlt: In dem Drama «Die Jagd nach dem weißen Gold» geht es, wie der Titel schon sagt, um viel Elfenbein und viele Elefanten. - 04.06.2012.

3. Juni 2012

  • Stray dog honored at Tennessee elephant sanctuary - A stray dog named Bella was remembered and honored on Saturday at the Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tenn. At the memorial event, entitled the "Remembering Bella Day", there were book signings, pet adoptions and a special presentation about the remarkable and unlikely friendship between the dog and her friend, an elephant. - 03.06.2012.
  • A mammoth misuse in Kerala - Man-elephant conflicts usually happen inside forests or villages near forests. But a more serious conflict is happening daily in Kerala or more precisely inside temples and their vicinity during festivals. The temple festival season (February-April) coincides with summer. - 03.06.2012.
  • Rise in Mudumalai, Sathyamangalam elephant population likely - The recently concluded integrated elephant census in four south Indian states shows that Mudu-malai and Sathyamangalam continue to support a healthy population of the jumbos. In fact foresters are hoping for a marginal increase in their elephant numbers. - 03.06.2012.
  • Elephants destroy crops worth Rs 5 Lakh - A herd of wild elephants damaged Rs 5 lakh worth crops, banana plantations and coconut farms in Mettupalayam on Saturday. The herd had entered Nellithurai village and damaged the crops of Chandrasekar’s farm. - 03.06.2012.

2. Juni 2012

  • Filmkritik: Vorsichtig, ja zärtlich - Der Dokumentarfilm "Life Size Memories" gibt Einblicke in die faszinierende Welt von Elefanten als Arbeitstiere und Kultobjekte. - Der Lebensraum der grauen Riesen wird zunehmend eingeschränkt, der Konflikt mit den Menschen um Land spitzt sich zu. Praktisch nirgendwo sind Elefanten nicht im Bestand gefährdet. - 02.06.2012.
  • NW Ohio zoo celebrates elephant's 1st birthday - TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - A northwest Ohio zoo is celebrating a big day for a big creature. The Toledo's zoo African elephant, named Lucas, is marking his first birthday Saturday with a giant cupcake and other surprises. - 02.06.2012.
  • Three rare elephants found dead in Indonesia - AFP - Three critically-endangered Sumatran elephants have been found dead in an oil palm plantation in western Indonesia and are believed to have been poisoned, an NGO said Saturday. - 02.06.2012.
  • Lübeck macht Ernst: Kein Platz mehr für Wildtierzirkusse - Lübeck - Was auf Bundesebene nicht gelang, versucht die Stadt nun mit einem kommunalen Verbot durchzusetzen. - „Das ist ein Super-Schritt der Lübecker“, sagt Peter Höffken, Kampagnenleiter bei der Tierschutzorganisation „Peta Deutschland“. „Wir werden uns in Lübeck einklagen“, kündigt Sascha Grodotzki, Sprecher des „Zirkus Charles Knie“ an. - 02.06.2012.

1. Juni 2012

  • TRAVEL: Elephant babies add to beauty of Malaysia - IT is mid-afternoon in picturesque Pahang, Malaysia and I have never been more excited to jump fully clothed into a river. The humidity has reached an extreme high as the temperature creeps into the mid-30s, but it is not the chance to take care of a constant stream of sweat running down my face that is fuelling my desire to get in the water. - 01.06.2012.
  • Children paint to help save the elephant - The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and Artjamming are partnering up to hold a two-day public event in an effort to help save elephants from the ivory trade. This event will be held at Cape Town's Cavendish Square shopping centre on Wednesday, 11 and Thursday, 12 July 2012. - 01.06.2012.
  • Science helping Utah elephant get pregnant - SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An 8,000-pound elephant named Christie already has a famous baby: His name is Zuri, he's 2, and he's one of the most popular attractions at Salt Lake City's Hogle Zoo. But the family may be growing, thanks to German researchers who visited Utah this week to help with artificial insemination. - 01.06.2012.
  • 3 Sumatran elephants found poisoned in Indonesia - An official inspects a dead Sumatran elephant allegedly poisoned by poachers for its tusks, in Bireum Bayeun, Aceh province, Indonesia, Friday, June 1, 2012. Three Sumatran elephants were found dead from poisoning Friday. - 01.06.2012.

Mai

31. Mai 2012

  • Asiatischer Elefant im Tierpark Berlin geboren - In der deutschen Hauptstadt Berlin gibt es süßen Nachwuchs: In der Nacht zum Donnerstag ist im Tierpark ein kleiner Asiatischer Elefant auf die Welt gekommen. - Berlin (dapd-kid). In der deutschen Hauptstadt Berlin gibt es süßen Nachwuchs: In der Nacht zum Donnerstag ist im Tierpark ein kleiner Asiatischer Elefant auf die Welt gekommen. - 31.05.2012.
  • Noch ein Elefantenbaby im Berliner Tierpark - Berlin - Im Berliner Tierpark gibt es neuen Nachwuchs bei den Elefanten. In der Nacht zum Donnerstag wurde um 3.15 Uhr ein weibliches Minifantchen geboren. Wie Tierparkdirektor Bernhard Blaszkiewitz mitteilte, wiegt das Jungtier 119 Kilo bei einer Größe von 99 Zentimetern. - 31.05.2012.
  • Amanda makes a trunk call - HERVEY Bay animal crusader Amanda French has called on the Fraser Coast to help save a baby elephant, in a campaign that took her all the way to Sumatra. - 31.05.2012.

30. Mai 2012

  • C’sar the Elephant undergoes eye surgery once again - ASHEBORO, N.C. — The North Carolina Zoo’s oldest male elephant successfully underwent cataract surgery for the second time in six months on Tuesday. Officials said C’sar was diagnosed with cataracts in both eyes in 2010. - 30.05.2012.
  • French's crusade for baby elephant - HERVEY Bay animal crusader Amanda French has called on the Fraser Coast to help save a baby elephant in a campaign that took her all the way to Sumatra. Ms French is part of a team of three Queenslanders out to save Bona, an orphaned two-year-old Sumatran Elephant who was found malnourished and close to death in an Indonesian palm-oil plantation. - 30.05.2012.
  • Queenslanders on mission to save orphan baby elephant Bona - VISIBLY shy and painfully thin, little Bona timidly steps from the darkness towards the voices and arms of the three Queenslanders who will save her life. Captured in an emotional video, it's the beginning of an unlikely tale that has left a Sunshine Coast trio in a race to keep a baby elephant alive. - 30.05.2012.
  • Jumbo census to begin on Friday - BHUBANESWAR/BERHAMPUR: The state government will start a three-day elephant census from Friday amid concerns of rampant poaching of the animals in several forests. A month ago, charred remains of four buried elephants were recovered from Similipal national park. - 30.05.2012.

29. Mai 2012

  • Kick it like Donna - Dieser Elefant liebt das Fußballspielen. - Dunstable (RPO). Wenn Donna mit dem Ball über den Platz rast, bebt die Erde und alle Gegenspieler sollten besser das Weite suchen. Denn Donna ist ein zwei Jahre alter Elefant und kennt kein Halten mehr, wenn sie ihren Riesenfußball in den Rüssel bekommt. - 29.05.2012.
  • GPS satellite helping scientists track endangered Asian elephants - Developers and poachers know no limits when it comes to the Asian elephant. This gargantuan mammal has been losing ground in its fight to survive. Not only is this creature prized for its tusks, but it has lost its natural habitat as new settlements, roads and crops increasingly pop up. - 29.05.2012.
  • Summer of elephants for recent Cabrini grad - While most graduates fret over finding jobs and stress over other related post-college crises this summer, Aileen Shotzberger will spend eight weeks in Thailand volunteering for a cause near and dear to her heart – helping endangered elephants. - 29.05.2012.
  • Zimbabwe recovers 50 elephant tusks - HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Wildlife authorities say rangers shot dead a poacher in northwestern Zimbabwe and seized 28 elephant tusks from a bush hideout. The National Parks and Wildlife Authority said in a statement Tuesday the poacher, aged about 50, died in an exchange of fire over the weekend in Binga near the border with Zambia. - 29.05.2012.
  • Jumbo population stable in state - MYSORE: The number of elephants in the state is more or less the same as the last census in 2007. Preliminary results of the elephant census which concluded last week have proved wrong people who claimed the number of elephants in the state is on the increase and had demanded that the forest department initiate population control measures. - 29.05.2012.

28. Mai 2012

  • Photos: Elephant plays soccer - Two-year-old Donna the elephant showed off her soccer skills at the Whipsnade Zoo near Dunstable, central England on May 28, 2012. - Fotos. - 28.05.2012.
  • Elephant-lover gets up close - ELEPHANT behaviourist June Billings travelled to Colchester Zoo in a car overflowing with fruit and vegetables last Saturday. June, 61, of Mildenhall, spent the day clearing out the elephant enclosure and feeding the animals with produce donated by Sainsbury’s. - 29.05.2012.
  • Namibia: Khorixas Under Elephant Siege - Windhoek — Residents of Khorixas Constituency have vowed to take the law into their own hands if government does not do anything about the damage being done by marauding wild elephants in their constituency. - 28.05.2012.
  • Male Elephant Given To Khao Kiao Open Zoo - On Sunday at the Khao Kiao Open Zoo, the Abbot of Dhammajak Temple gave a male elephant to the zoo. The Chairman of Zoo’s Organization Committee Mrs. Srirat Rattapana represented the Zoo in receiving the elephant, called Plaai Tepkiri, aged 11. - 28.05.2012.

27. Mai 2012

  • Augsburg: Tierisch nah dran - Mit viel Nähe zum Tier lockt der Augsburger Zoo seit 75 Jahren Besucher – ein Grund zum Feiern. - Im Jahre 802 stürmte erstmals ein Elefant die Fuggerstadt und sorgte für ungläubige Blicke der Einwohner. 1584 brüllte anlässlich einer Jahrmarktveranstaltung der erste Löwe. 1748 kam ein achtjähriges Panzernashorn nach Augsburg. - 27.05.2012.
  • Africa’s Wildlife Crisis: More Than 10,000 Elephants Slaughtered In 2011 - Poachers in Africa killed more than 10,000 elephants in 2011 according to a recent report detailing the grim situation for elephant’s and rhino’s in the country. Prices have skyrocketed for elephant tusks and rhino horns as buyers in Asia attempt to make ivory ornaments out of the elephant tusks and traditional medicine from rhino horns. - 27.05.2012.
  • Tanzania: Police Recover Elephant Tusks From Poachers - Sumbawanga — Police have arrested a Burundian refugee from Katumba refugee settlement in Mpanda District for possessing three elephant tusks worth over 24m/-. The suspect who was later identified as a habitual poacher, Meshack Misongwe (63), was also in illegal possession of 259 bullets which could be used in heavy weapons including SAR/ SMG. - 27.05.2012.
  • Dubare elephant camp, a perfect getaway - As the summer vacation is coming to an end, the number of tourists coming to Dubare elephant camp is increasing. - Started during the British era, this camp has gained popularity in Asia itself. Situated amidst lush green forest and on the bank of docile river Cauvery, this centre is a perfect getaway for the tourists coming from cities. - 27.05.2012.
  • Radio collar project to track elephants fails - COIMBATORE: Hardly ten months after a 20-year-old female member of an elephant herd was fitted with a GPS (Gloabal Positioning System) enabled Radio Collar at Boluvampatty forest range near Thondamuthur here to study movement and behaviour of the gentle giants, Forest Department and experts from World Wide Fund (WWF) have initiated a massive search in Coimbatore forests to track it and recover the equipment. - 27.05.2012.
  • Kaziranga elephant killed by another jumbo in a fight - Jorhat (Assam), May 27 (PTI) The carcass of a male elephant has been recovered from Agaratoli range of the world famed Kaziranga National Park (KNP) following a fight between two jumbos, park officials said today. - 27.05.2012.
  • Elephant and pig tipped to predict Euro 2012 games - Who’s going to win the European Championship? Time to ask an elephant − or a pig. Poland’s answer to Paul the Octopus − the tentacled tipster who gained worldwide fame for his 2010 World Cup predictions − is Citta the elephant. Ukraine, however, will probably go for an enormous beer-loving pig, but there are big doubts about whether he can handle being in the media glare. - 27.05.2012.
  • Elephant census from June 1 - Ranchi, May 27 (PTI) After a gap of five years, an elephant census will be conducted in Jharkhand and three other states from June 1 in a three-day long exercise. "As per the Central government guidelines, the census will be taken up between June 1 and 3 in Jharkhand and three other states, having contiguous habitat," Conservator of Forest (Palamau Tiger Project, Betla Core Area in Palamau) Premjit Anand, told PTI. - 27.05.2012.
  • Two killed, 2 injured by elephants - MADIKERI: Two persons were killed by an elephant in two separate incidents on Saturday. Jenukurubara Rajanna(32) a resident of Kokkehadi near Mahukal reseve forest was attacked by a wild elephant while he was returning to his residence. - 27.05.2012.

26. Mai 2012

  • Hunting for elephants, unleashing political tsunamis - The rain in Spain falls mainly in the plain. That is, unless the governor of Florida, the Honorable Blinkless and Clueless One, brings up shooting elephants to the king. Then you unleash a political tsunami of late-night derision by Spanish TV comedians directed at Florida’s “let’s get to work” leader, Gov. Rick Scott, who was captured on video during an overseas trade mission acting like a blundering Local Yokel before His Majesty of Spain, AKA the hip-impaired Elephant Killer. - 26.05.2012.
  • In Kerala, elephants on lease for Rs. 1 crore - It's a classic case of increasing demand and shrinking supply leading to a jumbo rise in prices. With supply static and demand from temples and churches increasing, the transfer value of a captive elephant has seen a phenomenal increase in the past few years. - 26.05.2012.
  • Drought takes heavy toll on elephants - BANGALORE: The severe drought in Karnataka has hit elephants too, with 23 of them dying due to dehydration. The deaths occurred between January and May in the 643-sqkm Nagarahole tiger reserve. On Friday, an elephant died in the Kalhalla range of Nagarahole. Last year, 13 elephants had died in the same period. - 26.05.2012.
  • Findings: Saheli died of heart failure, says autopsy - ISLAMABAD: Saheli, the elephant who died at Marghazar Zoo on May 1, suffered a heart attack, said an autopsy report issued by the National Veterinary Laboratory (NVL) on Friday. The autopsy was carried out by NVL experts on samples from Saheli, after the pachyderm died under mysterious circumstances following a brief illness. - 26.05.2012.
  • Railway, wildlife department to join hands for jumbo protection - BERHAMPUR: Wildlife and railway officials met here on Friday to address the problem of elephant deaths in train accidents in the state. The latest incident took place last week when an adult elephant died in a train accident at Sabulia near Rambha in Ganjam district. - 26.05.2012.

25. Mai 2012

  • Elephants and rhinos face extinction according to experts - According to a new report which has been put forward by experts, tens of thousands of elephants were killed last year and both elephants and rhinos face the threat of extinction. - The African wildlife crisis is clearly on the high as alarm bells have already started ringing in the case of the extinction of elephants and rhinos. According to a new report by the global body tracking endangered species organization, around tens of thousands of elephants were likely slaughtered just last year. - 25.05.2012.
  • Food for thought from Assam’s elephant corridors - The man-animal conflict in the mountain ranges of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and neighbouring Bhutan need a solution in synergy with nature. - For sometime now, the Assam Forest Department, along with conservation groups, has been working with the Indian Railways to minimise instances of elephant hits on railway tracks. However, their efforts are still too few and far between and consequently the pachyderms continue to be mowed down, especially at unmanned rail-road crossings. - 25.05.2012.
  • Census ends with sighting of 23 elephants in Hassan dist - In the elephant census carried out five years back, district was home to 22 elephants. - The district is home for 23 jumbos, according to the elephant census which came to an end in the district on Thursday, said deputy conservator of forests Lakshman. - 25.05.2012.
  • Zoo volunteer's heart belongs to the 'big guys' - There's no glamour in being a volunteer elephant caretaker at the Oakland Zoo, but that's just fine with Piedmont Pines resident Cheryl Matthews. She does it because she loves it. - 25.05.2012.
  • Be a Voice: beauty and majesty must be saved - When I see an elephant family, free and happy in the wild, the little babies playfully cavorting in the mud with the female adults so tenderly and protectively looking after them, and see a majestic bull elephant in the power of his musth (mating period of high testosterone) with so much triumphant dignity, every part of my being rises up with one purpose: to do all I possibly can to conserve them in all their magnificence. - 25.05.2012.
  • Decorated Army colonel who shot suspected elephant poacher fined £3,000 - A decorated Army colonel who shot a suspected elephant poacher attempting to steal night-vision goggles in Kenya has been fined £3,000 and severely reprimanded. - Col Neil Hutton, a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, was told he was “inexcusably irresponsible” for shooting six times at Kenyan civilians before a live firing exercise. - 25.05.2012.
  • Census gives indications of healthy pachyderm population - The three-day synchronised elephant census carried out in the four southern States concluded on Thursday. Indirect evidence gathered in the form of peeling off of the bark from trees, dung and even sighting at waterholes indicated that the pachyderm population was healthy, say forest officials and representatives of NGOs who were involved in the exercise. - 25.05.2012.

24. Mai 2012

  • Tracking Endangered Elephants With Satellite Technology - ScienceDaily (May 24, 2012) — GPS and satellite technology is helping experts develop a long term strategy to protect the endangered Malaysian elephant. - A hundred years ago wild elephants on the Malay Peninsular could be counted in their thousands -- now there are less than 1500. Over the last century around 50 per cent of forest cover in Peninsular Malaysia has been lost. - 24.05.2012.
  • Most elephant corridors in State are under threat, say experts - Development activities, human settlements narrowing pathways. - Most of the elephant migratory corridors in the State are under threat, experts have found, even as the High Court’s June deadline for the government to submit a report on man-elephant conflict in Hassan and Kodagu is fast approaching. - 24.05.2012.
  • Elephant tusks seized in Sri Lanka came from Kenya - (Reuters) - A shipping container filled with hundreds of elephant tusks seized in Sri Lanka this week came from the Kenyan port of Mombasa, Kenyan wildlife authorities said on Thursday. - 24.04.2012.
  • Elephants 'salute' Olympic torch - The Olympic torch has been "saluted" by two flag-waving elephants at a safari park after the flame was transported aboard a train for the first time. On the sixth day of its national tour, the torch was hailed by the African elephants as it was held aloft on the footplate of a Severn Valley Railway locomotive passing their enclosure. - 24.05.2012.
  • MORRISSEY: Manila elephant rescue - Morrissey launches successful Philippines elephant liberation operation. - Singer-songwriter Morrissey instigates rehoming of a depressed Philippines elephant... Morrissey, the former Smiths front-man has been in action again as an animal welfare supporter, this time in the Philippines where his intervention has reportedly saved an elephant from cramped conditions and seclusion. - 24.05.2012.

23. Mai 2012

  • Tausende Elefanten von Wilderern in Kongo-Brazzaville getötet - Schutz offenbar nur im Nouabale Ndoki Nationalpark. - Bomassa (dapd). Wilderer haben Tierschützern zufolge in den vergangenen fünf Jahren rund 5.000 Elefanten in der Umgebung des Nouabale Ndoki Nationalpark in Kongo-Brazzaville getötet. - 23.05.2012.
  • Name gefunden: Babyfant im Tierpark heißt Bogor - Anfang Mai wurde im Tierpark ein Elefantenbaby geboren. Nun hat es einen Namen: Bogor. - Ein paar Wochen musste der Mini-Rüssel ohne Namen auskommen. Nun hat das Anfang Mai im Tierpark geborene asiatische Elefantenbaby einen Namen: Es heißt Bogor, wie eine Sprecherin des Tierparks am Mittwoch mitteilte. - 23.05.2012.
  • Orissa: Three jumbo carcasses found - BARIPADA: Even as the forest department has initiated a probe into the alleged poisoning of five elephants in the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in Mayurbhanj district, recovery of decomposed bodies of three elephants including one tusker age about 10-years on Tuesday has put the forest officials in a fix. - 23.05.2012.
  • Poachers abandon 22 elephant tusks - Police in Matabeleland North working in conjunction with the Parks and Wildlife Management Authority have launched a manhunt for six suspected poachers who fled after being found in possession of 22 elephant tusks last Saturday. - 23.05.2012.
  • OR Officials Balance Road Work, Pregnant Elephant - PORTLAND, Ore. -- Oregon highway officials think they've come up with a plan to balance their need to repave two miles of highway near the Oregon Zoo with the zoo's need to keep a pregnant elephant calm and unstressed. The Oregonian reports (http://is.gd/kETuvD ) that the challenge of Rose-Tu's pregnancy is a first for transportation officials. - 23.05.2012.
  • Kerala: Elephant rampage incidents on the rise - Thiruvananthapuram: More and more incidents of elephants on rampage are being reported in Kerala. This has brought the focus back on the debate on the parading of animals at festivals. - 23.05.2012.
  • Orissa: Elephant calf dies of sunstroke - BARIPADA: Dry water bodies and shortage of water in the forest areas of the northern parts of Odisha have left the animals hungry for water. Falling pray to the rising temperature was a one-year-old elephant calf. - 23.05.2012.
  • Tracking endangered elephants with satellite technology - A hundred years ago wild elephants on the Malay Peninsular could be counted in their thousands — now there are less than 1500. Over the last century around 50 per cent of forest cover in Peninsular Malaysia has been lost. - 23.05.2012.
  • 5,000 elephants killed in Republic of Congo - BOMASSA, Republic of Congo (AP) -- A wildlife official says that about 5,000 elephants have been killed by poachers over the past five years around the Nouabale Ndoki National Park in the Republic of Congo. - 23.05.2012.
  • Life Size Memories - Das Dokumentarfilmprojekt "Life Size Memories" von Frederique Lengaigne und Klaus Reisinger widmet sich faszinierenden Lebewesen: Den Elefanten. Ihre Reise führt sie durch den Dschungel Asiens, um mit lebensgroßen Porträts die Schicksale von Elefanten zu erforschen. - 23.05.2012.
  • Elephant census gets going - The three-day synchronised elephant census in over 958 sq km area of the six ranges of the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) and 690 sq km area in six ranges of the Coimbatore Division began on Tuesday. - 23.05.2012.

22. Mai 2012

  • Olifantje geboren in Dierenpark Emmen - Emmen - Dinsdagmorgen om vier minuten voor negen is in Dierenpark Emmen een olifantje geboren. - Na een draagtijd van ruim 22 maanden bracht olifant Htoo Khin Aye, omringd door haar kinderen en kleinkinderen, na een vlotte bevalling een kerngezonde zoon ter wereld. - 22.05.2012.
  • Forest guard trampled to death by elephant - Udhagamandalam (TN), May 22 (PTI) A forest guard was trampled to death by an elephant today at Mukkatti in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, about 65 km from here, forest officials said. - 22.05.2012.
  • Morrissey intervenes to aid sick elephant - The singer-songwriter Morrissey has called for a sick elephant to be relocated from a zoo in Manila to an animal sanctuary. He made the request ahead of playing a concert in the Philippines. - 22.05.2012.
  • Rogue elephant held, handed back to Bangladesh - An elephant that had crossed the border into Tripura last month, destroying crops and triggering panic, was yesterday handed back to Bangladesh. The Border Guards of Bangladesh (BGB) received the elephant from the Border Security Force (BSF). - 22.05.2012.
  • Elephant count begins with hope that numbers are up - CHENNAI: Officials of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka will carry out a three-day elephant headcount starting Tuesday, with foresters optimistic about finding a significant increase in the number of pachyderms. - 22.05.2012.
  • VIDEO: Poland's very own Euro elephant - After the success of Paul the octopus at the 2010 World Cup, officials in Poland have nominated Citta the elephant as the Euro 2012 tipster. Paul rightly predicted the outcome of eight matches at the World Cup in South Africa including the eventual winners Spain. - 22.05.2012.

21. Mai 2012

  • Namibia: Community Meeting Held About 'Elephant Problem' - THE Khorixas community has called for a review of the human-wildlife conflict policy of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism. This plea was made at a meeting convened by Khorixas constituency councillor Sebastian !Husi !Gobs with traditional authorities to discuss problem elephants. - 21.05.2012.
  • NASA Looks Down Reveals Increase In Elephant Poaching - [SatNews] Unbelieveable to see such carnage... - The Kenya Wildlife Service has failed to contain elephant poaching in Kenya and it has now reached alarming levels, according to research by KWS scientists and their American counterparts using satellite images. - 21.05.2012.
  • Paddy comes to rescue of elephants in Arunanchal - Seijosa (Arunachal Pradesh), May 21 (IANS) The humble paddy has come to the rescue of elephants facing retaliation from villagers during human-elephant conflict in and around the Pakke Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh. - 21.05.2012.
  • Captured elephant sent off to Belum State Park - SUNGAI SIPUT, Malaysia - A wild elephant captured near Kampung Jalong here was relocated to the Royal Belum State Park yesterday. The female elephant, believed to be between 10 and 12 years old and weighing 1.5 tonnes, was transported by lorry on the five-hour journey at 5pm, a week after it was caught near the perimeter of the Piah Forest Reserve. - 21.05.2012.
  • Elephant tips 4x4 - A game drive for guests at a Worcester game reserve turned into a nightmare when an elephant tried to topple their game-viewing vehicle. Two passengers were injured when they jumped from the vehicle in fright. - 21.05.2012.
  • Karnataka: Illegal arms, threat to elephants - BANGALORE: Illegal arms owned by some people in border villages of Mysore and Kodagu districts are posing a threat to the elephant population in the Mysore region. This came to light when the carcass of an elephant with bullet injuries was found in a village near Periyapatna recently. - 21.05.2012.
  • Former circus barns get historic status - Elephants could once again be seen along U.S. 31 near Peru. - PERU, Ind. (AP) -- Miami County historian Kreig Adkins remembers the days when there was a chance you'd be driving down U.S. 31 and see elephants. That's right. Elephants. On U.S. 31. - 21.05.2012.
  • Captured elephant sent off to Belum State Park - JUMBO TASK: Efforts ongoing to move others to reduce conflicts with villagers. - SUNGAI SIPUT: A wild elephant captured near Kampung Jalong here was relocated to the Royal Belum State Park yesterday. - 21.05.2012.
  • Elephant survives train accident near Deepor Beel - GUWAHATI: An elephant crossing the railway track at Deepor Beel area, about 15km from here on Saturday night, was hit by a moving train. Though the animal survived and later walked to the Rani-Garbhanga reserved forest, the incident once again brought to the fore the precarious condition of elephants while crossing railway tracks. - 21.05.2012.
  • Elephant goes wild in zoo, injures sambhar deer - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Tension clutched the city zoo premises here on Sunday morning when Raju, the jumbo in the zoo ran wild, breaking into the cage of sambhar deer and creating panic all around. Four sambhar deer were injured in the melee and the condition of one deer is learnt to be critical. - 21.05.2012.
  • Tusker showed no symptoms of musth: veterinary doctors - THRISSUR: All the 27 veterinary doctors who examined the fitness of Unnippilly Kalidasan, the elephant that ran amuck during the Thrissur Pooram on May 2, have told M Anilkumar, the sub-divisional magistrate and RDO Thrissur, that the elephant had not shown any clear symptom of musth during the fitness examination conducted at noon on May 1. - 21.05.2012.

20. Mai 2012

  • Tag für Tag lernt der Berliner Mini-Elefant, wozu das lange Ding in seinem Gesicht gut ist - Ganz schön kompliziert, dieses Elefantenleben. Seit wenigen Tagen weiß das auch der Dickhäuter-Nachwuchs im Tierpark. B.Z. AM SONNTAG besuchte ihn. - Irgendwie ist er immer im Weg. Beim Laufen, beim Trinken und sonst auch. Dieser 80 Zentimeter lange Schlauch, der am Kopf des Minifanten baumelt. Gut bewegen kann der Baby-Dickhäuter ihn noch nicht. - 20.05.2012.
  • Bangladeshi circus elephant returns home - Helenbala Sundari, an elephant of a Bangladeshi circus party which entered into Indian territory over a month ago, has been returned to Bangladesh, official sources said today. Forest officials handed over the elephant to Border Security Force (BSF) authorities who in turn gave it to the officers of Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) yesterday, they said. - 20.05.2012.
  • Orissa: Elephant hit by train, dies - BERHAMPUR: An elephant died when a goods train hit it near Humma on Friday night. Sources said the elephant was crossing the area when it came on the railway track and was hit by the train. - 20.05.2012.
  • Elephant runs amok, causes panic - An elephant, Chirakkal Mahadevan, ran amok in Perumbillyssery near Thrissur on Saturday, triggering panic and blocking vehicular traffic for hours. The trouble began at around 12 noon when the animal turned hostile near a petrol pump at Perumbillyssery while it was being taken to the Chowur Mahavishnu Temple festival. - 20.05.2012.
  • Man doesn't forget elephant he gave zoo - ASHEBORO -- A man who pays $12,000 for an elephant never forgets. It's been 34 years since Angus Mercer pledged the money to the N.C. Zoological Park to bring an African elephant into its permanent collection, and though he'd been too busy to get back to visit until Friday, Mercer and his family have felt a strong connection to C'Sar. - 20.05.2012.

19. Mai 2012

  • Baby-Elefant: Meine ersten Tage im Elefantenleben - Der kleine Nachwuchs von Elefanten-Dame Nova im Tierpark entdeckt seine neue Welt. - Die Nacht ist vorbei. Die Pfleger kommen gegen 7.30 Uhr mit dem Frühstück ins Elefantenhaus. Sie bringen den Dickhäutern Äpfel, Karotten und Bananen mit. Elefanten-Dame Nova und ihr süßer Nachwuchs stehen getrennt von der Herde. - 19.05.2012.
  • Male elephant found electrocuted - Erode (TN), May 19 (PTI) A male elephant was found electrocuted near a private land in a village of Kadambur forest range in the district today. - 19.05.2012.
  • Toledo Zoo opens new $15M elephant exhibit - TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — The elephants at one Ohio zoo have a new home to roam. The Toledo Zoo is showing off its new $15 million elephant exhibit this weekend. Zoo officials say the new area will give its four elephants more places to move and stretch their trunks. - 19.05.2012.
  • Jumbo rise in elephant deaths in Assam - IT HAPPENS again in Assam’s Karbi Anglong. The autonomous hill district has turned into an elephant killing field with increasing cases of man-elephant conflicts. The forest department seems to be a silent spectator in most of the occasions. - 19.05.2012.
  • Tierschützer gegen Zirkus Renz - Wetterau Peta fordert Eingreifen des Kreis-Veterinäramtes / „Systematische Tierquälerei“. - Die Tierschutzorganisation Peta, nach eigenen Angaben die größte der Welt, hat das Veterinäramt des Wetteraukreises aufgefordert, dem in Friedberg ansässigen Zirkus Universal Renz die Erlaubnis zur Tierhaltung zu entziehen. - 19.05.2012.
  • Zoo patron, pachyderm meet again after 34 years - ASHEBORO A man who pays $12,000 for an elephant never forgets. - It’s been 34 years since Angus Mercer pledged the money to the N.C. Zoological Park to bring an African elephant into its permanent collection, and though he’d been too busy to get back to visit until Friday, Mercer and his family have felt a strong connection to C’Sar. - 19.05.2012.

18. Mai 2012

  • Kenya: Nasa Shows Elephant Poaching On the Rise - The Kenya Wildlife Service has failed to contain elephant poaching in Kenya and it has now reached alarming levels, according to research by KWS scientists and their American counterparts using satellite images. The peer-reviewed research in the reputable Australia-based Wildlife Research journal on April 12 employed sophisticated techniques to accurately identify hotspots of elephant poaching. - 18.05.2012.
  • 4,800 visitors blaze to Toledo Zoo’s new trail - Big enclosure for elephants at heart of project. - Amy Kessinger's son Mason was so excited to see elephants Friday that he took a tumble out of his stroller. The 3-year-old from Perrysburg was not hurt, and his excitement about the Toledo Zoo's grand opening of the Tembo Trail couldn't be diminished. - 18.05.2012.
  • Elephant kills villager in Koraput - KORAPUT: A tribal was trampled to death by an elephant in Koraput's Narenga village. The incident took place when the victim, Chaitanya Muduli (37), was returning from his field on Tuesday evening. - 18.05.2012.
  • Thiruvananthapuram: The painted pachyderm - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Artist Kanakasanan P believes that elephants are the most majestic of animals. His collection of paintings ‘Paintana’, is a tribute to the towering beauty of the giant mammal. Through his thirty paintings, he has tried to portray the animal as an ideal mother and a being with a distinct identity. - 18.05.2012.

17. Mai 2012

  • Elefanten nun ohne Graben - Gehege und Zuschauerbereich in der Wilhelma umgestaltet. - Die Elefantenanlage der Wilhelma ist über 40 Jahre alt und besaß einen Absperrgraben, der für die betagten Elefantendamen zu gefährlich geworden war. Dieser Graben ist nun verschwunden, denn das Außengehege wurde umgebaut, ist nun bezugsfertig. Die beiden Elefantendamen Pama und Zella können darin künftig deutlich mehr Komfort genießen. - 17.05.2012.
  • 11 elephants to be translocated to MP - While a public interest litigation urging action against increasing elephant deaths in the state is still in the high court, the state government's forest department is planning to translocate 11 captive elephants to forest areas in Madhya Pradesh. - 17.05.2012.
  • Sumatra-Elefant in Indonesien getötet - Wilderer haben in der indonesischen Provinz Banda Aceh einen der letzten Sumatra-Elefanten getötet. Es sei der zweite derartige Fall binnen eines Monats, sagte ein Sprecher der lokalen Forstbehörden. - 17.05.2012.
  • Country's biggest resting shelter for elephants coming up in Haryana - CHANDIGARH: Many would remember the famous 70s movie based on man-animal friendship, 'Haathi Mere Saathi'. Now, real life is all set to imitate reel with the first-of-its kind rehabilitation centre for ageing and sick elephants coming up in Yamunanagar in Haryana. The centre will be operational by end of this year. - 17.05.2012.
  • Keeping out elephants - Whatever the mitigation measures, maintain and manage them well. - WHEN elephants invade human settlements on the fringes of the jungle, it is usually to forage for food in farms and orchards. That was the case with the herd of elephants that raided eight Orang Asli villages in the Banun Resettlement Scheme in Hulu Perak. - 17.05.2012.
  • Human-elephant conflict on the rise in Assam - Guwahati: The death of a female elephant undergoing treatment for paralysis in Assam's Karbi Anglong district Wednesday has again brought to light the human-elephant conflict in the region. The adult animal was found paralysed May 2 in the compound of a house in Nahorsala village in the northeastern range of Silonijan. - 17.05.2012.
  • Rare elephant found dead in Indonesia: official - A critically-endangered Sumatran elephant has been found dead in Indonesia's Aceh province, an official said Wednesday, the second death from suspected poisoning within a month. - 17.05.2012.
  • Second Sumatran elephant found poisoned - AN official says a second endangered Sumatran elephant has been poisoned in western Indonesia, apparently by villagers trying to protect their crops. - Forestry Ministry official Harmidi says the carcass of the 20-year-old male elephant was discovered yesterday near a plantation in Aceh province. - 17.05.2012.

16. Mai 2012

  • Die letzten ihrer Art - Eine bewegende Reportage über den Elefanten-Dokumentarfilm "Life Size Memories. - "Life Size Memories", ab 25. Mai im Kino: Sechs Jahre Dreharbeiten für eine Doku über das Schicksal der asiatischen Elefanten. Die Naturfilmer Frédérique Lengaigne und Klaus Reisinger zeigen eine Welt, wie es sie in Asien sonst nicht mehr gibt. - 16.05.2012.
  • Kochi: Elephant dies of cardiac arrest - KOCHI: A 40-year-old elephant died of cardiac arrest in Kumbalam on Tuesday. The elephant, Meenkulam Achuthan, was sick and was undergoing medical treatment for the last few months. - 16.05.2012.
  • Wenn sie brummt, ist sie zufrieden - Elefantendame Tembo lässt sich durchfüttern. - WITTSTOCK - Es ist ein ganz tiefes Brummen. Ein bisschen ähnelt das Geräusch dem zufriedenen Schnurren eines Katers, nur ist es um einige Oktaven tiefer. Kein Wunder, ist das Tier, das dieses Geräusch erzeugt, um einiges größer; gut und gerne zwei Tonnen Gewicht unterscheiden so ein Katzentier und Tembo, die Elefantendame aus dem Zirkus „Aramannt“, der derzeit von Donnerstag bis Sonntag in Wittstock gastiert. - 16.05.2012.
  • Sanctuary to conserve elephants - Agrarian Services and Wildlife Minister SM Chandrasena, told the Daily News the government would set up a sanctuary in the Anuradhapura district in the North Central Province, as part of the elephant conservation programme. - 16.05.2012.
  • Human-Elephant conflict aggravated - The human-elephant conflict has claimed the lives of 20 people and 79 elephants in the first four months of the year, Elephant Conservation Deputy Director WSK Pathiratna said. - 16.05.2012.
  • Killer elephant's fate decided soon - Final debate over Mila's $500K move to US. - Whether the elephant that crushed its keeper to death will be moved to an American animal sanctuary will be decided in the next few weeks. - 16.05.2012.
  • Elephants at festivals: Rules being flouted with impunity - KOCHI: Most of the casualties in incidents involving captive elephants could have been averted had government agencies and festival committees taken effective steps to implement the government order on norms for transporting and parading elephants at festivals. - 16.05.2012.

15. Mai 2012

  • Kenya: Two Elephants Killed in Laikipia 'For Witchcraft' - Two elephants were killed on Mugie Ranch in Laikipia on May 8. The carcasses of a young male and female were found the following morning with their tusks violently hacked off and three taken. On inspection, the nails were found to have been chopped from each elephant's hoof, the female's teats were cut out and the male's external rectum was removed. - 15.05.2012.
  • Leser verraten, was an dem Mythos dran ist - Haben Elefanten wirklich Angst vor Mäusen? Und wenn ja, warum? Unsere Leser liefern Antworten - oder versuchen es zumindest. - Was könnte der Grund dafür sein, dass Elefanten Angst vor Mäusen haben? Und stimmt das denn überhaupt? Diese Fragen stellten wir unseren Lesern und die Antworten brachten einige interessante Theorien ans Licht. - 15.05.2012.
  • Elefanten-Gehege: Neue Wohlfühlanlage in der Wilhelma - Schattiger Bambus, feiner Sand und ein großer "Pool" – die Elefanten in der Stuttgarter Wilhelma haben ein neues Wohlfühl-Gelände. - Schattiger Bambus, feiner Sand und ein großer "Pool" – die Elefanten in der Stuttgarter Wilhelma haben ein neues Wohlfühl-Gelände. "Die über 40 Jahre alte Anlage war einfach nicht mehr zeitgemäß", sagte Zoo-Direktor Dieter Jauch bei der offiziellen Präsentation des neu gestalteten Außengeheges. - 15.05.2012.
  • The Illegal Wildlife Trade: A Survey of Greed, Tragedy, and Ignorance - Since the beginning of 2012, over 250 elephants have been killed in Cameroon. Adults are being slaughtered for ivory to be used for jewelry, ornaments, and traditional medicine; young juveniles and infants are being killed indiscriminately or left orphaned to die without the protection of their mothers. - 15.05.2012.
  • ZIRKUS IN ZAHLEN - Rund 3000 Euro gibt Circus Krone täglich aus, um Menschen und Tiere zu verpflegen. Alleine für die Raubtiere müssen pro Tag insgesamt rund 180 Kilogramm Fleisch zur Verfügung stehen. Jeder der sieben Elefanten braucht pro Tag zwei Zentner Stroh, einen Zentner Heu, 15 Kilo Brot und etwa zehn Kilogramm Frischfutter – im Gesamtwert von 50 Euro. - 15.05.2012.
  • Elephant sanctuary to set up in Sri Lanka North Central Province - May 15, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government is to set up a sanctuary in the Anuradhapura District of the North Central Province as part of its elephant conservation programme. Wild Life and Agrarian Services Minister S.M. Chandrasena says the government is to establish the sanctuary at a cost of Rs. 250 million. - 15.05.2012.
  • Elephants flee logged forests - RAMPAGE: Villagers in Machang near Machang forest report massive damage to their crops. - KOTA BARU: THE state Wildlife Department said rampant logging at the Bukit Bakau forest reserve in Machang is driving elephants into nearby villages. - 15.05.2012.

14. Mai 2012

  • Ambanis to donate rare jumbo to Tirumala temple - Business tycoon Mukesh Ambani’s son Anant Ambani is all set to donate a “rare white elephant,” to be imported from either Myanmar or Thailand, to Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD). - Sources said that chief priest of Tirumala Tirupati Desvasthanam (TTD) A V Ramana Dikshitulu has agreed to give a private blessing to Mukesh Ambani’s son Anant Ambani. - 14.05.2012.
  • Elephants are Dedicated Mothers - With a 22 month gestation period, it’s safe to say elephants are seriously invested in motherhood. IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) recently released a video of IFAW Elephant Expert, Dr. Cynthia Moss, describing elephant motherhood. - 14.05.2012.
  • Four held with elephant tusks - KATHMANDU: Police on Sunday arrested four people in Balaju with two elephant tusks. Police made the arrest while the four people — Krishna Thapa(21) and Ram Bahadur Tamang (34) of Balthali, Kavre, Ramesh Karki(34) of Puranogaun and Ramesh Timalsina of Dhungakharka, Kavre — were selling the pieces. The tusks are 11 inch and 3.5 inch in length and weigh 248 gramme and 66 gramme. - 14.05.2012.
  • Kiwi elephant researcher up to the tusk - Steamy swamps, crocodiles, snakes and giant bees with a hell of sting - PhD student Megan English has battled them all as she studied pygmy elephants. Recently back in this country after a 15-month stint tracking the animals on Borneo, the Victoria University researcher is now hunkering down for the year or so it will take her to write up her work. - 14.05.2012.
  • Elephant census in six states to begin on May 22 - A three-day National Elephant Census will begin on May 22 in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Goa, simultaneously. - The synchronised census, taken up once in five years, will be conducted throughout the country, following a directive issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests. - 14.05.2012.
  • Child killed as elephants run amok at Kerala temple - Mother among 60 hurt in the melee near Thrissur. - Thiruvananthapuram: One child was killed and nearly 60 people injured, many of them seriously, when three elephants lined up for the aarattu (the holy bath of the presiding deity), ran amok at Koodalmanikkom temple near Thrissur. The aarattu is a ritual which marks the end of the 10-day annual festival at the temple. - 14.05.2012.
  • Baby dies in stampede as gun salute scares jumbos - A two-year-old child was killed and around 60 people were hurt in a stampede after three elephants ran amok at the aarattu rituals on the concluding day of the Irinjalakuda Koodalmanikam temple’s annual festival in Kerala on Sunday. - 14.05.2012.

13. Mai 2012

  • Twee olifanten drachtig in Pairi Daiza - Twee vrouwtjesolifanten in Pairi Daiza in Brugelette, in de provincie Henegouwen, zijn drachtig. Dat meldt het dierenpark in een communiqué. De 7-jarige Ani zou haar eerste jong ter wereld brengen in maart 2013; de 12-jarige Sandri in november 2013. De toekomstige vader van beide jongen heet Po-Chin. - 13.05.2012.
  • Rhinos and elephants act as 'gardeners' of tropical forests - WASHINGTON: The progressive disappearance of seed-dispersing animals like elephants and rhinoceroses is putting the structural integrity and biodiversity of the tropical forest of southeast Asia at risk, researchers have warned. - 13.05.2012.
  • A life gone horribly wrong - Elephant had been having panic attacks. - In the months before she crushed her keeper to death, Mila the African elephant had been having panic attacks. Keeper Helen Schofield, a trained vet who lived on site at Franklin Zoo, would comfort the three- tonne animal by speaking with it through a safety wall until she went back to sleep. - 13.05.2012.
  • Gifted Sri Lankan Elephant Dies, Another Depressed - An elephant gifted to Pakistan has died after officials at an Islamabad Zoo drank the wine that was meant to be given to the animal, Pakistan media reports said. According to zookeeper Muhammad Bilal, who was sacked after the death of a female elephant “Saheli” on May 1, said that liquor is given to elephants in order to tame them. - 13.05.2012.

12. Mai 2012

  • Tierschützer protestieren gegen Tiernummern im Zirkus - Proteststurm gegen Elefant im "Boos K'fé" geht weiter. - (L.E./vb) - Der Elefant, der am Donnerstag im Rahmen einer Geburtstagsfeier im „Boos K'fé“ am Biirgerkräiz bei Bridel auftrat, sorgt weiter für Empörung. Am Samstag protestierten Tierschützer gegen die Haltung von exotischen Tieren. Für ihre Demonstration hatten sie sich einen Zirkus ausgesucht, der zurzeit in Bridel gastiert. - 12.05.2012.
  • Nur die Elefanten fehlten am Festtag - Der Nürnberger Tiergarten feierte sein 100-jähriges Bestehen. - NÜRNBERG - Was tut man nicht alles für ein Stück Torte: Als Tiergarten Direktor Dag Encke den Geburtstagskuchen im Tigermuster feierlich anschneiden will, kreischen die Kinder schon laut nach einem Stück. „Wenn ihr singt, seid ihr die Ersten“, sagt Encke und prompt ertönt „Happy Birthday, lieber Tiergarten!“. - 12.05.2012.
  • Zoo caretakers get ‘tipsy’ on alcohol meant for elephants - New Delhi: The caretakers at an Islamabad zoo are under scanner for allegedly consuming liquor that was meant for elephants. They had demanded the alcohol that was to be given to the elephants so as to “calm them” during their mating season. It was also revealed that the elephants never consumed the alcohol. - 12.05.2012.
  • Elephant processions, percussion orchestras mark Kerala festivals - Kavassery (Kerala): Frenzied mass participation characterises annual temple festivals in Kerala that invariably include colourful processions of richly caparisoned elephants and panchavadyam (orchestra) by a combination of percussion instruments. - 12.05.2012.
  • Denver Zoo gives sneak peak of new elephant exhibit - Groucho, a 41-year-old Asian elephant, hardly seemed to mind as a crowd squealed with excitement as he ate his breakfast. Several hundred people were lined up for a sneak preview of the Denver Zoo's new 10-acre Toyota Elephant Passage exhibit Saturday morning. - 12.05.2012.
  • Elephants and rhinos act as 'gardeners' of forests - Washington: The progressive disappearance of seed-dispersing animals like elephants and rhinoceroses is putting the structural integrity and biodiversity of the tropical forest of South-East Asia at risk, researchers have warned. - 12.05.2012.
  • Elefanten stört der Baulärm nicht - Münster (ste) - Nur noch ein gutes Jahr soll es dauern, dann können die Elefanten des Allwetterzoos Münster ihr neues Domizil beziehen. Der Elefantenpark bietet dreimal soviel Platz wie das jetzige Gehege. Der Baustellenlärm, der bis dahin noch herrscht, stört die Dickhäuter nicht. - 12.05.2012.
  • 'It was only a matter of time' - killer elephant's former owner - Mila the elephant most likely intended to kill her keeper at Franklin Zoo, says her former owner. Robin Ratcliffe, brother of Mila's former handler Tony Ratcliffe, said they warned officials that someone would get hurt if her transition to the zoo was not handled correctly. - 12.05.2012.
  • Injured elephant dies at rescue centre - PUNE: The injured female elephant, Chanchala, abandoned by its mahout in Nigdi, died at Manikdoh rescue centre in Junnar on Friday. The elephant had developed gangrene in one leg and had injured the other leg. - 12.05.2012.
  • WII to probe elephants’ mass poaching at Simlipal - The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) would now step in to investigate the recent mass poaching of elephants in Simlipal Tiger Reserve in Odisha. Going by the prima facie evidence, the charred remains of the jumbos unearthed have been found decomposed indicating they could be about a month old. - 12.05.2012.
  • Big family for Kelian the elephant - TAIPING: Flextronics Technology Penang Sdn Bhd has adopted a 22-month-old elephant, Kelian, under the Taiping Zoo and Night Safari sponsorship adoption programme. - The company handed over a RM10,000 cheque to the zoo, which would pay for Kelian's upkeep for one year. Taiping Municipal Council president Shahrom Abdul Malik, who received the cheque on behalf of the zoo, thanked the company for the sponsorship. - 12.05.2012.

11. Mai 2012

  • Morrissey setzt sich für Elefanten-Opa ein - Der britische Sänger Morrissey hat ein Herz für Elefanten: Per Brief forderte er den philippinischen Präsidenten Benigno Aquino III. auf, einen einsamen alten Elefanten aus einem engen Regierungszoo in ein Schutzzentrum zu verlegen. - 11.05.2012.
  • Elefant als PR-Gag: Facebook-Gemeinde spricht von Tierquälerei - (vb/ham) – Es sollte eine "balinesische Nacht" als Geburtstagsfeier werden: Das "Boos K'fé" am Biirgerkräiz hatte am Donnerstag seinen achten Jahrestag gefeiert. Als Stargast war ein indischer Elefant aufgetreten. Über den Auftritt des Tiers zu PR-Zwecken entrüstet sich die Facebook-Gemeinde. - 11.05.2012.
  • Hannover: Elefantenbabys feiern zweiten Geburtstag - Zoo erlebte Babyboom im Jahr 2010. - Hannover (lni). Doppelte Freude im Zoo in Hannover: Gleich zwei Elefantenkinder haben am Freitag ihren zweiten Geburtstag gefeiert. Statt Torte bekamen Saphira und Nuka jede Menge Gras und Gemüse in Form einer großen Zwei ins Elefantengehege. - 11.05.2012.
  • Hunting elephants in South Dakota? - Last week, I told you a little about W.H. Over, a man whose namesake is a museum at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion. While one can imagine that a South Dakota museum has exhibitions about anthropological, historical and archaeological aspects of the cultures, animals and plants from the area, it may come as a surprise to hear that one of the exhibits features bones from an elephant skeleton. - 11.05.2012.
  • Kuki Gallmann: The Last Day of the Elephant Female - In a morning of pale sun after a night of light drizzle Patrol Fuku 1, who had been monitoring daily the elephant female we had treated, reported she had fallen in the night and could not get up. - 11.05.2012.
  • Elephant, calf found dead in Bandipur, BRT forest - A wild elephant and a calf were found dead at Bandipur National Park and Biligiri Ranganathswamy Tiger (BRT) Reserve Forest, in the district. The elephants are suspected to have died of gastroenteritis. - 11.05.2012.
  • Children's Books: Handle With Care - ‘Tua and the Elephant,’ by R. P. Harris. - “A  master mahout becomes one with his elephant,” we are told in this charming novel for middle-grade readers. “He is brother and sister, mother and father, and son and daughter to his elephant. He lives, eats and sleeps with his elephant. ..." - 11.05.2012.
  • Rhinoceros' & Elephants' Seed-Eating Habit Helps Biodiversity - Elephants and rhinoceroses are essential to keeping biodiversity levels high, new research suggests. In areas where these large seed-dispersing animals have disappeared, like the tropical forest of South-East Asia, researchers found that biodiversity dropped off. - 11.05.2012.
  • Wrong to present zoo with elephants - I UNDERSTAND that Johor Zoo will be receiving two new baby elephants from Kuala Gandah Elephant Sanctuary. It’s been barely a year since activists, through their hard work, saved baby Paloh and Jeli from misery, two elephants that had to endure tough times at Johor Zoo, especially Paloh who was shockingly bullied. - 11.05.2012.
  • Singer Morrissey asks P-Noy to free zoo elephant - MANILA, Philippines - Malacañang is studying the proposal of a British singer and animal rights advocate to transfer to a sanctuary a 38-year-old elephant confined in cramped conditions at the Manila Zoo. - 11.05.2012.
  • Injured elephant shifted to rehabilitation centre - A 40-year-old female elephant who was suffering from a fractured leg and found lying in pain near a nala in Pradhikaran area on Wednesday was shifted to the Manikdoh Rehabilitation Centre at Junnar on Thursday. The pachyderm was shifted by the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) and the forest department. - 11.05.2012.
  • Elephant census to be done by May-end - MYSORE: The countrywide elephant census, which is taken every five years, will be done by May-end. Project Elephant field director Ajai Misra, chief conservator of forests, held a meeting of officials in this regard, here on Thursday. Misra said according to the last census (conducted in 2007), Karnataka had 4,000-6,000 elephants. - 11.05.2012.

10. Mai 2012

  • Morrissey setzt sich für philippinischen Zoo-Elefanten ein - Britischer Rockmusiker schreibt Brief an Präsident Aquino. - Vor einem Konzert in der philippinischen Hauptstadt Manila hat sich der britische Rockmusiker Morrissey für einen seit mehr als 30 Jahren eingesperrten Zoo-Elefanten stark gemacht. - 10.05.2012.
  • Elefanten 16 Stunden pro Tag gefesselt - Üble Tierquälerei in Nepal - Elefanten werden für Touristen gefügig gemacht. - Elefanten, die von der Regierung zur Patrouille eingesetzt werden, um Wilderer aufzustöbern? Das hört sich zunächst einmal positiv an. Doch das Schicksal der Elefanten im Chitwan-Nationalpark im Süden Nepals ist alles andere als leicht – es ist schlichtweg Tierquälerei. - 10.05.2012.
  • Handlers abandon injured elephant by the roadside - Pune: An elephant that has probably served its handlers well and earned them a pretty packet while it was healthy was abandoned on the roadside after it fell critically ill. It would have died had an animal activist not come to its rescue. - 10.05.2012.
  • The patter of really big feet at Taronga Zoo - TARONGA Zoo's elephant breeding program has had a breakthrough, with mum-to-be Tang Mo expecting the zoo's fourth baby elephant. Keepers spent two years trying to get Asian elephants Tang Mo and Gung to breed in an attempt to boost the endangered species. - 10.05.2012.
  • 3 elephants die at Nagarahole - MYSORE: In less than two days, three female elephants have died of natural causes at Nagarahole national park. Two elephants, which were undergoing treatment, died on Wednesday. - 10.05.2012.
  • What drove Mila the elephant to kill? - The killing of a keeper by the elephant she loved was seen as a total betrayal of trust. In the elephant's eyes, however, the betrayal began long ago. Kirsty Johnston reports. In the months before she crushed her keeper to death, Mila the African elephant had been having panic attacks. - 10.05.2012.

9. Mai 2012

  • Entdeckung: Kleinstes Mammut lebte auf Kreta - Auf Kreta lebten einst Mammuts in der Größe von Scharfen. Sie sind damit ein extremes Beispiel für die Entstehung von Zwergformen auf Inseln. Bisher wurden die gefundenen Überreste des Mammuts einem kleinen Elefanten zugeschrieben. - 09.05.2012.
  • The World’s First Bionic Elephants - Back in the fall, I wrote a short post about The Eyes of Thailand, a new documentary film about two elephants, Motala and Mosha, who were injured when they stepped on landmines. - 09.05.2012.
  • Tonya the elephant packs her trunk – and says goodbye to the zoo - How a pair of trunks spelled misery for elephant herd, and ended with an eviction. - The three-year-old Asian elephant has been banished, along with her mother Douanita, to keep the peace. Pregnant Douanita had been filmed on CCTV bashing herd members – including her adopted mother, Irma – with her trunk. - 09.05.2012.
  • Mini-mammoth was size of a baby elephant - The smallest-ever mammoth roamed Crete up to 3.5 million years ago, measuring some four feet (just over a metre) at the shoulder, the size of a baby elephant today, said a study published Wednesday. - 09.05.2012.
  • Two female elephants die in forest ranges - Two female elephants died of different dieases at Kudumbur and Kodagu-Mysore forest demarcation ranges of Nagarhole National Park, some 221 km from here, forest officials said today. - 09.05.2012.
  • Tang Mo and Gung: it's complicated - She likes him, he rejects her. - When he's finally ready to get it on with her she plays hard to get. It's a familiar story but fortunately for Taronga Zoo's elephant breeding program it had a happy ending, with mum-to-be Tang Mo now expecting the zoo's fourth baby elephant. - 09.05.2012.
  • Kleinstes Mammut lebte auf Kreta - Vermeintlicher Zwergelefant gehörte zur Gattung Mammuthus, fanden Forscher durch die Vermessung der Backenzähne heraus. - London. Auf Kreta lebte vor rund drei Millionen Jahren ein Mammut im Miniaturformat: Es war nur etwa 1,13 Meter hoch und damit das kleinste Mammut der Welt. - 09.05.2012.
  • Mini mammoth once roamed Crete - Evolution crafted pint-sized pachyderm on Mediterranean island. - Scientists can now add a 'dwarf mammoth' to the list of biological oxymorons that includes the jumbo shrimp and pygmy whale. Studies of fossils discovered last year on the island of Crete in the Mediterranean Sea reveal that an extinct species once thought to be a diminutive elephant was actually the smallest mammoth known to have existed — which, as an adult, stood no taller than a modern newborn elephant. - 09.05.2012.

8. Mai 2012

  • Namibia: Wüstenelefanten muss man suchen - In Afrika leben nur noch zwei Populationen der Wüstenelefanten. Um sie in Namibia frei zwischen Trockenflüssen und Farmen zu sehen, brauchen Touristen Geduld. - Elefanten können so leise auftreten, dass man sie kaum bemerkt. So ging es einer Engländerin: Vertieft in ihr Buch saß sie auf der Terrasse vor ihrem Ferienhäuschen, als nur wenige Meter neben ihr eine ganze Herde Elefanten vorbeizog. - 08.05.2012.
  • Erster Zoo war nicht in Schönbrunn - Lange bevor der Tiergarten Schönbrunn gegründet worden ist, sind in Wien schon exotische Tiere gehalten worden. In der Menagerie des Schlosses Kaiserebersdorf wurden bereits im 16. Jahrhundert Löwen, Bären und sogar ein Elefant gehalten. - 08.05.2012.
  • Begegnung mit Tierschützerin - Schauspieler Colin Firth ist ein "riesiger Fan" von Daphne Sheldrick, die in Afrika Elefanten rettet. - Idol: Colin Firth (51) war hin und weg, als er gestern Abend bei 'CBS' Daphne Sheldrick (77) traf. Der Hollywood-Star ('The King's Speech') sprach von seiner großen Bewunderung gegenüber der Tierschützerin, die sich in Kenia seit über 50 Jahren um elternlose Elefantenbabys kümmert. - 08.05.2012.
  • Olifanten Blijdorp overgeplaatst naar Tsjechië - ROTTERDAM - In Diergaarde Blijdorp zijn vandaag twee olifanten op transport gezet naar een Tjechische dierentuin. Olifant Douanita en haar dochter zijn te dominant en zorgen daardoor voor overlast in de groep. - 08.05.2012.
  • Two elephant calves caught - MACHANG, MALAYSIA - State wildlife director Rahmat Topani said the baby elephants, aged 5 and 3 years and weighing 700kg and 500kg respectively, were in a rubber smallholding after a 30-year-old female elephant, weighing about 2.5 tonnes, was caught by the rangers at 11.45am on Saturday. - 08.05.2012.
  • Odisha intensifies probe into jumbo killings - Bhubaneswar: Odisha Tuesday intensified a probe into the alleged killing of elephants in the state's Similipal National Park after the recovery of decomposed body parts, bones and skulls of four jumbos in the reserve, an official said. - 08.05.2012.
  • Loss of ‘Saheli’ - The 22 year old female elephant named “Saheli” gifted by government of Sri Lanka in 1991 died in Islamabad Zoo on 1st May 2012. The elephant was brought to Pakistan to be partnered with Kaavan, a male elephant. Average age of an elephant ranges from 60 to 70 years and sometimes it goes up to 90 to 100 years. Unfortunately, Saheli died at the age of 22 years as animal mortality ratio is quite high in Islamabad zoo. - 08.05.2012.
  • A doctor for elephants - Dang Nang Long, a resident of Jun Village of Lien Son Town in Vietnam’s central highlands province of Dak Lak is famous for curing elephants, even though he does not have any certifications in this field. - 08.05.2012.
  • Amanda's fight for sick elephant - DETAILS of the dramatic rescue of orphaned elephant Bona are emerging from Sumatra as a team of conservations led by Hervey Bay environmentalist Amanda French continue the battle to save the baby from malnourishment and sickness. - 08.05.2012.
  • Wildlife officials rescue injured baby elephant in Bundibugyo - A three-month elephant has been rescued in Kanala-Ntoroko Village in Semuliki National Game Park in Bundibugyo District. This comes barely a year after a two-month elephant was rescued from an island in Humukungu Fishing Village near Queen Elizabeth National Park. - 08.05.2012.

7. Mai 2012

  • Veterinäre besuchen Elefanten bei Zirkus Busch - Elefanten, die mit Metallringen und Ketten gefesselt und nächtelang in engen Transportern eingepferscht sind - das prangert die Tierschutzorganisation PETA immer wieder an. Besonders Zirkus-Unternehmen würden die Tiere nicht ordentlich halten. - 07.05.2012.
  • Douanita verbannen naar Praag - Olifant Douanita is bezig aan haar laatste dag in Diergaarde Blijdorp. Dinsdag verhuist ze samen met haar dochter Tonya naar de dierentuin van de Tsjechische stad Praag. Douanita moet verhuizen omdat ze de andere olifanten in Blijdorp pestte. - 07.05.2012.
  • Sri Lanka to address elephant conservation - COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, May 7 (UPI) -- Amid increasing human-elephant conflicts ending in the deaths of many of the big animals, Sri Lanka says it is establishing a national conservation center. - 07.05.2012.
  • Orissa: 4 elephants found dead - BHUBANESWAR: Hunters struck in Similipal yet again where at least four elephants have been found killed. Park officials detected decomposed remains of one and burnt carcasses of three other jumbos on Sunday. - 07.05.2012.
  • Elephant advocate: Ivory sale an ongoing threat - Dame Daphne Sheldrick is on a mission to save elephants. - CBS News correspondent Bob Simon and "60 Minutes" introduced the world to her and her remarkable elephant nursery in 2006 and again in 2009. Since then, Africa's elephants have become even more threatened. There are about half a million left, compared to 1.3 million 30 years ago. - 07.05.2012.
  • Elephants need to move before it's too late - TORONTO - What seems to be missing in the hullabaloo over the three remaining elephants in the Toronto Zoo is what’s best for the animals themselves. Beyond dispute is that Toronto is not an environment conducive to maintaining contented elephants. Perhaps it’s even lethal. - 07.05.2012.
  • Zimbabwe rangers kill marauding elephants - Zimbabwe wildlife authorities say rangers shot and killed two marauding elephants after a man was trampled and gored to death in the country's northeast. - 07.05.2012.
  • Jumbos poisoned at Simlipal; carcasses found in core area - Jumbo massacre has recurred in Maoist-ridden Simlipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in Odisha with four charred carcasses of elephants being exhumed from the core area of the reserve. A series of jumbo killings were reported in 2010. - 07.05.2012.
  • Poachers at it again, kill 5 more elephants at Similipal reserve - Two years after poisoning 14 elephants inside Similipal Tiger Reserve, poachers have struck again. In the last 20 days, they have killed five more elephants, including a calf, by poisoning the salt lick — a mineral deposit where animals can obtain essential mineral nutrients. - 07.05.2012.

6. Mai 2012

  • Tierpark Hellabrunn: So feiern Elefanten Geburtstag! - Am 6. Mai 2011 um 21.16 Uhr erblickte der 95 cm große und 117 Kilo schwere Elefant ‘Ludwig’ (Wiggerl’) vom Tierpark Hellabrunn das Licht der Welt! Seine tierische Geburtstagstorte aus Karotten, Honigmelonen, Bananen und Semmeln verspeiste der kleine Elefant im Handumdrehen. Ob er weiß, daß er ein Jahr alt geworden ist? - 06.05.2012.
  • Hellabrunn-Liebling "Ludwig" feiert Geburtstag - Elefantenbaby: Geburtstagstorte für den Hellabrunn-Liebling: Eine Extraportion Karotten, Honigmelonen, Bananen und Semmeln hat der Elefantenbulle "Ludwig" zu seinem ersten Geburtstag am Sonntag im Münchner Tierpark bekommen. - 06.05.2012.
  • Spirit of sisterhood not just for humans - In animals as diverse as African elephants and barnyard mice, blue monkeys of Kenya and feral horses of New Zealand, longlasting and mutually beneficial relationships between females turn out to be the basic unit of social life, the force that not only binds existing groups together but explains why their ancestors formed herds in the first place. - 06.05.2012.
  • Bio fence to halt wild elephants - A bio fence is to be introduced by the Hector Kobbakaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute (HARTI) and a non governmental organization in Kahatagasdigiliya, Rathmalgahawewa area as an alternative to the electric fencing, which halts wild elephants from entering the villages. - 06.05.2012.
  • Elephant calf dies - Salem,May 6 (PTI) A female elephant, part of a herd that killed three persons recently at Tiruvannamalai, 100 km from here, today delivered a calf but the baby died as its mother ran in panic with the umbilical cord intact after villagers burst crackers, forest officials said. - 06.05.2012.
  • Do elephants and whales predict tsunamis? - The agitated bull elephant with tusks was seemingly leading me and my family to safety away from the sea and a possible tsunami. It was 7.20 a.m, several hours before a tsunami alert was issued at 2.30 p.m. on April 11, 2012 by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. I was on a game drive with my family as guests of Mahoora who operate luxury tented safaris. - 06.05.2012.

5. Mai 2012

  • Zimbabwe rangers kill marauding elephants - HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Zimbabwe wildlife authorities say rangers shot and killed two marauding elephants after a man was trampled and gored to death in the country's northeast. - 05.05.2012.
  • Elephant plays tunes on harmonica U.S. zoo - WASHINGTON (AP) -- An elephant named Shanthi at the U.S. national zoo plays a harmonica with her trunk and appears to love doing it. Video released Wednesday by the zoo in Washington shows the 36-year-old Asian elephant has a harmonica attached to her stall and plays tunes even when no humans are within view. - 05.05.2012.
  • Spain's king declared unwelcome by northern town - MADRID (AP) — A northeastern town has declared the king of Spain an unwelcome person, dealing another blow to the 74-year-old monarch who has faced scalding criticism for going on an elephant hunting trip during a severe financial crisis. - 05.05.2012.
  • Lanka mulls elephant conservation centre - Sri Lanka will set up a centre to address human-elephant conflicts in the country, Deputy Economic Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywaradana said yesterday. - 05.05.2012.
  • Trunk calls in Thailand - AFTER a month travelling through Thailand with my two boys, aged five and eight, in tow, it is not the temples, the markets or the hustle and bustle of local transport that most sticks in our minds. - 05.05.2012.

4. Mai 2012

  • Elefantenbulle Colonel Joe bei Circus Krone gestorben - Wie das Münchner Zirkusunternehmen Circus Krone heute über Facebook mitgeteilt hat, ist der Elefantenbulle Colonel Joe tot. Damit sind allein in diesem Jahr bereits drei gesundheitlich angeschlagene Zirkuselefanten gestorben. - 04.05.2012.
  • Circus Krone trauert um Elefant Colonel Joe - Tierschutzorganisationen fordern Haltungsverbot für exotische Tiere im Zirkus. - München (dapd). Der Circus Krone trauert um den Elefantenbullen Colonel Joe - es ist der dritte tote Dickhäuter in einem deutschen Zirkus seit Jahresanfang. "Du hast Kinder erfreut mit deiner Kunst und deiner Pracht, du warst die Seele unserer Elefantenherde", sagte die Geschäftsführerin des Münchner Circus Krone, Christel Sembach-Krone, am Freitag. - 04.05.2012.
  • Elefant Chumpol nach Kämpfen an Verletzungen gestorben - Tierschützer kritisieren Haltung in Zoos. - Köln (dapd). Die Elefantenkuh Chumpol ist im Kölner Zoo an den Folgen eines Kampfes mit ihrer Herde gestorben. Die Obduktion habe ergeben, dass das Tier ein ausgekugeltes Hüftgelenk und schwere Muskelschäden davongetragen habe, teilte der Zoo mit. - 04.05.2012.
  • Grievously injured elephant fighting for life - GUWAHATI, May 4 – In what exemplifies callousness and insensitivity of the Forest Department, a grievously-injured adult female elephant which collapsed near a house at village Nahorsola in Karbi Anglog district in the wee hours on Tuesday, was left unattended for a long time. - 04.05.2012.
  • Hat der Elefant wirklich Angst vor der Maus? - Ist es tatsächlich wahr, dass sich das grösste Landtier vor einer mickrigen Maus fürchtet? Wer kennt die Antwort und beseitigt oder bestätigt das Gerücht um die feigen Rüsseltiere? - 04.05.2012.

3. Mai 2012

  • Kölner Zoo: Elefant in den Tod getrieben - In der Herde im Kölner Zoo soll es Streit gegeben haben. - Köln. Drama im Elefantengehege des Kölner Zoos: Tierpfleger haben die Elefantenkuh Chumpol am Mittwoch tot in einem Becken im Gehege gefunden. - 03.05.2012.
  • 1,500 Mwatate elephants driven back to the park - THE Kenya Wildlife Services has managed to drive back more than 1,500 stray elephants that have been terrorising villagers in Mwatate district. For the last one month,residents of Godoma, Mwashoti, Mwatika and other adjacent villages have been living in fear following the elephant invasion which also caused crop destruction in local farms. - 03.05.2012.
  • Kölner Zoo: Chumpol starb an einem Schock - Am Mittwoch war die Elefantendame Chumpol im Kölner Zoo verstorben. Inzwischen liegt das Ergebnis der vierstündigen Obduktion vor. Posttraumatischer Schock führte zu einem Herz-Kreislauf-Versagen. Die Elefantenkuh war doch älter als zuvor immer angenommen. - 03.05.2012.
  • Elephant move on hold until at least next month - TORONTO - The Toronto Zoo’s elephants likely won’t be packing their trunks until at least June. But Councillors Giorgio Mammoliti, Michelle Berardinetti, Toronto Zoo CEO John Tracogna and the zoo’s head veterinarian will be heading south to visit the PAWS animal sanctuary in California where the three elephants are supposed to be moved. - 03.05.2012.
  • Elephant runs amok injuring 12 at India temple festival - A dozen people were injured when an elephant went on a rampage during the Hindu festival of Poornam. The festival is marked by a procession of elephants through Thrissur, ending at the Vadakkunnathan temple. - 03.05.2012.
  • Female elephant dies of - Erode, May 3 (PTI) A 15-year-old female elephant was found dead in the Tamil Nadu-Karnataka border at Burgur forest area today. - 03.05.2012.
  • Elephant Saheli’s death, urgent inquiry ordered - Islamabad—Chairman Prime Minister’s Task Fore on Islamabad Faisal Sakhi Butt Wednesday ordered immediate inquiry into the mysterious death of female elephant at Margazar Zoo on Tuesday. “A probe report should immediately be submitted. Strict action would be taken against the officials whose negligence proved behind animals’ death. We cannot see the animals dying owing to workers’ negligence,” the Task Force head said during a visit to the Zoo. - 03.05.2012.
  • Elephant death: Zookeeper's funeral today - A funeral for the zookeeper killed by an elephant at Franklin Zoo will be held today. Helen Schofield was crushed to death on April 25 by Mila, a former circus elephant. Dr Schofield, Franklin Zoo's owner and director, had nursed the animal for two years in the hope of getting her into an overseas sanctuary. - 03.05.2012.
  • Tourists caught up in elephant fight - A SAFARI group had front row seats at nature’s own heavyweight battle — as two male elephants fought just yards from their cars. - Terrifed tourists at the Amboseli National Park, Kenya cowered in their vehicles while the African bull elephants locked tusks in a ferocious battle lasting over an hour. - 03.05.2012.

2. Mai 2012

  • Elefant von Herdenmitgliedern getötet? - Im Kölner Zoo ist eine Elefantenkuh offenbar nach einer Auseinandersetzung im Elefantengehege getötet worden. Der Zoo vermutet, dass die thailändische Elefantendame "Chumpol" von anderen Herdenmitgliedern angegriffen wurde. - 02.05.2012.
  • Eerste inseminatie Afrikaanse olifant Beekse Bergen - Wist je al dat…? In Safaripark Beekse Bergen vorige week maandag voor de eerste keer in Nederland een vrouwtjesolifant kunstmatig is geinsemineerd? De ingreep vond plaats bij de 27-jarige Sabi. - 02.05.2012.
  • Douanita moet Blijdorp verlaten - ROTTERDAM - Na een verblijf van 24 jaar in Diergaarde Blijdorp gaat olifant Douanita (Donnie voor verzorgers) Rotterdam verlaten. Met haar jong Tonya vertrekt zij naar de dierentuin van Praag. 'Iedereen binnen de Diergaarde vindt het vreselijk', vertelt een verzorger. 'Maar het is voor haar eigen bestwil'. - 02.05.2012.
  • Zoo's elephant move 'futile:' Lindsay Luby - TORONTO - Zoo board member Councillor Gloria Lindsay Luby is stomping all over the impending move of the Toronto Zoo’s three elephants. “This whole exercise we are going through has cost us time and money, staff time, the board’s time,” Lindsay Luby said Wednesday. - 02.05.2012.
  • Two elephants coming to live in midcoast Maine - HOPE, Maine — Two retired circus elephants are ready to move to Maine after the federal government gave its approval. Hope Elephants, a nonprofit group, plans to bring the animals to a new rehabilitation center built in town by this fall. The group already received town approval and the state approved the elephants' move in September, according to Justin McAnaney, director of operations. - 02.05.2012.
  • WWF Indonesia Calls For Probe Into Elephant Death - Environmental organization WWF called on the government Wednesday to investigate the death of a critically endangered Sumatran elephant allegedly poisoned at an Indonesian oil palm plantation. - 02.05.2012.
  • Elephant Walk - Adults and children watch as elephants and horses with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus show paraded to the Times Union Center on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 in Albany, NY. The circus will be at the Times Union Center from May 2nd through May 6th. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union). - Fotogalerie. - 02.05.2012.
  • Female elephant dies at Murgahazar Zoo - ISLAMABAD - The only zoo of the federal capital, Murgahazar Zoo, faced a major blow on Tuesday when its most valued female elephant ‘Saheli’ expired, apparently due to the carelessness of the Capital Development Authority’s (CDA) staff. However, exact cause of its death will be ascertained after the postmortem report of the animal. - 02.05.2012.
  • Mila the elephant 'was a softy' - A Palmerston North woman says the death of a vet crushed by a former circus elephant could have been avoided. But New Zealand SPCA executive director Bob Kerridge said the woman who lost her life, Helen Schofield, was professional, experienced and trained to handle the elephant. - 02.05.2012.
  • Residents likely killed elephant in Aceh Jaya - A wild elephant suffered for several hours before it died after it was reportedly poisoned on a palm oil plantation in Krueng Layeun village, Aceh Jaya, Aceh, on Monday, a witness says. “We watched the elephant staggering as it walked before it collapsed,” Muktar, a forest ranger, said. - 02.05.2012.
  • Sumatran Elephant Found Poisoned in Indonesia - Banda Aceh, Indonesia. A ranger says an endangered Sumatran elephant has died in a palm oil plantation in western Indonesia, apparently after being poisoned by villagers trying to protect their crops. - 02.05.2012.

1. Mai 2012

  • Kenya: Stiffer Sentences Will Help Save the Elephant - Two months ago ivory poachers caught in West Laikipia in the act of hacking out the tusks of a newly killed elephant were found guilty and fined Sh15,000. This happened in the same court that sentenced a livestock thief to seven years imprisonment for the crime of stealing one sheep. And it happened all on the same day. - 01.05.2012.
  • Tonight's Dateline: The Last Elephant? - The illegal ivory trade is worth millions, but at the cost of thousands of elephants' lives in Africa. Dateline goes undercover to investigate. - 01.05.2012.
  • ‘Eyes of Thailand’ See Elephants on Prosthetic Legs (PHOTOS) - World's largest landmine survivors walk again with human help and ingenuity. - On April 4, people around the world rolled up their pant legs in recognition of the International Day for Mine Awareness, a nod to thousands of victims who fall prey annually to buried explosive devices that litter current and former war zones around the world. - 01.05.2012.
  • Wild elephants unleash havoc - Elephant attacks are now becoming routine in Kumbramane. On Saturday evening two elephants attacked plantations and destroyed crop worth lakhs of rupees, unleashing a sense of fear in the region. - 01.05.2012.
  • Orissa: Elephant Census to begin from June 1 - BARIPADA: Forest officials are all set for this year’s elephant census. It will be conducted simultaneously in Balasore and Mayurbhanj districts besides West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand between June 1 and June 3. The synchronised census has been aimed at averting the overlap since pachyderms migrate across boundaries in search of fodder and water. - 01.05.2012.
  • Shriners’ elephants welcome in Cambridge - Gandhi was quoted. Bob Barker was showcased. And two circus elephants had a Monday night to remember at Cambridge City Council. “Everybody likes a circus,” said councillor Frank Monteiro, before the general committee voted 6-3 in favour of allowing the Shriners Circus, featuring a pair of pachyderms, to set up in a tent outside the Grand River Flea Market from June 22-24. - 01.05.2012.
  • Walkom: Toronto’s elephants part of larger battle over animals - The fight over the future of three Toronto elephants is part of a much larger political battle. It is one that has played out in Parliament over animal cruelty laws. It also plays out regularly, although often below the radar, whenever humane society inspectors raid a farm in rural Ontario. - 01.05.2012.
  • Holding back elephants with electric fences - VietNamNet Bridge – The Dong Nai provincial Natural Reserve is installing an electric system to prevent elephants from entering residential quarters to damage farm crops. However, analysts believe that this should not be a long term solution. - 01.05.2012.
  • Cost of moving elephant could reach $500k - The cost of moving an Auckland elephant which crushed its keeper to death to a Californian sanctuary could reach half a million dollars but is the best option, the SPCA says. - 01.05.2012.

April

30. April 2012

  • Tierrechtler in Eckernförde: Zirkuszauber auch ohne Tiere - Zirkus Knie zu Besuch in Eckernförde / Haltung von 100 Wildtieren ruft Tierrechtler auf den Plan. - Eckernförde. Der Besuch des Schweizer Zirkus Charles Knie, der nach vier Jahren wieder zu Gast auf dem Festzeltplatz am Kakabellenweg war, fand an diesem Wochenende vielerlei Beachtung. - 30.04.2012.
  • Allein mit Elefanten und Tigern: Nachtwächter im Zoo - Köln. Fast alle sind noch wach. Die Wildesel spielen, die Bisons drücken neugierig ihre Nase gegen das Tor ihres Geheges, die Elefanten stecken die Köpfe zusammen und tröten, und der Tiger nimmt ein gemütliches Nachtbad. Es ist überraschend laut, nachts im Zoo. - 30.04.2012.
  • Der Elefanten-Botschafter: Roland Kaiser wirbt für den Allwetterzoo - Münster - Jörg Adler und Roland Kaiser haben sich viel zu erzählen. Fast eine halbe Stunde stehen der Direktor des Allwetterzoos und der Schlagersänger vor dem Elefantengehege, schauen den Dickhäutern zu, die dort ihre Runden drehen, blicken dann herüber zur gigantischen Baustelle für den neuen Elefantenpark. - 30.04.2012.
  • Circus coming to town - The magic of the old fashioned Big Top Circus is alive and well thanks to the hard working men and women of the Kelly Miller Bros. Circus. This traditional tented circus has been delighting audiences across the U.S. and Canada since 1938, and this season’s all-new edition is coming to Mt. Carmel’s Southgate Industrial Park near the Wabash River Bridge on Friday, May 4, with shows at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. - 30.04.2012.
  • Greed, politics at zoo may cost female elephant its life - ISLAMABAD: The most popular animal of Marghazar Zoo, female elephant named Saheli, that has been suffering from severe pain in one of its legs for nearly a fortnight, on Sunday, fell down on ground and could not stand up despite all out efforts by the zoo attendants and veterinary officers. - 30.04.2012.
  • 'Slaughtered for their ivory': Up to 35,000 elephants slain in one year, charity says - LONDON -- Up to 35,000 elephants were killed last year for their tusks, the head of a charity told NBC News. Charlie Mayhew, the chief executive of Tusk Trust, said: "What we have witnessed over the last 18 months or two years has been a significant escalation in the poaching of both rhino for rhino horn and elephant for ivory, fueled by sort of a dramatic increase in demand from consumers in the Far East. - 30.04.2012.
  • Elephant gores worker to death - Coimbatore,Apr30 (PTI) A 25-year-old estate worker was today gored to death by a Kumki (tamed elephant), when he attempted to save his colleague from its attack at Kolikamudi Settlement area coming under Anamalai Tiger Reserve in the district, forest department sources said. - 30.04.2012.
  • Karnataka: Elephant census in state to begin soon - BANGALORE: After the successful tiger census last year, the forest department is now gearing up for an elephant census slated to be conducted during the second or third week of May. - 30.04.2012.
  • Shriners’ elephants welcome in Cambridge - CAMBRIDGE — Gandhi was quoted. Bob Barker was showcased. And two circus elephants had a Monday night to remember at Cambridge City Council. “Everybody likes a circus,” said councillor Frank Monteiro, before the general committee voted 6-3 in favour of allowing the Shriners Circus, featuring a pair of pachyderms, to set up in a tent outside the Grand River Flea Market from June 22-24. - 30.04.2012.

29. April 2012

  • PLACES: An honour to be from Kandang - NO LIVESTOCK: Visitors expecting to see herds of cows or goats in Kandang will be sorely disappointed, writes JasonGerald John - PEOPLE from this town always had a hard time when asked where they are from. It may be a simple question, one which can be answered with ease by most people, but not those from this town in Malacca. - 29.04.2012.

28. April 2012

  • Louie the elephant turns 9 - TOLEDO -- One of the Toledo Zoo's most popular residents celebrated a birthday on Saturday. Louie the elephant turned 9 and zoo staff presented him with presents and a cake. Despite the dreary weather throngs of zoo patrons flocked to see Louie and to take pictures of him on his special day. Louie is the first elephant to be born at the zoo. - 28.04.2012.
  • Travel:Africa is a poacher’s paradise - Summary: The continent’s porous border has been blamed for the recent slaughter of 600 elephants in just two months in Cameroon by armed poachers and hundreds of animal deaths elsewhere. In ordinary times, Cameroon’s Bouba N’Djida National Park is largely unremarkable and soulless, no doubt owing to its remote location in the arid north-eastern border region with Chad. - 28.04.2012.
  • Tanzania battles elephant poaching - ELEPHANT poaching in Tanzania’s game reserves and national parks is back in full swing as international poachers with local connections kill an average of 20 elephants for their ivory every month. Wildlife officials say a well-organised group of poachers has been slaughtering elephants for their tusks, which make their way to ivory markets in Asia. - 28.04.2012.
  • Elephant may still come to Lode after fatal clash - Its fate uncertain after New Zealand zookeeper crushed to death. - An African elephant is still welcome in San Andreas after killing a zookeeper in New Zealand. Pat Derby, owner of Performing Animal Welfare Society, said last week the 39-year-old elephant now known as Mila could eventually find a home in the Mother Lode. - 28.04.2012.
  • Elephant, lion and tiger safe after truck fire in Quebec - BAIE-ST-PAUL, QUE.—An elephant, a lion and a young tiger were briefly in peril after the truck they were being carried in caught fire north of Quebec City on Saturday. But the circus animals were quickly rescued from the flaming vehicle near Baie-St-Paul. - 28.04.2012.
  • Elephant was following circus order: witness - A witness to the fatal accident at Franklin Zoo says the elephant was triggered to kneel down, crushing her keeper, by what appeared to be a misinterpreted circus command: "down". - 28.04.2012.

27. April 2012

  • Elefanten-Baby Assam entdeckt den Sandkasten - Der Sand klebte an Assam fest. Kein Wunder, wenn man sich so im Sand wälzt wie das Elefanten-Baby. Assam ist gerade zwei Wochen alt. Der Dickhäuter lebt im Tierpark Hagenbeck in Hamburg. - 27.04.2012.
  • Freilauf für Elefantenbaby "Assam" im Tierpark Hagenbeck - Hamburg (dpa/lno) - Der kleine Elefantenbulle «Assam» im Hamburger Tierpark Hagenbeck ist am Freitag im Freilaufgehege präsentiert worden. Der kleine Dickhäuter sei wohlauf, sagte eine Sprecherin des Tierparks. - 27.04.2012.
  • David Ruddick Relies on Sound Devices to Capture Audio for War Elephants - When sound engineer David Ruddick was presented with the challenge of finding portable audio gear that would hold up in the rugged terrain and extreme climate of Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park for an upcoming National Geographic elephant documentary, he turned to Sound Devices’ 552 Production Mixer. - 27.04.2012.
  • Tina, the elephant, recovers after dental surgery! - Belfast Zoo's Asian elephant, Tina, is currently recovering after receiving dental surgery. It was discovered that her tush (male Asian elephants have tusks but females have tushes, which are short second incisors) was broken and was sticking into her gum, causing infection. - 27.04.2012.
  • Entire herd of elephants massacred by air strike in Congo - According to MailOnline.com, the latest poaching massacre is a nightmare story. Taking place in the Northeast Congo's Garamba National Park, the poachers hovered in a helicopter over a herd of elephants and opened fire with semi-automatic weapons killing the entire 22 elephants in the herd. - 27.04.2012.
  • Monk ordination on elephant-back in Surin - Ban Ta Klang in Surin province is Thailand's largest elephant village and where elephant raising has been passed down through generations for centuries. People here speak the Kui language and have well-preserved their ancient culture and traditions, such as the worshipping of ancestors before capturing wild elephants and the wedding and monk ordination procession on elephant-back. - 27.04.2012.
  • Elephant stays put - Lucy the elephant appears to be staying put after a ruling from the Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday that it will not hear a case regarding her future. - 27.04.2012.
  • INTERVIEW · ROLAND GRAMLING: Toleriertes Töten - Spaniens König Juan Carlos hatte die entsprechenden Kontakte. Doch wer will und wer genug Geld dafür ausgibt, kann in vielen Teilen Afrikas Elefanten ganz legal jagen. Der WWF toleriert das. - 27.04.2012.
  • Elephants to be counted this summer - After five long years, the elephants in the state will be counted this May. According to the last census Karnataka has over 5,000 elephants in the wild which is one of the highest wild elephant populations in the country followed by Kerala and Assam. - 27.04.2012.
  • Elephant Orphans in Kenya - Tourists play with a baby elephant at the Elephant Orphans established by the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in the suburb of Nairobi, Kenya, April 26, 2012. A total of more than 20 baby elephants orphaned by ivory poachers or natural disasters live here. Employees take good care of them until they get independent life ability and then will set them free to the wild. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao) - Fotos. - 27.04.2012.

26. April 2012

  • Toronto elephants get more support - TORONTO - Concerned about the future health of Toronto’s elephants and the very existence of Toronto’s Zoo, Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti is urging the deal to send the pachyderms to a California sanctuary be thwarted. - 26.04.2012.
  • CA sanctuary says killer elephant still welcome - LOS ANGELES—An African elephant is still welcome at a California sanctuary after killing a zookeeper who was preparing to move the animal from New Zealand, the sanctuary owner said Thursday. - 26.04.2012.
  • What Does Elephant Taste Like? - As anyone educated by "The Flintstones" knows, one of prehistoric man’s favorite meals was barbecued mastodon ribs. Paleolithic cave paintings seem to support the claim (though whether the ribs were prepared with a dry rub or marinade is still a hot topic in archaeological journals). - 26.04.2012.
  • Benjamin kickt, kaspert und knabbert Bäume an - Wangen Da haben sich Passanten, Autofahrer und Touristen gestern doch verwundert die Augen gerieben: Ein leibhaftiger Elefant hat bei seinem Spaziergang durch Wangen für mächtig Aufsehen gesorgt. Mit seinem „Benjamin“ warb der Zirkus Luna, der derzeit an der Erzberger Straße seine Zelte aufgeschlagen hat, für seine Vorstellungen. - 26.04.2012.
  • NZ elephant was set for sanctuary - THE Kiwi zookeeper crushed by a elephant had been trying to get the lonely animal into an animal sanctuary. Mila the African elephant - known as Jumbo over three decades as a circus animal - had lived at the Franklin Zoo near Auckland for four years as a stopgap measure until it could be relocated to a home where it could live with other African elephants. - 26.04.2012.
  • Lucy the elephant to stay in Edmonton - Supreme Court will not hear appeal over moving elephant. - The Supreme Court of Canada will not be getting involved in a fight over a 36-year-old Asian elephant in an Edmonton zoo. - 26.04.2012.
  • 28 elephants electrocuted in the last two years - The news that 28 elephants have died in the State in the last two years due to electrocution comes as a shocker. Most of these incidents have been reported in Kodagu, Chamrajanagar and Mysore areas where the number of elephants is good and the animals are frequently on the move. - 26.04.2012.
  • Elephant keeper: Animal 'loves me' - The woman crushed to death by an elephant told a neighbour recently that the animal "loves me". Helen Schofield was crushed to death yesterday when the elephant she had spent two years nursing back to health picked her up in its trunk and lifted her into the air, Auckland SPCA executive director Bob Kerridge said. - Video. 26.04.2012.

25. April 2012

  • Elefantenrunde im Zoo: Schwergewichte für Elefantenpark - Münster - Es war, so Oberbürgermeister Markus Lewe, die erste Elefantenrunde vor der Landtagswahl, die sich im Zoo abgespielt hat. Die Westfälische Unternehmerinitiative Artenschutz hatte Unternehmer zu einem unterhaltsamen Abend eingeladen, um für das fünf Millionen Euro teure Projekt im Zoo zu werben. - 25.04.2012.
  • Zoo-Unfall: Elefant quetscht Wärterin zu Tode - Entsetzen in Neuseeland: Ein ausgemusterter Zirkuselefant hat in einem Zoo nahe Auckland seine Pflegerin zu Tode gequetscht. Was das Tier zu der tödlichen Attacke trieb, ist nicht bekannt. - 25.04.2012.
  • Circus Carl Busch in Würzburg: Haltlose Vorwürfe - „Wir lieben unsere Tiere und wir achten darauf, dass es ihnen gut geht“. - Würzburg (clap) – Zwei Mal besuchten die städtischen Amtsveterinäre den Circus Carl Busch auf der Talavera während ihres Gastspiels in Würzburg, einmal mit, einmal ohne Anmeldung. Zu keinem Zeitpunkt wurde der Zustand der Tiere oder ihre Unterbringung beanstandet. - 25.04.2012.
  • Kenya: Bees to Sting Away Elephants From Farms in Voi - An international conservation agency has launched a massive campaign to persuade small-scale farmers in Taita Taveta county to practice bee keeping as an affordable means of preventing elephants from invading their farms. - 25.04.2012.
  • Elephants in training to enter crates for coming move - The Toronto Zoo’s elephant enclosure now has three large crates on site, and Toka, Thika and Iringa are getting used to entering them as they prepare for the long trip to their new home in California. - 25.04.2012.
  • Janice Aria: Circus elephants are well treated - CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The letter "Ringling Bros. Circus abuses elephants," is full of inaccuracies that we would like to correct. It is clear from her letter that Ms. Pope has been taken in by false information put out by animal rights activists who will never be satisfied with animals in captivity, no matter how humane and correct the treatment by Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey. - 25.04.2012.
  • Elephants march into Khorixas - The outspoken Chief Petrus Ukongo of #Aodaman Traditional Authority, based at the North-western town of Khorixas, has warned residents to be on the look-out for elephants after one was seen strolling through the tarred roads of Khorixas in the early hours of Saturday morning. - 25.04.2012.
  • Elephants Cry Too - If you want to see an elephant, chances are you’ll end up at a circus or a zoo. However, if you want to truly see how elephants behave in the wild, you don’t need to search very hard. Elephants are quite similar to humans. - 25.04.2012.
  • Dozen elephants in illegal captivity: PFA - Despite a bar on sale and purchase of elephants in the country, the Haryana government continues to have elephants on its list of animals, which can be put on sale at cattle fairs. Not only this, the Haryana chapter of People For Animals (PFA) claimed that nearly a dozen elephants were kept in illegal captivity in Haryana and were being abused on different occasions. - 25.04.2012.
  • No mates for Burma the elephant - Burma, the elephant at Auckland Zoo, will be alone for at least another year while the hunt to find friends for her continues. The search is taking longer than planned. - 25.04.2012.
  • Heritage animal faces elephantine problem - We have declared elephants as our ‘National Heritage Animal’. And left them to fight for their survival against odds. - In October 2010, with much fanfare, India declared the elephant as its National Heritage Animal. - 25.04.2012.

24. April 2012

  • Tests show 'out of control' elephants had been drugged - TESTS have revealed that two circus elephants involved in two dangerous incidents had been drugged. The results of lab tests on blood and urine samples have borne out fears that their food was deliberately tampered with. - 24.04.2012.
  • Candy the elephant makes a sweet spectacle at port - Meet Candy the elephant. It’s March 1959 and she was being enticed aboard the Isle of Wight car ferry on the Broad Street, slipway in Old Portsmouth, watched by an amused crowd. - Foto. - 24.04.2012.
  • Majestic kindness - The 1937 film The Elephant Boy was screened recently at the National Gallery of Modern Art to a full house. - Even after 75 years, “The Elephant Boy” charms for its simple, yet compelling storyline and neatly-arranged narrative. - 24.04.2012.
  • Kenya rangers shoot, kill 5 suspected poachers - NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The Kenya Wildlife Service says its game rangers have shot and killed five suspected poachers in the country's western region and recovered elephant tusks weighing 110 pounds. - 24.04.2012.
  • Tests reveal circus elephants were drugged - Two elephants involved in a crushing incident which left a circus worker fighting for his life have tested positive for drugs. Laboratory tests ordered by Courtney Brothers Circus following the incident in Cork City last month have found traces of opiates in the systems of both animals. - 24.04.2012.

23. April 2012

  • ZELLERAU: „Die Elefanten gehören zu unserer Zirkusfamilie“ - Amtstierärzte prüfen die Tierhaltung bei Busch auf der Talavera: Keine Missstände festgestellt. - Wildtiere in der Zirkus-Manege sind seit Jahren ein Stein des Anstoßes für viele Tierschützer. Sie sehen Probleme bei der Haltung der Elefanten, Giraffen oder Bären und prangern die Gefangenschaft und den permanenten Transport an. - 23.04.2012.
  • Survival doubtful for local elephants - VietNamNet Bridge – Wild elephants could disappear from Viet Nam's Central Highlands permanently as deforestation has destroyed their habitat and source of food needed for survival. - 23.04.2012.
  • Born to be Wild shows us beauty - They were no doubt seen as somewhat insane when they started, but two women in different parts of the world were struck with the same idea when they witnessed continuing wildlife tragedy. In Kenya, Dame Daphne Sheldrick saw baby elephants left orphaned by poachers. - 23.04.2012.
  • Orissa: Elephant electrocuted, power supply hit - SAMBALPUR: An elephant was found dead near Dangapal village in Chuliakani Khesra forest under Bamra wildlife division, on Saturday night. Sources said the elephant got entangled in live wire after an electric pole it was rubbing its back against crashed. It died on the spot. - 23.04.2012.
  • Friends walk to help elephants - TWO volunteers from North Devon are trekking across SriLanka with an elephant as part of a charity project working with the animals. Halina Pokoj, 25, of Barnstaple, will set off on her adventure this month with her friend Wayne Beaumont from Woolacombe. - 23.04.2012.
  • Newborn Elephant at Nong Nooch Tropical Garden - On Friday, Khun Kam-pon Tan-sat-ja, the director of Nong Nooch Tropical Gardens, received a report from a mahout Pra-mual Ram-don, that a female elephant would be giving birth soon. Later in the day, the General Manager Khun Pat-ta-nun Khan-ti-sook-phan, took the media to observe and take photos of the delivery. One hour later, a female elephant baby was born, and the new youngster is healthy, and of pleasant character. - 23.04.2012.
  • Hyenas fought off by elephant mum in life or death struggle in Africa - THE dramatic moment an elephant mum fought off a pack of hyenas to protect her tiny calf has been caught on film by a stunned group of tourists. The life and death struggle began as the hyena pack pounced on the unsuspecting calf when it became separated from the herd. - 23.04.2012.
  • Erwünschte Jagd - Im südlichen Afrika wachsen die Elefantenpopulationen so stark, dass die Umwelt gefährdet ist. - JOHHANESBURG. In Spanien mag man darüber entsetzt sein, dass König Juan Carlos im südafrikanischen Botsuana auf Elefantenjagd ging. Dort aber ist man höchstens darüber enttäuscht, dass der Monarch schließlich doch keinen Dickhäuter schoss. Zum einen fehlt dem Staat nun die bis zu 60 000 Dollar hohe Trophäen-Steuer. Zum anderen müsste die Zahl der Dickhäuter eigentlich dezimiert werden. Denn ihr Heißhunger droht Teile des südlichen Afrikas in eine Ödnis zu verwandeln. - 23.04.2012.
  • Elephant lovers get a scare - The youngest and the newest member in the family of captive elephants of the Guruvayur temple gave officials and elephant lovers a scare. Ayyappankutty, the little tusker, stopped taking food and water a couple of weeks ago. - 23.04.2012.
  • Elephant shifted to Tripura sanctuary - AGARTALA: Tripura wildlife officials have sent an elephant, caught in the forest of Amarpur in South Tripura on Saturday, to Shepahijala sanctuary in West Tripura on Sunday. It belonged to a circus group in Bangladesh. - 23.04.2012.

22. April 2012

  • Spanier vergeben ihrem König Jagd auf Elefanten - Madrid (dpa) - Die Mehrheit der Spanier verurteilt die umstrittene Elefantenjagd von König Juan Carlos, hat dem Monarchen aber verziehen. Nach einer Umfrage der Zeitung «El Mundo» akzeptierten 70 Prozent der Befragten die Bitte des 74-Jährigen um Entschuldigung. Wie das Blatt am Sonntag berichtete, stuften 73 Prozent die Amtsführung des Königs als gut oder sehr gut ein. - 22.04.2012.
  • Sieben Elfenbeinschmuggler in Guinea verhaftet - In Guinea sind sieben Schmuggler wegen des illegalen Handels mit Elfenbein und Tierpelzen festgenommen worden. Insgesamt seien 80 Kilogramm Elfenbeinschnitzereien und zehn Pelze von Panthern im Gesamtwert von umgerechnet rund 46'000 Franken beschlagnahmt worden, sagte Vize-Sicherheitsminister Maramany Cissé am Samstag. - 22.04.2012.
  • Time to let Lucy go - Re: "Toronto zoo downgraded over elephant relocation," the Journal, April 19. - Lucy is truly alone now. One by one, Canadian zoos are sending their elephants away. Toronto's elephants will soon be winging their way to a sanctuary. And now Calgary Zoo has announced its decision to send its elephants "to a larger facility with a larger herd," recognizing that zoos are too small to house elephants and that elephants need to live in a large social group. - 22.04.2012.
  • Suspected elephant poachers shot dead - KENYA: The Kenya Wildlife Service says its game rangers have shot and killed five suspected poachers in the country’s western region and recovered elephant tusks weighing 110 pounds. - 22.04.2012.

21. April 2012

  • Afrikas Elefanten in Not - Nicht nur Spaniens König Juan Carlos freut sich daran, Elefanten in Afrika zu jagen. Zu viele tun dies. Deshalb ist die Lage der Dickhäuter dramatisch. - Kunstvoll verzierte Aschenbecher, Armbänder und Anhänger aus makellosem Elfenbein sind beliebte Mitbringsel vieler Asien-Urlauber. Das Geschäft mit dem „weißen Gold“ blüht, obwohl der Handel mit dem Rohstoff eigentlich schon seit mehr als 20 Jahren verboten ist. - 21.04.2012.
  • Krefeld: Zoofreunde-Chef gibt Bestandsschutz für Elefantenkühe - Krefeld (RP). Die Krefelder Elefanten-Debatte nimmt kein Ende: Auf der Jahreshauptversammlung der Zoofreunde am Donnerstagabend hat Vorsitzender Friedrich R. Berlemann Zoo-Aufsichtsratschef Joachim C. Heitmann (FDP) für seine öffentlichen Äußerungen kritisiert. - 21.04.2012.
  • Teaching elephants new tricks - MAMMOTH TASK: It requires a lot of patience to understand the mammals, says trainer. - LANCHANG: WHEN he was a young boy, Mohamad Suri Aziz had always wondered how elephants were tamed, trained and controlled by mahouts or elephant trainers at the circus. - 21.04.2012.
  • Elephants in state to have data book - KOTTAYAM: All elephants in the state will have a data book akin to RC book for vehicles and this will be the first of its kind in the country, said minister for forest K B Ganesh Kumar on Friday. - 21.04.2012.
  • Work on state's first elephant sanctuary taking shape - LUCKNOW: The first elephant sanctuary of the state seems to be gradually taking shape, with the habitat management for the Elephant Reserve, coming up in Saharanpur and Bijnore districts, going on. In 2012-13, fresh projects have been proposed for the development of the habitat. - 21.04.2012.

20. April 2012

  • Calgary Zoo lauded for ‘bold move’ to find new home for elephants - ‘Not every urban zoo needs elephants,’ says expert. - The Calgary Zoo’s decision to send its Asian elephants packing within the next half-decade drew praise from animal experts as a “bold move” — but also warnings about the potential risks of relocating the large pachyderms. - 20.04.2012.
  • Andhra Pradesh: Solar fencing to deter crop-raiding elephants - HYDERABAD: Taking a serious note of the continuous raids by elephants on crops surrounding forest areas in Chittoor and Srikakulam districts, the forest department has come up with a slew of measures to prevent the intrusion of elephants into human habitations. - 20.04.2012.

19. April 2012

  • Calgary Zoo to find new home for popular Asian elephants - Lack of space cited for decision to relocate four pachyderms. - The Calgary Zoo has announced plans to relocate its endangered Asian elephants to deal with long-term space constraints at the facility. - Video. - 19.04.2012.
  • Ein Elefant spaziert bald auch durch Wangen - WANGEN/LINDAU / jtw/bee Es gibt Dinge, die sind nicht zu übersehen: ein Elefant in der Fußgängerzone zum Beispiel. Dies wissen auch die Verantwortlichen des Zirkus Luna. - 19.04.2012.
  • Jewell the elephant gets a new shoe - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (April 19, 2012) - Snell Prosthetic & Orthotic Laboratory treated its largest patient ever when it fitted Jewell the elephant with a custom orthotic shoe designed to help the elephant walk steady. - Video. - 19.04.2012.
  • Elephants destroy crops - CHIKMAGALUR: A herd of wild elephants destroyed coffee, banana and other crop plantations in and around Saragodu area in Mudigere taluk on Tuesday. - 19.04.2012.
  • Man, 39, survives elephant attack - MYSORE: A 39-year-old computer teacher from Bangalore, who was grievously injured in a wild elephant attack near K Gudi forest in Chamarajanagar district three months ago, has recovered miraculously. - 19.04.2012.

18. April 2012

  • Elefanten abgeschossen: Juan Carlos entschuldigt sich - Es kommt nur sehr selten vor, dass ein König einen Fehler einräumt und sich öffentlich dafür entschuldigt. Der spanische Monarch Juan Carlos zeigt nach seiner umstrittenen Elefantenjagd nun öffentlich Reue. Der Druck auf den 74-Jährigen war zu groß geworden. - 18.04.2012.
  • Ein Elefant sorgt für Aufsehen - Tierschützer kritisieren Zirkus Luna – Veterinäramt kann keine Verstöße finden. - LINDAU Es gibt Dinge, die sind nicht zu übersehen: ein Elefant in der Fußgängerzone zum Beispiel. Dies wissen auch die Verantwortlichen des Zirkus Luna. - 18.04.2012.
  • Elephants terrorise villagers in Moz - Maputo - Rampaging elephants are terrorising Mozambican villages near the Zimbabwe border, attacking people, trampling crops and scaring children, state-run newspaper Noticias reported on Wednesday. - 18.04.2012.
  • Namibia: Elephants Cause Havoc in Dâures - Windhoek — A traditional councillor in Otjikakaneno in the Dâures Constituency estimates that there are as many as 70 wild elephants roaming the area, damaging property and scaring people away. Hivirikee Uaseuapuani, Traditional Councillor of the Zeraeua Traditional Authority, says people live in constant fear of the beasts that last week destroyed a kraal at one homestead during the night. - 18.04.2012.
  • The big fat Indian wedding, complete with an elephant (VIDEO) - SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 18, 2012 — I am walking down Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, California, with the Pacific Ocean surging nearby, when this bejeweled , richly caparisoned elephant adorned with silks, brocades, flowers and henna, walks nonchalantly down the street. - 18.04.2012.
  • Letter: Elephants already happy - Let us not be bullied into moving the elephants at the Topeka Zoo away from their home by someone, or a movement, from outside our community. - 18.04.2012.
  • WWF defends elephant hunts for conservation - The WWF would prefer Spain's King Carlos to step down as President of its Spanish chapter after it emerged he was hunting elephants in Botswana. Yet the group defends such hunts under certain conditions. - 18.04.2012.
  • Tusker ‘killed’ by elephant herd - BHUBANESWAR: The carcass of a 40-year-old tusker was found at Bharatpur, on the outskirts of the city on Tuesday, who is believed to have been killed by a herd of elephants at Chandaka elephant sanctuary. - 18.04.012.
  • Orissa: Elephant found dead - BHUBANESWAR: A 60-year-old tusker was found dead under mysterious circumstances near Dasapur within the Chandaka Wildlife Division on Tuesday morning, fuelling fears of poaching. - 18.04.2012.
  • DeLand circus settles elephant treatment complaint for $15K - DELAND -- The owner of Cole Bros. Circus has agreed to a $15,000 penalty to settle a complaint levied by the U.S. Department of Agriculture alleging several violations on the part of the circus related to the care and treatment of two elephants. - 18.04.2012.
  • In 1950, an elephant fell out of a monorail in Germany - In 1950, a three-year-old elephant named Tuffi was forced to ride a public monorail in Wuppertal, Germany. The animal was loaded aboard as a promotion for the Althoff Circus. This ride was supposed to be a lighthearted affair, but the world quickly learned that pachyderms and monorails simply do not mix. - 18.04.2012.
  • Killing a single elephant can leave family devastated - Sir, The real outrage of King Carlos of Spain’s elephant hunting trip is not his timing but that it happened at all (“King’s jaunt angers Spain”, April 16). It has been well established that elephants are capable of experiencing emotions, including joy, anger, grief and sympathy. - 18.04.2012.
  • Remembering Sabu, the mahout from Mysore - BANGALORE: When Sabu Dastagir, the boy mahout from Mysore, made his maiden appearance in Robert Flaherty's 'Elephant Boy' in 1935, he captured the imagination of the West. - 18.04.2012.

17. April 2012

  • JUAN CARLOS: Elefantenjagd mit Folgen - Kritik am König wird immer lauter - MADRID/HAMBURG. Elefantenjagd mit Folgen: Nach seinem extravaganten Spaß-Ausflug ins südafrikanische Botsuana wird die Kritik am spanischen König Juan Carlos immer lauter. Die Umweltorganisation WWF legte dem Monarchen am Montag nahe, sein Amt als Ehrenpräsident des Verbandes in Spanien abzugeben. - 17.04.2012.
  • Elefant löst Polizeieinsatz in Lindau aus - Ein Elefant hat am Dienstag in Lindau am Bodensee einen Polizeieinsatz ausgelöst. Passanten beobachteten, wie der Dickhäuter nahe eines Fastfoodrestaurants auf der Straße herumlief und verständigten die Polizei, wie diese am Dienstag mitteilte. - 17.04.2012.
  • DICKES SEX-PROBLEM IM ZOO: Frauenheld Nikolai soll weg! - SECHS ELEFANTEN-DAMEN TRAURIG. - Hannover – Mit seinem flinken Rüssel hat dieser Elefant noch jede rumgekriegt... Super-Bulle Nikolai (18), der Star in unserem Zoo, ein echter Weiberheld. Vor zwei Jahren sorgte der Dickhäuter für eine Weltsensation: Er wurde in einem Jahr gleich 5-mal Papa. - 17.04.2012.
  • Tucson Zoo Crowdsources To Feed Elephants - Leafy greens aren't easy to come by in the desert, and when the Reid Park Zoo in Tucson welcomed five new elephants, they quickly realized they would need help locating branches for the pachyderms to snack on. So, they put out an open call to area residents. They asked for African sumac, mesquite, mimosa and fig leaves, among other plants. Audie Cornish talks with the zoo's general curator about his crowd-sourcing for elephant snacks. - 17.04.2012.
  • Elephant walk Wednesday evening in Charleston - The annual opportunity to see "The Greatest Show on Earth," is back in Charleston. The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus have scheduled the annual elephant walk for 6 p.m. Wednesday between Charleston Town Center Mall and the Civic Center, where the circus is scheduled to perform through Sunday. - 17.04.2012.
  • Cameroon plans climate projects to protect elephants from poaching - YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AlertNet) – In response to the recent large-scale poaching of elephants in and near the Bouba Ndjida National Park, the Cameroon government has announced steps not only to improve security but also to mitigate the effects of climate change on the drought-stricken park, in an effort to prevent elephants moving out of the protected area into the hands of ivory hunters. - 17.04.2012.
  • Elephant task force told to give report in 3 months - The High Court has directed the special task force - constituted by it to look into the man-elephant conflict and the proposed translocation of elephants from Hassan - to submit the report within three months. - 17.04.2012.

16. April 2012

  • Poachers defy borders in search of elephants - In ordinary times, Cameroon’s Bouba N’Djida National Park is largely unremarkable and soulless, no doubt owing to its remote location in the arid north-eastern border region with Chad. - 16.04.2012.
  • From here & there - In ancient times, elephants were domesticated and used during battles. The manner in which elephants were caught and domesticated in India is described by Persian ambassador, Abdul Razzak, in his work Matlau us Sadain. - 16.04.2012.
  • Bangladeshi Jumbo triggers panic in Agartala - Agartala, April 16 — An elephant, that entered the northeastern state of Tripura from neighbouring Bangladesh, has triggered panic among people in Agartala, a senior forest official said here Monday. - 16.04.2012.
  • When a road turns death trap - A team from Karnataka has now come out with a scientific study on how roads passing through a forest affect wildlife. The study, carried out in the Nagarhole National Park, makes it clear that large animals don’t like coming anywhere close to the highway. - 16.04.2012.
  • Erklär's mir: Dürfen Elefanten gejagt werden? - Elefanten wurden lange Zeit vor allem wegen des Elfenbeins aus ihren Stoßzähnen gejagt. Aus Elfenbein wird beispielsweise Schmuck hergestellt. Weil Elfenbein wertvoll ist und Jäger damit viel Geld verdienen können, wurden allerdings so viele Elefanten getötet, dass es immer weniger von ihnen gab. - 16.04.2012.
  • ELEFANTENBABYS IM ZOO UND TIERPARK: Guter Hoffnung - BERLIN – Drei Elefantenbabys werden dieses Jahr in Zoo und Tierpark erwartet. Zwischen 20 und 23 Monaten beträgt die Tragezeit bei Elefanten. Elefantendame Nova könnte ihr Jungtier sogar schon eher bekommen als von den Wissenschaftlern vorausgesagt. - 16.04.2012.

15. April 2012

  • Elephants Now Think Twice About Midnight Snacks in Tanzania - Farmers Find a Whiff of Chili Pepper Sends Pachyderms Packing and Saves Corn Crops. - MIKUMI VILLAGE, Tanzania—Snap. Crack. Pop. That's the sound of an African elephant with a dangerous case of the munchies crashing through underbrush at 25 miles per hour. - 15.04.2012.
  • Juan Carlos: Der Tierschützer, der Elefanten jagt - Der spanische König hat sich die Hüfte gebrochen - und damit einen Skandal ausgelöst. Denn Juan Carlos befand sich bei seinem Sturz in Botswana, um dort Elefanten zu jagen. Dabei ist der 74-Jährige Ehrenpräsident der Tierschutzorganisation WWF. Nun hagelt es Kritik. - 15.04.2012.
  • Elefanten in Botsuana - Dakar (dpa) - In keinem anderen Land Afrikas leben so viele Elefanten wie in Botsuana. Rund 130 000 der Dickhäuter streifen dort derzeit durch die Savannen. Die Zahl ist in den 80er Jahren stark gestiegen, weil damals der Bürgerkrieg im benachbarten Angola Tausende der grauen Riesen nach Botsuana trieb. - 15.04.2012.
  • Lost Elephant Calf Rescued In Assam - Guwahati, April 15 : A two-month old elephant calf, which had fallen into a hole and had got separated from its mother, was rescued by forest rangers in Sangsongbil under Kherni range in Assam's Karbi Anglong district early this week. - 15.04.2012.
  • Tusker dies in fight over female elephant - Jalpaiguri: A tusker was killed when it got into a fight with another tusker reportedly over the possession of a female elephant at the Buxa Tiger Reserve on Friday night. The carcass of the tusker was found on Saturday. - 15.04.2012.

14. April 2012

  • Tier begraben: Elefant Molly müffelt in Tübingen - Stuttgart - Es war fast ein Geheimunternehmen. Im Juli vergangenen Jahres hoben ein paar Männer in weißen Schutzanzügen am Rande des Schlosses Hohentübingen ein e Grube aus. Im Hasengraben, einem öffentlich nicht zugänglichen Teil des Schlossgrabens, wurden mehrere große Stücke verscharrt. - 14.04.2012.
  • Wie Dumbi den Bobby-Car platt machte - «Dumbi, pfui!», rufen die Kinder aufgeregt, als ihr Haus-Elefant ihre Spielsachen zerstört. Wie der neue Film des Zoo Zürich entstanden ist, zeigt das Making-of. - Mit Videos. - 14.04.2012.
  • Arche Nebra: Blitzbesuch bei den "Eiszeitriesen" - In der aktuellen Sonderausstellung der Arche Nebra kann man noch bis November den "Eiszeitriesen", so der Titel der Schau, einen Blitzbesuch abstatten und 100.000 Jahre zurück reisen. - 14.04.2012.
  • Spain King Hurt in Elephant Hunting Fall - (MADRID) — Spain's King Juan Carlos has successfully undergone hip replacement surgery after tripping on stairs and fracturing bones around the joint while on an elephant hunting trip in Botswana, officials said Saturday. It was the monarch's fourth surgery in almost two years. - 14.04.2012.

13. April 2012

  • Auf dem Rücken des Rüsseltiers - Irma (23) arbeitet als Mahout für den WWF. Sie gibt alles, um die letzten Sumatra-Elefanten zu schützen. - Sumatra - von Mareike Hahn. Der Elefant sieht aus, als würde er lachen. Er streckt den Rüssel in die Luft, öffnet den Mund und hält still, während Irma Wapi ihm den Kopf wäscht. Die zierliche 23-Jährige sitzt auf dem Rücken des Rüsseltiers, und auch sie lacht. Die Mahout scheint das erfrischende Bad im Fluss genauso zu genießen wie ihr Schützling. - 13.04.2012.
  • Petition gegen den Elfenbeinhandel: Graue Eminenzen in Gefahr - Menschen und Elefanten kommen nicht nur gut miteinander aus: Entweder kollidieren Lebensräume und Wanderwege der Dickhäuter mit den Zweibeinern, oder Erstere werden wegen ihrer Elfenbein-Stoßzähne gejagt und getötet. Der Internationale Tierschutz-Fonds IFAW ruft zum "march of the herd" auf, um das Massakrieren zu beenden. - 13.04.2012.
  • Manege frei für Zirkus Charles Knie - Neumünster. Die letzte Bank wird aufgestellt, in der Manege werden die Späne verstreut: Seit gestern Morgen sind die Mitarbeiter des Zirkus Charles Knie am Aufbau, damit die Premiere heute Nachmittag um 15.30 Uhr auf dem Jugendspielplatz über die Bühne gehen kann. Bis Montag bleibt der zweitgrößte Zirkus Deutschlands in der Stadt. - 13.04.2012.
  • Dallas zoo elephant passes away - DALLAS - The Dallas Zoo announced the death of Stumpy, a 47-year-old African elephant, in a news release Friday. Stumpy was believed to be among the five oldest African elephants living in the United States. She was part of the zoo's matriarchal elephant family, who are affectionately called the "Golden Girls," due to their advanced ages. - 13.04.2012.
  • Move faster to improve life of elephants - When Portland-area voters approved a $125 million bond measure to upgrade their zoo four years ago, the zoo’s most famous resident was 46 years old. - 13.04.2012.
  • Calf elephants under forest dept care - While Guruji Prashanth, the elephant owner from Peroorkada, is unlikely to lose all the other animals and birds he has in the grounds of his house in the city, he could find himself without an elephant calf. - 13.04.2012.

12. April 2012

  • EMERSACKER: Ein echter Elefant wäre die Krönung - Stephan Schmidt sammelt alles über die Tiere, nicht nur Figuren. Einem Elefanten der Stuttgarter Wilhelma verdankt er sein Leben. - Stephan Schmidt aus Emersacker sammelt Elefanten. Im Haus tummeln sie sich überall: in Form einer Gießkanne, auf den Kaffeetassen, als Parfüm-Flakon, auf dem Toilettenpapier und der Bettwäsche, als Likör, Bier, Hausschuhe, auf dem Duschkopf, als Schmuck oder in Form eines Kondoms. Sogar Elefanten-Tattoos hat der Fan der Dickhäuter, der seit 2008 im Holzwinkel lebt. - 12.04.2012.
  • Two elephants die in Kodagu dist - Two elephants died in separate incidents in Siddapur and Thithimathi on Thursday. A 35-year-old wild elephant died near Siddapur on Thursday morning due to electrocution, while another 25-year-old elephant died as a result of fight between the two elephants at Devamachi Forest area at Basavanahalli village in Thithimathi Forest Zone. - 12.04.2012.
  • Französische Tierärztin besucht Dickhäuter im Erfurter Zoopark - Großer Umzug im Zoopark Erfurt: Die Elefantendamen Csami und Seronga sollen ins französische Sigean umziehen. Dafür kommen die Dickhäuterinnen Akili und Chupa nach Erfurt. Angelika Reiser-Fischer sprach mit Elodie Trunet, der Tierärztin aus dem südfranzösischen Safaripark. - 12.04.2012.
  • Elefantenbaby hat bei der Geburt gelebt - Der Jungbulle im Leipziger Zoo wurde totgetreten. Die Mitarbeiter wehren sich nun gegen Vorwürfe. - Leipzig. Das Elefantenbaby, das gleich nach seiner Geburt zu Ostern im Leipziger Zoo von seiner Mutter attackiert wurde und starb, hat zunächst gelebt. - 12.04.2012.
  • Billboards in conflict zones to warn people against jumbo attacks - COIMBATORE: As part of the ongoing efforts of the forest department to bring down the incidence of human-elephant conflict in Coimbatore forest division, massive warning signs with elaborate instructions, listing the Dos and Don'ts to be followed by residents have been erected along the identified conflict zones. - 12.04.2012.

11. April 2012

  • Poachers spear two elephants to death - Kenya Wildlife Service rangers in Meru are searching for poachers who killed two elephants in the Lower Imenti Forest by spearing them with poisoned weapons. - 11.04.2012.
  • Elefantenjungtier hat gelebt - Das an Ostern im Leipziger Zoo geborene Elefantenjunge ist von seiner Mutter unmittelbar nach der Geburt angegriffen und tödlich verletzt worden. Das teilte der Zoo am Mittwoch nach der pathologischen Untersuchung mit. - 11.04.2012.
  • Elephants forced to forage into villages - MACHANG - Logging in the Ulu Sat forest reserve near Bukit Bakar here is believed to have driven elephants to smallholdings in several villages here. Kelantan Wildlife and National Parks Department director Rahmat Topani said the elephants were believed to have left the jungle during the night for the smallholdings where they would destroy crops. - 11.04.2012.
  • Namibia: Elephant Destroys Crops - Windhoek — A wild elephant last week strayed into people's fields in the Okakarara Constituency, causing havoc but luckily no humans were harmed in the process, confirmed the Constituency Councillor of Okakarara, Vetaruhe Kandorozu. - 11.04.2012.
  • Elephant attacks claimed 61 lives in state in 2011 - BHUBANESWAR: The incident of elephant depredation in the state is on the rise. It was evident from the facts that the annual average death in elephant attack till 2010-11 was 58, in 2011-12 it became 61. - 11.04.2012.
  • Forced to seek food elsewhere - SURVIVING: Elephants forage into villages after their habitat destroyed by loggers. - MACHANG: Logging in the Ulu Sat forest reserve near Bukit Bakar here is believed to have driven elephants to smallholdings in several villages here. - 11.04.2012.

10. April 2012

  • Cameroon: Massacre of Elephants - Garoua — In search of ivory...this is the creed of poachers who kill elephants in Bouba Njida, the largest and most populated national park in Cameroon. An estimated 450 elephants were recently killed, thus endangering the existence of these protected animals in Central Africa as a whole. - 10.04.2012.
  • Six elephants killed in Mount Kenya this year - THE epidemic of elephant poaching in Kenya has now spread to the southern Mount Kenya Forest Reserve. Six elephants have been killed in an eight kilometer radius of Castle Forest since the start of 2012 following a dispute between Kenya Forest Service and Kenya Wildlife Service. - 10.04.2012.
  • TOTES ELEFANTEN-BABY: Vorwürfe gegen den Leipziger Zoo - WURDE DAS RISIKO FALSCH EINGESCHÄTZT? - Trampelte Elefanten-Kuh Hoa (26) ihr Baby nach der Geburt tot oder starb der Minifant bereits im Mutterleib? Derzeit wird der 130 Kilo schwere Kadaver in der Pathologie der Uni-Tierklinik obduziert. Erst in ein paar Tagen soll das Ergebnis vorliegen. - 10.04.2012.
  • Trauer um Elefanten-Baby - Die Trauer und die Enttäuschung sind groß im Leipziger Zoo. Der Schock über den Tod des so sehnlich erwarteten Elefantenbabys sitzt noch immer tief. Gestern am frühen Morgen hatte die Geburt begonnen. - 10.04.2012.
  • Namibia: Elephant Kills a Person Near Khorixas - A PERSON was killed by an elephant near Khorixas the past weekend while a rogue elephant bull that was terrorising the Ozondati area in Erongo was wounded in an attempt to destroy the "problem animal", and has now become "extremely dangerous". - 10.04.2012.
  • Elephant calf dies in Sathyamangalam forest - COIMBATORE: A four-year-old male calf elephant was found dead in Bhavanisagar forest range under Sathyamangalam division on Monday. Forest veterinary officer Dr N S Manoharan said the animal was suffering from kidney and liver infections that caused the death. - 10.04.2012.
  • Hunter guns down jumbo - WINDHOEK - A trophy hunter shot and killed an elephant a week ago, according to the Councillor of the Daures Constituency in the Erongo Region, Ernst Katjiku. - 10.04.2012.
  • Calf elephant dies in Sathyamangalam forest - COIMBATORE: A four-year-old male calf elephant was found dead in Bhavanisagar forest range under Sathyamangalam division on Monday. Forest veterinary officer Dr N S Manoharan said the animal was suffering from kidney and liver infections that caused the death. - 10.04.2012.

9. April 2012

  • Elefanten-Baby stirbt wenige Stunden nach Geburt - Der lange erwartete Nachwuchs bei den asiatischen Elefanten ist tot. Das Tier starb nach der Geburt in der Nacht zu Montag. Die Mutter hatte den 130 Kilo schweren Jungen attackiert. - 09.04.2012.
  • TMZ Is Wrong About Donald Trump Jr. and Safari Hunting - The true story behind Donald Trump Jr.’s safari, the dead elephant, and the media circus that erupted when a photo of him holding the elephant’s severed tale needs to be heard. It says something profound about men, about contemporary media bias and about what it really means to be an honest environmentalist today. - 09.04.2012.
  • Gabon to burn ivory stockpiles - The government of Gabon has announced it will burn its stockpiles of ivory later this year in a bid to undercut illegal elephant poaching, which is decimating populations in central Africa. - 09.04.2012.
  • Human-elephant conflict turning to clay - People living on the edges of a national park in Sri Lanka have shown former New Zealand Governor General The Rt Hon. Sir Anand Satyanand and his wife Lady Susan how they have learned to live more harmoniously with elephants in the park. - 09.04.2012.
  • Man charged with illegal elephant hunt - A 54-year-old man from the Alldays area appeared in the Louis Trichardt District Court on Monday in connection with the alleged illegal hunting of an elephant. - 09.04.2012.
  • About 100 elephants to participate - The traditional oil anointing ceremony at the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage will be held on a grand scale on April 15, said Sabaragamuwa Chief Minister Mahipala Herath. He said that about 100 elephants in the orphanage would take part in this event. - 09.04.2012.
  • Touch of ivory for Officers’ Mess - Elephant tusks that are in the possession of the State government will now decorate Officers’ Mess and military buildings across the country. Already 12 pairs of tusks from the state have been sent to different military establishments and more are waiting to be procured. - 09.04.2012.

8. April 2012

  • Packy the elephant turning 50! - PORTLAND, Ore., April 8 (UPI) -- The Oregon Zoo in Portland is gearing up for a special party: Packy the elephant is turning 50 years old. The 12,600-pound Asian elephant was born at the zoo on April 14, 1962, The (Portland) Oregonian reported. - 08.04.2012.
  • Sanctuary for mistreated Thai elephants offers window to visitors - In February my sister, Andrea, travelled to Thailand for business, taking a day at the end of her trip to spend a day with the residents at the Elephant Nature Park (ENP), a non profit sanctuary for abused, injured and neglected elephants (and dogs). She chose the park because it allows elephants to live as elephants. - 08.04.2012.
  • Three wild elephants die in one week - The Dak Lak Elephant Conservation Centre on Thursday requested an official probe into the deaths of three wild elephants in the Central Highlands district of Ea Sup during the final week of March. - 08.04.2012.

7. April 2012

  • Clowns, Artistik, Risiko: Zirkus Carl Busch in Ulm - Ulm. Arien in luftiger Höhe, Eisenstangen weich wie Wachs, Frauen, die plötzlich weg und wieder da sind. Der Zirkus Carl Busch in der Friedrichsau ist voller Attraktionen. Auch Elefanten gehören dazu. - 07.04.2012.
  • Südafrika: Kap der guten Taten - Eine Entdeckungstour mit gutem Gewissen: In Südafrika gibt es „fairen Urlaub“ und zahlreiche Freiwilligenprojekte für Reisende. - Kapstadt. Sally ist bester Laune. Genüsslich nimmt sie von den Schulkindern Möhren und andere Leckereien entgegen. Und sie hat überhaupt nichts dagegen, wenn eines der neugierigen Kinder ihren Rüssel anfassen will. - 07.04.2012.
  • Sophronius und die Schliefer - Antiochia. Auf einen Übersetzungsfehler des Kirchenlehrers Hieronymus geht zurück, dass der Hase die Ostereier bringt und nicht der Klippschliefer. - 07.04.2012.
  • Oregon elephant's first friends - ‘Packy and Pals’ creator recalls excitement over big zoo birth. - Packy the elephant made quite an impact in 1962. “It was amazing how Packy being born captured the imagination of Portland,” Vancouver artist Jim Shinn said. It certainly put Shinn’s imagination to work as a newspaper cartoonist. - 07.04.2012.
  • Deforestation Pits Elephants Against Man in Nunukan - Balikpapan. Elephants are increasingly coming into conflict with humans in the East Kalimantan district of Nunukan as more of the forest is cleared away for palm oil plantations and timber estates, a wildlife activist said on Friday. - 07.04.2012.
  • The Ice Age Elephant - Mammuthus primigenius - The frozen and preserved remains of a shaggy monster that lived in Siberia at -40°C 10,000 years ago have been uncovered; they are of course those of a mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius). - 07.04.2012.

6. April 2012

  • Elephant sanctuary coming to Florida - FELLSMERE — Some 75 federal, state and local officials, along with elephant-care professionals and Fellsmere residents, converged Wednesday on the National Elephant Center's future site to help its officials break ground. - 06.04.2012.
  • Regarding the elephants - The “conservation card” continues to be played in an ill-attempt to justify their pseudo “Ringling Bros. Center for Elephant Conservation” which is nothing more than a breeding and “training” facility. - 06.04.2012.
  • 2 African nations move against ivory poaching - JOHANNESBURG — Wildlife conservationists say two African nations are taking strong steps against the illegal ivory trade. WWF said in a Friday statement the Central African nation of Gabon will burn its entire ivory stockpile in upcoming months. They also commended the West African nation of Cameroon for giving fines and prison terms to poachers. - 06.04.2012.
  • Zoo's elephants lose hundreds of pounds in new, roomier habitat - HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – The Honolulu Zoo's two heaviest residents aren't quite as large as they used to be. About five months after they moved into their much larger new habitat, Mari and Vaigai have each lost roughly 300 pounds. They still weigh about 9,300 pounds each. - 06.04.2012.
  • Swimming with Burma the elephant - Cameraman takes a dip with elephant. - Steve Hathaway has gone from building to bathing with Burma the elephant. The former tradesman put down his hammer in favour of an underwater camera four years ago and late last month got to go swimming with Auckland Zoo's elephant attraction. - 06.04.2012.

5. April 2012

  • Wilhelma: Pama und Zella müssen auf ihr Bad warten - Stuttgart - Pama und Zella strecken ihre dicken Hintern Richtung Besuchertribüne. Es ist Fütterungszeit in der Wilhelma, und die Feriengäste bekommen erst einmal nichts als die breiten Rückseiten der beiden fast 50-jährigen indischen Elefantendamen zu sehen. - 05.04.2012.
  • Luftkreuz Leipzig: Zoll kämpft gegen Elfenbein-Schmuggel - Der Leipziger Flughafen entwickelt sich immer mehr zum Drehkreuz für den Elfenbein-Schmuggel. Im vergangenen Jahr beschlagnahmten Zöllner hier 102 Kilo. Auch jetzt gelangen schon wieder spektakuläre Aufgriffe. - 05.04.2012.
  • Meeting focuses on potential elephant move - Tenn. refuge promises frequent updates on Sunda, Tembo. - No city officials showed up for a meeting Thursday evening focusing on whether Topeka Zoo elephants Sunda and Tembo should be moved to an elephant sanctuary in Tennessee. - 05.04.2012.
  • Seeing elephants in a more positive place - Water can wipe out entire cities during hurricanes and tsunamis. Yet, as storms pass, towns and villages rebuild. Such is the case with Khao Lak, on the western coast of Thailand. - 05.04.2012.
  • Elephants on rampage in Cbe and Nilgiris district - Coimbatore, Apr 5 (PTI) Elephants have gone on rampage today in Coimbatore and Nilgiris districts, killing one person and injuring another and damaging a house, police said. They said a 52-year-old estate worker was killed by a herd in Urulikkal estate in Valparai in the district early today while he was collecting firewood. - 05.04.2012.
  • Elephants to be relocated after tragedy - Mutares Cecil Kopje elephants, which had become a menace to urbanites in the area, will soon be relocated after trampling a woman to death recently. - 05.04.2012.
  • Joburg zoo’s first elephant mom dies - Pumbi, the first elephant to give birth at the National Zoological Gardens in Pretoria has died. Zoo spokesperson Craig Allenby yesterday said: “Pumbi died from bronchi pneumonia”. He said two weeks ago zoo veterinarians started treating Pumbi for a suspected infection of the uterus and she was placed on a course of antibiotics. - 05.04.2012.
  • ELEPHANT TRIAL: Dates set - Trial dates set for Anne the circus elephant case. - Circus elephant trial dates set for June… - The trial has been fixed to take place in June of a pair of circus owners charged with the alleged abuse of Anne the elephant, following allegations from an animal welfare charity. - 05.04.2012.
  • Tiger kills elephant calves - An incident of a wild Tiger killing five elephant calves in Bandipur National Forest has come to light recently. About four elephant calves aged between one and two years were found injured following Tiger attack in Hediyala, Bandipura and Gudre forest areas. - 05.04.2012.
  • Everyday stroll for an elephant but it's a complete adventure for me - ONCE in a while I experience something which will stay with me for the rest of my life. Although I'm in a job which punches above its weight when it comes to accessing out of the ordinary activities, I can count those special days on two hands: picnicking with penguins in Antarctica; diving with manta rays in the Maldives; and chanting with monks in Bhutan being among them. - 05.04.2012.
  • UNTERM STRICH: Mollys Sommernachtstraum - Warum eine Elefantenkuh im Tübinger Schlossgarten begraben werden darf. - Es war an einem Spätnachmittag im vergangenen Sommer. Ein Paar spazierte am Schänzle hinterm Schloss Hohentübingen vorbei und sah, wie sich einige Leute in weißen Arbeitsmänteln am Rasen an der nördlichen Mauer des Hasengrabens zu schaffen machten. Neugierig geworden fragte das Paar nach. "Wir begraben einen Elefanten", war die Antwort. - 05.04.2012.
  • Sanctuary hits snag - SHORTAGE: There is only one expert in Sabah to train elephants. - THE Borneo Elephant Wildlife Sanctuary, which was expected to be ready by the middle of the year for the Borneo Pygmy elephants and other wildlife driven from their habitat, has hit a snag. - 05.04.2012.

4. April 2012

  • Elephants destroy 110 fish ponds in Kinango - STRAY elephants from Tsavo East and West National parks have destroyed fishponds in Kinango district. Fish farmers in the area said they loss is estimated at millions of shillings after the elephants drunk water from 110 fish ponds. - 04.04.2012.
  • Elefant auf kommerziellen Farmen - Bulle richtet keinen Schaden an – Farmer um Sicherheit des Dickhäuters besorgt. - Ein Elefantenbulle wanderte am vergangenen Wochenende aus dem kommunalen Farmgebiet im Okakarara-Distrikt auf südlich gelegene kommerzielle Farmen. Farmer waren erstaunt wie friedfertig der graue Riese ist und wie wenig Schaden er anrichtet. (Namibia) - 04.04.2012.
  • Finderglück: Familie gräbt Mammutzähne aus - Böse Zungen könnten behaupten, im 1.500-Seelen-Dörfchen Heeßen (Landkreis Schaumburg) liegt der Hund begraben. Doch das ist völlig falsch, wie sich jetzt herausgestellt hat. Und viel, viel zu klein gedacht. - 04.04.2012.
  • The elephant walk - M. Ananda Kumar of Nature Conservation Foundation has found ways to deal with human-elephant conflict in Valparai. Akila Kannadasan reports. - 04.04.2012.
  • Pretoria zoo elephant dies - Pretoria - The first female elephant to give birth at the National Zoological Gardens in Pretoria has died, Beeld reported on Wednesday. - 04.04.2012.
  • Was runaway elephant’s food spiked? - The owners of a circus, whose elephant ran amok in Cork last week, have said they are investigating the possibility the animal’s food was tampered with after it crushed a staff member. The huge elephant, named Baby, made a dash for freedom through Blackpool in Cork and footage of handlers attempting to stop the 2.5 ton beast has since been viewed across the globe. - 04.04.2012.
  • Making amends: Westporters visit India to protect elephants - Most of us encounter our first elephant in a children’s book, seeing for the first time a species so big we can’t really comprehend its size and might. We learn that elephants, like humans, live in connected social groups, have very strong maternal-child bonds, and live for 70 years. They are very smart, have remarkably long memories, and are water gluttons and vegetarians. - 04.04.2012.
  • Wild & Woolly: An Elephant and his Sheep - NO jokes, please, about what elephants use to floss their derrieres. - This is a feel-good wildlife romp about the unlikely friendship between a cute baby elephant named Themba and a very patient sheep named Albert. - 04.04.2012.

3. April 2012

  • Sumatran Wildlife at Risk: Animal Activists - Banda Aceh. The unbridled destruction of Sumatra’s forests over the past 20 years is the main reason for the 44 percent decline in the Sumatran elephant population during that period, wildlife activists said on Monday. - 03.04.2012.
  • Growing up with elephants - Like many children, Cathy Cardin grew up in a home filled with animals, but not the usual cats, dogs and hamsters. Cardin grew up with elephants, and today continues that tradition with her own children. “I was raised on the circus,” she said. “Now, my brother and I are still circus people, traveling 45 weeks a year.” - 03.04.2012.
  • Leopard caught; elephant calf rescued - MYSORE: Villagers rescued an elephant calf, separated from its mother, in Koluvige village in Anagodu hobli in Hunsur taluk of Mysore district on Monday morning, a couple of hours after forest officials caught a two-year-old female leopard in Ramanahalli village in H D Kote taluk. - 03.04.2012.

2. April 2012

  • Three elephants die in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve - UDHAGAMANDALAM: Three elephants, including a one-year-old male, died in separate incidents in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) in Nilgiris district here, forest department officials said today. - 02.04.2012.
  • Villagers rescue elephant calf - Villagers of Kolavige rescued an elephant calf aged about two years from watering hole near Gende Kere, here on Monday. - 02.04.2012.
  • Group wants Topeka Zoo to move elephants - TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — An advocacy group that wants the Topeka Zoo to send its two elephants to a Tennessee sanctuary plans a public meeting this week to discuss its efforts. - 02.04.2012.
  • Tamil Nadu: Elephant saved after struggle in swamp - UDHAGAMANDALAM: Forest officials struggled for several hours to rescue a 25-year-old female elephant stuck in swampy land near Gudalur on Sunday. The elephant, which had strayed into a private estate to drink water at Thorapalli near Gudalur on Saturday night, suddenly got trapped in slush there. - 02.04.2012.

1. April 2012

  • Meeting to focus on potential elephant move - A meeting focusing on whether Topeka Zoo elephants Sunda and Tembo should be moved to a Tennessee elephant sanctuary will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday in Marvin Auditorium at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, 1515 S.W. 10th. The public is invited. - 01.04.2012.
  • Circus elephant topples on man - A man at Courtney's Circus in Cork has been taken to hospital with crush injuries -- including suspected broken ribs -- after being injured by an elephant. - 01.04.2012.
  • Elephant kills farmer - BISHNUPUR: A 53-year-old farmer was killed by an elephant at Bahadurpur village in Bishnupur early on Saturday morning. - 01.04.2012.

März

31. März 2012

  • Assam's elephant population increasing - Guwahati: Assam has recorded a remarkable growth in its elephant population, according to the recently concluded elephant census in the state. - 31.03.2012.
  • Killer tusker ill-treated - Megharjunan, the elephant that killed a mahout at the Koodalmanikya temple festival in Irinjalakkuda collapsed on Friday night due to ill-treatment by the devaswom. - 31.3.2012.

30. März 2012

  • NATURKUNDEMUSEUM: Berlin zeigt den Ur-Ur-Ur-Ur-Elefanten - Das Naturkundemuseum in Berlin eröffnet seine neue Schau „Elefantenreich". - Wer im Naturkundemuseum an den bekannten Dinosauriern vorbei rechts abbiegt, stutzt und staunt. Im großen Treppenhaus reckt einem ein riesiger Elefant Rüssel und Stoßzähne entgegen. - 30.03.2012.
  • Benjamin Blümchen gratuliert Marlar - Marlar, Kölns erstes Elefantenbaby, wird am Freitag sechs Jahre alt. Gefeiert wird das mit einem Elefanten-Geburtstags-Tag am Sonntag im Zoo. Zu den Geburtstagsgästen gehören auch Benjamin Blümchen, Karla Kolumna und Otto. - 30.03.2012.
  • Local lady 'lives with elephants' - A couple years ago, Judy Quam said she got bored and decided she needed an adventure, something different. She did some research on volunteering, and last month she returned from a two-week trip to Thailand that included time at an elephant camp. - 30.03.2012.
  • Elephant population on the rise: Census report - GUWAHATI, March 30 – Marking a rising trend, the latest elephant census has yielded a presence of 5,620 wild elephants in Assam. The 25 protected areas (PAs), i.e., 20 wildlife sanctuaries and five national parks, recorded 3,054 elephants while the managed forests (reserve forests, proposed reserved forests, district council reserve forests and un-classed forests) were found to shelter 2,516 elephants. - 30.03.2012.
  • A 50 Year Elephant Sized Party at the Oregon Zoo - Portland, OR - Put on your elephant ears and get ready to party! Packy the elephant is turning 50 years old April 14, and the zoo is celebrating Oregon’s most beloved elephant with a birthday bash featuring music, games and cake. - 30.03.2012.
  • Elephant adventures - WV fundraiser supports conservation. - FIVE years ago in India, Dag Goering locked eyes with a mother elephant whose baby he was treating - an experience that he claims changed his life. - 30.03.2012.
  • Stop Inbreeding Innovation - It's a topic that perhaps would only appear on the pages of The Economist: an effort to establish North America's first elephant sperm bank. As the article notes, a single elephant named Jackson has "sired many of the calves born in the United States in the past decade, and scientists say new bloodlines are needed to avoid future inbreeding among his many progeny." - 30.03.2012.
  • Nashville Zoo trainer finds niche caring for elephants - Hadari is slightly spoiled. Sukari is described as “uncertain,” while Juno acts as the playground bully and Rosie is, well, Rosie. The trainers of the four African elephants at the Nashville Zoo don’t necessarily reflect their 10,000-pound friends’ personalities, but they do build close bonds with the animals and one another. - 30.03.2012.
  • Former women concillor trampled to death by elephant - Udhagamandalam, Mar 30 (PTI) A former women councillor was trampled to death by an elephant, when she was collecting firewood near her house in Puliymapara in Gudalur, about 70 kms from here today, police said. - 30.03.2012.
  • Playing with the big boys - “Do you want to come and play elephant polo?” It is not a phrase that you hear every day but it was an invitation I accepted with much excitement and a little trepidation at the end of last year. - 30.03.2012.

29. März 2012

  • Museum zeigt Elefanten-Fossilien aus Deutschland - Berlin - Zehn Tonnen Gewicht, gekrümmte Stoßzähne und lange Rüssel: Das Berliner Naturkundemuseum zeigt in einer neuen Sonderausstellung, dass es in Deutschland vor 200 000 Jahren Elefanten gab - gigantischer als Mammuts. - 29.03.2012.
  • Vorbereitungen für Elefantentausch im Thüringer Zoopark - Drei Experten aus Frankreich begutachten die Elefantenkühe Csami und Seronga in Erfurt, die eventuell nach Sigean umziehen. - Erfurt. Drei Elefantenspezialisten aus dem südfranzösischen Safaripark Sigean sind derzeit im Thüringer Zoopark zu Gast. Sie wollen die beiden Elefantenkühe Csami und Seronga kennenlernen, die womöglich nach Sigean umziehen werden. - 29.03.2012.
  • Elephants trample worker - Udhagamandalam (TN), Mar 29 (PTI) A casual labourer was today trampled to death by a herd of elephants at Thengumarada, about 80 km from here. - 29.03.2012.
  • Elephant advocates share stories and photos - Writer, photographer team to describe their experiences from around the world. - Dag Goering's life was forever changed on the day in 2007 when an elephant grabbed his wrist, pulled him close, and looked him directly in the eye. - 29.03.2012.
  • Department conducts elephant data book verification - KOTTAYAM: Puthuppally Kesavan stood tall among the 51 elephants which had turned up at Kidangoor for verification of the data book on Wednesday. Towering above three metres (309 cm/10.1 ft), Kesavan is the tallest elephant in the district. - 29.03.2012.
  • Circus Elephant Goes On The Run In Ireland - A 2.5 tonne elephant broke loose from its handlers during a parade in Blackpool, Cork. Video taken by a witness shows the animal loose in a car park near a busy shopping centre as members of Courtney's Circus tried to restrain her. - 29.03.2012.

28. März 2012

  • Bauprojekt Elefantenpark: Dickhäuter brauchen starke Nerven - Münster - Am Donnerstag wird ein riesiger Kran neben dem Elefanten-Gehege im Zoo aufgestellt, mit dessen 40 Meter-Ausleger Baumaterial über die Köpfe der Dickhäuter geschwenkt werden soll. „Wir werden zumindest testen, ob sie es mitmachen. Jedenfalls müssen sie keine Helme tragen“, sagt Adler. - 28.03.2012.
  • Köthen: «Tembo» frühstückt Mohrrüben - KÖTHEN/MZ. "Tembo" war am Mittwochmittag der krönende Abschluss eines gelungenen Tages der offenen Tür in der Regenbogenschule. Vor allem die Grundschüler konnten die Ankunft der afrikanischen Elefantendame gar nicht erwarten. - 28.03.2012.
  • Mammuts und Besucherzentrum Arche Nebra - WANGEN/DPA. Die Mammuts sind eine ausgestorbene Gattung von Elefanten, die nach Expertenangaben vor rund 4,5 Millionen Jahren lebten. Sie verbreiteten sich von Afrika aus bis Eurasien und Nordamerika. Dabei ernährten sie sich von Gras. Die Wollhaarmammuts hatten sich durch ein dichtes Fell an die Kälte der Eiszeit angepasst. - 28.03.2012.
  • Protest after elephant escapes in Cork - Animal rights activists plan to picket the circus responsible for the elephant that made a dash for freedom across a Cork carpark. The elephant escaped from the Courtney Brothers circus at the Sunbeam site in Blackpool yesterday. - 28.03.2012.
  • TB infected elephants: Who did it? - 8 seized elephants have TB that humans can catch, 15 of 18 seized elephants in poor health, govt & animal parks accuse each other of negligence. - Blame for the death of one elephant and the poor health of 15 others confiscated from an elephant park is being passed between the park operators and state officials. - 28.03.2012.
  • Is that an elephant using the Galaxy Note? - Peter the pachyderm proves mighty skilled with a stylus as he plays with Samsung's large-screened smartphone. - This Samsung Galaxy Note advertisement is quite the stunner. Peter the elephant is seen on camera using the large mobile device to draw and play music, as well as flip through photos using his trunk. - 28.03.2012.
  • Elephant poaching fight comes to West Vancouver - Five years ago in India, Dag Goering locked eyes with a mother elephant whose baby he was treating - an experience that he claims changed his life. "I could sense this real magic. . . . You could tell you were up-close with a sentient being," said the Victoria-based veterinarian and photographer. - 28.03.2012.
  • Elephant rescues baby from hyenas - THIS is the moment a protective mother elephant fought off a pack of savage hyenas attacking her calf. During the bloody encounter with up to 18 hyenas the vulnerable baby - who had been momentarily separated from the herd - had its tail BITTEN OFF. - 28.03.2012.
  • Elephant expedition is open - It’s been more than seven years and $8.5 million in the making, but finally, Reid Park Zoo’s seven-acre exhibit, “Expedition Tanzania,” has been completed, and now houses five new elephants. - 28.03.2012.
  • No, you haven’t had too much to drink… it really is a pink elephant - Pink elephants were on parade in a Burmese zoo today and they were causing quite a splash. The mother and baby clearly loved having a good wallow and tooted with delight when their caretaker dowsed them with the hose. Usually their skin is a reddish brown colour but they turn a light pink when wet. They also have fair eyelashes and toenails. - 28.03.2012.
  • LESLI BISGOULD: Who will speak for Lucy the elephant? - “I’m the Lorax who speaks for the trees!” - Long before there was a hit movie, children could remember reading Dr. Seuss’s story of The Lorax, about a determined orange creature who made them wonder whether anyone would speak for the trees. Back in the world of non-fiction, the Supreme Court of Canada is now being asked to consider whether anyone can speak for Lucy. - 28.03.2012.
  • Arrests made as Cameroon elephant poaching crisis spreads - Twelve suspected poachers have been arrested and 14 elephant tusks confiscated outside protected areas in southeast Cameroon this week. Forest rangers carried out the arrests and seizures near Boumba-Bek and Nki National Parks after receiving intelligence information from village monitoring groups formed by WWF. - 28.03.2012.

27. März 2012

  • Stillborn elephant is new tragedy for zoo - Staff at Twycross Zoo are mourning the loss of a baby elephant who was stillborn at the weekend. The female calf was delivered stillborn to Tara, one of the zoo's Asian elephants, early on Sunday morning. - 27.03.2012.
  • Psychologist Says Elephants Suffer Post-Traumatic Stress - Since mid-January, poachers have killed as many as 200 of the free-roaming elephants in Bouba Ndjida National Park in northern Cameroon. Although sales are banned in most countries, a growing demand for elephants’ ivory tusks is behind the slaughter. - 27.03.2012.
  • Soon, concrete walls to protect jumbos - COIMBATORE: The forest departments of Tamil Nadu and Kerala have decided to jointly erect concrete walls on either side of the railway track along the Walayar stretch to prevent railway accidents caused by elephants entering tracks especially between Palakkad and Coimbatore. - 27.03.2012.
  • Elefanten gefällt Schützenwiese - Zirkus Charles Knie gibt vier Gastspiele in Varel – Akrobatik und Tierdressuren. - Charles Knie ist eines der letzten großen Zirkus-Unternehmen in Deutschland. Für zwei Tage gastiert der Zirkus in Varel. - 27.03.2012.

26. März 2012

  • Elephant Fossil Co-op? - At Lake Nojiri in Shinano, Nagano Prefecture in Japan there was found over 50 years ago, the fossils of Naumann elephants. They have employed what is now called the “Lake Nojiri Method” to excavate the 83,000 fossils and other items they have found since: anyone can participate. - 26.03.2012.
  • Now, RFID devices to track jumbos - After the ten-digit micro-chip implantation and the data book compilation, the state forest department is keen on undertaking more efforts to check the misuse of elephants and related rule violations. - 26.03.2012.
  • Duisburg: Personal Trainer für Zootiere - Duisburg (RPO). Was es mit Bällen, Kanistern, Röhren und anderen künstlichen oder natürlichen Gegenständen in den Tiergehegen von Affen, Giraffen und Elefanten im Zoo Duisburg auf sich hat, bekamen interessierte Besucher bei einer Sonderführung gezeigt. - 26.03.2012.
  • Zirkus Knie kommt nach neun Jahren wieder nach Kaltenkirchen - Mit knapp 100 Zweibeinern und noch mehr Tieren kommt der international bekannte Zirkus Charles Knie nach Kaltenkirchen. Von Dienstag, 24. April, bis Donnertag, 26. April, sind fünf Vorstellungen auf dem Festplatz am Freizeitpark geplant. - 26.03.2012.
  • Elephants Being Massacred in Cameroon - Invading Sudanese horsemen have slaughtered half of the elephants in one of Cameroon’s reserves. More than 200 elephants have been slaughtered by poachers in three months. Troops arrived too late to stop the massacre, and one soldier has been killed. In the last week, twenty more elephants were killed. - 26.03.2012.
  • Dinner time! Comfort blanket gets baby elephants to feed - Conservation just got a little cuter! Check out these photos of orphaned baby elephants feeding at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Kenya. The calves are fed from behind a blanket – a helpful trick that keepers use to get the babies to eat. - 26.03.2012.
  • Zoo Pushes Ahead In Rainforest, Evaluating Elephants - The Topeka Zoo's rain forest is expected to reopen to the public on Memorial Day. - TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Renovations on the Topeka Zoo's rain forest exhibit are on pace to finish for a Memorial Day debut. - 26.03.2012.
  • Eating Lunch with Elephants - We sent D Magazine intern Karley Osborn to eat lunch, and she came back with photos of these wrinkly friends. - This is a story about circus elephants who do lunch. Jump for the circus. Orange shopping carts sectioned off the El Rio Grande parking last Thursday, turning the space into an elephant-sized cafeteria for the afternoon. - 26.03.2012.
  • Compensation to kin of elephant victims doubled - Ranchi: Compensation amount to the families losing any member in elephant attack has been doubled, Deputy Chief Minister Sudesh Mahto informed the state assembly on Monday. - 26.03.2012.
  • Electro-ejaculation: the business of collecting elephant sperm - Elephants in captivity are becoming too inbred. That’s where the sperm bank of wild elephant semen comes in. - Just when you thought masturbating over a JC Penney underwear catalog in an IVF clinic was an unfortunate way to breed, think about what poor elephants must go through these days. - 26.03.2012.
  • After 50 years, fossil fans still dig at Lake Nojiri - NAGANO--More than half a century after fossils of Naumann elephants were discovered at Lake Nojiri in Shinano, Nagano Prefecture, the hunt for more fossils of the ancient beasts is continuing--and everyone has been welcome to take part. - 26.03.2012.

25. März 2012

  • Mekadatu project a threat to elephant habitat - The city may see a dam at Mekadatu as the answer to its water problems , but the idea has dismayed wildlife scientists and conservationists who are worried it could submerge a critical elephant habitat around Bengaluru. - 25.03.2012.

24. März 2012

  • Circusolifant gered uit sloot in Goes - GOES - Bij de Zeelandhallen in Goes is zaterdagavond rond kwart over zes een olifant van Circus Renz in de sloot beland. - Mit Video. - 24.03.2012.
  • Olifant Duitse circus Renz in de sloot - GOES - Een olifant van het Duitse circus Renz International is zaterdagmiddag in een sloot terechtgekomen op het terrein van de Zeelandhallen in Goes. Het duurde ongeveer een uur om de olifant er weer uit te krijgen. - 24.03.2012.
  • Elephant tusks found abandoned - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Nedumangad police on Friday recovered three elephant tusks that were abandoned on the premises of the Muthumariyamman Devi Temple near Nedumangad. The police have registered a case and started investigation in this regard. - 24.03.2012.
  • Banning ivory sales to China could save elephants - Although the international ivory trade has been banned since 1989, last year was the worst ever for elephant poaching, and this year has begun little better as reports come out of Cameroon of hundreds of elephants slaughtered in a single park. - 24.03.2012.

23. März 2012

  • Zimbabwe probes Trump brothers' hunting trip - HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwean conservationists said Friday they are investigating the legality of a hunting spree in the country by the heirs to U.S. magnate Donald Trump's fortune after photos showed up online of the brothers posing with dead game animals. - 23.03.2012.
  • Kenya Wildlife Service Track Tsavo Elephant by Satellite - TO MINIMISE CONFLICT AND BOOST SECURITY OPERATIONS. - Coastweek -- Nine elephants, six male and three female, in Tsavo East and West National Parks have now been collared in three days. Plans were to collar ten elephants but one of the collars failed to pick any signal from the satellite and was termed a flopped collar. - 23.03.2012.
  • Saving elephants by cutting the illegal ivory supply chain - CANADA (RPRN) 03/23/12 — A recent Sky TV HD video overview report on the ivory trade. - The illegal ivory trade starts with the slaughter of elephants, continues with wildlife traffickers smuggling ivory across international borders and ends with the under-the-counter sale of carvings, signature stamps and trinkets, in marketplaces in Asia and online. - 23.03.2012.
  • Wild elephant kills one villager - Suri (WB), Mar 23 (PTI) One person was trampled to death today by a wild elephant today when he went to chase the tusker at Khayrasole in Birbhum district. The police said Dinu Bagdi (46) was killed by a tusker at Pan-Siuri village early this morning. - 23.03.2012.
  • Women’s History Month: Women Helping Wildlife - Amazing women like Jane Goodall have been helping animals for years. They have been raising awareness about endangered species, developing sustainable solutions to bring back species on the brink of extinction, studying animal behavior to further protect them, and helping bring about positive change. - 23.03.2012.
  • Forest dept to provide ID cards for elephants - KOCHI: As the pooram season begins, the Forest Department is all set to issue elephant data books to owners of elephants. These books will contain all details of an animal including its photo, physical features, details of health, etc. - 23.03.2012.
  • Park wants return of 18 seized elephants - A private elephant park has demanded wildlife authorities return 18 seized elephants after one of them died after being transported to a state-run elephant hospital in Lampang province. Sri Thong, a female elephant, died at the National Elephant Institute on Tuesday _ less than a month after being confiscated from Saiyok Elephant Park in Kanchanaburi's Sai Yok district. - 23.03.2012.
  • Memphis Zoo fights off attacks after elephant miscarries - MEMPHIS, TN - (WMC-TV) - The Memphis Zoo is fighting off attacks from a California-based group that is criticizing the zoo for its effort to grow the elephant population. This week, the Memphis Zoo announced a miscarriage among its three female elephants. - 23.03.2012.

22. März 2012

  • Elephant menace: Relief for Hassan villagers - MYSORE/HASSAN: The government's decision to allocate Rs 10 crore to tackle elephant menace has brought some relief to villagers in Sakleshpur and Alur taluks of Hassan district. The money will be used for trenching, solar fencing and rehabilitation of families in forest areas by relocating them voluntarily. - 22.03.2012.
  • OPEL-ZOO; Ein neues Haus für die Elefanten - Der erste Spatenstich für das neue Elefantenhaus im Opel-Zoo ist gesetzt. Im Herbst 2013 können die Elefanten einziehen. - Schulterprobleme konnten Ministerpräsident Volker Bouffier nicht abhalten: Gestern setzte er den ersten Spatenstich für das neue Elefantengehege im Opel-Zoo. - 22.03.2012.
  • Illegale Jagd in Afrika: Die Gier der Elfenbeindiebe- Geschossen wird, was die Gewehre hergeben: In mehr als 30 Ländern Afrikas werden Elefanten und Nashörner gejagt wie nie zuvor - weil Wilderer Elfenbein und Hörner erbeuten wollen. Auch ein internationales Handelsverbot schützt die Tiere nicht. - 22.03.2012.
  • No more elephant rides at the Orange County fair - COSTA MESA – Elephant rides will no longer be offered at the Orange County Fair, its governing board decided Thursday. After a long and crowded meeting, the Fair Board voted 7 to 1 to end its contract with Have Trunk Will Travel, Inc., the fair's 25-year provider of the attraction. - 22.03.2012.
  • When an Elephant Falls in the African Bush - When South Korean scientists announce, as they did earlier this month, that they hope to clone a Woolly Mammoth, the world listens, but if poachers kill 200 elephants in the African bush, as they did recently in Cameroon, does anyone really care? - 22.03.2012.
  • Elephant Nature Park in Thailand welcomes student aid - While some students might spend this summer lounging by a beach, working a summer job or taking classes, third-year veterinary student Erica Ward is going to be scrubbing down and bandaging up elephants in Thailand. - 22.03.2012.

21. März 2012

  • Schluss mit fetten Möhren: Elefanten viel zu dick - Der Schweizer Zirkus Knie hat drei Elefanten, die viel zu fett sind. Eines der Tiere bringt 300 Kilogramm zuviel auf die Industriewaage. Doch jetzt wird durchgegriffen. Und zwar auf Anordnung eines Tierarztes. - 21.03.2012.
  • Neues Zuhause für Zimba und Co - Zoo will Elefanten von der Kette lassen. - Ohne Ketten und mit mehr Platz: Für die Elefanten des Kronberger Opel-Zoos soll es komfortabler werden. Am Mittwoch haben die Bauarbeiten für eine neue Elefanten-Anlage begonnen. . 21.03.2012.
  • Eine Torte nur für Gandhi - So ganz traute Elefant Gandhi dem Frieden nicht, als er am Dienstag alleine im Elefantenhaus des Zoos seinen Geburtstagskuchen serviert bekam. Schließlich muss der kleinste der Heidelberger Bullen sonst schauen, dass er sein Futter in Sicherheit bringt, damit es ihm seine größeren Artgenossen nicht wegschnappen. - 21.03.2012.
  • OC Fair could end elephant rides after 25 years - Fair board on Thursday will discuss a new contract with Have Trunk Will Travel; one board member wants attraction canceled. - COSTA MESA The Orange County Fair board will consider ending elephant rides after 25 years. - 21.03.2012.
  • Memphis Zoo Elephant Miscarries - (Memphis) Memphis Zoo officials have announced 29-year-old African elephant “Gina” has had a miscarriage. Gina was due to give birth in August of this year. - 21.03.2012.
  • Renee and Lucas the elephants play in new exhibit - TOLEDO -- The Toledo Zoo's 32-year-old African elephant, Renee, and her calf, Lucas, are settling into their new digs and dynamic elephant exhibit, Tembo Trail. The exhibit is slated to open on Friday, May 18. - 21.03.2012.
  • Army veterinarians treat injured elephant - GUWAHATI: Army veterinarians at Misamari in Assam were taken by surprise when they got a new 4,000-kg patient recently. Used to treating mules, dogs and horses belonging to the Army and the occasional domestic animal brought in by locals, they were slightly taken aback when forest department officials turned up with gravely injured adult male elephant. - 21.03.2012.

20. März 2012

  • Admission fee for elephant talk in Courtenay will fund anti-poaching efforts - You can go on an overseas journey to help elephants without leaving the Comox Valley. Dag Goering and Maria Coffey, founders of Elephant Earth Initiative, will give a multi-media presentation about their adventures and conservation efforts from 7:30 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday at the Stan Hagen Theatre. - 20.03.2012.
  • Animal advocates push for end to elephant rides at O.C. Fair - Animal advocates are calling on the Orange County Fair Board to end elephant rides at the fair. Elephant experts, veterinarians and animal rights groups have written letters expressing their concerns, and they plan to testify at Thursday's meeting of the Agricultural Assn. Board of Directors. - 20.03.2012.
  • March 19, 2012 – Kenyan elephants collared and monitored in Tsavo - This photo made on March 19, 2012 shows a just-revived elephant, that had been sedated for collaring by Kenya Wildlife Services, KWS, and International Fund for Animal Welfare, IFAW experts, as she tries to stand back up at the Tsavo-east National park during the second phase of a collaring excercise funded by IFAW in the wake of a dramatic increase in elephant killings for their prized tusks. - Foto. - 20.03.2012.
  • You can help the zoo plan Packy's 50th birthday party - PORTLAND, Ore. –– In preparation for Packy’s 50th birthday celebration April 14, the Oregon Zoo is seeking the public’s help in tracking down and sharing early memories of the beloved pachyderm. - 20.03.2012.
  • WAS TRUMP SONS' ZIMBABWE HUNT LEGIT? - Photographs showing billionaire Donald Trump's two sons posing next to wild animals that they killed in Zimbabwe have gone viral, sparking debate over whether or not such trophy hunting should still be allowed. - 20.03.2012.
  • Huge Crackdown On Africa's Ivory Traders - Interpol is carrying out the largest anti-elephant ivory poaching operation ever mounted. Wildlife agents in 14 different African countries have been raiding outlets and hunting down traders to crack down on the multi-million pound industry. - 20.03.2012.
  • Passion for elephants - Dang Nang Long is now director of the Lak Lake Travel Co., an affiliate of the Tourism Company of the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak. He owns eight elephants, the largest number of tamed elephants throughout the country. - 20.03.2012.
  • WWF Slams Cameroon over Elephant Poaching - Conservation group WWF criticised Cameroon's government Thursday for failing to protect scores of elephants slaughtered in a national park or the rangers who try to protect them. - 20.03.2012.

19. März 2012

  • ‘Elephants raid crops post-monsoon’ - A conservationist has disputed the notion that elephants raid crops during dry seasons due to non-availability of food and water within protected areas (PAs). - 19.03.2012.
  • Elephants destroy four more houses for grains - Latehar (Jharkhand), March 19 (PTI) A herd of elephants destroyed four more houses at Maromar village in Latehar district, taking the total number of houses destroyed by the pachyderms to nineteen in the last week, police said. - 19.03.2012.
  • Ore. Zoo seeks memorabilia for Packy's 50th - PORTLAND -- The Oregon Zoo wants you to dig through attics and basements for goodies from the past related to Packy the elephant, who turns the big 5-0 on April 14. - 19.03.2012.
  • Trump sons’ wild killing spree causes outrage - PHOTOGRAPHS of the sons of US billionaire Donald Trump posing over wild animals after killing them in Zimbabwe have caused a storm of outrage among animal conservation groups and on social networking sites. - 19.03.2012.
  • They are our heritage - Not so long ago, elephants in India were treated with respect. So, where exactly did we go wrong? - On October 13, 2010, the Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife accepted the recommendation given by the 12-member Elephant Task Force — constituted by the Union ministry of environment and forests (MOEF) —that elephants would be given the status of National Heritage Animals. - 19.03.2012.
  • Kenya to track elephants by satellite collars - NAIROBI - Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is set to begin tracking 10 elephants using satellite technology to help reduce conflict and beef up security operations in the world famous reserve. - 19.03.2012.
  • Film to focus on man-elephant conflict - JORHAT, March 18 – Veteran filmmaker, director and scriptwriter Robin Chetia is making a full-length feature film dealing with man-elephant conflict. Titled Mur Desh, Mur Hati, the story, script and dialogues have been conceived, prepared and written by Chetia who also directs the film. - 19.03.2012.

18. März 2012

  • WWF: Elephant killing continues in Cameroon - Soldiers in Cameroon are losing the battle to save the last elephants in a remote frontier park from marauding horsemen believed to be invading from Sudan, the World Wildlife Fund said Thursday. - 18.03.2012.
  • Alec Baldwin, PETA boycott the circus for alleged elephant abuse - Alec Baldwin doesn't want you to go to the circus. The "30 Rock" star and PETA teamed up to release a four-minute YouTube video asking Americans to boycott the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus because of their allegedly poor treatment of elephants. - 18.03.2012.
  • Trump brothers in line of fire for canned hunting expedition - Donald Trump Sr. doesn't believe in hunting. Best known for "you're fired," and his independent entrepreneurial spirit, Ingrid Newkirk, president and co-founder of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) praises the senior Trump for his help and past support. The same can not be said of Trump's sons - Donald and Eric. - 18.03.2012.
  • Elephants checked at sites in Phuket - Police from the Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division have confirmed that 27 out of 37 elephants seized from elephant camps in Phuket for inspection have the same identity as that stated in their official papers. - 18.03.2012.
  • Elephant conservation project at Horowpothana, Lunugamvehera - The Department of Wildlife Conservation has launched large scale projects for elephant conservation in Sri Lanka. Establishing two elephant holding grounds and a new conservation centre for orphaned elephant calves and juveniles will be the main focus. - 18.03.2012.

17. März 2012

  • ELEFANTENWILDEREI IN KAMERUN: Das elende Sterben der sanften Riesen - EINIGE LEBTEN NOCH, ALS DIE ZÄHNE ABGESCHLAGEN WURDEN. - Addis Abeba/Yaoundé – Es sind Bilder, die schockieren und wütend machen: Dutzende verstümmelte Elefanten-Kadaver liegen im Bouba-Ndjida-Nationalpark von Kamerun. Die Tiere wurden abgeschlachtet von skrupellosen Elfenbeinjägern, die nur eines wollen: Geld verdienen. - 17.03.2012.
  • Elephants being hunted to extinction for their tusks - ELEPHANTS are in danger of being hunted to extinction across Africa, with poaching reaching "unprecedented levels" to supply demand from Asia for the animal's ivory tusks, experts have warned. - 17.03.2012.
  • Zoo celebrates Samson's 4th birthday - Elephant gets cake with four carrot candles. - Samson, the Maryland Zoo's young elephant, made quick work of his vegetarian cake while a hillside of children and parents serenaded the birthday boy who is turning 4. - 17.03.2012.
  • Der letzte Raubzug - Für Auftraggeber in China schlachten Wilderer in Afrika Elefanten ab / Korrupte Regierungen sehen ihnen dabei zu. - Das Blut, teerig und schwarz, hat den Boden dunkel verfärbt, es ist tief in den Humus gedrungen, morastig klebt es an den Schuhsohlen des Lehrers Raphael Baye. - 17.03.2012.
  • Elephants in need of help - Although ceremonies were held around the country this week to mark National Elephant Day and pay respect to our national symbol, they were not the joyous occasions they should have been. Blame that on the dawning realisation that elephants in the wild are being so badly treated they are in serious danger of becoming extinct. - 17.03.2012.
  • New elephant confinement centres to be established - The Agrarian Services and Wildlife Ministry is planning to establish four new elephant confinement centres in order to reduce clashes between wild elephants and farmers which are very hazardous to both, Agrarian Services and Wildlife Minister S.M. Chandrasena said. - 17.03.2012.

16. März 2012

  • Tierpark Hellabrunn: Elefanten-Oma erleidet Schwächeanfall - Alarm im Tierpark Hellabrunn: Eigentlich wollte sich Elefantendame Tina nur zu einem Mittagsschlaf hinlegen. Doch dann konnte sie plötzlich nicht mehr aufstehen. Die Feuerwehr musste das 53 Jahre alte Tier mit einem Kran aufrichten. Es ist nicht das erste Mal, dass die Elefantin ihren Pflegern Sorgen macht. - 16.03.2012.
  • Alec Baldwin geht wegen Elefanten-Quälern auf die Barrikaden - Alec Baldwin (53) hat jetzt zu einem Boykott gegen einen Zirkus aufgerufen, nachdem dieser beschuldigt wurde, Elefanten zu misshandeln. Der Schauspieler erklärte diese Woche in einem YouTube-Video das Notleiden der Tiere. Grund ist sein Engagm,ent mit der Tierschutzorganisation Peta. - 16.03.2012.
  • KaZa öffnet offiziell seine Pforten - In Katima Mulilo, Namibia, wurde am 15. März 2011 das weltgrößte grenzübergreifende Naturschutzgebiet offiziell eingeweiht. Fünf afrikanische Staaten sichern somit dauerhaft eine 440.000 quadratmetergroße Fläche als Heimat von Elefanten, Leoparden und Flusspferden. - 16.03.2012.
  • Red flag raised over elephant poaching - Two weeks ago, a game ranger stumbled upon two dead elephants while on a routine patrol at the Laikipia Nature Conservancy. The mature elephants had been shot in broad daylight and their tusks removed, perhaps an indication of how daring poachers have become. - 16.03.2012.
  • Scientist seeks deposits for elephant sperm bank - Elephants in captivity are becoming too inbred, so a German researcher has amassed a sperm bank of wild elephant semen for zoos to draw on. There’s just one small problem – sperm is not a commodity bull elephants give up lightly. - 16.03.2012.
  • Phuket News - Officials revisit elephant camps - PHUKET: Officials from the Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division (NECS), accompanied by local officers, revisited four elephant trekking camps in Phuket today (March 16). - 16.03.2012.
  • Phuket Gazette: Elephant butchered in Krabi - PHUKET: Livestock officials in Krabi are investigating the death of a male elephant found partially decapitated on a remote hilltop rubber plantation in Khao Khraam District yesterday afternoon, the Phuket Gazette has learned. - 16.03.2012.

15. März 2012

  • Thailand celebrates Elephant Day with feast for animals - To mark National Thai Elephant Day yesterday, the owner of an elephant kraal in Ayutthaya urged the government to seriously tackle elephant-related issues, while Lampang and Chiang Rai hosted merit-making rituals. Thailand has about 5,000 elephants left. - 15.03.2012.
  • Army vets treat injured wild elephant - New Delhi, Mar 15 (PTI) Army veterinary doctors in Assam recently performed the difficult task of successfully treating an adult wild elephant after it pierced its foot with a six-inch long glass shrapnel. - 15.03.2012.
  • Geretsried: Landratsamt gegen Elefanten-Verbot - Geretsried sperrt den Ickinger Circus Crocofant mit seinen Elefanten aus. Doch das Landratsamt will Wildtierdressuren weiterhin erlauben und verweist auf ein einschlägiges Gerichtsurteil in Chemnitz. - 15.03.2012.

14. März 2012

  • PETA prodding city over Ringling Bros. elephants - The circus is in town, and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is looking to create a circus around Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey’s treatment of its animals — in particular, the elephants. - 14.03.2012.
  • Letter: Caring for elephants - For almost 30 years, I have been blessed with the job of caring for elephants. I started my career in Topeka, taking care of Sunda and Tembo. I feel it is time to point out some facts concerning my former community’s debate on whether to send these amazing animals to another facility. - 14.03.2012.
  • Donald Trump Jr. verteidigt Grosswildjagd: «Haben grössten Respekt vor der Natur» - Die jungen Trumps lieben es zu jagen – mit Vorliebe auch Exotisches. Jetzt verteidigen sie ihr blutiges Hobby. - Die Söhne des Geschäftsmanns Donald Trump (65) – Donald Jr. (34) und Eric – (28) schiessen gerne auf Tiere. Dafür fuhren sie im letzten Jahr extra nach Zimbabwe auf Jagdsafari. Ihre exotische Beute: Ein Elefant, ein Krokodil, ein Kudu, eine Zibetkatze und einen Wasserbüffel. - 14.03.2012.
  • Boffins set mammoth cloning task - RUSSIAN and South Korean scientists signed a deal yesterday on joint research intended to clone a woolly mammoth. - 14.03.2012.
  • Three elephants deaths being investigated in Riau - Pekanbaru, Riau, March 14 (ANTARA - A joint team is investigating the death of three Sumatran elephants in Pelalawan district in Riau province to determine whether the dead elephants were poisoned or killed by hunters. - 14.03.2012.

13. März 2012

  • Illegal quarrying endangers elephant corridor - Reckless stone quarrying in eight sites within the limits of Malemahadeshwara and Edeyarahalli reserve forests in Kollegal taluk in the district, is posing a threat to the elephant corridor that falls within its boundaries. - 13.03.2012.
  • Two killed as Cameroon troops fight to save elephants - The fight to save elephants from ivory poachers in Cameroon’s Bouba Ndjida national park has reached new, deadly levels, with at least two people killed and about 400 elephants slaughtered since January, rights group say. - 13.03.2012.
  • Bloodhounds to fight elephant poaching - The Democratic Republic of Congo's famed Virunga National Park has deployed bloodhounds to track down elephant poachers, a park official said Monday. - 13.03.2012.

12. März 2012

  • Kamerun: Militär kämpft gegen Elefanten-Jäger - In Kamerun ist der Kampf gegen Wilderer eskaliert. Nachdem Hunderte Elefanten getötet wurden, geht das Militär massiv gegen die Gesetzesbrecher vor. Bei den kriegsähnlichen Auseinandersetzungen gab es bereits Tote und Verletzte. - 12.03.2012.
  • Urlaub à la Zoodirektor. Per Elefant durch Nepal - Er hat sechs Elefanten direkt vor seiner Bürotür, fliegt aber rund 6400 Kilometer, um auf einem Dickhäuter zu reiten. Zoodirektor Bernhard Blaszkiewitz hat sich im Urlaub seinen großen Traum erfüllt. - 12.03.2012.
  • South Africa: Elephant Hapoor Junior Killed By His Brother - Pumba Private Game Reserve has announced the death of Hapoor Junior (aged 58), the Eastern Cape's most famous elephant bull. He was sired by legendary Hapoor, the dominating bull who reigned over all in the Addo Elephant National Park from 1944 to 1958. - 12.03.2012.
  • Special event planned to honor zoo elephants - Animal Outreach of Kansas, the group asking that Topeka zoo elephants Sunda and Tembo be moved to The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tenn., plans to seek to educate Topeka city officials about that sanctuary during a special event that will be held to honor the elephants. - 12.03.2012.
  • Elephants to Amble Through Downtown DC - Elephants Amble on Tuesday, March 13. - This is the only time of year when downtown traffic is remotely interesting... primarily because, for one evening, that traffic consists of elephant. - 12.03.2012.
  • Woman injured in elephant attack - LATEHAR: A 70-year-old woman suffered serious injuries when wild elephants razed nine houses in Latehar district. A herd of five jumbos attacked the houses at Rudh panchayat in Garu late block last night and ate away grains stored in the houses, Forest Ranger Rajendra Shukla said here today. - 12.03.2012.
  • Thailand’s jumbo secret - The discovery of six slaughtered elephants in two of Thailand’s national parks last month has exposed a nasty secret about the country’s elephant tourism industry. Conservationists point out that baby elephant trade is a lucrative business in the country, writes Atula Gupta. - 12.03.2012.
  • Three up for elephant poaching - BINGA — Three men on Thursday appeared in court for poaching elephant and possession of an unlicensed firearm. Lenard Katsande (48), Obert Chamunorwa (35), both of Chitekete in Gokwe, and Maposa Munkuli (69) of Siabuwa, Binga, appeared before Binga magistrate Stephen Ndlovu who remanded them in custody to March 22. - 12.03.2012.
  • DONALD TRUMP'S SONS Ignite War Over Animal Butchery - Donald Trump's two sons went on a big game hunt in Africa, and the carnage they wrought has triggered outrage by wildlife enthusiasts. Donald's sons -- Donald Jr. and Eric -- went on a hunting safari in Zimbabwe a year ago this month, and proudly showed off their trophy kills -- including an elephant, crocodile, kudu, civet cat and water buck. - 12.03.2012.
  • Elephant found dead in Corbett reserve - Dehradun, Mar 12 (PTI) An elephant was found dead at Dhela range of the Corbett Tiger Reserve apparently killed by a tiger, forest officials said today. - 12.03.2012.
  • Bots battles big elephant herd - Gaborone - Botswana is struggling to control an increasing population of elephants. Members of Parliament this week said efforts to diversify the economy through agriculture were being stymied by the large elephant herd. - 12.03.2012.
  • „Die Vorwürfe sind haltlos“ - Von authentischer Zirkusatmosphäre begeistern lassen kann man sich noch heute auf dem Festplatz Altbirnau. Dort gastiert „Circus Luna“. Schon am Eingang steigt den Besuchern der Geruch von Sägespänen, Tieren, Popcorn und Zuckerwatte in die Nase. - 12.03.2012.
  • Furore intensifies over elephant trade in Thailand - They may also have undermined the position of the National Parks chief, whose judgment has been called into serious question since revelations that killings of mature elephants in Kaeng Krachan recently were orchestrated to supply babies to elephant tourist parks - with the involvement of top officials in that park, several hours south of Bangkok. - 12.03.2012.

11. März 2012

  • Chilli-coated rope fencing to deter elephants - Soon, chilli-coated rope fences will be installed extensively to deter crop-raiding elephants from entering villages lying close to the forests, especially in divisions under the Aanamudi elephant range. - 11.03.2012.
  • Elephants using ‘survival’ corridor - KOTA KINABALU: The fragmentation of the forest habitats is one of the key challenges to ensure the survival of the Bornean elephants in Sabah. The ‘Melapi elephant corridor’ in Sukau has proven that even a strip of land 50 meters wide makes a difference to facilitate the migration of the Bornean elephant herds in Lower Kinabatangan. - 11.03.2012.
  • Local authorities still busy themselves with plans to protect elephants and yew - VietNamNet Bridge – In 2011, the Dak Lak provincial people’s committee approved the elephant conservation project worth 61 billion dong, and the Artemisia conservation project worth 50 billion dong, in an effort to rescue and develop the last elephant and yew individuals in the Central Highlands. - 11.03.2012.
  • Orissa: Ailing tusker dies - SAMBALPUR: A tusker, that was battling for life for the last fortnight in Pradhanpali forest under Badrama wildlife range, succumbed on Friday night. As per reports, the ailing elephant was first noticed by villagers with an injury in its right leg and a local medical team was engaged for its treatment. - 11.03.2012.

10. März 2012

  • Geburtstag feiern mit den kleinen Gandhi - Gandhi, das kleinste Tier in der Elefantenbullen-Wohngemeinschaft im Heidelberger Zoo, feiert am 20. März seinen sechsten Geburtstag. Die Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung hat die Patenschaft für das Tier übernommen, das am 1. April 2011 aus dem Zoo in Kopenhagen nach Heidelberg kam. - 10.03.2012.
  • Tiergarten zwischen Zuchterfolgen und großen Tragödien - Nürnberger Zoo wird 100 Jahre alt — Wandlung zum Landschaftspark. - NÜRNBERG - Ein bärenstarker Geburtstag: Der Nürnberger Tiergarten wird 100 Jahre alt. Zum Auftakt einer Serie in unserer Zeitung werfen wir einen Blick in die Chronik. Er zeigt, dass der Zoo viel mehr ist als nur Medienstar „Flocke“ oder das Drama um den toten Delfin-Nachwuchs. - 10.03.2012.
  • Elephants say goodbye to the whisperer - For 12 hours the huge beasts slowly made their way through the Zululand bush until they reached the house of the man they loved – to say good-bye. - 10.03.2012.
  • No Bullhooks In Baltimore For Circus Elephants - Jada Pinkett Smith is speaking out against the abuse of elephants in Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus shows. As the show heads for her hometown of Baltimore, Maryland, Pinkett Smith expressed concern about protecting the elephants from the Baltimore-banned practice of using bullhooks. - 10.03.2012.
  • Wild elephants get free meals - Free "canteens" have been set up for wild elephants to reduce the friction with villagers caused by their return to the improved environment of Pu'er in Southwest China's Yunnan province, said Shen Peiping, Party chief of Pu'er. - 10.03.2012.
  • Elephant Racer Gopi Kannan Wins 9th Year In A Row (VIDEO) - Elephants aren't known for their speed, but one 36-year-old pachyderm must be packing a lot of junk in his trunk. He's Gopi Kannan and he just earned his ninth victory in the annual elephant race held at Guruvayur Temple in India's southern Kerala state. - 10.03.2012.
  • SAFARI PARK ELEPHANTS ARRIVE AT TUCSON ZOO - The last of the five African elephants that San Diego Zoo Safari Park had agreed to send to a Tucson zoo arrived safely this week. The latest arrival at Reid Park Zoo consisted of Litsemba, a female African, and her calves, 5-year-old Impunga and 1-year-old Sundzu. - 10.03.2012.
  • Black ivory - Last year was dreadful for African elephants. This year may be worse. - IT IS a bad time to be an elephant, particularly in Africa. Almost 24 tonnes of illegally harvested ivory were seized by investigators in 2011—the largest haul since records began in 1990 and more than twice the amount in 2010. - 10.03.2012.

8. März 2012

  • 50 Jahre Knies Kinderzoo – ein Blick zurück - Knies Kinderzoo in Rapperswil-Jona wird dieses Jahr 50 Jahre alt. Zoodirektor Benjamin Sinninger und Fredy Knie jun. blicken mit Stolz auf die bewegte Geschichte des Zoos zurück – und sagen, warum der Zoo seine maximale Grösse erreicht hat. - 08.03.2012.
  • Calgary Zoo elephant's pregnancy raises herpes concerns - Last calf born to the zoo's elephant Rani died from virus. - News that an endangered Asian elephant at the Calgary Zoo is pregnant is raising concern about elephant herpes and the health of the calf. The pregnancy of the elephant named Rani is exciting news for many zoo patrons, but one animal protection group wonders if the zoo should be allowing this particular elephant to breed. - 08.03.2012.
  • Rozie the BioPark elephant is expecting - Rozie the elephant is expecting again. The Rio Grande BioPark’s 19-year-old Asian elephant is apparently three months pregnant and will give birth sometime in Nov. 2013. Blood tests confirm the pregnancy, which was achieved through artificial insemination, the zoo announced Thursday. - 08.03.2012.
  • DAS TIERGESPRÄCH: Geheimsprache der Elefanten - Ein Gespräch mit dem Biologen und Wissenschaftsjournalisten Mario Ludwig. - Die Wissenschaft geht davon aus, dass es bei Elefanten so etwas wie unterschiedliche Dialekte und sogar Fremdsprachen bei den verschiedenen Elefantenpopulationen gibt. - 08.03.2012.
  • How to get to know an elephant on a first-name basis - Aristotle once called the elephant "the beast which passes all others in wit and mind." After watching Chishuru, a seven-foot-tall African elephant, find my shoe in a heap of smelly sneakers and pass it to me, I have to agree. - 08.03.2012.
  • Calgary Zoo elephant pregnant - Her previous two calves died after being rejected. - Maharani is pregnant again. Calgary Zoo officials hope the female elephant's third try at motherhood will be a lot more successful than her previous attempts. Known as Rani by zookeepers, the 22-year-old Asian elephant initially rejected both of her calves, which both subsequently died. - 08.03.2012.
  • Elephant mother, 2 calves from San Diego join zoo - A female elephant and her two calves, the latest additions to the Reid Park Zoo, arrived at their new home late Tuesday night, officials said. The African elephants, Samba and her calves, 5-year-old Punga and Sundzu, 1, arrived at the zoo from the San Diego Zoo Safari Park by truck along with their keepers and veterinarians, zoo spokeswoman Vivian VanPeenen said in a news release. - 08.03.2012.
  • Elephant corridor: HC blocks Centre’s move to set up panel - CHENNAI: Determined to rid the Sigru elephant corridor of illegal resorts and private structures, the Madras high court has suspended the operation of a central memorandum constituting a committee to examine all matters relating to the corridor at Sigur Plateau in the Nilgiris. - 08.03.2012.
  • Task Force visits Maldare - Coffee growers express their pain to task force Members. - Coffee Growers said that the elephants have started consuming coffee berries. If this is not checked, then coffee growers will be in distress. - 08.03.2012.
  • Annual elephant race draws huge crowds in India - Devotees and tourists thronged to Guruvayur Temple in India's southern Kerala state to watch the annual elephant race. It traditionally heralds the beginning of a ten-day festival in the temple dedicated to the Hindu God Krishna. - 08.03.2012.
  • Tucson's Reid Park Zoo Gets 3 New Elephants - TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The Reid Park Zoo in Tucson has three new African elephants. A female elephant named Samba and her two calves arrived at their new home late Tuesday night. - 08.03.2012.
  • Pachyderm projects aiding wildlife - Couple has travelled the globe to learn more about plight of elephants, how we can help them survive. - Adventurer veterinarian Dag Goering was examining a baby elephant in India, when its massive mother gripped his wrist with her trunk and yanked him away. - 08.03.2012.
  • ABQ Elephant, Rozie, Is Pregnant - Rozie the elephant is pregnant. But it will be a while before we see a calf at the zoo. Albuquerque BioPark’s 19-year-old Asian elephant is expected to have her second calf in November 2013, according to a news release from the zoo. Rozie is three months pregnant, and the average gestation for elephants is 23 months. - 08.03.2012.

7. März 2012

  • The martyrdom of elephants: A sad tale of greed - A recent mass slaughter of elephants shows Cameroon's government is woefully unequipped to deal with poachers. - Paris, France - The year 2012 started dramatically for elephants in the central African country of Cameroon. According to the UN, 450 carcasses of these animals - a protected species - have been found in the Bouba N'Djida National Park, near Cameroon's northern border with Chad. - 07.03.2012.
  • Your Questions for a World-Renowned Elephant Expert - After a devastating civil war ravaged Mozambique in 1977, Mozambicans weren’t the only victims of a 16-year-long calamity. Endless warfare wiped out nearly 95 percent of the wildlife living in Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park, leaving elephants among the hardest hit. - 07.03.2012.
  • Elephant festival kickstarts in Jaipur today - Jaipur: Colourful fireworks, jumbo rides, tribal dance and folk music are among a plethora of events tourists will be treated to as the annual 'Elephant Festival' kick-starts here tomorrow. - 07.03.2012.
  • Man-elephant conflict on the rise in State - People in villages are suffering not just the hot weather but also rising encounters with elephants that have have begun wandering near them in greater numbers in search of food and water with the temperature rising. - 07.03.2012.

6. März 2012

  • Plans Could Mean No Elephants At Greenville Zoo, Still Time To Weigh In - GREENVILLE, S.C. -- If you didn’t get a chance to weigh in on changes at the Greenville Zoo Tuesday night, you will have other opportunities. - Tuesday night about 65 people showed up to the Hughes Library for a public feedback session on new plans for renovations of the zoo that could send the elephants packing. Zoo officials say they got a number of questions Tuesday about plans for the elephants. - 06.03.2012.
  • Sumatras Regenwald zu Klopapier - Indonesien ist zum drittgrößten Produzenten von Treibhausgasen aufgestiegen - nicht weil das Land plötzlich im Wohlstand schwelgt, sondern weil seine Entwaldungsrate so rasant gestiegen ist. Schuld daran ist auch der Frieden: Seitdem in Sumatras Dschungel keine Rebellen mehr agieren, gibt es einen Run auf das Holz der Insel. - 06.03.2012.
  • Elephant festival to kick-start in Jaipur tomorrow - Jaipur, Mar 6 (PTI) Colourful fireworks, jumbo rides, tribal dance and folk music are among a plethora of events tourists will be treated to as the annual 'Elephant Festival' kick-starts here tomorrow. - 06.03.2012.
  • Elephant conservation projects remain on… paper - VietNamNet Bridge – An action plan to conserve elephants in Nghe An, Dak Lak and Dong Nai was approved by the Prime Minister six years ago, in 2006. However, no considerable progress has been made so far. - 06.03.2012.
  • Guruvayur Kannan triumphs in Anayottam again - THRISSUR: Guruvayur Kannan, the 49-year-old tusker, emerged first in the ‘Anayottam’ (elephant race) on Monday which marked the opening of the annual 10-day festival at the Sree Krishna temple, Guruvayur. - 06.03.2012.
  • Beehive fences to check wild elephant jaywalking - THRISSUR: In a bid to avert man-elephant conflicts along forest borders across the state, Dr KP Sreekumar, professor, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (COVAS) has suggested introducing beehive fences. - 06.03.2012.
  • If You Love Elephants, Don't Ride One - PETA responds to local bride who rented Tai the elephant for her wedding and why it's not a great idea. - The local bride who recently rented an elephant named Tai for her wedding day has been sadly misled about what her $3,000 went to support. - 06.03.2012.
  • Brighter future for jumbos - A new home awaits elephants which have been displaced from their natural habitat. - WITH an increasing number of wild elephants being displaced from their forested habitat or injured by snares, a rescue centre is badly needed to shelter these animals. - 06.03.2012.

5. März 2012

  • Bloodhounds used to sniff out people killing elephants for ivory - Editor's note: This post contains a graphic image at the bottom that some readers might find disturbing. - Faced with a huge increase in elephants being killed for their tusks, governments and wildlife groups have been looking for new ways to stem the massacre. - 05.03.2012.
  • Cameroon: Elephant Poaching - Govt Unveils Preventive Measures - Short and medium-term policies have been set aside to halt rampant elephant killing. The Minister of Communications, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, has echoed government's determination to thwart endeavours by poachers to extinct the country's ecosystem, especially through the massacre of endangered animal species like the elephants. - 05.03.2012.
  • Cameroon Military to Hunt Down Elephant Poachers - Environmental activists in Cameroon say the military is mounting an offensive against poachers in the north, who are believed to have killed half of the country's remaining elephants. - 05.03.2012.
  • Elephant kiss of death - Elephant in a frenzy of lust (musth) goes crazy, kills owner, then goes crazy again, chases driver, collapses, dies from heart failure. - Male elephant Sidor Plaiwan collapsed and died from heart failure after chasing its mahout in Nakhon Si Thammarat province on Saturday. The mahout was unhurt. The 25-year-old jumbo killed its previous owner when it went berserk last month. - 05.03.2012.
  • Legalizing Ivory To Save Rhinos and Elephants - After the poaching massacre in Cameroon of 450 elephants, officials are now contemplating legalizing ivory. Since ivory is highly prized and profitable, the slaughter of hundreds of elephants and rhinos for ivory harvesting has raised a lot of concern about the welfare of these large mammals. - 05.03.2012.

4. März 2012

  • Artenschutz: Schlechte Zeiten für Elefant und Rebhuhn - Der Tag des Artenschutzes soll an das 1973 ausgehandelte Abkommen gegen den Handel mit geschützten Tieren (CITES) erinnern. Doch die Situation hat sich im letzten Jahr deutlich verschlechtert: Noch nie wurden so viele Elefanten und Nashörner gewildert, noch nie wurde so viel illegales Elfenbein verkauft. - 04.03.2012.
  • Why relocating badly behaved wild elephants doesn’t work - About 25 wild elephants are slated to be transplanted from around Kattepura and Dodbetta Reserve Forests, Hassan District in Karnataka, to other as-yet-undetermined locations. This is punishment for a long string of complaints against them. - 04.03.2012.
  • Scientists say elephants seriously endangered - VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has been well known as a country with many elephants that can be found throughout the country. However, big international conservation organizations have repeatedly given warnings that elephants are in danger of extinction. - 04.03.2012.
  • Kandy Diyawadana Nilame - Following the revelation of the unorthodox administration carried out by the lay custodian of the Temple of the Tooth, the Animal Welfare Trust (AWT) and the Elephant Owners Association (EOA) have come out with concrete evidence to show as to how Diyawadana Nilame (DN) Pradeep Nilanga Dela Bandara (Dela) is involved in elephant smuggling although no action has been taken against him by the relevant authorities. - 04.03.2012.

3. März 2012

  • How to get to know an elephant on a first-name basis - Aristotle once called the elephant "the beast which passes all others in wit and mind." After watching Chishuru, a seven-foot-tall African elephant, find my shoe in a heap of smelly sneakers and pass it to me, I have to agree. - 03.03.2012.
  • Two elephants killed by poachers in Mwatate - Two elephants have been killed by poachers at a private ranch in Taita Taveta County. Wildlife conservationists have condemned the killing of the two female elephants aged about 40 years at Lwalenyi Ranch within Mwatate district which borders the Tsavo West National Park. Poaching is threatening elephant population in the Tsavo ecosystem. - 03.03.2012.
  • Wilderei auf Nashörner und Elefanten bereitet Sorgen - München. - Der Tag des Artenschutzes am 3. März erinnert an die Unterzeichnung des Washingtoner Artenschutz-Übereinkommens (WA, englisch CITES) im Jahr 1973. Die Artenschutz-Organisation Pro Wildlife warnt an diesem Tag davor, dass fragwürdige Ausnahmen und ein schwacher Vollzug des Artenschutzes die Errungenschaften des Abkommens schwächen. Sorgen bereitet den Artenschützern vor allem die eskalierende Wilderei auf Nashörner und Elefanten. - 03.03.2012.
  • Cameroon army targets elephant slaughter - Cameroon has launched a military offensive against elephant poachers in the country's northeast. Defence Minister Alain Mebe Ngo'o announced the operation on state television late on Thursday, saying that the country needed to take action against the poachers believed to be from Sudan. - 03.03.2012.
  • Officer badly hurt in rogue elephant attack - KUALA TERENGGANU: A Wildlife and National Parks Department officer cheated death when an elephant he and four colleagues were trying to capture went berserk and attacked him on Thursday. - 03.03.2012.
  • Elephant race to open temple fest - The 10-day festival at the Sree Krishna temple here will begin with an elephant race (aanayottam) on Monday. The customary race begins from the premises of Manjulal in the afternoon and concludes in front of the east entrance to the temple. - 03.03.2012.

2. März 2012

  • Elephant pals at home in SD Zoo - Connie and Shaba, elephant pals from Reid Park Zoo in Tucson, are safely ensconced at the San Diego Zoo following a 10-hour journey during which they were housed in individual crates. - 02.03.2012.
  • Looking For Elephant Ivory? Try China - Armed with tips from animal welfare activists, I recently went on an ivory hunt with my Chinese assistant, Yang, in an antiques market in Beijing. - 02.03.2012.
  • Elephant Film in the Making: The Story of Dao - Allison Argo, Emmy winning filmmaker and animal advocate of ArgoFilms, has a new elephant project in the works. A decade ago, while filming The Urban Elephant, a documentary about elephants under human care, she came upon a very special elephant named Pang Dao in Thailand. - 02.03.2012.
  • 20 elephants killed by poachers in Marsabit - MORE than 20 elephants have been killed in the vast Marsabit Forest in the Central division of Marsabit county in the last two months as Ethiopian poachers invade the forest. Marsabit Central DC Ruto Kipchumba said hundreds of poachers have found their way into the forest from Ethiopia and are causing havoc by killing elephants. - 02.03.2012.
  • JAIPUR ELEPHANT FESTIVAL 2012 WITH HOLI CELEBRATION - (TRAVPR.COM) INDIA - March 2nd, 2012 - Rajasthan is the land of kings and queens and one of the most charming states of India. It has been known worldwide as a tourism destination as it has lots of tourist attraction and tourist facilities. - 02.03.2012.
  • Elefanten tanzen in Manege - Zirkus Charles Knie mit 100 Tieren in Varel – Artisten zeigen Salto Mortale. - Artistik, Tierdressuren, Tempo-Jonglagen und viel Spaß bietet der Großzirkus. Er wurde mit internationalen Zirkuspreisen ausgezeichnet. - 02.03.2012.
  • Elefanten-Fußball in der Manege - Ein fußballspielender Elefant, lustige Clowns, Braunbären und Dromedare können im Circus Luna bestaunt werden, der ab Freitag, 9. März, für wenige Tage in Überlingen gastiert. - 02.03.2012.
  • Elephants under threat in Bangladesh - Human expansion in the Garo Hills has made elephants more violent. - Human expansion in Bangladesh has made the nation's elephants increasingly violent. - Video. - 02.03.2012.

1. März 2012

  • Leiden Leipzigs Elefanten ohne ihren Chefpfleger? - Leipzig – Michael Tempelhoff (44) war nicht nur der Liebling der „Elefant, Tiger & Co.“-Zuschauer, sondern auch der engste menschliche Vertraute der Dickhäuter im Zoo. Wie kommen die Elefanten nach dessen Versetzung nun ohne ihren ehemaligen Chefpfleger klar? - 01.03.2012.
  • Wild Animals To Be Banned From Circuses - Circuses will be banned from using wild animals in their shows under new Government plans. Ministers say they will outlaw the practice at the earliest opportunity and draft regulations will come before Parliament this summer. - 01.03.2012.
  • Elephant, 51-years-old, gives birth in Taman Safari - A 51-year-old elephant named Nila delivered a male calf at Taman Safari Indonesia (TSI) park in Cisarua, Bogor, West Java, on Monday evening. The calf, which has yet to be named, is Nila’s third offspring. - 01.03.2012.
  • Tierschützer zeigen Amt an - Friedberg Nach dem Tod eines Zirkuselefanten. - Nach dem Tod eines Zirkuselefanten im hessischen Friedberg hat die Tierrechtsorganisation PETA Strafanzeige gegen Mitarbeiter des Veterinäramts Wetteraukreis erstattet. - 01.03.2012.
  • Elephant operators threaten blockade - KANCHANABURI : Elephant park operators have threatened to block major roads with their jumbos if wildlife officials continue to seize animals from private shelters. - 01.03.2012.
  • Now poachers targeting elephant tusks - Many organised crime syndicates are moving away from drugs and human trafficking and are focusing their sights on dealing in illegal wildlife products because it is a "high-reward, low-risk" crime. - 01.03.2012.
  • Palmyrah palms to solve human-elephant conflict - A sustainable solution has been found for the human-elephant conflict in Sri Lanka by Practical Action, said Practical Action Sri Lanka Team Leader Ranasinghe Perera, addressing a press conference yesterday at the Buddhist Cultural Centre, Colombo. - 01.03.2012.
  • Wild Animals To Be Banned From Circuses - Circuses will be banned from using wild animals in their shows under new Government plans. Ministers are to unveil policies in the Commons that will outlaw the practice at the earliest opportunity. - 01.03.2012.
  • Man killed in Karbi Anglong jumbo attack - JORHAT: A man was killed in an elephant attack at Dolamora under Karbi Anglong (East) forest range on Wednesday morning. The deceased, identified as Bodhan Bhumij, was an employee of Assam Public Works Department (PWD) of Dolamora. - 01.03.2012.

Februar

29. Februar 2012

  • Kamerun: Wilderer töten 450 Elefanten - Das weltweit existierende Problem der Wilderei hat in Kamerun wieder in großer Dimension zugeschlagen. Zwar hat sich insgesamt die Situation wild lebender Großtiere mit der Einführung von Viagra verbessert, doch bleiben die Insignien dieser großen Tiere als Machtsymbol weiterhin beliebt und bringen hohe Gewinne auf dem Schwarzmarkt. - 29.02.2012.
  • Elephants may be separated after 30 years - TUCSON - Two elephants from the Reid Park Zoo have been sent to San Diego Zoo. Some people are quite upset about this because the 2 elephants have been together for 30 years. - 29.02.2012.
  • Newark Hosts a Parade of Pachyderms - Annual event kicks off Ringling Bros. appearance at Pru Arena. - They may have arrived a tad later than expected, but when the elephants from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus finally did begin their march down Broad Street in Newark last night, they did not disappoint. - 29.02.2012.
  • Elefanten können sich im Spiegel erkennen - Vancouver (dpa). Elefanten sind offenbar in der Lage, sich im Spiegel zu erkennen. US-Verhaltensforscher der Uni Atlanta dokumentieren das mit einem Video des Elefantenweibchens "Pepsi". - 29.02.2012.
  • Mela shikar makes a comeback after two decades - KOLKATA: After almost two decades, Mela Shikara - alive only in the folklores of northeast India - will become a reality in Bengal. If all goes well, the state will witness this traditional method of capturing wild elephants next August. - 29.02.2012.

28. Februar 2012

  • Oregon Zoo elephant habitat - For an upgrade of the Oregon Zoo’s elephant habitat, SRG Partnership was presented with the task of creating an enclosure to suit multiple 14,000-pound animals as well as human observers. - 28.02.2012.
  • Der illegale Handel mit Elefantenbabys boomt - In Thailand werden Elefanten jung gefangen, um sie für Touristen abzurichten. Oft müssen dafür ihre Mütter sterben. Gegen Kritiker gehen die Behörden mit aller Härte vor. - 28.02.2012.
  • Mass killing of Cameroon elephants alarms UN agency - GENEVA — The UN watchdog into the illegal wildlife trade on Tuesday voiced "grave concern" at a spike in African elephant poaching after nearly 450 of the animals were killed in Cameroon. - 28.02.2012.
  • Phuket welcomes newborn elephant ‘Pang Saifon’ - PHUKET: The owners of the Kinnari Elephant Camp in Rawai this morning announced the birth of a baby elephant at the camp. Pang Saifon, born at 1:49am, is the second elephant to be born at the camp. - 28.02.2012.
  • Is that an elephant on the Mark Clark? - NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) -- The circus is in town and they're announcing their presence in a big way! The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus walked their animals down the streets of North Charleston Tuesday. - 28.02.2012.

27. Februar 2012

  • Schmutziges Geschäft mit Baby-Elefanten - Bangkok - Der illegale Handel mit Baby-Elefanten boomt derzeit in Thailand. Dabei deht es nicht um das Elfenbein oder das Fleisch der Tiere, sondern um ihren Reiz auf Touristen. - 27.02.2012.
  • Phuket – Baby Elefanten gerettet - PHUKET: Die Polizei beschlagnahmte zwei junge Elefanten auf Phuket heute und neigt dazu, das ganze Elefanten-Camp wird von der Nationalparkverwaltung untersucht. - 27.02.2012.
  • Sacred elephant - Harsha V Dehejia on the significance of pachyderms in Indic mythology] - The elephant occupies a pride of place in Indic tradition. Rising from the ocean during the samudra manthan as Airavat, the elephant becomes associated with Indra and assumes celestial importance early in the tradition. - 27.02.2012.
  • Wildlife centre raided after criticising tourist camps - BANGKOK: A partly Australian-funded wildlife rescue foundation whose chief spoke out about the illegal poaching of baby elephants in Thailand has been raided and had 103 animals taken away by Thai parks officials. - 27.02.2012.

26. Februar 2012

  • Aging elephants are a bunch of rampaging hooligans - In my continuing efforts to highlight which members of the animal kingdom are just total jerks - looking at you, freeloading wolves! - I present the case of farm-raiding, crop-stealing elephants, and the young elephants who follow their bad example. - 26.02.2012.
  • 500 elephants killed in Cameroon park - Bouba Ndjida, Cameroon - “As of today we estimate that 480 elephants have been slaughtered in our park,” said Mathieu Fometa of the Bouba Ndjida National Park in northern Cameroon, near the border with Chad, where the animals roam freely. - 26.02.2012.
  • A Wild Shot At An Elephant Army Accused Of Shooting Elephant - A wild bull elephant was killed from a gunshot wound on Wednesday 22, after it had attacked 2 girls and their father near the Bundala National Park. The girl who was 24 years old was killed in the attack, while her father was hospitalised at the Matara General Hospital. - 26.02.2012.

25. Februar 2012

  • Odisha: Elephants damage houses, crops - Report Akshya Rout; Jajpur: A herd of elephants entered Kalakala, Tilipala and other villages under Badchana block of Jajpur district and damaged crops on Friday. - 25.02.2012.

24. Februar 2012

  • Elephants fighting back in southern Vietnam - A herd of wild elephants have been ravaging farmers’ fields in the southern province of Dong Nai for a week-and-a-half, according to local forest management authorities. - 24.02.2012.
  • Kakapo.de informiert: Am 3. März ist Tag des Artenschutzes - Am 3. März ist Tag des Artenschutzes. Es soll an die Unterzeichnung des Washingtoner Artenschutzübereinkommens (“CITES”) vor genau 39 Jahren in Washington erinnert werden. Mit dem Washingtoner Artenschutzübereinkommen lässt sich eine Tierart ganz besonders in Verbindung bringen: Der afrikanische Elefant. - 24.02.2012.
  • KANTON ST. GALLEN: Elefanten auf der Lkw-Waage - Einen speziellen Auftrag hatten Mitarbeiter der Kantonspolizei St.Gallen am Donnerstag zu erfüllen. Sie wurden für die Gewichtsmessung der Elefanten von Knie's Kinderzoo beigezogen. - 24.02.2012.
  • Elephant tracks found in UAE From Our Abu Dhabi Bureau - ABU DHABI: An international team from Germany, France, the US, and UAE have published a study recently tracing the Mleisa 1 site in the UAE which features exceptionally long track ways of a single herd of at least 13 elephant individuals. - 24.02.2012.
  • Uttarakhand Govt does sham check-up of captive tuskers - Following disclosure of blatant violation of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, Project Elephant guidelines and mistreatment of private captive elephants around the Corbett national park, the State Animal Husbandry department conducted a medical check-up of these elephants. - 24.02.2012.

23. Februar 2012

  • Die Polizei wägt Knies Elefanten - Einen speziellen Auftrag hatten Mitarbeiter der Kantonspolizei St. Gallen zu erfüllen. Sie wurden für die Gewichtsmessung der Elefanten des Knie's Kinderzoo beigezogen. - 23.02.2012.
  • Baby elephants killed for tourist dollars - Bangkok - The discovery of six slaughtered elephants last month in two of Thailand's national parks has exposed a nasty secret about the country's ubiquitous elephant tourism industry. - 23.02.2012.
  • Elephant carcass found in Odisha jungle - BERHAMPUR (Odisha): The carcass of a female elephant was found today from Chakara ghati jungle in Tarsingi Forest range in Ganjam district. - 23.02.2012.
  • Wild elephants trample crops in Dong Nai - In an effort to regain lost habitat, a herd of wild elephants recently encroached on and devastated a cultivated tract of land in Vinh Cuu District in the southern province of Dong Nai, according to the Dong Nai Natural and Cultural Conservation Zone. - 23.02.2012.
  • Drive to stem elephant poaching launched - The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has launched a campaign to protect elephants from poachers. On Thursday, it released a 10-year plan that provides a roadmap for conservation and management of elephants in the country for the next 10 years. - 23.02.2012.
  • Elephants draw tourists to Laos - SAYABOULY, 23 February 2012: Sayabouly, a province in northwest Laos is counting on its annual elephant festivals to build awareness, while there are plans to upgrade highways and add more international border checkpoints with neighbouring Thailand. - 23.02.2012.
  • Elephant footprints found in UAE desert - Abu Dhabi A recent study, published in the World Journal for Biological Research yesterday, has pointed out the presence of seven million-year-old elephant footprints in the Arabian desert. - 23.02.2012.

22. Februar 2012

  • For Hungry Elephants, the Next Meal Could Be Poison - Nunukan, East Kalimantan. A parade of hungry elephants has been ransacking villages for food in the Tulin Onsoi subdistrict of Nunukan, East Kalimantan, destroying farms and angering residents who are threatening to kill the protected animals. - 22.02.2012.
  • Thai Wildlife Group Raided for Criticizing Elephant Poaching - A wildlife rescue foundation in Thailand says it is being harassed by the government for speaking out about alleged official involvement in elephant poaching. VOA's Daniel Schearf reports from Phetchaburi province, where parks department officers have been raiding the group's compound. - 22.02.2012.
  • Old Elephants Make Bad Role Models - Elephants may give birth to live young, but they can still be bad eggs. A new study shows how seemingly good elephants turn rotten, at least from a human viewpoint, by stealing into farms and wolfing down crops. In Kenya, young males seem to be learning their problem behavior from older bulls, an insight that may influence how conservationists manage clashes between humans and the large animals. - 22.02.2012.
  • Chronic stress in elephants can affect long-term behavior - Stress is known to lead to short-term escape behavior, and new research on elephants in South Africa shows that it can also cause long-term escape behavior, affecting the extent that elephants use their habitat. The work is published Feb. 22 in the open access journal PLoS ONE. - 22.02.2012.
  • Yerevan zoo not to purchase many elephants - YEREVAN. - The exaggerated information published in the media stating that Yerevan zoo is allegedly going to purchase several elephants is not true, the press service of Yerevan zoo informs Armenian News-NEWS.am adding that works are done towards improving the living conditions of the only elephant, Grand. - 22.02.2012.
  • Dung-decay method to count elephant population - Dehra Dun/Nanital: The Uttarakhand forest department has roped in the prestigious Indian Institute of Bangalore to prepare an estimate of elephant population based on its dung-decay method in the hill state. - 22.02.2012.
  • Elefanten: Sozial seit sieben Millionen Jahren - Versteinerte Elefantenspuren zeigen: Die Rüsseltiere waren bereits im Miozän - also vor sieben Millionen Jahren - in Familienverbänden unterwegs. Selbst Schlangen sind nicht so asozial wie bisher gedacht - auch sie treten bisweilen im Rudel auf. - 22.02.2012.
  • Oldest elephant footprints found - PALAEONTOLOGISTS working in the United Arab Emirates have uncovered elephant footprints that are seven million years old, making them the oldest of their kind and possibly the longest preserved trackway in the world. - 22.02.2012.

21. Februar 2012

  • In the Steps of Ancient Elephants - One day, sometime around seven million years ago, a herd of bizarre, four-tusked elephants crossed the desert which stretched over what is now the United Arab Emirates. - 21.02.2012.
  • Elephant bathing at Surabaya Zoo - A number of participants from the community that cares for the welfare of animals in Surabaya staged an elephant bathing event at Surabaya Zoo. - 21.02.2012.

20. Februar 2012

  • «Elefanten haben Sinn für Humor» - Carlo Cathomen ist Elefantenpfleger im Zürcher Zoo. Er kann sich keinen besseren Job vorstellen. Seine Elefanten verstehen 15 Kommandos, wollen aber nicht immer gehorchen. - 20.02.2012.
  • Elefantöse Umzüge - So einen Umzugsstress haben Elefanten - zumal dann, wenn sie im Zoo leben - wohl selten. Am Wochenende ist jedenfalls der Elefanten-Jungbulle Shanti zunächst von Hannover nach Hamburg gezogen. Er wird dort im Tierpark Hagenbeck vorübergehend mit dem dreijährigen Shahrukh zusammenleben. - 20.02.2012.
  • Elephants Slain In Cameroon For Ivory - Nearly 300 Killed In Six Weeks. - (CNN) -- Poachers in search of ivory in northern Cameroon have slaughtered nearly 300 elephants for their tusks since mid-January, according to the country's minister of forestry and wildlife. - 20.02.2012.
  • Poacher gangs massacre elephants in Cameroon - YAOUNDE: Poachers have slaughtered about 200 elephants in a national park in northern Cameroon, around a third of the population, and the massacre is still going on, according to a wildlife protection group. - 20.02.2012.

19. Februar 2012

  • Tiere machen Geschichte: Der Elefant Karls des Großen - Was wusste Karl der Große von Indien? Auch der Frankenkaiser wird hier und da von den kleinen scharfen Pfefferkörnchen gekostet haben, die auf verschlungenen Wegen durch Wüsten, Meere und Gebirge den Weg bis an seinen Hof gefunden hatten. - 19.02.2012.
  • Should elephants be banned from circus in Madison? - MADISON — The “Zor Shrine Circus” is back in Madison this week, but it’s not all fun and games for everyone. The circus is taking some heat over their alleged treatment of elephants. - 19.02.2012.
  • Rogue elephant caught - Kuala Lumpur - Officers captured a male elephant believed to be the leader of a herd that wreaked havoc on farmlands in a northern Malaysian state, the wildlife department said on Sunday. - 19.02.2012.
  • Two held in killing of wild elephant in Phetchaburi; ivory buyer sought - Phetchaburi police have asked the provincial court for permission to detain without bail two suspects accused of killing an elephant in Kaeng Krachan National Park while they search for the person who hired them and the intended buyer of the elephant's ivory and other parts. - 19.02.2012.
  • The elusive Borneo pygmy elephant - IT was in conversation with a former student of mine that my thoughts drifted towards this article. Dr Kate Evans has been working in Botswana, with her husband, in researching the behaviour and patterns of movement of African elephants for many years. She inaugurated the Elephants for Africa Trust Fund. - 19.02.2012.
  • BRIEF: Wildlife officers capture rogue elephant in Malaysia - KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19, 2012 (dpa - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEXT) -- Officers captured a male elephant beliefed to be the leader of a herd that wreaked havoc on farmlands in a northern Malaysian state, the wildlife department said Sunday. - 19.02.2012.

18. Februar 2012

  • Letter: Treat elephants well - I have been fascinated by elephants for as long as I can remember, and since I am well into my 80s, that is more years than I care to remember. For many years, it was watching elephants in circuses during the performance. - 18.02.2012.
  • 58th Zor Shrine Circus Brings Back Elephants, Abuse Controversy - Animal activists say circus elephants are abused and handed out leaflets in Madison showing how to find the signs. - Animal activists say circus elephants are abused and handed out leaflets in Madison showing how to find the signs to circus-goers Saturday. - 18.02.2012.
  • Wichita elephant helps man propose - (WICHITA, Kan.)— Michael Mastalski used his girlfriend’s love of animals to plan a one of a kind proposal. “She prefers everything to be unique and special so I figured the best way to go is with animals of what she loves,” Mastalski said. - 18.02.2012.
  • Dubare mahouts strike work - Camp wears deserted look as visitors return disappointed. - Mahouts in the Dubare Elephant Camp near Kushalnagar in Kodagu, rallying under the banner of Budakattu Krishikara Sangha, a tribal organisation, staged a protest on Friday to draw the attention of the State Government to confirm their services. - 18.02.2012.
  • Activists: Poachers slaughter 200 elephants in Cameroon - JOHANNESBURG – Fueled by an Asian demand for ivory, poachers have slaughtered more than 200 elephants in the past five weeks in a patch of Africa where they are more dangerously endangered than anywhere else on Earth, wildlife activists say. - 18.02.2012.

17. Februar 2012

  • Risk of sedentary life harmful for elephants - If you think diseases that result from a sedentary lifestyle and unhealthy food habits are only a human problem, you are wrong. There seems to be an elephantine dimension to them as well. - 17.02.2012.
  • Zirkuselefanten in Hutzdorf untergebracht - HUTZDORF Nun ist auch das „dickste“ Problem, bei der Vermietung des DGH Hutzdorf gelöst. Denn der HSV hat eine sinnvolle und tragfähige Unterbringungsmöglichkeit für die Elefanten der Zirkusfamilie gefunden. Über die freundliche Aufnahme im Dorf ist die Zirkusfamilie sehr glücklich. - 17.02.2012.
  • Kerala: Elephant on rampage kills one,injures 4 - THRISSUR: A 50-year-old motorcyclist was trampled to death and at least 14 people were injured, when an elephant ran amok at Kechery here on Thursday morning, creating panic for over two hours. The deceased has been identified as Pavaratti Manappadi Maliyekal Aloysiyus. - 17.02.2012.
  • Twycross Zoo prepares to welcome baby elephant - Twycross Zoo is preparing to welcome its newest addition with one of its elephants nearly ready to give birth. First-time mother Tara, a 13-year-old Asian elephant at the zoo, is being monitored with video cameras around the clock and being kept extra warm at night, ready for the special delivery. - 17.02.2012.
  • An Elephant's Memory - On Valentine's Day, a column in The Lima (Ohio) News headlined "Stray thoughts on life and love" carried the byline of Tom Harrison, of the Washington and Lee Class of 1983, a reporter with that newspaper. - 17.02.2012.
  • Elephant, bison found dead in Nilgiris - Udhagamandalam (TN), Feb 17 (PTI) A 43-year old female elephant was today found dead in Kallampalayam forest area in Kothagiri, about 90 kms from here, in the hilly Nilgiris District of Tamil Nadu. - 17.02.2012.
  • GOCO Hospitality Aids Elephant’s World in Thailand - Bangkok, Thailand, February 17, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Keeping true to its commitment of making a social impact in the community, GOCO Hospitality took to the jungles of Kanchanaburi, Thailand this January to lend a helping hand at Elephant’s World, a sanctuary for old, sick, disabled, and abused elephants. - 17.02.2012.

16. Februar 2012

  • Toter Elefant: »Ich, mein Vater, wir alle sind fix und fertig« - Friedberg (ütz). »Ich war bis zuletzt bei Maya« – bei diesen Worten bricht Daniel Renz beim Telefonat mit dieser Zeitung die Stimme. Der Direktor des Zirkus Universal Renz schluchzt und sagt: »Ich muss jetzt auflegen. Es ist alles so schlimm.« - 16.02.2012.
  • Tragisches Ende der Elefantendame Maya - Friedberg (ütz). Traurige Nachricht aus dem Veterinäramt: Maya ist tot. Die Elefantendame des Zirkus Universal Renz wurde am Sonntag eingeschläfert. Ihr Zustand hatte sich rapide verschlechtert. Sie kollabierte, so dass der österreichische Spezialarzt für Elefanten, Dr. Johannes Wipplinger, keine Chance mehr auf eine Heilung sah. - 16.02.2012.
  • Wieder Zirkuselefant tot - Wie das Veterinäramt des hessischen Wetteraukreises gestern bekannt gab, musste die schwerkranke Elefantendame Maya des Circus Universal Renz am Wochenende eingeschläfert werden. Maya litt an einer Nagelbettentzündung und einer Wunde am Kopf sowie Hautproblemen. - 16.02.2012.
  • New baby elephant on the way to Twycross Zoo - SOME people think they’re left on doorsteps by storks, but the staff at Twycross Zoo know how baby elephants actually arrive. And the elephant keepers are preparing for a very exciting new arrival – 13-year-old Tara, one of four female Asian elephants at the zoo, is going to be a mum. - 16.02.2012.
  • Trader pleads not guilty to keeping wildlife parts - ALOR SETAR: A trader pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here to four counts of keeping parts of protected animals, including tiger skin and bones, elephant tusks and a horn of a barking deer. - 16.02.2012.

15. Februar 2012

  • Systemimmanente Tierquälerei - MAYAS TOD SETZT ZIRKUS UNIVERSAL RENZ, VETERINÄRAMT FRIEDBERG UND BUNDESLANDWIRTSCHAFTSMINISTERIN AIGNER AUF DIE ANKLAGEBANK. - Die Tierrechtsorganisation PETA Deutschland e.V. reagiert mit Fassungslosigkeit und Entsetzen auf den Tod der Elefantenkuh Maya. - 15.02.2012.
  • As PETA protests, Fulton, Atlanta clash over elephant bullhooks - While animal rights advocates staged a protest Wednesday against a circus at Philips Arena, Fulton County commissioners voiced displeasure with Atlanta's refusal to go along with the county's ban on a controversial elephant training tool. - 15.02.2012.
  • Cruelty against elephants - January to April are the cruellest months for the captive elephants in Kerala when the places of worship in the God’s Own Country celebrates various annual festivals. - 15.02.2012.
  • Elephants trumpet dietary changes - The eating experiences of the wild African elephant, Loxodonta africana, over several decades have been difficult to measure until isotopic studies came to the rescue. No existing species' diet has been studied for longer, indicating a generalist approach by the populations. - 15.02.2012.

14. Februar 2012

  • Judge blocks Fulton elephant bullhook ban in Atlanta - The circus is coming to Atlanta, and the troupe will bring its elephant bullhooks with it. A Fulton Superior Court judge issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday that blocks the county's ban on the use of bullhooks by circus elephant trainers in Atlanta.- Video. - 14.02.2012.
  • Elephants walk through Richmond - RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) - Any given day you can see Dodge Rams, Ford Mustangs or even a Jaguar on the streets of downtown Richmond. Those, of course, are all motor vehicles named after animals. Tuesday morning the streets were filled with elephants. Not a car named elephant, but the real deal. - Video. - 14.02.2012.
  • Elephants find sanctuary along southern foothills - Seasonal elephant-visitors to the country from across the Indian border spend longer time in Bhutan, a study the forestry officials recently did revealed. The study conducted in 2010 in Samtse, Sarpang and Phipsoo estimates about 110 elephants in Samtse and 380 in Sarpang and Phipsoo wildlife sanctuary. - 14.02.2012.

13. Februar 2012

  • NEUE TOURISTENATTRAKTION: Magdeburger Zoo expandiert: Mehr Affen und Elefanten - Die Magdeburger Elefanten und Schimpansen bekommen Gesellschaft - in neuen Häusern will der Zoo künftig deutlich mehr Tiere halten. - MAGDEBURG. Der Magdeburger Zoo plant millionenschwere Investitionen in neue Elefanten- und Affenhäuser. Bis zum Jahr 2015 sollen in die Häuser, ein Restaurant und neue Parkplätze rund zwölf Millionen Euro investiert werden. - 13.02.2012.
  • VOR DER ELEFANTEN-GEBURT: Schwangeren-Gymnastik im Leipziger Zoo - Leipzig – Ein bisschen unsicher ist Hoa (26) noch: Dickhäuter-Yoga oder doch lieber Schwangeren-Gymnastik? In ein paar Wochen soll es nach über 20 Monaten Tragzeit im Zoo Leipzig so weit sein – der erste Rüsselnachwuchs seit zehn Jahren steht an! - 13.02.2012.
  • Leipzig freut sich auf Babyfant - Vorfreude im Leipziger Zoo: In wenigen Wochen wird Elefantendame Hoa einen kleinen Rüssler zur Welt bringen! Dies wird die erste Geburt eines Elefantenkalbes seit zehn Jahren im Zoo. - 13.02.2012.
  • Karnataka: The dark side of Dubaare Elephant Camp - MADIKERI: Dubaare Elephant Camp, one of the best tamed elephant camps in the country is known for its natural beauty and attracts thousands of tourists, research scholars and students. However, the recent decision of the Forest Minister to sell a few elephants to Madhya Pradesh has left mahouts and kavadis in a dilemma. They are worried about what they will do after spending more than 35 years in Dubaare. - 13.02.2012.
  • Odisha Elephant Calf Electrocuted, MP Bear Burnt To Death, Assam Rhino Strays Into Village - Dhenkanal/Anuppur/Nagaon, Feb 13: With human habitats closing in on the territories of wild animals, clashes between humans and wild animals are now on the increase. - Odisha: A weeping mother elephant has been guarding her dead calf for more than 24 hours creating an emotional situation near the sugarcane fields of Mahapada village in Dhenkanal district, Odisha, over 100 km from Bhubaneswar. - Video und Fotos. - 13.02.2012.
  • Elephants strike terror in Pathanamthitta, Palakkad - Two elephants ran amok in Palakkad district and another in Pathanamthitta during temple festivals on Sunday. Four persons were injured in Palakkad, while in Pathanamthitta, the elephant damaged two vehicles and uprooted trees. - 13.02.2012.

12. Februar 2012

  • Injured elephant given mercy killing in Jaipur - The nation may not have legalised euthanasia (mercy killing) for humans but in a first of its kind incident in the state, an elephant was given mercy killing in Jaipur. - 12.02.2012.
  • Fate of Sabah wildlife hangs in the balance - The Borneon elephant is very sensitive to habitat disturbances and logging activities are forcing these animals to travel further to adjacent forests for food and water. - 12.02.2012.
  • Kerala jumbos to wear nameplates - All captive elephants in Kerala will wear nameplates from now on, according to the new guidelines issued by the State Forest Department for safely keeping the pachyderms. Metallic plates inscribed with the elephant’s name would dangle on a chain worn around its neck. Many elephants already wear nameplates but this is now being made mandatory in the State. - 12.02.2012.
  • David Bowman: elephants could save Australia's landscape - Introducing large herbivores to Australia could stop the spread of gamba grass, blamed for many of the countries bush fires. - David Bowman is a professor of environmental change biology at the School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania. In the February issue of Nature, he wrote an article entitled "Conservation: Bring elephants to Australia?", in which he advocated introducing mega-herbivores such as elephants as a solution to controlling Australia's rampant fires. - 12.02.2012.
  • Thiruvananthapuram: Mahouts happy at government decision - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Most of the guidelines in the order issued by the State Government, including restricting the ‘booze parties’ to mahouts by the festival committees for the safety of the captive elephants, have been welcomed by the mahouts. - 12.02.2012.

11. Februar 2012

  • Kerala: Safety guidelines for captive elephants issued - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As a strict measure to check attacks by captive elephants during festival processions, the State Government has issued an order banning ‘booze parties’ to mahouts by the festival committees. The order from the Forest and Wildlife Department strictly prohibits the members of the festival committee from serving any kind of intoxicating materials to the mahouts. - 11.02.2012.
  • Elephant rescued from well in Dong Nai - Forest rangers in the Dong Nai Natural and Cultural Conversation Zone in Dong Nai Province yesterday saved a 100-kg elephant that had fallen into a well. - With the help of local residents, the rangers managed to take the elephant out of the 2-m deep well in Subzone 59, Phu Ly Commune, Vinh Cuu District, said Tran Van Mui, the zone’s director. - 11.02.2012.
  • ‘Chandramukhi' to make Kottur her home - The people passing by the Forest Office here on Saturday morning stopped for a moment to watch the little baby elephant inside. The one-and-a-half-month old baby elephant, fondly called ‘Chandramukhi’ has just stopped to take some rest before starting on its journey to Kottur Elephant Rehabilitation Centre in Thiruvananthapuram. - 11.02.2012.
  • ERKUNDUNGEN IN BIRMAS HAUPTSTADT: Die weißen Elefanten des Generals - Naypyidaw – Sitz der Könige – ist die neue Hauptstadt Birmas. Vor wenigen Jahren wurde sie von der Militärdiktatur auf dem Reißbrett entworfen. - NAYPYIDAW taz | Bald ist es neun Uhr, Nebelschwaden hängen über dem Boden. Wir befinden uns auf den Rücksitzen von zwei Motorradtaxis, weit und breit sind keine anderen Fahrzeuge zu sehen. - 11.02.2012.
  • Hoe de mammoet verdween en weer terugkomt - De mammoet is niet meer. Maar waarom eigenlijk? En komt het prachtige dier wellicht ooit nog terug? De mammoet is een dier dat tot de verbeelding spreekt. Nog regelmatig worden delen van de oude dieren of zelfs hele exemplaren gevonden. - 11.02.2012.
  • Kerala: Safety guidelines for captive elephants issued - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As a strict measure to check attacks by captive elephants during festival processions, the State Government has issued an order banning ‘booze parties’ to mahouts by the festival committees. The order from the Forest and Wildlife Department strictly prohibits the members of the festival committee from serving any kind of intoxicating materials to the mahouts. - 11.02.2012.
  • Tiger skins and elephant tusks seized - PETALING JAYA - Tiger skins and elephant ivory tusks were among wildlife parts seized by the Wildlife and Natural Parks Department (Perhilitan) in a successful bust. A team of 12 Perhilitan officers from Kedah raided two houses in Mukim Tokai, Pendang, and Kota Sarang Semut, Kota Setar at around 3.15am yesterday. - 11.02.2012.
  • Save Asian elephant, urges Sukumar - BANGALORE: Legend has it that King Alexander did not dare cross the Ganges as there were about 6,000 elephants stationed there. And seated on an elephant, he defeated Porous in the Battle of Jhelum. And Alexander had one Indian elephant in his army! - 11.02.2012.
  • Phuket News - Three baby elephants seized in trek camp raids - PHUKET: Three young elephants were seized by police yesterday (February 10) from three Phuket trekking camps, after officials raided the camps and found that the animals were probably brought illegally from Kanjanaburi Province. - 11.02.2012.

10. Februar 2012

  • Die Elefanten-Debatte ist absurd - Krefeld. Willkommen in Absurdistan: Die Diskussion der vergangenen Woche über den Krefelder Zoo zeigt wunderbar, wie sich Krefelder Politiker völlig kopflos auf Themen stürzen, um sich selbst zu profilieren. - 10.02.2012.
  • 6-week-old lone elephant calf dies in Zimbabwe - (AP) HARARE, Zimbabwe — Conservationists in Zimbabwe said Wednesday round-the-clock efforts to save a baby elephant, separated from his mother on a busy highway, have failed. The six-week-old calf who has been hand fed for three weeks has died, apparently from pneumonia. - 10.02.2012.
  • Letter: Happy elephants - Should we or should we not send the two elephants in our World Famous Topeka Zoo, Tembo and Sunda, to an elephant sanctuary in Tennessee? If we send them to Tennessee, would we then have no elephants? What is a zoo with no elephants? - 10.02.2012.
  • Elephant rescued from well in Dong Nai - Forest rangers in the Dong Nai Natural and Cultural Conversation Zone in Dong Nai Province yesterday saved a 100-kg elephant that had fallen into a well. - 10.02.2012.
  • Help the elephants - ARCATA -- The Fire Arts Center is presenting “The Elephant Show” this month, with a reception tonight during Arts! Arcata from 6 to 9 p.m. Partial proceeds from this event will go to The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tenn. - 10.02.2012.
  • Are poachers now targeting elephants? - KOHORA, Feb 10 – All is not well with the forests of Assam, particularly near the national parks and wildlife sanctuaries. If sources related to wildlife are to believed, perhaps poachers after rhinos and Royal Bengal tigers, are now diverting their attention to the heritage animal, elephant. - 10.02.2012.
  • Save this elephant! - The Bahrain Society for the Prevention of Cruelty against Animals (BSPCA) wishes to comment on the proposed campaign by Muhammad Anjooran to gift an elephant to the kingdom (GDN, January 27). Whilst the society empathises with his sentiments and wish to give something back to Bahrain, his adopted home, bringing an elephant here would not be in its best interests. - 10.02.2012.
  • Elephant calf loses fight to pneumonia - Conservationists in Zimbabwe said around-the-clock efforts to save a baby elephant, separated from his mother on a busy highway, have failed. The six-week-old calf who has been hand fed for three weeks has died, apparently from pneumonia. - 10.02.2012.
  • Karnataka: State to hand over 11 captive elephants to Madhya Pradesh - The State Forest Department has identified 29 jumbos in various camps. - The Union Government has given permission to Karnataka to hand over 11 captive elephants to Madhya Pradesh, mostly for use in safaris. According to sources, the permission was granted in November last following a request from the State Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Wildlife Warden. - 10.02.2012.
  • Elephant herd destroys banana crops - A herd of five to six wild elephants that strayed into farms near Nellimalai hills in Badrakaliamman Temple area in Mettuppalayam damaged banana and coconut crops. A herd of ten elephants has remained in Nellimalai hills forest area for nearly a week and was straying into farms at night and raiding crops. - 10.02.2012.
  • Notice on stranded elephant calves - The Madras High Court on Thursday ordered notice returnable in three weeks on a public interest litigation petition, seeking a direction to the Tamil Nadu forest officials to follow the established protocol towards reunion of elephant calves which are found stranded in forests, with their mothers before sending them to the zoo. - 10.02.2012.

9. Februar 2012

  • RNZ übernimmt Elefanten-Patenschaft - tt. Elefantenbulle Gandhi hatte gestern extra frisch geduscht, als die Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung zu Besuch ins Elefantenhaus kam. Denn die Zeitung, vertreten durch Geschäftsführerin und Chefredakteurin Inge Höltzcke, Verlagsleiter Joachim Knorr und Michael Gindele, Geschäftsführer der Heidelberger Mediengestaltung, hat die Patenschaft für den kleinsten der Heidelberger Elefanten übernommen. - 09.02.2012.
  • Zoo Ponders Elephant Problem - The elephant population at the Topeka Zoo may be changing soon. - TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The elephant population at the Topeka Zoo may be changing soon. New standards from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums say zoos must have at least three elephants or none at all, putting Tembo and Sunda's 36-year friendship is in danger. Tembo, the African elephant cow and her Asian counterpart may have to part ways. - 09.02.2012.
  • Art's Latest Do My Job: Elephant Man! - Art Myers makes a clean sweep of his latest job as he takes on the job of feeding and "sanitizing" the circus elephants. - Art Myers makes a clean sweep of his latest job as he takes on the job of feeding and "sanitizing" the circus elephants. If you didn't catch the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus when it stopped in Tallahassee recently, you really did miss the Greatest Show on Earth. - 09.02.2012.
  • Instructions for keeping domestic elephants issued - Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 9 (PTI) The Forests Department has issued fresh instructions on keeping domestic elephants, especially during processions in festivals. An official release here said the safe-keeping of elephants would be monitored by a committee comprising district collectors, police superintendents, divisional forest officer, Devaswom Board member and a representative of the Kerala Elephant Owners' Association. - 09.02.2012.
  • Farmer trampled to death by wild elephants - Sixty five-year-old farmer M. Marappan alias Mallan from Pavadaipatti village near Royakottai in Krishnagiri district was trampled to death by a herd of seven elephants in the early hours on Thursday. This was the second death during this calendar. - 09.02.2012.
  • Vagabond Tales: Swimming with elephants in Thailand - Anyone who has visited Thailand will recognize the word Chang. The national beer of Thailand, the over sized green bottles are found everywhere from the markets of Chiang Mai to the bars of Bangkok's Khao San Road. In the Thai language, however, Chang does not mean beer. It means elephant. Hence the ornately drawn white elephant placed prominently on the bottle. - 09.02.2012.
  • Chrissie Hynde: Mayor, Protect Circus Animals - Chrissie Hynde, The Pretenders’ singer and a long-time supporter of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), emailed Mayor Mark Mallory this week asking him to make sure elephants used here in the Ringling Bros. circus aren’t prodded with bull hooks. - 09.02.2012.
  • Doubts raised about dung DNA database for jumbos - Scientists doubt a plan to create a DNA database of wild elephants will deter the smuggling trade. The National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department plans to create the database by testing elephants' dung. - 09.02.2012.

8. Februar 2012

  • Uitkijken voor bevroren olifantenoren - RHENEN – Met trage bewegingen stapt de Afrikaanse olifant door het buitenverblijf van Ouwehands Dierenpark. Ze laat grote, ronde voetafdrukken achter in de sneeuw. „De meeste dieren hier hebben niet zo veel last van de kou”, zegt assistent-manager dierverzorging Pieter Hendriks. - 08.02.2012.
  • Lone baby elephant dies in Zimbabwe - HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) – Conservationists in Zimbabwe said Wednesday round-the-clock efforts to save a baby elephant, separated from his mother on a busy highway, have failed. The six-week-old calf who has been hand fed for three weeks has died, apparently from pneumonia. - 08.02.2012.
  • Zoo faces decisions on elephant species - To comply with new Association of Zoos and Aquariums standards, the Topeka Zoo will need to house more elephants, or none at all, says zoo director Brendan Wiley. - Mit Video. - 08.02.2012.
  • PETA accuses circus of abuse, trainer responds - RALEIGH, N.C. -- The circus has rolled into the Triangle along with some controversy. PETA protested outside the RBC Center Wednesday where the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus was beginning a five-day run. - 08.02.2012.
  • Krefeld: Ratsherr: Tierschutz statt Zoo-Subvention - Krefeld (RP). CDU-Ratsherr Wolfgang Feld stellt die Subventionierung des Krefelder Zoos durch die Stadt infrage. Er zitiert dazu Gandhi: "Größe und moralischer Fortschritt einer Nation kann man daran messen, wie sie die Tiere behandelt." - 08.02.2012.
  • TAT to promote elephant-back wedding for Valentine’s Day - SURIN, 7 February 2012 – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is set to promote the wedding ceremony on elephant back, which will be held in Surin province on Valentine’s Day, to become a world-class attraction of Thailand. - 08.02.2012.

7. Februar 2012

  • NATURSCHUTZ: Von Elefanten in den Schlaf trompetet - Zelten mitten im Dschungel, kochen auf offenem Feuer, Wasser trinken aus Bächen - dieses Abenteuer hat die Kölner Biologie-Studentin Janine Koch für mehrere Monate im afrikanischen Regenwald erlebt. - 07.02.2012.
  • At Dallas Zoo: Will giraffes accept the elephants? - Last September when I visited the Dallas Zoo, I learned about its pioneering efforts to re-create an African savanna by mixing elephants and hoofed critters. Although other zoos have mixed giraffes, zebras, guinea fowl, etc., Dallas is the first zoo in North America to add elephants to the mix. - 07.02.2012.
  • The elephant keepers - Asian elephants are commonly domesticated and used for religious ceremonies and processions in certain parts of Asia. The art of training elephants has evolved into a family profession, with knowledge being handed down from one generation to the next. - Fotos. - 07.02.2012.
  • Conflict elephant rescued from death sentence - Authorities ordered tusker be put to sleep. - February 2012: An adult tusker has been relocated to a new area of India's Rajaji National Park after allegations of human/elephant conflict - rescuing it from an official death sentence. - 07.02.2012.
  • Punish ivory traffickers - Illegal tusk trade is increasingly being fluid due to its high demands in the Middle East, Asia and China. Syndicates of ivory traffickers and poachers have been using sophisticated means to kill elephants and rhinos which they transport to black markets. - 07.02.2012.
  • Krefeld: Zoo-Aufsichtsrat: Kein Geld für artgerechte Elefanten-Haltung - Krefeld (RP). Zoo-Aufsichtsratsmitglied Hans-Peter Kreuzberg (CDU) fordert bei der Debatte um eine künftige Elefantenhaltung im Zoo eine "ehrliche Argumentation". "Die Zoo gGmbH kann die für eine artgerechte Haltung erforderliche Summe von fünf bis zehn Millionen Euro derzeit nicht aufbringen", erklärte Kreuzberg. - 07.02.2012.
  • Video: Baby elephant orphaned for ivory trade - Phachi is an orphan, her mother was shot and killed by suspected poachers at her home in Ratchaburi Province. She now lives in Thailand's Lampang Elephant Conservation Centre, about 700km north of Bangkok. - 07.02.2012.
  • Queenie: Picture book pays tribute to a huge icon - A RIDE on Queenie the elephant at Melbourne Zoo once cost tuppence, but now memories of the popular pachyderm are worth much more. Recollections of the elephant, who navigated a circuit with zoo patrons on her back in the early half of the 20th century, were stirred up at the recent launch of the paperback version of Corinne Fenton’s picture book Queenie: One Elephant’s Story at the Melbourne Zoo. - 07.02.2012.

6. Februar 2012

  • Illegal ivory still Egyptian problem - CAIRO, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Egypt is home to ongoing illegal trading in ivory with products sold in local tourist areas by traders who are seldom prosecuted, a wildlife group says. - 06.02.2012.
  • Shelter warns against plan to gift elephant - AN animal welfare society has warned against bringing an elephant to Bahrain - saying it could force the creature into an early grave. The Bahrain Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BSPCA) was responding to a campaign by resident Muhammad Anjooran, who hoped to present the animal as a gift from the Indian community. - 06.02.2012.
  • Elephant who survived Khmer Rouge needs help - SHE can barely support her 2000-kilogram weight, her feet deformed and infected. For more than 30 years Sombo trundled the pavements of Phnom Penh, giving rides and pleasure to tourists. - 06.02.2012.
  • Helping Sombo put her best foot forward - PHNOM PENH: The future of Cambodia's most famous elephant is uncertain after a campaign by animal rights activists to force her into early retirement. For more than 30 years Sombo has pounded the pavements of Phnom Penh, giving rides and pleasure to tourists. - 06.02.2012.

4. Februar 2012

  • »Todkranke« Maya – oder haltlose Vorwürfe? - Friedberg-Ockstadt (ütz). »Todkrank«, »schockierender Anblick«, »skrupelloser Zirkusdirektor« – die Tierrechtsorganisation PETA hat am Freitag schwere Geschütze gegen den in Ockstadt angesiedelten Zirkus Universal Renz aufgefahren: Der lasse die Elefantendame Maya verkommen. Renz weits die Vorwürfe zurück. - 04.02.2012.
  • It takes 3 to make elephants happy at zoos - To retain accreditation, U.S. facilities will need to meet new standard. - Fewer U.S. zoos of the future may have elephants but those that do would have happier animals under a new policy requiring American zoos with two elephants to add space for a third in case one dies. - 04.02.2012.
  • Chinese Feed Illegal Ivory Trade - CAIRO, Feb 4, 2012 (IPS) - The illegal trade in ivory continues in Egypt, with ivory products sold openly in local tourist markets by traders who operate with impunity, a new study by the conservation group Traffic has found. - 04.02.2012.
  • Jumbo comes in to track big cat - LUCKNOW: The forest department finally puts an elephant to tiger tracking job in Kakori. An elephant from Dudhwa has been brought to help in searching the tiger in the area. The tiger-tracking operation has gained momentum with the change of guards at the forest department. - 04.02.2012.

3. Februar 2012

  • Elefanten als Brandbekämpfer sind Unsinn - Kröten, Kaninchen, Katzen: Schon viele invasive Arten haben Australien geschadet. Nun will ein Forscher, dass Elefanten Buschfeuern die Nahrung wegfressen. - 03.02.2012.
  • Krefeld: Zoo-Chef: Giraffen statt Elefanten - Krefeld (RP). Am Rande eines Vortrags des internationalen Zooexperten Anthony Sheridan hat der Zoodirektor Wolfgang Dreßen seinen Giraffen-Plan erläutert. Die Tiere würden gut auf die neue Afrika-Wiese passen. Von Elefantenhaltung hält der Zoochef wenig: Elefanten seien "Altlasten". - 03.02.2012.
  • A Bondla elephant some will never forget - PANAJI: It was a funeral very different from any other. The grave massive, the mourners past and present foresters, the prayers varied. They stood around the burial area, gently placed flowers on the body and gave their mammoth friend one last loving look. Lying in the freshly dug grave, Radha, Bondla's oldest inmate, looked, as always, calm. - 03.02.2012.
  • Who’s bigger? Elephant or mahout? - It’s common knowledge that captive elephants in Kerala are often tortured. So, it’s no surprise, they tend to run amok at the slightest provocation. This is not how things were in the days when their owners gave them much love, fed and kept them well. Jumbos, in fact, shared an excellent chemistry with their mahouts then, since they used to treat them as their children. - 03.02.2012.

2. Februar 2012

  • Sharing in Sri Lanka: Part I - CTV Calgary's Karen Owen went with a team from World Vision to Sri Lanka to meet some of the people who have benefitted from its programs and even more who need our help. In part one of her series, Karen focuses on a mother and little girl whose home was destroyed by a wild elephant. - 02.02.2012.
  • Anantara Announces 2012 King’s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament Dates - Anantara Announces 2012 King’s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament Dates. - Anantara Hotels, Resorts and Spas has announced the dates of the highly popular King’s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament for 2012. The charitable event, now in its eleventh year, has to date raised over half a million dollars in charity to help Thailand’s elephants. - 02.02.2012.
  • Elefanten in Thailand per Mikrochip geschuetzt - Eine neue Art des Personalausweises für Elefanten, denen Mikrochips eingepflanzt werden sollen, ein aktualisiertes Foto alle sechs Monate und einen aktualisierten Datensatz von jedem Elefanten sollen die Dickhäuter bleibend und sicher schützen und die Elefantenpopulation in Thailand bleibend erhalten. - 02.02.2012.
  • Introduce elephants to Aussie bush, says scientist - Elephants would make short work of invasive grasses causing rampant bushfires, but experts are sceptical. - AN AUSTRALIAN SCIENTIST looking to solve the problems of rampant bushfires and introduced species, has made the radical suggestion that wild African elephants should be introduced to the outback. - 02.02.2012.
  • Which of these did an elephant paint? - Nellie is a real Botticelli. - THEY are both impressive abstract artworks by painters with big reputations. Yet one is a £3million masterpiece — and the other is worth peanuts. Boon Mee, a former logging elephant, created the worthless work at Thailand's Samutprakam Zoo after being handed a paintbrush and a set of oils. - 02.02.2012.

1. Februar 2012

  • How an African Elephant Comes Together - Before my love of dinosaurs kicked in, I adored elephants. My four-year-old self spent hours on the couch watching elephant documentaries, pith helmet firmly affixed to my head and my faithful companion Koba at my side. - 01.02.2012.
  • Elefanten nach Australien? - Ein Ökologe macht einen unkonventionellen Vorschlag: Die Dickhäuter könnten das Land künftig vor Buschbränden schützen. - London/Brüssel/Wien - Vor genau drei Jahren brannte es in Australien, und zwar ziemlich heftig: 400.000 Hektar standen im Süden des Kontinents in Flammen, zumindest 173 Personen kamen in den Buschfeuern um. - 01.02.2012.
  • Elefanten sollen australische Buschbrände verhindern - London/Sydney. Elefanten als Brandschützer in Australien: Die Dickhäuter könnten nach Ansicht eines Ökologen helfen, die mitunter verheerenden Buschbrände auf dem Kontinent zu verhindern - indem sie fressen. - 01.02.2012.
  • Handels München: Zum Heulen - Schwieriges Thema: Trauermusik. Wenn jemand gestorben ist und nicht hinterlassen hat, zu welchen Tönen er ins Grab gelassen zu werden wünscht, dann stehen die Hinterbliebenen vor schweren Entscheidungen: Klassisch vielleicht, der Trauermarsch von Chopin, in Bayern auch bekannt als 'Hintertupfer Bene'? Elton John mit 'Candle in the Wind' wie damals bei Diana? - 01.02.2012.
  • Fewer zoos may have elephants under new standard - (Reuters) - Fewer U.S. zoos of the future may have elephants but those that do would have happier animals under a new policy requiring American zoos with two elephants to add space for a third in case one dies. - 01.02.2012.
  • Elephant fitted with giant contact to repair injured eye - What happens when one of the world’s largest animals hurts its eye? She gets a giant contact lens, of course. A vet at Amsterdam’s Artis Zoo fitted elephant Win Thida with the protective lens last week in an hour-long procedure, the first of its kind in Europe, the zoo said. - 01.02.2012.
  • THAILAND: Glückssymbol Elefant bedroht - Der Elefant ist das thailändische Nationalsymbol und deshalb von großer Bedeutung. Sogar die Staatsumrisse erinnern an einen Elefantenkopf. Etwa 4000 Elefanten gibt es noch im Land, davon leben einige in freier Wildbahn. - Mit Audio-Datei. - 01.02.2012.
  • Auch Elefantenhaut braucht Pflege - Hannover (lni). Ein Schönheits-Salon für Elefanten: Ein Mitarbeiter des Zoos in Hannover war gestern damit beschäftigt, bei den Dickhäutern die empfindliche Haut um die Augen, die Ohren und an den Füßen einzucremen. - 01.02.2012.
  • Tusker kills pregnant elephant - Jalpaiguri: A pregnant elephant was gored to death by a tusker at the Buxa Tiger Reserve (BTR) forest on Monday night, apparently when it refused to respond to the male's mating call. The carcass was found on Tuesday morning. - 01.02.2012.

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31. Januar 2012

  • Poll: Emails advocate move of zoo elephants - Emails advocate placing pachyderms in a Tennessee sanctuary. - Animal advocates are sending a large number of emails to the Topeka City Council asking it to send Topeka Zoo elephants Sunda and Tembo to a sanctuary in Tennessee. - 31.01.2012.
  • Wissen: Schrumpfen geht schneller als Wachsen - Als die Dinosaurier vor 65 Millionen Jahren ausstarben, galt es für die Säugetiere, in riesige Fußstapfen zu treten. Um aus einem mausgroßen Wesen einen Elefanten zu machen, braucht die Evolution jedoch 24 Millionen Generationen, schreiben Alistair Evans von der australischen Monash-Universität und seine Kollegen im Fachmagazin „PNAS“. - 31.01.2012.
  • Mouse to elephant in 24m generations - IT TAKES 24 million generations for a mouse-sized animal to evolve to the size of an elephant, scientists have shown. For the first time researchers have measured how fast large-scale evolution can occur in mammals, and have examined the increases and decreases in mammal size following the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. - 31.01.2012.
  • Tusker terror returns to haunt Keonjhar - KEONJHAR: After a lull of few months, wild elephants struck the mining area of Keonjhar district and damaged several houses, ate away quintals of paddy and rice and damaged vegetable gardens in the past few days. - 31.01.2012.
  • Bridging wild habitats - Scientists and oil palm growers gathered recently in Kota Kinabalu for a common cause – to find ways to protect the wildlife of Sabah. - 31.01.2012.

30. Januar 2012

  • Taking the temperature of elephants - Many of our readers will be familiar with the principle of operation of thermal imaging (infrared) cameras and how they can be used in a variety of applications ranging from determining the thermal loss of buildings, detecting specific gases, or monitoring production processes. - 30.01.2012.
  • Letzte Reise eines Zirkuselefanten - Zirkuselefant "Mausi" ist wahrscheinlich an einem Darmverschluss gestorben. Das sagte jetzt Stadtrat Marc Schulte (SPD) aus Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. "Wir warten auf den endgültigen Sektionsbefund." - 30.01.2012.
  • Keeper attends elephant school - THE head keeper at Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm has gone back to school in preparation for the arrival of elephants at the Wraxall attraction. - 30.01.2012.
  • Odisha: Elephants Attacked Villagers - Report by Akshya Rout; Jajpur: A herd of marauding elephants visited Darpani , Sanjayanagar and other villages under Bairi forest range in Jajpur district on Friday and Saturday and damaged 10 houses and destroyed crops worth of three Lakhs. - 30.01.2012.

29. Januar 2012

  • Elefantendame Win Thida sieht jetzt mit Kontaktlinse - Sie spielte mit einem Artgenossen in einem Amsterdamer Zoo. Da passierte es. Elefantendame Win Thida touchierte unglücklich einen Ast, verletzte sich am linken Auge. Die Hornhaut der 44-jährigen Dickhäuterin war beschädigt. Das Auge tränte, sie konnte es nicht mehr schließen. - 29.01.2012.
  • Elefanten in Kanchanaburi beschlagnahmt - Elefanten – Von den Behörden in Kanchanaburi sowie von den National Parks, Wildlife Conservation Department wurden 51 Elefanten aus drei Elefanten Camps in Sai Yok Distrikt zur Kontrolle Inspektion beschlagnahmt. - 29.01.2012.
  • Communiceren we binnenkort met olifanten? - Amerikaanse zoölogen, die jarenlang geluidsopnames van het gedreun en getrompetter van Afrikaanse olifanten verzamelden, gaan een audiowoordenboek ontwikkelen dat zal helpen om de dierengeluiden te interpreteren. Dat schrijft The Sunday Times. - 29.01.2012.
  • New taste for Thai elephant meat - BANGKOK (AP) — 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. - 29.01.2012.
  • Sumatra elephant faces extinction in 30 years: WWF - JAKARTA, Jan 29 — Sumatran elephants in the wild face extinction in less than 30 years unless there is an “immediate moratorium” on destruction of the animals’ habitat, environmental group WWF warned. - 29.01.2012.
  • Controlling elephants using honeybees - In several places in Zambia, we hear stories of elephants destroying crop fields. The jumbos portend destruction once they swarm an area. Stories of human-animal conflict abound. But Sun Hotels is trying a potent method to deal with problematic elephants who have been ravaging their funded agriculture projects in Songwe area of Livingstone - the bees. - 29.01.2012.
  • Sedgwick County Zoo needs to make room for one more elephant - WICHITA — Stephanie and Cinda have been two peas in a pod for 40 years, but the Sedgwick County Zoo needs to make room for a new friend for them. If it can’t, it risks losing the popular elephants. The Association of Zoos and Aquariums is requiring that all zoos it accredits have space for at least three elephants by September 2016. - 29.01.2012.
  • 17-yr-old elephant found dead - ERODE: A 17-year-old male elephant was found dead with multiple injures near Marur village in the Sathyamangalam forest area on Saturday. The forest officials claimed that the elephant was killed by another male elephant during a fight that occurred on Monday however, it came to light on Saturday. - 29.01.2012.
  • Ailing elephant 'Raja' sent back home - Mhow: After spending more than three weeks at the clinic of College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry Mhow, ailing elephant Raja was bid adieu when it was sent back to its home town of Chhatarpur in Rajasthan. - 29.01.2012.
  • Elephants seized in Kanchanaburi - Authorities in Kanchanaburi and from the National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department have seized 51 elephants from three elephant camps in Sai Yok district for inspection. Two more camps will be inspected this week in an effort to stop people taking the identity papers of dead elephants and passing the documents off as those of elephants taken from the wild. - 29.01.2012.

28. Januar 2012

  • Elephant calf dies mysteriously - CHANDRAPUR: An elephant calf of Moharli gate in Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve died of sudden ailment on Friday evening. The three-year-old calf was unwell since Thursday after she developed swelling all over her face. - 28.01.2012.
  • Preecha: We can't act over elephants - 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. - 28.01.2012.
  • Bus knocks elephant dead - A female elephant was killed on the spot in Thalavadi forest range of Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary after it was hit by a KSRTC bus on the National Highway (NH) – 209 on Friday evening. - 28.01.2012.

27. Januar 2012

  • Elefanten im Zoo: „Die traurige Kettenhaltung ist endgültig passé“ - Seit November 2010 werden Rhena und Mumptas Mahal im geschützten Kontakt gehalten – und sie profitieren davon. - Krefeld. Die Zeiten, als Zoobesucher mit den Elefanten auf Tuchfühlung gehen konnten, sind vorbei. Im November 2010 wurde die Haltung in Krefeld von „free contact“ (freier Kontakt) auf „protected contact“ (geschützter Kontakt) umgestellt. - 27.01.2012.
  • Teeny Tiny Elephant Rescued in Malaysia - (ANIMAL NEWS) MALAYSIA — A baby pygmy elephant was rescued from a deep moat on Borneo Monday afternoon by plantation workers. He is one of less than 2,000 pygmy elephants left living in the wild. Tiny animals are adorable, but sometimes they need our help. - 27.01.2012.
  • Own an elephant? You must register it - THAILAND (CNN) -- Local authorities in Thailand's northeastern Buri Ram province urge elephant owners to register their animals in order to prevent abuse or fake registration. - 27.01.2012.
  • 45th elephant born at Nong Nooch - Nong Nooch Tropical Garden has another star attraction after popular elephant Duanpen gave birth to a new calf. - 27.01.2012.

26. Januar 2012

  • Elefanten finden in früherer Jägerkaserne Unterschlupf - Zirkus Afrika überwintert in der Stadt - Direktor scheut Öffentlichkeit. - Schneeberg. Fuchs und Hase rund um Schneeberg dürften dieser Tage des Öfteren überrascht gewesen sein. Denn waschechten Elefanten begegnet man in erzgebirgischen Winterwäldern eher selten. Doch seit 10. Januar und voraussichtlich noch bis 28. Februar hat der Zirkus Afrika sein Quartier in der ehemaligen Jägerkaserne in Wolfgangmaßen aufgeschlagen. - 26.01.2012.
  • Elefanten werden DNA geprueft - Elefanten – Das Umwelt Ministerium plant, eine DNA-Datenbank der rund 4.000 domestizierten Elefanten anzulegen, um das Einbringen von wild lebenden Elefanten damit zu verhindern und die Übernahme von Ausweispapieren des verstorbenen Dickhäuter zu stoppen. - 26.01.2012.
  • Thailand – Ratchaburi – Der Deal mit den Elefanten - Das Geschäft mit den gestohlenen Elefanten – Ratchaburi. Die Chefs aller Nationalparks wurden vom zuständigen Amt für Nationalparks und Wildtiere aufgefordert, die Augen und Ohren nach Wilderern offen zu halten, die versuchen, junge Elefanten zu stehlen. - 26.01.2012.
  • Dimensionen - die Welt der Wissenschaft * - Rumblen, Chirpen und Trompeten. Bioakustik oder Die Erforschung von Tierstimmen. - Heute weiß man zum Beispiel, dass Elefanten nur acht unterschiedliche Lauttypen kennen, früher ging man von 70 Lauttypen aus. - 26.01.2012.
  • Thai Elephants might become extinct because too many people are eating them - Poachers starting to target animals not just for their tusks, but for their meat. - BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's revered national symbol, the elephant, may face a new threat of extinction: being poached not just for their tusks, but for their meat. Two wild elephants were found slaughtered last month in a national park in western Thailand, alerting authorities to the new practice of consuming elephant meat. - 26.01.2012.
  • SEE IT: Elephant fitted with contact lens - Vet performed procedure at Dutch Zoo. - An injured elephant got her sight back Wednesday when she was fitted with a jumbo-sized contact lens. Win Thida, a 44-year-old elephant at the Artis Zoo in Amsterdam, accidentally scratched her cornea while playing with a pal, Britain's The Daily Mirror reported. When zoo officials realized she couldn't open her eye without pain, they brought in veterinarian Anne-Marie Verbruggen. - 26.01.2012.
  • Celebrate with the elephants in Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka is well known for both its elephants and festivals but few people know that the festival of Esala Perahera in Kandy coincides with the Elephant Gathering in the Minneriya National Park. - 26.01.2012.
  • Twycross Zoo prepares for the arrival of a baby elephant! - Staff and visitors at Twycross Zoo in North Warwickshire are expecting a rather large new arrival – a new baby elephant. One of the four female Asian elephants at the zoo, thirteen-year-old Tara, is expected to give birth to her first calf in March. - 26.01.2012.
  • Sight for sore eye as elephant fitted with contact lens - A 45-YEAR-OLD Asian elephant at Amsterdam’s Artis Zoo has become the first elephant in Europe to be fitted with a contact lens, after her cornea was scratched during a scuffle with another member of the herd. - 26.01.2012.
  • Baby elephant rescued in plantation - LAHAD DATU: Sabah Wildlife Rescue Unit (WRU) has rescued a male baby elephant estimated to be merely a few weeks old in a plantation 40 km from the town. The abandoned baby elephant found in a deep moat was unable to come out of it at the plantation, Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) director Dr Laurentius Ambu in a statement. - 26.01.2012.
  • Rome is where the art is - The baby elephant was smiling, even though it had the weight of an Egyptian obelisk on its back. In Rome, we had stopped to admire Bernini's Smiling Elephant statue outside the Basilica Santa Maria sopra Minerva, just behind the Pantheon. - 26.01.2012.

25. Januar 2012

  • Eerste olifant in Europa met contactlens - Amsterdam - Artis-olifant Win Thida heeft afgelopen dinsdag een contactlens gekregen. Dit was nodig omdat zij tijdens het stoeien met de andere olifanten vermoedelijk een tak in haar oog heeft gekregen waarbij haar hoornvlies is beschadigd. - 25.01.2012.
  • No money to protect elephants - Zimbabwe has missed out on accessing money for elephant conservation programmes, due to its non-participation in the recent CITES committee meeting in South Africa. - 25.01.2012.
  • Elephant turns violent after Aratt procession at Aranmula temple - A captive elephant that turned violent after the culmination of the Aratt procession at Sree Parthasarathy Temple at Aranmula had attacked the devaswom office, damaging the building at the temple premises in the early morning hours of Wednesday. - 25.01.2012.
  • Elephant herd on the rampage - ROURKELA: The Xalxo family has to deal with uninvited guests for past couple of days. They lock themselves indoor and peep through the window to watch the elephants roaming in the courtyard. The neighbours in Bhundutola hamlet at Karichhapal village of Kuanrmunda block under the Rourkela Forest Division are equally scared. The mud houses do not guarantee them safety. - 25.01.2012.
  • Baby elephant watch - Every elephant camp wants a baby elephant to show to its tourist customers and national parks chiefs have been warned that wild baby elephants are being targeted by camp owners. - Baby elephants are cute and friendly with people – once they get used to them. - 25.01.2012.
  • 55th birthday for Perth Zoo's Tricia the elephant - 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. - 25.01.2012.

24. Januar 2012

  • KC Zoo's Oldest Elephant Dies At 51 - 'Penney' Helped Inspire 'Water For Elephants' - KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Kansas City Zoo announced that Penney, the second-oldest elephant in any accredited United States zoo, died early Tuesday at 51. - Mit Video. - 24.01.2012.
  • Bedrohte Art: WWF fürchtet um Sumatra-Elefanten - Der Bestand an Sumatra-Elefanten schrumpft dramatisch. Schon in 30 Jahren könnte die Art in freier Wildbahn ausgestorben sein, fürchtet die Umweltstiftung WWF. Die Vernichtung von Lebensräumen bedroht auch Tiger, Nashörner und Orang-Utans in Indonesien. - 24.01.2012.
  • Elefanten Hoden medium in Phuket? - Mindestens sechs wilde Elefanten wurden tot innerhalb von drei Wochen aufgefunden – und das ist wahrscheinlich nur die Spitze des Eisbergs. Beide Nationalparks nehmen eine sehr große Fläche ein, mit Kaeng Krachan als Thailands größten Nationalpark. Gemeinsam beherbergen die beiden Nationalparks mindestens 500 wilde Elefanten. - 24.01.2012.
  • Sumatran elephants near extinction - WWF - London - The Sumatran elephant could be extinct in the wild in under 30 years unless immediate steps are taken to protect its rapidly diminishing habitat, environmental group WWF said on Tuesday. - 24.01.2012.
  • New Elephant Will Be Largest Animal At The Denver Zoo - DENVER (CBS4) – An elephant new to the Denver Zoo got to check out his new digs. Groucho just arrived from the Fort Worth Zoo in Texas. He’ll be taking up residence in the Toyota Elephant Passage. - 24.01.2012.
  • Elephant Herd Mourns Loss of Calf - A baby elephant at a German zoo who suffered from heart problems has passed away. Lola would’ve been the world’s first elephant to have heart surgery to remove a blood clot, but died during preparations for the operation. - 24.01.2012.
  • Sumatran elephants could be extinct in 30 years - JAKARTA, Indonesia - (AP) -- The Sumatran elephant could be extinct in the wild within three decades unless immediate steps are taken to slow the breakneck pace of deforestation, environmentalists warned Tuesday. The International Union for Conservation of Nature recently listed the animals as "critically endangered" after their numbers dropped to between 2,400 and 2,800 from an estimated 5,000 in 1985. - 24.01.2012.
  • Thai elephants killed for tourist dollars - Bangkok – News on elephants in Thailand since the start of this year has been dominated by the brutal killing of wild tuskers in Kaeng Krachan and Kui Buri national parks. - 24.01.2012.
  • Malaysia saves endangered pygmy elephant on Borneo - KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysian wildlife authorities said they had rescued a pygmy elephant calf on Borneo island and expressed hope a planned sanctuary would provide protection for the endangered animals. - 24.01.2012.
  • Orissa: Elephant dies during delivery - BARGARH: An elephant was found dead near Matamath under Dechuan Reserve Forest area on Monday morning. It is learnt that it died while delivering a calf. Sources said a cattle grazer had spotted the elephant at Kulerkhol and informed the forest officials on Sunday. It seemed to be in pain and was bleeding. - 24.01.2012.
  • Sumatran elephants driven closer to extinction:WWF - The Sumatran elephant could be extinct in the wild in under 30 years unless immediate steps are taken to protect its rapidly diminishing habitat, environmental group WWF said on Tuesday. - 24.01.2012.
  • Tricia the elephant marks 55th birthday - Tricia is 55 years old, her favourite fruits include watermelons and bananas, and she enjoys long walks around Perth Zoo. - Tricia is an Asian elephant and has celebrated her milestone birthday with a 1.5m fruit and bran cake, decorated with tree branches. - 24.01.2012.
  • Thai elephants are being killed for tourist dollars - At least six wild elephants have been found dead within three weeks - and this is probably just the tip of the iceberg. Both national parks occupy a very large area, with Kaeng Krachan being Thailand's biggest national park. Combined, the two national parks are home to at least 500 wild elephants. - 24.01.2012.
  • Treasury steps in to save jumbo lives - The Treasury has allocated Rs 200 million to the Wildlife Conservation Department to prevent the increasing number of elephant deaths due to train accidents. The Treasury had released the money on the directives of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. - 24.01.2012.

23. Januar 2012

  • Trauer um Lola - Herzkrankes Hellabrunner Elefantenbaby stirbt kurz vor riskanter Operation. Nach der Behandlung wurde das tote Tier zu seiner Mutter gebracht. - Das Drama um das schwerkranke Elefantenbaby Lola aus dem Tierpark Hellabrunn ist ohne Happy End zu Ende gegangen. - 23.01.2012.
  • elephant pals to move together - Elderly pair at Tucson zoo will be relocated to San Diego refuge. - Thanks to the San Diego Zoo, two decades-long elephant pals from Reid Park Zoo in Tucson will join their elderly brethren later this year at San Diego’s Elephant Odyssey. - 23.01.2012.
  • Baby elephant rescued in Sabah - SABAH - An abandoned male baby elephant, believed to be a few weeks old, was rescued by the Sabah Wildlife Department's Wildlife Rescue Unit at a plantation, about 40km from here, on Saturday. Calling it the "Chinese New Year miracle", the team said it was alerted by the plantation workers who found the baby elephant in a deep moat and unable to move. - 23.01.2012.

22. Januar 2012

  • Die Elefanten-Familie nimmt Abschied von Lola - München – Elefanten-Mama Panang (22) streichelt mit ihrem Rüssel über ihr totes Baby Lola (†12 Wochen). - Die Herde trauert, auch Lolas Stiefbruder Ludwig (8 Monate). Eine Stunde lang nehmen sie Abschied von ihrem Liebling. Tierpark-Direktor Andreas Knieriem: „Wir wollten Panang damit helfen, ihr Trauma zu bewältigen. Sie kann allen zeigen, dass sie eine gute Mutter war.“ - 22.01.2012.
  • Geschlagen, verstoßen und erschossen: So viele Dramen um die kleinen Elefanten - Elefanten-Dramen im Tierpark Hellabrunn: Nicht erst seit Jamuna und Lola haben sie in München Tradition – leider. - MÜNCHEN - Am 8. Mai 1932 war’s, als in Hellabrunn der erste in Gefangenschaft geborene Elefant zur Welt kam – „Wastl“. Für München war das eine Sensation, für Jungtier und Pfleger ein gefährliches Abenteuer. Für den Tierpark aber der Anfang einer ganzen Serie von Dickhäuter-Dramen. - 22.01.2012.
  • Elephants and handlers benefited from the camp, says Minister - The Rest and Restoration camp for temple elephants was doing a world of good not only for the pachyderms but also their handlers (mahouts), observed the Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments M.S.M. Anandan at the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) near here on Sunday. - 22.01.2012.
  • Munich baby elephant dies before operation - A three-month old elephant at a zoo in Munich died on Saturday of a pulmonary embolism, just before she was due to receive a heart surgery for a congenital defect. - 22.01.2012.
  • Japan's oldest elephant turns 65 - A female elephant named Hanako in Tokyo's Inokashira Park Zoo has turned 65, making her the oldest elephant in Japan, zoo officials said. A gift to Japan from Thailand, Hanako was born in Bangkok in 1947, but her exact birth date is unknown. Zoo officials decided New Year's Day would be considered her birthday. - 22.01.2012.
  • Now, a task force to combat man-elephant conflict - It will also examine the feasibility of translocating problem elephants. - The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on Friday constituted a task force to deal specifically with the intensifying man-elephant conflict in Karnataka. - 22.01.2012.
  • Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage at stake - Environmentalists claim the future of the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage is at stake as many elephants are being sold or donated to private parties. This claim was made at a joint press conference hosted by several environmental organisations at the National Library auditorium on Wednesday (18). - 22.01.2012.
  • Riding an Elephant - I rode an elephant for the first time ten days ago in Pobitora, a game park on the outskirts of Guwahati. It was a pleasant but demanding experience. The elephant has a broad back and straddling it extended my leg muscles more than I am used to. But I would recommend the experience to anyone. - 22.01.2012.

21. Januar 2012

  • Trauer in Hellabrunn: Elefanten-Baby Lola gestorben - Junges stirbt an einer Lungenembolie. - München (dapd). Zum zweiten Mal innerhalb von eineinhalb Jahren betrauert der Münchner Tierpark Hellabrunn ein Elefanten-Baby. Das mit einem Herzfehler geborene Kalb Lola starb am Samstag an einer Lungenembolie, wie der Tierpark mitteilte. Zoodirektor Andreas Knieriem bedauerte den Verlust. - 21.01.2012.
  • NOT-OP: Ärzte-Team soll Lola retten - LETZTE CHANCE FÜR DAS ELEFANTEN-BABY. - München – Die Welt schaut an diesem Wochenende nach München. Im Tierpark Hellabrunn wird erstmals ein Elefant am offenen Herzen operiert. Das Team bereitet den Operationssaal im Zoo vor: Ärzte der Kinderherzklinik Großhadern und Tiermediziner wollen mit dieser einmaligen OP das Leben des schwer kranken Elefantenbabys „Lola“(12 Wochen alt) retten. - 21.01.2012.
  • Baby Lola has world's first elephant heart operation - Baby Lola is to be the world’s first elephant to have heart surgery to save her life. Surgeons and vets will unite for the operation to remove a blood clot. Christiane Reiss, of Hellabrunn zoo in Munich, said: “This is the only chance the little one has.” - 21.01.2012.

20. Januar 2012

  • Zirkus-Tier starb qualvoll: Elefanten-Dame „Mausi“ ist tot! - BERLIN/BRÜSSEL – Trauer bei Tierfreunden. Elefantenkuh „Mausi“ ist tot. Jahrelang kämpften Tierschützer gegen den „Circus Voyage“. Sie wollten, dass die betagte Dame in einen Zoo kommt. Erst vor wenigen Tagen stimmte Direktor Alois Spindler einer Verlegung zu – viel zu spät. Das Tier starb bei der Ankunft am belgischen Zoopark Pairi Daiza. - 20.01.2012.
  • Hellabrunn: Am Wochenende soll die OP am offenen Elefantenherz stattfinden - Lolas Chirurgen unter Zeitdruck. - Tierpark Hellabrunn: Hier erklären Experten, warum Elefantenkind Lola eine Spezial-Matratze braucht, wieso sie schnell auf die Beine kommen muss – und wer zahlt. München - Es ist ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit. Mit Hochdruck arbeiten Tier- und Humanmediziner daran, den Operationssaal für die Herz-OP von Elefantenbaby Lola einzurichten (AZ berichtete). Noch steht nicht fest, wann operiert wird, vermutlich aber am Samstag. - 20.01.2012.
  • Unforgettable elephant experience - Aristotle once said the elephant was “the beast which passes all others in wit and mind.” After watching Chishuru, a seven-foot-tall African elephant, find my shoe in a heap of smelly sneakers and pass it to me, I have to agree with Aristotle. Adventures with Elephants is a combination rescue, rehabilitation, research and educational facility an hour’s drive from Pretoria in South Africa. - 20.01.2012.
  • The Circus Elephant Retirement Home - Elephants weigh 3 tons and eat 200 pounds of food per day. Sustaining these massive animals is an enormous (and expensive) task. So what happens to circus and zoo elephants when they grow old and can no longer earn their keep by entertaining audiences? - 20.01.2012.
  • Elephants put on trunk show at Savannah Civic Center - It was spa time Thursday at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. - Carol, Dutchess and Patty, three Asian elephants who each weigh about 8,000 pounds, patiently waited for their morning bath in a tent outside the Civic Center. It takes a whole crew of people and a lot of soap and water to get it done, but the three divas take it all in stride. - 20.01.2012.
  • Elephant Poachers Kill Wildlife Ranger - SECOND SCOUT SERIOUSLY INJURED IN SHOOT OUT. - NAIROBI (Xinhua) — Elephant poachers have shot dead an unarmed wildlife ranger in Voi, according to Kenya Wildlife Services. A statement from the KWS said Abdullahi Muhammed was killed by poachers in Rukinga Wildlife Works ranch last Friday night. - 20.01.2012.
  • Japan's oldest elephant turns 65 - TOKYO, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- A female elephant named Hanako in Tokyo's Inokashira Park Zoo has turned 65, making her the oldest elephant in Japan, zoo officials said. A gift to Japan from Thailand, Hanako was born in Bangkok in 1947, but her exact birth date is unknown. - 20.01.2012.
  • Chief says Karen not poaching elephants or bribing officials - The chief of Phetchaburi's Kaeng Krachan district denied yesterday there was any need for Karen people to bribe officials, after a senior official's comment that Karen poachers were trying to smuggle elephants to get money to pay for identity cards. - 20.01.2012.
  • Shame: We cannot even protect the national symbol - News involving elephants has always received national attention because Thais view the elephant as a sacred animal that symbolises the Kingdom. Indeed, an elephant used to grace the old national flag. However, such strong interest in the plight of elephants does not stop them from being abused. - 20.01.2012.
  • Infection suspected in baby elephant's death - The carcass of a five-month-old male elephant was found yesterday near a pond in Phetchaburi's Royally Initiated Kui Buri National Forest Reserve Rehabilitation Project area. There was no wound, nor any trace of poachers at the scene. Authorities suspect the elephant died of natural causes because its navel, to which a partial umbilical cord was still attached, was swollen and appeared infected. - 20.01.2012.

19. Januar 2012

  • Hellabrunn wird OP-Zentrum: Das Elefantenherz wird mit Polyester geflickt - Die AZ erklärt den Ablauf der weltweit ersten Operation am lebenden Elefantenherz. Es gibt auch Schwierigkeiten: So fehlt es etwa an Blutkonserven. - München - Wenn Elefantenmädchen Lola nicht vorher stirbt, wird in Hellabrunn in diesen Tagen erstmals ein Elefant am offenen Herzen operiert. - 19.01.2012.
  • Top Ten Worst Zoos For Elephants - In Defense of Animals released its 8th annual list of the Ten Worst Zoos for Elephants. Their advocacy for elephants in zoos has called attention to the suffering many of these magnificent creatures endure. Zoos were rated in three categories: lack of space for elephants to roam, unsuitably cold climates and unnatural living conditions. - 19.01.2012.
  • At home, elephants are like people - It’s all in the family for elephant specialists. - The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus has a 100-year tradition of providing family entertainment, sometimes provided by families of entertainers. “Barnum’s Fully Charged,” the Ringling Bros. circus that begins its run at the Colonial Life Arena tonight, will feature, among other acts, The Human Fuse, a man who rockets through the air, and Tabayara, billed as “the world’s most thrilling animal trainer.” - 19.01.2012.
  • Tierpark plant erste Herz-OP an einem Elefanten - Der drei Monate alte Elefant Lola soll von Human- und Tiermedizinern gemeinsam am Herzen operiert werden. - Der Münchner Tierpark Hellabrunn plant eine weltweit einmalige Herzoperation an einem Elefantenbaby. Der erst knapp drei Monate alte Elefant Lola soll wegen einer seltenen Herzerkrankung operiert werden, kündigte Pressesprecherin Christiane Reiss an. "Das ist die einzige Überlebenschance, die die Kleine hat." - 19.01.2012.
  • ELEFANTEN-DRAMA: Zirkus-Elefant starb beim Transport - Auf dem Weg von Berlin nach Belgien starb Mausi. Tierschützer erheben jetzt schwere Vorwürfe. - 30 Jahre lang stand sie im Rampenlicht, musste komplizierte Kunststücke für das Publikum vorführen. Jetzt sollte Mausi in Zoo-Rente geschickt werden. Doch beim Transport von Berlin nach Belgien verstarb die Zirkus-Elefantin. - 19.01.2012.
  • Kranker Elefant Mausi gestorben - Grünwald/Stralsund (OZ) - Die an Arthrose erkrankte 26-jährige Elefantenkuh Mausi, die beim Zirkus Voyage auftrat, ist gestorben. Das teilte der Verein Elefanten-Schutz Europa mit Sitz in Grünwald (Bayern) am Donnerstag mit. - 19.01.2012.
  • SD Zoo to get 2 elderly elephant companions - Thanks to the San Diego Zoo, two decades-long elephant pals from Reid Park Zoo in Tucson will join their elderly brethren later this year at Elephant Odyssey. The planned transfer, which has been in the works over the last few weeks, was originally conceived as a relocation of just Connie, a nearly 45-year-old Asian elephant who would live out her last years of life at San Diego’s Elephant Odyssey, a refuge for older elephants. - 19.01.2012.
  • The unlikely tale of the two dead elephants - Things keep getting fishier and fishier at the Kaeng Krachan National Park, following the slaughter of two wild elephants, one burned to cinders and the other left rotting in a field, minus their tusks and sexual organs. Scandalous? Let's look at the news chronologically. - 19.01.2012.
  • Gvt silent as more elephants are slaughtered - Chiredzi(ZimEye)Zimbabwe’s elephants continue to be butchered and this week, another elephant was found bleeding to its death, just as the Environment and Natural Resources Ministry remained quiet. - 19.01.2012.

15. Januar 2012

  • Gut Freund mit den Jumbos - BRONNEN BRONNEN/STUTTGART - Das nennt man Abwechslung im Beruf: Harald Auer wünscht derzeit nicht nur seinen Kollegen einen „Guten Morgen“, sondern auch Zella und Pama. Die beiden betagten Elefantendamen leben in der Stuttgarter Wilhelma. - 15.01.2012.
  • Row erupts over mystery of elephant deaths - Accusations fly between Kaeng Krachan park chief and local villagers over who killed five jumbos. - The brutal slaying of wild elephants in Kaeng Krachan National Park has taken a nasty turn with five officials suspected of being involved. - 15.01.2012.
  • Pregnant female jumbo felled by shotgun - It was a double tragedy – the bullets not only killed the cow-elephant but also the unborn baby she was carrying at Demaliya, close to the northern boundary of the Lunugamvehera National Park last Wednesday. - 15.01.2012.

14. Januar 2012

  • PAWS Elephant Dies - San Andreas, CA -- A 29-year-old elephant has died at a wildlife sanctuary in San Andreas. The Performing Animal Wildlife Sanctuary (P.A.W.S.) reports that Sabu, an Asian Bull, passed away this week. Pathologists from U.C. Davis determined that Sabu had been suffering from "severe arthritis in multiple joints." - 14.01.2012.
  • 5 park officials wanted for poaching elephants - Witness 'saw carcass burnt' at Kaeng Krachan. - PHETCHABURI : Police have issued warrants for the arrest of five national park officials suspected of being involved in elephant poaching in Kaeng Krachan National Park in the province. Five elephants were recently found shot dead and their carcasses burnt in the park. Police are investigating whether some state officials are involved in the killings of the elephants. - 14.01.2012.
  • Tourists support abuse of elephants - Recently I visited the Chiang Mai Nature Park and I found the experience to be both uplifting and depressing. It certainly felt wonderful to finally see elephants moving around freely without being forced to paint or perform stupid tricks, and being handled by people who obviously cared about them. We, the visitors, fed and bathed the elephants but the best part of the trip was watching the elephants behaving like elephants and not circus freaks. - 14.01.2012.
  • Hunt on for elephant killers - PETCHABURI, Thailand - The Phetchaburi Provincial Court has issued arrest warrants for the assistant of the Kaeng Krajan National Park's chief and four villagers for hunting and killing an elephant for ivory and then burning the body. - 14.01.2012.

13. Januar 2012

  • Sensible Dickhäuter - Zweitausend Kinder besuchen Sonni Frankello und seine Elefantenkühe im Circus Krone. - Kenia steht auf ihren Hinterfüßen, den Rüssel in die Höhe gestreckt, und wiegt im Rhythmus der dröhnenden Disco-Musik. Auf den Rängen des Circus-Krone-Gebäudes jubeln Hunderte Kinder. Der afrikanischen Elefantenkuh scheint der Trubel nichts auszumachen und auch Timba und Mala warten im Hintergrund geduldig auf ihren Auftritt. - 13.01.2012.
  • Elephant polo ... with the FT - When played in the Indian city of Jodhpur, the sport offers some exhilarating views] - The risk of a lost ball is common to many sports, but few can be as unusual, or indeed quite as pungent, as that unfolding before me on the outskirts of Jodhpur. - 13.01.2012.
  • Largest Elephant at the Columbus Zoo - COLUMBUS -- The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is proud to introduce Hank, their 23-year-old Asian elephant. You can visit Hank Friday, Jan. 13 through Monday, Jan. 16 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. There will be a celebration at 11 a.m. on Monday for Hank’s 24th birthday in the Pachyderm Building. - 13.01.2012.
  • Former circus elephant collapses, is euthanized - Sabu, an Asian bull elephant who retired to a Northern California wildlife sanctuary 14 months ago from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, died Wednesday from complications of severe arthritis. - 13.01.2012.
  • Elephants take commuter from Stevenage to Sri Lanka - A former corporate real estate manager has swapped the rat race for a race to protect elephants in South Asia. A year ago Alison Joseph of Brick Kiln Road, Stevenage, was made redundant from her London commuter job after the company she worked for was taken over. - 13.01.2012.
  • Bob Barker joins effort to keep Tucson elephants together - TUCSON, Ariz. -- Reid Park elephants Connie and Shaba are on the verge of a breakup. Connie will be sent to the San Diego Zoo, while Shaba stay's behind in Tucson. Animal rights advocates aren't happy about the forced breakup and have been fighting the transfer. - 13.01.2012.
  • Social Innovation: 2011 Was A Bad Year For Elephants - Social innovation did not work for the poor elephant: 2011 was a bad year for this endangered species. There was a record number of large captures of elephant tusks, which showed that at least 2,500 animals had died (though some of the seized tusks could have come from old stockpiles of elephants that had been killed years ago). - 13.01.2012.
  • RAW VIDEO: Elephant giving birth in Thailand caught on cam - (CNN) - An elephant gave birth to a female calf in east Thailand's eastern province of bringing joy to visitors at its enclosure. WARNING: This footage contains material that some viewers may find disturbing due to explicit language and/or the graphic nature of the material. The new mother, Duen Pen, has been a crowd favorite at Nong Nuch Garden & Resort in Chon Buri. The management invited media to witness the delivery of the newborn. - 13.01.2012.
  • Kleiner Elefant kommt musikalisch ganz groß heraus - Schulkonzerte der Nordwestdeutschen Philharmonie im Stadttheater Minden / Stiftung fördert Angebot. - Minden (usk). Ein kleiner Elefant auf großer Reise in der weiten Welt: Das ist die Geschichte von Babar, wie sie Jean de Brunhoff erfand und die Komponisten Francis Poulenc für Klavier und Jean Francaix für Orchester vertonten. - 13.01.2012.

12. Januar 2012

  • Im Dschungelcamp - Abenteuer im Regenwald des Khao Sok Nationalparks in Südthailand. - Puuuhhh – das stinkt. Carsten hat seine Nase in eine Kokosnussschale mit frischem Kautschuk gesteckt. Die weiße, klebrige Masse riecht durchdringend nach Exkrementen – sehr unangenehm. Tommi Koppinen hatte ihn gewarnt. Der Finne hat seine Liebe zum Urwald zum Beruf gemacht. Er ist Manager im Elephant Hills Camp und führt Urlauber im Khao Sok Nationalpark im Süden Thailands in die Wildnis. - 12.01.2012.
  • North American Zoos Support Worldwide Elephant Conservation - 2012 International Elephant Foundation Grants Backed by Zoo Donations. - The International Elephant Foundation (IEF) and the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) today announced support for 19 elephant conservation projects for 2012. - 12.01.2012.
  • Group Wants Zoo Elephants Retired - Animal Outreach of Kansas wants the Topeka Zoo's elephants moved to a new home out of state. - TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW)-- Animal Outreach of Kansas wants the Topeka Zoo's elephants moved to a new home out of state. - 12.01.2012.
  • Campaign to save Sombo the elephant from her agony - Poor Sombo has been forced to pound the pavements for 30 years after being captured and tortured by communist rebels. Her feet are so deformed and infected after performing for tourists she can barely support her 5,000lb weight. And yet four days a week the 51-year-old elephant limps four kilometres through the streets of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. - 12.01.2012.

11. Januar 2012

  • Group seeks move of elephants to sanctuary - A retirement retreat for tired elephant feet. - Nearly two years after the Topeka City Council in a 7-1 vote squashed a proposal to move Topeka Zoo elephants Sunda and Tembo to a Tennessee sanctuary, Animal Outreach of Kansas is leading another charge to convince the city to take that step. - 11.01.2012.
  • Did the San Diego Zoo “Euthanize” Two Elephants Prematurely? - Questions are being raised by former elephant trainers and handlers about whether the San Diego Zoo “euthanized” two adult elephants prematurely last week – before they were needed to be put to death. Two Asian elephants were put to death last week because they were “ailing and aged” we’re told. - 11.01.2012.
  • Making way for India’s elephants - Ever-spreading human habitation is disrupting the movement of the jumbos, often leading to violent confrontations. - New Delhi: The picturesque town of Valparai is nestled in the Anamalais, part of the Western Ghats in Tamil Nadu, amid 200 square kilometres of coffee, cardamom, tea and eucalyptus plantations surrounded by misty rainforests. - 11.01.2012.
  • Smuggling ring threatens wild elephants - Thailand’s wild elephants are at an increasingly higher risk of extinction than ever before despite being officially protected. On average three of the giant animals have been hunted down and killed in each of the past two years, according to statistics from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation. - 11.01.2012.
  • Wild life staff trampled to death by elephant - Shillong, Jan 11 (PTI) A wild-life staff was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Meghalaya's Ri-Bhoi district, official sources said today. "A young man lost his life when an elephant trampled the him last evening," District Deputy Commissioner Akash Deep told PTI. - 11.01.2012.
  • Borneo elephants now classified as totally protected species - KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia - Those who kill Borneo elephants will now face a mandatory jail term as part of Sabah's efforts to upgrade its conservation of the animal. State Tourism, Culture and En­­vironment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun said the elephant was classified as a totally protected species under its wildlife laws. - 11.01.2012.
  • Fencing off elephants - Relief for villagers as RM2.5m is spent on electric fences to stop animal encroachments. - KUANTAN: REPORTS of elephants terrorising settlements and destroying crops in Pahang will soon be a thing of the past. A series of reports on elephants encroaching human settlements has prompted the state Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) to set aside RM2.5 million to build electric fences along the Kemasul, Som and Lesong forest reserves in Temerloh, Jerantut and Rompin respectively. - 11.01.2012.
  • Company Made Pool Sticks with Elephant Ivory - A Skokie based company was charged and fined $150,000 on Tuesday for using elephant ivory and other animals in the production of pool sticks, the state's attorney said today. - 11.01.2012.
  • Nepal's first female mahout leads elephant safaris - Nepal's first female mahout, one of only a handful of women across Asia to be selected to drive elephants, spoke Tuesday of her pride at breaking into the all-male profession. Meena Chaudhary, 33, was selected for the highly-specialised role after being picked from a female-only shortlist of 15 candidates as part of a government scheme to get more women working in the public sector. - 11.01.2012.
  • Nation's oldest Asian elephant set to turn 65 - Inokashira Park Zoo in western Tokyo is getting ready to fete the 65th birthday next month of Hanako, soon to become the oldest Asian elephant in Japan. - "She likes people very much," said Miwa Saito, 28, one of four keepers who look after the pachyderm. - 11.01.2012.

10. Januar 2012

  • Ein Christbaum als Festmahl für die Elefanten von Schönbrunn - Am Dienstagmorgen wurde der Christbaum vor dem Schloss Schönbrunn gefällt und einem neuen Verwendungszweck zugeführt: Er diente den Zootieren von Schönbrunn daraufhin als besonderer Leckerbissen und abwechslungsreiches Spielzeug – allen voran Elefanten wie dem kleinen Tuluba. - 10.01.2012.
  • St. Elisabeth: Der Dickhäuter auf der Krippe - RHEINE Das muss man in der Region lange suchen: Auf der Krippe der St. Elisabeth-Kirche steht ein Elefant. 55 Kilo schwer, aus Lindenholz gefertigt, bemalt und geschaffen von der Rheiner Krippenkünstlerin Anni Schulte. - 10.01.2012.
  • Wolfgang Nehring - Der „Mahout vom Niederrhein“ nimmt Abschied – mit Wehmut - Kaum ein Krefelder war so oft im TV zu sehen wie „Elefantenflüsterer“ Wolfgang Nehring. Jetzt tritt er ab in die Altersteilzeit. - Krefeld. Die Bilder, die er zu bieten hatte, waren stets spektakulär: Spaziergänge mit Elefanten zum Gemüsehändler auf dem Großmarkt, der Gang über die bislang unkopierte schwankende „Brücke“ aus den Rüsseln von Mumtas und Rhena, die mit ihren vier Tonnen auch die Haltbarkeit von Handys, angeblich „unkaputtbaren“ Brillengestellen oder Autos testen durften. - 10.01.2012.
  • Relocation of elephants doesn’t help, says expert - MYSORE: The rising encounters of man and wild elephants on the forest fringes has celebrated wildlife activist Krupakar worried. He has suggested that behavioral scientists should be put on the job to find out a viable solution. - 10.01.2012.
  • Malaysia seizes illegal haul of African elephant tusks - Malaysia customs officials have seized elephant tusks worth 2.4m ringgit ($760,000) from South Africa. - Customs officials say that the tusks were discovered inside television boxes as they were inspecting a container in Port Klang outside Kuala Lumpur. - 10.01.2012.
  • Elephant tusks seized - RM2.4m worth of ivory found hidden in television set boxes. - PORT KLANG: An attempt by an international syndicate to smuggle in 500kg of elephant tusks worth RM2.4 million through West Port was foiled by Customs officers yesterday. Selangor Customs director Datuk Azis Yacub said enforcement officers seized a container, which arrived from Cape Town, South Africa, on Friday. - 10.01.2012.
  • Elephant herd destroys crops in Hassan village - HASSAN: A herd of 25 elephants went on the rampage at Chinnahalli of Alur taluk here in the wee hours of Monday and destroyed crops worth Rs 50,000. The herd created havoc on Praveen's farm at Chinnahalli, 30km from here, and destroyed coffee plantations and paddy fields, uprooted 25 coconut trees and trampled the area around the lake. - 10.01.2012.
  • Govt to modify rules on captive elephants - ALAPPUZHA: In a bid to ensure effective maintenance of the 'state animal', the government is gearing up to modify the Kerala Captive Elephant (Management & Maintenance), Rules 2003.The Kerala Forests and Wildlife Department has also drawn up fresh guidelines, at the behest of forest minister K B Ganesh Kumar, for parading elephants during temple festivals. - 10.01.2012.
  • New wildlife haven for Sabah - 2,000ha abode is for elephants and other animals driven from their habitat. - KOTA KINABALU: A BORNEO Elephant Wildlife Sanctuary will be established on a 2,000-hectare site in Kinabatangan as a refuge for elephants and other wildlife affected by land clearance activities in Sabah. - 10.01.2012.
  • Conservationist wins Polish award for work with elephants - A Poland-based foundation has given an award to a Thai activist who founded a nursery for disabled or injured elephants in Chiang Mai, the Thai embassy in Warsaw said yesterday. In its citation for granting the Good Deed Award to Saengduen Chailert, Fundacji Zacny Uczynek said the Elephant Nature Park in Mae Taeng district had nurtured sick and wounded elephants while relying on those in good health to serve local tourism in an ecological and conservationist manner. - 10.01.2012.

9. Januar 2012

  • Elephant calves still without proper enclosures - KARACHI, Jan 9: Four elephant calves — aged between four and seven years and housed in pairs at Karachi Zoological Gardens and Safari Park — have not been provided with proper enclosures since their arrival in the city more than two years ago, it emerged on Monday. - 09.01.2012.
  • Oregon Zoo planning elephant habitat expansion, 5 other projects - For obvious reasons, an elephant is a unique building tenant. “It’s a nearly 14,000-pound animal and they run 30 miles per hour, and if they take a running start at something like that (then) containment, whether it’s fencing or cables or whatever, it has to be pretty darn stout,” said Hussain Mirza, a principal with Portland-based SRG Partnership. - 09.01.2012.
  • Prince and Princess Michael of Kent visit Sri Lanka elephant orphanage - SRI LANKA (eTN) - ETurboNews Ambassador from Sri Lanka, Srilal Miththapala, Project Director of the SWITCH ASIA Program - Greening Sri Lankan Hotels and immediate past President of the Tourist Hotels Association of Sri Lanka, had the opportunity to accompany Prince and Princess Michael of Kent to the Pinnawela elephant orphanage on behalf of the Tourist Board yesterday. - 09.01.2012.
  • Elephant runs amok - TRIPUNITHURA: Tension prevailed as an elephant, brought for a festival, ran amok across the town for around one-and-a-half hours, in the Sunday afternoon. Thottakkaattu Ramachandran, brought to Kannankulangara as a standby for the festival, ran from Kannankulangara to the crowded Statue Junction, before running towards Tripunithura Junction. - 09.01.2012.
  • Frequent tusker attacks send residents for cover - DAMAK: Villagers of Jhapa and Morang are a terrified lot with increasing incidents of attacks by wild tuskers. Seven persons have already lost their lives so far in a month, with victims being mostly elders. Fifty-year-old Keshar Maya Rai of Pathari-9, Morang, died today after being attacked by a tusker. - 09.01.2012.
  • Indonesian elephant dung made into paper - In Indonesia, elephant dung has become a winning hit with tourists looking to buy an unusual souvenir. Bali's Safari and Marine Park is home to Indonesia's first elephant poo paper factory, where animal waste is turned into books and writing paper. - 09.01.2012.
  • Luckiest of India's overworked elephants given spa holiday - Forty-three stressed-out elephants are frolicking and taking it easy at a spa. They are there to soothe their bodies and minds. These elephants - hired out to Hindu temples to lend majesty to religious ceremonies - are at Mudmalai Wildlife Sanctuary in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. They have been sent there by the government to relax for six sybaritic weeks because of their gruelling jobs. - 09.01.2012.

8. Januar 2012

  • Detroit Zoo’s elephant issues similar to Toronto Zoo’s - In many ways, the problems Detroit Zoo officials faced eight years ago regarding its elephants mirror those Toronto Zoo officials have grappled with. The prospect of building a new enclosure for its two remaining and aging elephants, Winky and Wanda, was problematic for Detroit’s zoo, given its limited resources. - 08.01.2012.
  • Elephant kills amateur lensman - An amateur photographer paid with his life for getting too close to a wild elephant among a herd that had strayed into a eucalyptus grove in Mantapa village near Bannerghatta on Friday. - 08.01.2012.
  • Poachers keep Kenyan baby elephant shelter busy - It has provided shelter for orphaned baby elephants for the past 35 years but a Kenyan wildlife trust is busier than ever before. - The orphanage operated by the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust says it is dealing with 53 strays a year, almost eight times more than 2010, as herds are targeted by poachers and farmers protecting their crops. - 08.01.2012.
  • Elephant carcass found in Kaladhara forest - Berhampur (Odisha), Jan 8 (PTI) The carcass of an elephant calf was found in Kaladhara forest in Odisha's Ganjam district today, forest officials said. - 08.01.2012.
  • 3 injured in elephant attack - BHADRAPUR: Three members from a same family have been injured in elephant attack in Lakahanpur in Jhapa district. The injured are 42-year-old Bel Bahadur Katuwal, his wife Kalpana, 38 and their son Yadu, 11, of Simle, Lakhanpur VDC-1. - 08.01.2012.
  • Jumbo night - COIMBATORE: We at Periyanaickenpalayam are used to animals straying in from the thickly-wooded Western Ghats that border our houses. But the experience on Friday night was unique, and scary. I was returning home after the day's work when I saw eleven wild elephants on the road and an agitated crowd ready to take them on with stones. - 08.01.2012.
  • Help pours in from all quarters for ailing ‘Raja’ - INDORE: Elephant lovers are doing everything possible to see that the ailing jumbo at Mhow Veterinary College does not suffer from lack of medicine or diet. Elephant lovers from as far as Bhopal and other places are extending help to see the ailing tusker gets best possible treatment. - 08.01.2012.

7. Januar 2012

  • San Diego Zoo euthanizes 2 elephants - Cha Cha and Cookie, put down two days apart, were elderly and ailing. After a temporary closure, the elephant exhibit has reopened. - Reporting from San Diego -- Two ailing and aged elephants at the San Diego Zoo had to be euthanized this week, zoo officials announced Friday. - 07.01.2012.
  • Remove solar fencing in Elephant Corridor - CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has directed the government to immediately remove all illegally-erected solar energised electrical fencing, including those of the proposed parties, in the elephant corridor in the Nilgiris district. - 07.01.2012.
  • Jumbo joys in thailand - It's a unique holiday that allows you to look closely at the lives of one of the most intelligent animals. - Guests volunteering at the Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai province, Thailand, don't have phone service or television. But what they have instead is ele-vision, all day long. They can see elephants eating, playing in the mud, bathing and even floating in a river. - 07.01.2012.

6. Januar 2012

  • Ein Heim für kleine Riesen - Niemand weiß, wo Naipokis Eltern sind. Deshalb wird das Elefantenkind von Tierpflegern mit der Flasche aufgezogen. Zu Besuch in einem besonderen Waisenhaus in Kenia. - 06.01.2012.
  • Carcasses of four elephants found in Erode dist - Erode (TN),Jan6 (PTI) Carcasses of four elephants have been found in three forest ranges in the district in a span of two days,officials said today. A male elephant was found dead in the Anthiyur forest area today. - 06.01.2012.
  • Elephant kills girl in Panchagarh - A teenage girl was killed by an Indian elephant Friday along Banglabandha frontier in Tentulia upazila of Panchagarh. The deceased was identified as Ruma Akhter, 17, daughter of Rafiqul Islam of Pathanpara village in the upazila. - 06.01.2012.
  • 2 Asian elephants at San Diego Zoo euthanized - (01-06) 11:13 PST San Diego, CA (AP) -- San Diego Zoo officials say two of their Asian elephants were euthanized this week for health problems that could not be reversed. Forty-three-year-old Cha Cha was euthanized Wednesday and 67-year-old Cookie was put down Friday. - 06.01.2012.
  • San Diego Zoo mourns loss of 2 Asian elephants - SAN DIEGO (KABC) -- San Diego Zoo is mourning the loss of two of their Asian elephants that passed away this week due to health problems. Zoo officials said the first elephant Cha Cha, about 43 years old, had been at the zoo since 1971. - 06.01.2012.

5. Januar 2012

  • Nepal: Elefant trampelt drei Menschen zu Tode - Kathmandu (RPO). Ein wilder Elefant hat in einem Dorf im Südosten Nepals drei Menschen totgetrampelt. Der Dickhäuter sei am Donnerstag plötzlich in Prithvinagar, einem Dorf an der Grenze zu Indien, aufgetaucht und dort regelrecht Amok gelaufen, sagte der Polizist Mohan Sharma. - 05.01.2012.
  • Fast ein Rekord: Drei Elefanten trächtig - Im Rekordjahr 2005 sind im Tierpark innerhalb von drei Monaten die drei Elefantenbabys Horas, Cinta und Yoma zur Welt gekommen. Der Rekord wird 2012 nicht gebrochen. - Trotzdem meldet Bernhard Blaszkiewitz gern, dass derzeit zwei Elefantenkühe im Tierpark und eine im Zoo trächtig sind. Der Direktor zählt die Dickhäuter zu seinen Lieblingstieren. - 05.01.2012.
  • Elefantenpfleger in Lebensgefahr - der vertuschte Skandal in deutschen Zoos - Die Tierpflegerin Petra S. wird von einem 4-jährigen Elefanten angegriffen und lebensgefährlich verletzt. Magdeburg, September 2011: Elefantenkuh „Birma“, die seit 38 Jahren im Zoo lebt, verletzt einen Tierpfleger. Augsburg, Oktober 2011: Elefantin „Sabi“ drückt einen erfahrenen Tierpfleger an eine Wand und verletzt ihn so schwer, dass er wochenlang im Krankenhaus liegt. - 05.01.2012.
  • Circus Universal Renz will "auf Tiere nicht verzichten" - Duisburg. Seit dem 22. Dezember und noch bis einschließlich Sonntag gastiert der Circus Universal Renz als „2. Duisburger Weihnachtscircus“ auf dem Vorplatz der MSV-Arena. Der Leiter dieses traditionsreichen Familienunternehmens ist Zirkusdirektor Daniel Renz senior. Der 44-Jährige stellte sich den Fragen von WAZ-Redakteur Thomas Richter. - 05.01.2012.
  • An elephant at bat? The circus is here - To mark the arrival in town of the circus, an elephant named Asia took batting practice near the new Miami Marlins stadium. - The Miami Marlins’ outfield might be in flux this offseason, but it’s safe to say whoever is playing on opening day will be an upgrade from the trio that manned the field Thursday in a lot just west of the new Little Havana stadium — two clowns and a mascot. - 05.01.2012.
  • Thai elephant mutilated for tourists - Bangkok - Thai wildlife officials said on Thursday that body parts from a dead wild elephant found without its tusks, tail and penis were probably destined for restaurants in tourist areas. - 05.01.2012.
  • Wild elephant tramples 3 villagers to death in village in southeastern Nepal - KATMANDU, Nepal — Police say a wild elephant entered a village in southeastern Nepal and trampled three villagers to death and injured two more. Police official Satya Narayan Rajbangsi says the elephant entered Prithvinagar village Wednesday night and trampled the villagers before being chased away. - 05.01.2012.
  • Growing man-elephant conflict threat to conservation - UDALGURI, Jan 5 - The escalating man-elephant conflict in areas bordering Bhutan in Udalguri district continues to pose a grave conservation challenge. A spurt in the conflict this year has seen the death of 20 persons and three elephants as against corresponding figures of six and three in 2010. In 2009, the fatalities stood at 15 and six respectively. - 05.01.2012.
  • Unchained: Indian Elephant Rehab Center to Be a Model for Rescued Zoo Animals - Earlier this week we looked at the growing problem of elephant poaching and the illegal ivory trade, which has risen to its highest levels since the 1989 international trade ban on ivory products went into place. Today we look at a positive project in India, one meant to rescue some captive Indian elephants (Elephas maximus indicus) from the unhealthy and often-abusive conditions that they currently endure. - 05.01.2012.
  • New African elephant fund receives major boost - The African Elephant Action Plan and the African Elephant Fund received a more than R2 million boost at a meeting held in Skukuza from 12 to 14 December, 2011. The first official session of the trust fund's steering committee took place in the Kruger National Park (KNP) to allocate available financial resources to the first set of eligible projects. - 05.01.2012.

4. Januar 2012

  • Elephant tramples forest employee to death - Rourkela: A driver of forest department was trampled to death by a wild elephant at Gulusuguda forest in Orissa's Sundargarh district, officials said on Wednesday. Chief Conservator of Forests, Rourkela, Subash Chandra Swain said a squad from Sundargarh went to Birtola village under Sundargarh sadar police limit on getting information that villagers spotted a herd of elephants near Gulusuguda forest. - 04.01.2012.
  • Malawi reserve resurrected by project - Majete Wildlife Reserve - Antelope, elephants, leopards and lions are grazing and reproducing again in a reserve in Malawi, resurrected through a repopulation project of biblical proportions. - 04.01.2012.
  • Farmers demand action on elephants - Farmers say that they are subject to increasing threat of attack by elephants as development in Sri Lanka continues to encroach on the animals’ breeding and foraging lands. - 04.01.2012.

3. Januar 2012

  • Tanzania elephant numbers drop - Dar es Salaam - The number of elephants in two wildlife sanctuaries in Tanzania has fallen by nearly 42% in just three years, a census showed on Tuesday, as poachers increasingly killed the animals for their tusks. - 03.01.2012.
  • Elephant Week: Poaching and Ivory Smuggling at Record Highs in 2011 - Poaching of elephants and the illegal trade in their tusks and related ivory products were out of control in 2011, with more than 2,500 animals confirmed killed and thousands of kilograms of tusks seized by customs officials around the world. This was the worst year on record since the international ivory trade ban was established in 1989, according to TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network. - 03.01.2012.
  • San Diego Zoo to Swap Tucson Elephant for Safari Park Herd - Handlers at Reid Park Zoo in Tucson are preparing Connie, a 42-year-old Asian elephant, for her upcoming transfer to San Diego Zoo in exchange for a herd of African elephants from the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, the Arizona Daily Star reports. - 03.01.2012.
  • Close the barn door before the elephant arrives - In many Asian cultures, the elephant is a symbol of wisdom. Moving a single elephant to a barn in Hope, Maine, would be a symbol of stupidity. Jim Laurita, a veterinarian, has built a steel building with a concrete floor on his property in Knox County and hopes to acquire Rosie, a 42-year-old circus elephant suffering from arthritis. - 03.01.2012.
  • Hearing on Mudumalai elephant rejuvenation camp adjourned - MADURAI: A public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to quash a government order passed to conduct a rejuvenation camp for elephants at the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, has been adjourned to Wednesday by the Madurai bench of the Madras high court. - 03.01.2012.

2. Januar 2012

  • Gleich 3 Elefanten-Damen sind trächtig - Pang Pha, Kewa und Nova erwarten Nachwuchs - Im Zoo und Tierpark ist die Freude groß. - Berliner Elefanten und Karnickel sind eigentlich nicht zu vergleichen. Wäre da nicht der Punkt der Fruchtbarkeit. Die scheint bei unseren Dickhäutern in Zoo und Tierpark so sprichwörtlich entwickelt, wie bei den Spitzohren. - 02.01.2012.
  • Verhältnisse zwischen Elefanten und Menschen in Indien zugespitzt - Jährlich kommen über 400 Landleute in Indien in Zusammenstößen mit Elefanten ums Leben. Gegen 2012 erreichte der Elefantenbestand in Indien 28 Tausend Tiere. Weitere Zunahme der Tieranzahl und das gleichzeitige rapide Wachstum der Bevölkerung Indiens, ihr Eindringen in das Elefantenhabitat führen unausweichlich zu solchen Zusammenstößen. - 02.01.2012.
  • Lola und Ludwig zur besten Sendezeit im BR - München - Es war die Sensation des Jahres 2011 im Münchner Tierpark : Zum ersten Mal seit sieben Jahrzehnten gibt es in Hellabrunn zwei gesunde Elefantenbabys. Der BR war bei ihrer Zusammenführung exklusiv dabei. - 02.01.2012.
  • Video: Woman arrested after entering elephant area at LA Zoo - Woman: 'I'm going to pet the elephants now'. - LOS ANGELES — A woman jumped fences and crossed ditches at the Los Angeles Zoo to gain entry to the zoo's elephant sanctuary and pet the animals, authorities said. When zoo staffers spotted the woman, they urged her to get out and she did, climbing out over the fences and ditches designed to keep people away from the animals. - 02.01.2012.
  • 25 year told tusker died of electrocution - MYSORE: A tusker has died of electrocution in Heggadadevana Kote taluk in Mysore on Monday. DCF (wildlife) Devaraj S N told TOI that the 25-year-old pachyderm has come in contact with a live wire at a field belonging to Puttaiah's family at Yelehundi Kaval in H D Kote taluk. - 02.01.2012.

1. Januar 2012

  • A Boom Year for Illicit Elephant Ivory - If you think you had a bad year, spare a thought for Africa’s elephants. They are being killed in ever greater numbers for their ivory, which is smuggled these days mostly to Asia. Rising wealth has led to a boom in demand there in recent years. - 01.01.2012.

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