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31. Dezember 2011

  • Female elephant dies at Bandhavgarh Park - Bhopal: A 23-year-old pregnant female elephant died at Bandhvagarh National Park following prolonged retention of a dead fetus. She died on Thursday because of Dystocia (abnormal labour) caused by the prolonged retention of dead foetus, said sources at the park adding she pregnant by 19 months. - 31.12.2011.
  • Elephant calf falls to death - The calf along with 60 other elephants strayed into a field. - A 2-year-old calf, which came in a herd of 60 elephants, fell accidentally into irrigation well and died near Hosur on Friday. Forest officials said that the male calf along with 60 other elephants strayed into a field in a village near Hosur. - 31.12.2011.
  • A Very Big Game - Playing polo in the misty Golden Triangle means learning to balance on the back of an elephant. - "Let's face it: Elephants are boring," I emailed a friend from my BlackBerry during a sluggish, scorching day at the King's Cup Elephant Polo tournament in Hua Hin, Thailand. Despite the creative ways tourism and elephants intersect in the country—there are rice paddy excursions, splashy river baths, even a romantic wine tasting tour of a Thai vineyard atop a four-tonner—it's hard to jazz up the pachyderm. - 31.12.2011.

30. Dezember 2011

  • Zählen, messen, wiegen: Der Zoo macht Inventur - Wuppertal. Wie Orgelpfeifen aufgereiht kommen die Elefanten Sabie, Tika und Uli ins Innengehege des Wuppertaler Zoos. Die blaue Waage für die Schwergewichte steht schon bereit. „Besonders interessant ist es, wie viel die beiden Jungelefanten wiegen“, sagt Zoodirektor Ulrich Schürer gespannt. - 30.12.2011.
  • Elephant tusk smuggling jumps in 2011 - 'Horrible year for elephants,' monitor says. - There were a record number of large seizures of ivory in 2011 reflecting the sharp increase in illegal trade in elephant tusks, the conservation organization TRAFFIC says. - 30.12.2011.
  • Elephants make it a big year for Cleveland’s zoo - CLEVELAND - Cleveland’s zoo says a new elephant exhibit contributed to jumbo attendance this year, despite record rainfall. WKYC-TV reports the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is headed toward ending 2011 with more than 1.3 million visitors, for only the fourth time in history. Officials expect to show a 10 percent increase in attendance over last year. - 30.12.2011.
  • Elephant captured in Jeli released at National Park - KOTA BARU: A male elephant, captured near the Jeli-Grik highway two days ago, has been released at the National Park near Kuala Koh today pending its relocation to the Kuala Gandah Elephant Sanctuary in Pahang. - 30.12.2011.
  • Solar fencing to keep jumbos at bay - BERHAMPUR: The government will carry out solar fencing in Ganjam to prevent the entry of elephants into human habitats. In the first phase, around five km will be fenced near Narayani jungle within Khallikote forest range. "The work will start after the elephant herds are driven out of Ganjam block," said A K Jena, the divisional forest officer of Berhampur. - 30.12.2011.
  • Tusker tales: What ails captive elephants in Kerala - Elephants in India may be considered an embodiment of Lord Ganesh, but the status of captive jumbos in Kerala is anything but divine. Experts say the lack of proper medical care as well as money-minded owners pose a serious threat to the magnificent beasts. - 30.12.2011.
  • Elephant-for-giraffe swap caused Mexican stand-off between Dublin and Delhi - The Republic's Department of Foreign Affairs was locked in elephantine bureaucracy as it tried to bring Indian elephants to Dublin in 1981. The problem was a proposed animal swap between Dublin and Delhi Zoos in which the Indians would send us two elephants and we would give them two giraffes. - 30.12.2011.

29. Dezember 2011

  • Elfenbein: Asiens Gier tötet tausende Elefanten - Das Jahr 2011 ist ein Katastrophenjahr für Elefanten. Seit zwei Jahrzehnten sind nicht mehr so viele Dickhäuter wegen ihrer Stosszähne gemeuchelt worden. Experten fürchten um den Fortbestand des grössten Landsäugetiers der Welt. - 29.12.2011.
  • Flexible Dickhäuter - Forscher untersuchen, wie Elefanten Entscheidungen innerhalb großer sozialer Netzwerke treffen. - Verhaltensforschung. - Seit mittlerweile fast 40 Jahren beobachten Forscher im Amboseli Nationalpark in Kenia Elefanten. Ziel der internationalen Kooperative ist es, das Sozialverhalten, die Altersstruktur und die Populationsdynamik der Tiere zu studieren. Durch die Fülle der Daten erhalten die Forscher Einblicke auch in langfristige Entscheidungsprozesse der Dickhäuter. - 29.12.2011.
  • Elefanten-Festival: Lauf, Jumbo, lauf! - Fußball, Wettrennen, Schönheitswettbewerb: Bei einem Elefanten-Festival im nepalesischen Chitwan traten die Dickhäuter auf ungewöhnlichem Terrain gegeneinander an. Geschminkte Fußnägel inklusive. - 29.12.2011.
  • Endangered African elephants suffer worst year in decades - JOHANNESBURG — It’s been a disastrous year for elephants, perhaps the worst since ivory sales were banned in 1989 to save the world’s largest land animals from extinction, the wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC said Thursday. - 29.12.2011.
  • Woman breaks into LA Zoo elephant pen - LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Zoo says there are no plans to increase security at the elephant exhibit after a woman climbed over multiple obstacles to get inside the pen and pet the pachyderms. The Los Angeles Times says the woman scaled a public barrier, walked through tall bushes and climbed another fence to get face-to-face with the elephants on Tuesday. - 29.12.2011.
  • 169 elephant tusks land man in prison - A CONGOLESE business executive has been jailed for five years imprisonment with hard labour by a Ndola magistrate's court for illegal possession of 169 elephant tusks. The same court, however, acquitted another Congolese and a Zambian driver of a similar offence. The court also ruled that the seized elephant tusks be forfeited to the state. - 29.12.2011.
  • A ‘disastrous’ year for elephants thanks to the mob, group says - “It’s been a disastrous year for elephants,” reports Associated Press, “perhaps the worst since ivory sales were banned in 1989 to save the world’s largest land animals from extinction, the wildlife trade monitoring network Traffic said Thursday. A record number of large seizures of elephant tusks represents at least 2,500 dead animals and shows that organized crime – in particular Asian syndicates – is increasingly involved in the illegal ivory trade and the poaching that feeds it, the group said.” - 29.12.2011.
  • Elephant Pedicures, Face Paint & More At Nepal Festival (PHOTOS) - Previously, the wildest pedicure we'd ever heard of was the male pedicure -- which, to be fair, ain't that crazy. But now we've seen it all: elephant pedicures. The lucky ellies got their toes painted in Nepal as part of a a three-day, elephant-themed festival. - 29.12.2011.
  • Fass' Dir doch an die eigene Nase ... - Fass' Dir doch an die eigene Nase ... Elefantenbaby «Uli» hat offenbar nicht die geringste Lust, im Rahmen einer Zoo-Inventur in Wuppertal auf die Waage zu steigen. - Foto. - 29.12.2011.
  • Über 23 Tonnen Elfenbein beschlagnahmt - Noch nie ist weltweit so viel illegales Elfenbein sichergestellt worden wie im Jahr 2011. Ein Grund dafür dürfte die steigende Nachfrage nach Stosszähnen von Elefanten in Asien sein. - 29.12.2011.
  • Hey, trunk ball! Elephants play soccer - SOCCER-playing elephants used all four feet and even their trunks trying to score goals, and in the elephant beauty pageant, contestants sported nail polish on their not-so-dainty toes. - 29.12.2011.
  • Elephants on the rampage in Nagaon - GUWAHATI: Nagaon district is in the grip of elephant menace once again. On Tuesday night, one person was trampled to death at Balijuri village bordering Karbi Anglong district. With the latest casualty, the toll in Nagaon has risen to four since November. All the incidents took place killings took place in villages bordering Karbi Anglong. - 29.12.2011.
  • Tusker tales: What ails captive elephants in Kerala - Thiruvananthapuram : Elephants in India may be considered an embodiment of Lord Ganesh, but the status of captive jumbos in Kerala is anything but divine. Experts say the lack of proper medical care as well as money-minded owners pose a serious threat to the magnificent beasts. - 29.12.2011.
  • Efforts to help save elephants end in failure - DONG NAI — Half of the wild elephants in Dong Nai Province have been wiped out in recent years, despite steps taken by the Prime Minister to save them. A project that he initiated five years ago to provide them with sanctuary in three elephant" provinces by the year 2010 failed to get underway in the province. - 29.12.2011.
  • More elephants die in Lankan man-animal battle for habitat - Colombo, Dec 28 (PTI) In the continuing battle for habitat in Sri Lanka, more elephants have died this year, officials said. The number of elephants killed this year is above last years figure of 228, while 46 people have been killed by wild elephants, which is way less than the last years toll of 81. - 29.12.2011.
  • Pachyderm delivers, village celebrates - HOSUR: A herd of about 60 elephants strayed into a village near Hosur from a nearby forest and interestingly, one of the elephants delivered a calf while other elephants guarded it. The elephants strayed into Podur village near Sulagiri town on Tuesday. - 29.12.2011.
  • ‘Lax’ officials stop jumbo corridor in its tracks - Affected by the continued conflict with elephants, as many as 416 farmers in the cardamom growing region of Sakleshpur in Hassan district came forward to pledge 2,361 acres of farm lands to recreate the elephant corridor almost two years ago. - 29.12.2011.

28. Dezember 2011

  • Building a home in Hope for Rosie - HOPE — Hope Elephants opened its doors Dec. 27 for a sneak peek at the elephant rehabilitation facility being built on Hatchet Mountain Road. More than 100 people made their way through the building. - 28.12.2011.
  • Odisha: Mahout Left Pet Elephant in Village - A Mahout of a pet elephant left the chained jumbo in village Trijanga under Danagadi block of Jajpur district for two days for which thepanicked villagers sought the help of forest officials to control the elephant and forest men rushed to village to provide food and medical help to the chained elephant. - 28.12.2011.
  • Elephants compete in running race - They are not known for their speed but that did not stop 20 elephants in Nepal racing off against each other for the eighth annual International Elephant Festival. The animals representing the UK, China, Germany and Brazil thundered down the 300 metre track. - 28.12.2011.

27. Dezember 2011

  • Elefantenkinder im Fernsehen - BR strahlt Film über das erste Treffen aus. - Es waren die aufregendsten Monate, die die Elefanten von Hellabrunn und ihre Pfleger je erlebt haben. Erst die Geburt von Ludwig, dann die Geburt eines kleinen Elefantenmädchens und schließlich auch noch ein Umzug in eine Übergangsunterkunft. - 27.12.2011.
  • Kickboxerin auf den Rüssel genommen - München – Timba, Mala und Kenia haben alle aus dem Häuschen gebracht: Kinder und Erwachsene, die ihre kindliche Seele bewahrt haben. Die drei afrikanischen Elefanten waren die Sensation bei der Premiere des Circus Krone am ersten Weihnachtsfeiertag. - 27.12.2011.
  • Woman Jumps Barriers, Pets Elephants at L.A. Zoo - Woman suffered from mental illnesses, officials said. - LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KTLA) -- A visitor at the Los Angeles Zoo Tuesday apparently liked elephants so much she decided to get as close them as possible. The woman, who has not yet been identified, crossed ditched and climbed fences -- barriers specifically meant to keep people like her out -- to get into the elephant sanctuary on what was a very busy afternoon at the zoo. - 27.12.2011.
  • Elephant Leaves Alaska for Warmer Home - African elephant spent 24 years at Anchorage zoo. - As we write this story, the temperature in Anchorage, Alaska, is minus-8 degrees Celsius. Bitter cold, in other words, as you might expect on an early-winter day in a state that’s sometimes called “America’s Ice Box.” Meanwhile, Maggie the Elephant is strolling about the 12-hectare grounds she shares with nine other pachyderms at an animal-rescue society’s compound in California’s Sierra Mountains, where it’s also chilly at the moment, but a degree or two above freezing at least. - 27.12.2011.
  • From our archives: Baby elephant gets name fit for a king - This article appeared in the Post-Dispatch on Jan. 16, 1993: Raja is the name of the baby elephant at the St. Louis Zoo, and "Raja" means "king" in Hindi. Charlie Hoessle, executive director of the St. Louis Zoo, chose the name this week after consulting with the keepers in the Elephant House and several Zoo curators. More than 43,700 people mailed in suggestions. - 27.12.2011.
  • Elephant 'sixth toe' discovered to help mammal's stance - A sixth toe was discovered on the elephant to help the world's largest mammal keep its balance. - What helps the elephant, the world’s heaviest land mammal, keep its balance and have good posture? A tiny, bony sixth toe. According to a new study by the US journal Science, the growth protruding from the back of an elephant's foot is actually a sixth toe, the AFP reported. - 27.12.2011.
  • Thailand: Holidaying with Chiang Mai's elephants - Marley Seaman spends a week at the Elephant Nature Park in northern Thailand. - Guests volunteering at the Elephant Nature Park don't have phone service or television, and internet access is limited to a single area. But what they get instead of TV is ele-vision, all day long. - 27.12.2011.
  • External physical traps, viable option - Using of external physical traps is a better option to prevent elephants arrival to villages, Alliance for Building up the cooperation in between Human and Elephant (ABCBHE) coordinator Sanjeeva Sampath said. Positive responses were presented by Agrarian Services and Wildlife Minister S M Chandrasena for demands of the people to prevent the human-elephant conflict Sanjeeva Sampath said. - 27.12.2011.
  • 2012 - Year for ending human-elephant conflicts - 2012 has been named as the year for ending human – elephant conflicts. The Minister of Agrarian Services and Wild Life said that this step has been taken with the objective of minimizing human-elephant conflict by 75 percent. Due to attacks by elephants 80 persons were killed last year. However, this number has been reduced to 50 this year. Several steps have been taken to further reduce this number. - 27.12.2011.

26. Dezember 2011

  • Three injured in elephant attack - TUMKUR: The stray elephant menace continues in the district as three persons, including a woman, were injured at Kamalapura village near Devarahosalli village near here in the early hours of Sunday. - 26.12.2011.
  • Elephant race lures tourists in Sauraha - CHITWAN, Dec 26: Almost all hotels in Sauraha, the famous tourist destination in Chitwan district, have been packed with domestic and foreign tourists. Shankar Sainju, Chairman of Regional Hotel Association, Sauraha, said all hotels are filled to capacity. The number of tourists was increased due to elephant race being organized from Monday. - 26.12.2011.
  • Poachers hack wild elephant to death - DONG NAI — A wild elephant was found hacked to death with its tusk cut off in the southern province of Dong Nai last Friday, local authorities have said. It was the ninth elephant to be killed in the province since 2009. The five-tonne elephant was found in Tan Phu Protective Forest with multiple stab wounds with one tusk missing. - 26.12.2011.

25. Dezember 2011

  • Rampaging wild elephant kills Indonesian farmer - BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- A rampaging wild elephant has trampled a farmer to death on Indonesia's Sumatra island. Nyak Cut, a paramedic, says three farmers in Geumpang village in Aceh province were trying to drive away a herd of wild elephants from their fields Saturday when one of the animals charged, sending the men fleeing. - 25.12.2011.
  • Elephant tramples farmer to death - Krisnagiri (TN), Dec 25 (PTI) A 55-year-old farmer was trampled to death by an elephant at a village near Hosur here today. Krishnappa of T Kothapalli village was walking along the roadside when one among a herd of elephants that local farmers were trying to drive away from their fields trampled him, police said. - 25.12.2011.
  • Nepalese using Elephant dung to make handicrafts - Kathmandu, Dec 25 (PTI) People in southern Nepal's Chitawan National Park are using a technique to make handicraft goods from recycled paper manufactured from elephant dung, which is also helping them to make the environment clean. The establishment of the community-run recycling project is part of a livelihood improvement programme, collection of waste strewn along the road, which is also helping to keep the environment clean. - 25.12.2011.
  • Government mulls elephant corridors throughout country - Human-elephant conflict is on the rise. A report prepared by the Elephant Task Force estimated that roughy 400 people in India were killed every year by around 26,000 elephants in the wild in India. Growing human population and their encroachment of the elephant habitat has created a situation where elephants frequently end up raiding agricultural crops. - 25.12.2011.

24. Dezember 2011

  • Elephant found dead in Dong Nai forest - Forest rangers on Friday found the carcass of an elephant in a protected forest in the southern province of Dong Nai, the online newspaper Dan Tri reported. - 24.12.2011.
  • Albino elephant born in Kenya's Amboseli National Park - A young albino elephant was born recently in Amboseli National Park. This was an unusual sighting in the famous park whose elephants are the world’s longest studied. The Kenya Wildlife Service team and other scientists based in the park are closely monitoring any developments. - 24.12.2011.
  • Elefanten im Visier und Enten im Gänsemarsch - Ulm. Der Ulmer Weihnachtszirkus zeigt fliegende und muskulöse Menschen - und erstmals Kühe. Aber auch drei Elefanten, was Tierschützer bei einer Demo bemängelt haben. Das Ulmer Veterinäramt ist präsent. - Den Vorhang weit auf, damit die drei Elefanten durchkommen, ohne gleich die schöne Weihnachtsdekoration herunterzureißen. - 24.12.2011.

23. Dezember 2011

  • MYSTERIUM GELÖST: Elefanten haben sechsten Zeh gegen das Umkippen - Nicht den siebenten Sinn, sondern den sechsten Zehenknochen haben Forscher bei Elefanten entdeckt. Einziger Unterschied: Diese Art Zeh befindet sich hinten am Fuß. - Bei dem mysteriösen Wachstum eines Knochens an den Füßen von Elefanten handelt es sich einer Untersuchung zufolge um so etwas wie einen sechsten „Zeh“. Der Knochen, der sich nicht wie die fünf regulären Zehe an der Spitze der Füße, sondern hinten befinde, habe aber „dieselbe Aufgabe“ wie ein „echter Zeh“, sagte der Wissenschaftler John Hutchinson von der Königlichen Veterinärschule in London am Freitag der BBC. - 23.12.2011.
  • RIESEN AUF "STÖCKELSCHUHEN": Die Extra-Zehe des Elefanten - In Vergessenheit geratene Entdeckung geklärt: Mysteriöser Knochen stützt Fettgewebe des Plattfußes. - Washington/London/Wien - Auf den ersten Blick scheint der Elefant die größten Plattfüße des Planeten zu haben. Was im Prinzip auch nicht ganz falsch ist. Anatomische Untersuchungen des Elefantenfußes zeigten allerdings, dass die Dickhäuter so wie Pferde oder Hunde auf ihren Vorderzehen stehen, während der übrige Rest nur aus einem Fettpolster besteht. - 23.12.2011.
  • Kiewer Zoo wird im kommenden Jahr jungen Elefanten Unterkunft bieten - Insgesamt sollen drei Dickhäutige im Alter von 3 bis 5 Jahre in Kiew ihr neues Zuhause finden. - Der Kiewer Zoo wird in der ersten Jahreshälfte des kommenden Jahres drei jungen Elefanten eine Unterkunft bieten, wie der erste stellvertretende Stadtregierungschef von Kiew, Olexandr Masurtschak, gegenüber der Nachrichtenagentur "Ukrainian News" erklärte. - 23.12.2011.
  • Man-elephant conflict in Orissa - BERHAMPUR (Odisha): The conflict between men and elephants came to the fore once again in Orissa's Ganjam district when wild tuskers trampled to death a 57-year-old man and injured a girl at a village. - 23.12.2011.
  • Elephant conservation boosted by R2m after top-level meeting - The “African elephant plan”, backed by The Convention on Trade in Endangered Species (Cites), was boosted by more than R2m in Skukuza earlier this month. The meeting – held in the Kruger National Park’s “capital”, was attended by representatives from Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan and South Africa, representing elephant-range states and Germany and The Netherlands as donor states – agreed it’s positive outcome was a commitment to ensuring African elephant conservation across the continent. - 23.12.2011.
  • Wild elephant found dead in estate septic tank in Munnar - One of the wild elephants of a herd which entered in to the residential area of South division of Chokkanad estate in Munnar fell in to a septic tank and was found dead on Friday morning. The four elephants widely damaged the standing crops in the area and it intruded in to the residential area around 2 a.m. on Friday. - 23.12.2011.
  • 10-year-old elephant rescued from well - JAMSHEDPUR: Prompt action by forest department officials ensured the rescue of a 10-year-old wild elephant that fell into a well in Gauri village in adjoining Saraikela-Kharswan district late last night. - 23.12.2011.
  • New home for 3 wild elephants - Captured jumbos sent to Taman Negara, two more to follow] - BENTONG: THE Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) successfully relocated three out of five wild elephants that were captured in Kampung Troh near here, last week. The pachyderms were relocated to an undisclosed location in Taman Negara on Wednesday. - 23.12.2011.
  • No tusker for temple function - Timely intervention by elephant experts prevented an elephant from the Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP) from being taken off to participate in a religious procession in the middle of the city. The incident occurred on Thursday when an order to procure an elephant from Bannerghatta to perform at a temple in Jalahalli was issued by an undersecretary at the forest, environment and ecology secretariat, in the absence of the principal secretary. - 23.12.2011.

22. Dezember 2011

  • Wartas München: Die Elefanten sind los - Es gibt Dinge, denen entkommt man einfach nicht: dem vergeblichen Warten auf die S-Bahn etwa, die wegen einer Betriebsstörung wieder mal nicht auf der Stammstrecke fahren kann. Dem leidigen Schnupfen, der einen trotz massiven Gesundheits-Dopings mit Globuli und Aspirin doch irgendwann erwischt. Dem nervtötenden Weihnachtslieder-Gedudel in Kaufhäusern und der Fußgängerzone. Oder, neuerdings, dem Elefantenfieber in der Stadt. - 22.12.2011.
  • Eine Katastrophe als Chance - Am zweiten Weihnachtstag 2004 erschüttert ein Beben der Stärke 9,1 den Indischen Ozean. Die Tsunamiwelle reißt allein in Thailand 8000 Menschen in den Tod, darunter mehr als 500 deutsche Urlauber. Nirgendwo sterben mehr als in Khao Lak. Nur wenige bleiben verschont. Etwa jene Touristen, die an diesem Unglücksmorgen einen Ritt auf Elefanten unternehmen. - 22.12.2011.
  • Große Menge geschmuggeltes Elfenbein in Kenia beschlagnahmt - Den kenianischen Behörden ist in der Hafenstadt Mombasa ein wichtiger Schlag gegen den internationalen Elfenbeinschmuggel gelungen. Zollbeamte im Hafen Mombasas entdeckten in Containern, die nach Asien verschickt werden sollten, 727 Einzelteile Elfenbein, darunter auch viele ganze Elefantenstoßzähne. Der Fund zählt damit zu den größten entdeckten Lieferungen dieser Art, die in den letzten paar Jahren von den kenianischen Behörden gemacht wurden. - 22.12.2011.
  • How do you move an elephant? - In the end, it will be up to the elephants. Sort of. A “move team” from the Toronto Zoo recently returned from a California sanctuary and is working on a plan to transfer three African elephants by April 30, 2012. But officials warn the deadline hinges on the pachyderms themselves. - 22.12.2011.
  • Contraception May Save Future Elephants from Culling - In South Africa they have a problem, a big one: too many elephants. For most of the 1900s extensive poaching threatened to wipe out the country’s elephants. In response, conservationists established reserves throughout the region and relocated as many herds as they could. - 22.12.2011.
  • Elephant electrocuted - Erode (TN), Dec 22 (PTI) A female elephant was electrocuted near a village in Sathyamangalam forests, the second such incident in over a week, officials said today. The carcass of the 15-year-old pachyderm was found yesterday near a farmer's land in Pudupeerkadavu village where banana crops were being cultivated. - 22.12.2011.
  • Verbot für Elefant & Co im Zirkus bleibt aufrecht - WIEN. Elefanten, Tiger oder Löwen - diese Tiere darf man in Österreich auch weiterhin nicht im Zirkus halten oder auftreten lassen. Der Verfassungsgerichtshof (VfGH) hat in seiner jüngsten Session entschieden, dass das für Zirkusse bestehende Wildtierverbot nicht verfassungswidrig ist und damit aufrecht bleibt. - 22.12.2011.
  • Elefantenpark: 1,5 Millionen Euro fehlen noch - Münster (azi). Fünf Millionen Euro darf der Allwetterzoo Münster für seinen neuen Elefantenpark ausgeben, der Mitte 2013 eröffnet werden soll. Die Straße für die Baufahrzeuge ist bereits fertig – aber die Investitionssumme ist noch längst nicht komplett. - 22.12.2011.
  • San Diego elephant fatally attacked by another elephant, necropsy shows - Umoya, a 21-year-old female African elephant with two calves, died after 'aggressive interaction' with another elephant at San Diego Zoo Safari Park. - Reporting from San Diego -- A postmortem examination has confirmed that Umoya, a 21-year-old elephant at San Diego Zoo Safari Park, was fatally attacked by another elephant, but other details of the death remain a mystery. - 22.12.2011.
  • Female elephant braves night-long frost - ISLAMABAD, Dec 21: The female elephant at Marghzar Zoo had to spend a night in the open braving frost as attendants could not chain the male inside the cage on Wednesday. According to sources, the male elephant is tied with two chains (one in each leg) as the female has to share the cage with him at night. On Wednesday, the male elephant’s one chain was untied due to which the female elephant was brought out lest it get harmed. - 22.12.2011.
  • Jumbo lives on risky tracks - GUWAHATI: Elephants are not safe in the state, and the risk is not from poachers alone. An increasing number of jumbos are losing their lives in collisions with speeding trains here. So much so that Assam acquired the infamous distinction of recording the highest number of casualties of elephants due to train collisions. - 22.12.2011.

21. Dezember 2011

  • Vote on budget could ensure elephant safety - The vote on the budget today is expected to pave the way for the conservation of elephants whose habitats are under pressure by exploding human population growth, Agrarian and Wildlife Ministry officials yesterday told the Daily News. The ministry officials on wildlife conservation said the final vote on 2012 budget will finalize an allocation of Rs 200 million for the construction of four centres for elephant conservation in national parks. - 21.12.2011.

20. Dezember 2011

  • Elephant found dead in Kuldiha, tusks missing - BALASORE: The carcass of an elephant was found inside the Kuldiha sanctuary in Balasore district on Sunday. Sources said the animal had sneaked into the forest from Dalma sanctuary in Jharkhand. - 20.12.2011.
  • Erfurter Zoodirektor Thomas Kölpin will Elefanten austauschen - Der Erfurter Tierexperte Thomas Kölpin sprach mit Esther Goldberg über seine Wochenend-Reise in einen Safaripark nach Südfrankreich. Er hofft darauf, aus Sigean zwei Elefantenkühe zu bekommen. Csami und Seronga sollen Erfurt verlassen. - 20.12.2011.

19. Dezember 2011

  • Schau Babyfant, so schee ist der Schnee! - München – War das ein aufregender Tag im Tierpark Hellabrunn. Zum ersten Mal durfte gestern Münchens jüngstes Elefantenmädchen (7 Wochen) mit seiner Mama Panang (22) ins verschneite Gehege. - 19.12.2011.
  • Elephant knocked down, killed by train near Jorhat - JORHAT/GUWAHATI: Assam's railway tracks continue to be killer zone for jumbos. On Sunday, an adult elephant was knocked down by a speeding goods train at Meleng, about 25 km from Jorhat town. - 19.12.2011.
  • PETA Fights Elephant Abuse with an iPhone Game - The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals turn to the iPhone to help communicate that elephants are great and circus folk are the devil. The elephants get their revenge in This is Pop's Circus Slam!. - 19.12.2011.
  • Nelly Christmas - Plea to adopt baby elephants. - KITHAKA the orphaned jumbo plays at a sanctuary — as an appeal last night went out for Brits to adopt abandoned baby elephants for Christmas. Kithaka was found starving and alone in the jungle aged just seven days old after getting separated from his mother in Kenya. - 19.12.2011.

18. Dezember 2011

  • Elephant Accident Gets 1.3 Million Rupees - A 27-year-old elephant named Gangadharan was hit by a bus in India years ago, but the case was just finalized recently. The Supreme Court awarded the temple that owned the elephant 1.3 million rupees, because they said animals are eligible for compensation for damages sustained in road accidents just as humans are. - 18.12.2011.
  • Bob Barker to pay for elephants’ move - African elephants, come on down. Retired TV game show host Bob Barker said he will pay out of his own pocket for three Toronto Zoo elephants to be moved to a sanctuary in California. - 18.12.2011.
  • Elephant run over by train - JORHAT: A male wild elephant was killed and another injured when a goods train ran over them in Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary in upper Assam's Jorhat district tonight, forest department sources said. - 18.12.2011.
  • God compensated for His elephant’s death in road accident - NEW DELHI: On the orders of the Supreme Court, the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) will have to compensate God for causing death of one of His elephants. The elephant, Gangadharan, died of injuries it had sustained after being hit by a KSRTC bus. - 18.12.2011.
  • End the circus of cruelty - There is a long tradition of mistreatment of elephants and other exotic wild animals to get them to do circus tricks for our entertainment. A long-overdue bill in Congress would ban them from traveling circuses. - 18.12.2011.
  • Santa Ana Zoo ends elephant ride attraction - The decision, based on policy changes adopted by the Assn. of Zoos and Aquariums, aims to protect zookeepers and trainers from being harmed by the elephants. PETA applauds the move. - The Santa Ana Zoo has decided to end its 25-year-old elephant ride attraction in order to comply with changes in animal care and safety guidelines designed to protect zookeepers and trainers from being harmed by the powerful and moody land giants. - 18.12.2011.

17. Dezember 2011

  • Duchess the elephant has eye removed by 15 vets in four-hour operation - A FOUR-tonne elephant suffering from painful vision problems has become the first in Britain to have an eye removed. A team of 15 vets, nurses and animal keepers spent four hours operating on giant 40-year-old Duchess. The African elephant is virtually blind due to cataracts and glaucoma and experts decided the only way to prevent her suffering further was to remove it. - 17.12.2011.
  • ‘Obey zoo safety guidelines’ - PETALING JAYA: Malaysian zoos are safe to visit but visitors should know how to behave, said Zoo Negara deputy director Dr Muhammad Danial Felix, adding that it was a no-no for parents to lift up babies towards the elephants. - 17.12.2011.

16. Dezember 2011

  • Santa Ana Zoo ends 25-year-old elephant ride attraction - The Santa Ana Zoo announced Friday that it has ended its 25-year-old elephant ride attraction to comply with changes in animal care and safety guidelines designed to protect zookeepers and trainers from being harmed by the powerful and moody land giants. - 16.12.2011.
  • Bienen verjagen Elefanten - Schon beim Summen von kleinen Bienen machen sich Elefanten schleunigst aus dem Staub, denn die grauen Riesen haben panische Angst vor den Insekten. Das nutzen afrikanische Bauern in Kenia, um sie von ihren Dörfern fernzuhalten. - 16.12.2011.
  • Elephant used for begging chased away at Srirangam - An elephant, visibly weak and with some injury above it's hind right leg , which was used for begging alms, was chased away by police personnel at Srirangam on Thursday. Even as the mahout was directing the elephant to stand before each and every shop near the ‘Rajagopuram', a large number of Iyappa devotees, after worship with folded hands, offered money. - 16.12.2011.
  • Stressed-out elephants pack trunks for rejuvenation camp - A HOLIDAY camp for elephants has opened in India’s southern Tamil Nadu province where the animals will socialise for seven weeks over good food and under expert veterinary attention to soothe their tempers ruffled by work-related stress. - 16.12.2011.
  • Traffic suspended due to elephant menace - Vehicular traffic between Rishikesh and Doiwala has been suspended indefinitely from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. to protect human beings from being attacked by elephants in the Satmod area, where a rogue tusker had killed five persons on the highway last year. - 16.12.2011.
  • Woman killed by Borneo elephant was to graduate today - A memorial fund has been established for Jenna O’Grady Donley, 25, the veterinary science student killed by a pygmy elephant in Borneo. Her parents collected her first class honours degree on her behalf at the University of Sydney’s graduation day today. - 16.12.2011.

15. Dezember 2011

  • An Elephant With a Well-Paying Job - You know the saying, “An elephant never forgets.” Well it’s true — elephants are supersmart and always looking for the next intellectual challenge. At the Buffalo Zoo, the elephants do all kinds of things to keep busy — they play instruments, have scavenger hunts and even have watermelon-eating contests. - 15.12.2011.
  • Giant steps: Vacationing with Thailand's elephants - (AP) CHIANG MAI, Thailand — Guests volunteering at the Elephant Nature Park don't have phone service or television, and Internet access is limited to a single area. But what they get instead of TV is ele-vision, all day long. They can see elephants eating, playing in the mud, bathing and even floating in a river. They can watch large family groups and their ever-shifting relationships, which one observer compared to a soap opera. - 15.12.2011.
  • Christmas fun for elephant ‘toddlers’ - CHRISTMAS came early for Whipsnade’s elephants on Monday, when they were given festive treats to enjoy. The zoo’s playful toddlers Donna and George were given giant ‘presents’ stuffed with hay and fruit, and soon set about demolishing their gifts. - 15.12.2011.
  • Kenya: Embu Elephant Tusks Suspect Denies Charge - A man in his 30s was yesterday charged in an Embu Court with being in possession of two huge elephant tusks. Piere Mburia was charged that on December 10 at Chuka town in Tharaka-Nithi district he was found with two pieces of elephant tusks without certificates of ownership. He denied the offence before Senior Resident Magistrate Eunice Nyutu. - 15.12.2011.
  • Toronto elephants might fly to California - TORONTO, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The debate over the fate of the Toronto Zoo's three aging elephants has expanded to include a possibility of a military airlift to a California sanctuary. - 15.12.2011.
  • Asian elephant arrives in Oklahoma - OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- An Oklahoma zoo said its elephant herd has grown to four animals with the arrival of a male Asian elephant named Rex. The Oklahoma City Zoo said Rex arrived Tuesday from Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, and will spend 30 days in quarantine before joining the rest of the pachyderms on display, The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, reported Wednesday. - 15.12.2011.
  • Stopping the ivory transit - THE huge haul of 15 tonnes of elephant tusks and ivory products worth RM4 million at West Port on Tuesday, the fourth large seizure of ivory shipments passing through Malaysian ports this year, and the discovery of tusks hidden in a consignment bound for Malaysia in Zanzibar and the confiscation of containers filled with ivory that arrived in Hong Kong by sea from Malaysia in August, underscore the unenviable role that the country plays as an intermediary in the illicit flow of ivory from Africa to Asia. - 15.12.2011.
  • Elephant electrocuted due to fencing around tapioca field - Erode (TN), Dec 15 (PTI) A 40-year-old female elephant was electrocuted when it came into contact with high voltage wire fencing around a tapioca field at Chinnathalatti area within Kadambur forest range here, police said. - 15.12.2011.
  • Elephant tramples man to death - BARIPADA: A 60-year-old man was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Sunahoja village under Betnoti forest range in Mayurbhanj district on Tuesday night. The deceased has been identified as Ugrasen Mahanta. Police said an elephant trampled him to death when Mahanta was guarding paddy in the field near Ashanbani forest. - 15.12.2011.
  • Jumbos roam near Sundargarh - ROURKELA: A 20-member elephant herd is moving in Sundergarh Sadar area since the last couple of days. On Tuesday, it was sighted at the Rajpur reserve forest, only 10 km from villages in Sadar area, said forest officials keeping an eye on their movement. The elephants have not caused any damage so far. - 15.12.2011.

14. Dezember 2011

  • RESSOURCENKONFLIKT: Vertrieben für den Naturschutz - Zwei Umweltorganisationen kaufen in Kenia Land, um einen Naturpark einzurichten. Die Regierung hofft auf Touristen. Die angestammten Bewohner aber werden verjagt. - In diesem Drama geht es um Tourismus, um Naturschutz – und um Menschen, die von ihrem angestammten Land vertrieben wurden, damit andere dort mit dem Schutz von Zebras, Elefanten und schwarzen Nashörnern Geld verdienen können. - 14.12.2011.
  • Die Mutter des sprechenden Elefanten - Zu Besuch bei der Hörspiel-Autorin Elfie Donnelly. - Elfie Donnelly ist vor allem für "Törö" und "Hexhex" berühmt. Die Autorin sichert sich mit dem sprechenden Elefanten Benjamin Blümchen und der kleinen Hexe Bibi Blocksberg seit Jahrzehnten einen Platz in Kinderherzen. Ihr eigenes Herz hat seinen Platz auf Ibiza gefunden. - 14.12.2011.
  • Kritik an Bonns OB Nimptsch wegen rechtswidriger Elefantenhaltung: Tierfreunde kündigen Proteste an - Bei dem diesjährigen Bonner Weihnachtszirkus soll die dauerhaft in Einzelhaltung lebende Elefantendame Tembo auftreten. Tierfreunde der Tierrechtsgruppe Bonn haben Oberbürgermeister Jürgen Nimptsch (SPD) jetzt aufgefordert, seine Unterstützung für den Weihnachtszirkus zurückzuziehen, da laut den behördlichen Zirkusleitlinien diese sozialen Herdentiere gar nicht einzeln gehalten werden dürfen. - 14.12.2011.
  • Customs' jumbo haul of tusks - BUSTED: Consignment from Kenya was to be sent to Cambodia] - IN yet another big ivory haul, the Selangor Customs Department yesterday foiled an attempt by an international syndicate to smuggle 15 tonnes of elephant tusks and ivory handicraft worth RM4 million at West Port here. - 14.12.2011.
  • Kaziranga forest guard killed by wild elephant - JORHAT: Barely ten days after two forest guards were injured in a rhino attack in Kaziranga National Park, another forest guard was killed by a wild elephant in the park's Bagori forest range on Monday night. - 14.12.2011.
  • Jumbos threaten Hwange park - The growth of the elephant population at Hwange National Park is likely to lead to serious water shortages at the giant animal sanctuary, Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZPWMA) has warned. - 14.12.2011.

13. Dezember 2011

  • Zirkustiere bleiben in Meerane - Zirkus Afrika hat in Lagerhalle Winterquartier aufgeschlagen - Unrechtmäßig, sagt die Stadt. - Meerane. Ghandi und seine drei Elefanten-Freunde stehen bei dem eisigen Wind am Nachmittag auf ihrem Stroh in der geschützten Lagerhalle in Meerane im Landkreis Zwickau. Kalte Füße müssen sie dank des Notstromaggregats nicht fürchten. Zirkuschef Harry Weisheit hat dagegen kalte Füße bekommen. Die Stadt habe eine hohe Geldstrafe angedroht, wenn er nicht bis 10 Uhr das Gelände verlässt, berichtet er. - 13.12.2011.
  • Elephant family reunion caught on camera - Magical moments are shared as a family of elephants are briefly reunited. - Young calves play while their father, Bong Su, joins in with the rearing of his daughters – and even seems to pose for a family portrait for a moment. Australian photographer Arthur Xanthopoulos took the pictures while visiting the elephant enclosure at Melbourne Zoo. - 13.12.2011.
  • Malaysia seizes hundreds of African elephant tusks - KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—Malaysian authorities say they have seized hundreds of African elephant tusks worth 4 million ringgit ($1.3 million) that were being shipped to Cambodia. Customs official Azis Yacub says inspectors at Port Klang harbor found the tusks hidden in containers of handicrafts from Kenya's Mombasa port. The shipment was headed for Cambodia's beach resort area of Sihanoukville. - 13.12.2011.
  • Elephant hair sold for Rs. 3,000 - Mumbai: Everyone must be aware of the idiom "even a dead elephant is worth a lakh". However, very few would know that the hair of the giant animal too fetches a hefty sum. According to Plants and Animal Welfare society, an NGO, mahouts in the city are minting money by selling the hair plucked from the elephant's tail. After learning that the sale is rampant in the suburbs, the NGO reported the matter to the Bhandup police. - 13.12.2011.
  • Tussle at elephant polo world champs - A portly business consultant takes an inch- perfect pass from a balding banker, slots the ball home with clinical precision and punches the air with both arms, David Beckham style. This is “Champagne polo”, the commentator yells as the steed now lumbering behind the goal lets go of a large pile of dung. We are approaching the climax of the World Elephant Polo Championships, with players from across the globe gathering in a remote airfield in southern Nepal for a week of one of the most unusual sports around. - 13.12.2011.
  • Disappearance of elephants in Land of Israel may have led to birth of modern man - Israeli researchers say changes in the nutrition of prehistoric man that occurred due to the disappearance of elephants, which were one of his main sources of food. - Elephants played a key role in the development of man and it's possible that the Land of Israel was one of the first places this development occurred, four Tel Aviv University researchers say. - 13.12.2011.
  • Temple elephants embark on journey to rejuvenation - Thirteen-year old Parvathi boarded the truck with excitement in Madurai on Monday for a 48-day winter vacation in the cool climes of Mudumalai forests. Along with Parvathi, the temple elephant at the famous Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple, 34 more elephants are expected to reach the Theppakadu elephant camp by the gushing Moyar river in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve by Tuesday for the rejuvenation camp for temple elephants, which has been revived by Chief Minister Jayalalithaa after a gap of five years. - 13.12.2011.
  • Temple elephants travel to Theppakkadu - TIRUNELVELI/THOOTHUKUDI/TIRUCHY: As many as 10 elephants belonging to different temples and mutts from Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi and Tiruchy districts have been sent to Theppakkadu near Mudumalai for the 48-day rejuvenation camp. Based on an order from Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, the camp for elephants would be conducted at Mudumalai from Dec 14. - 13.12.2011.
  • Zimbabwe keen to sell elephants to reduce overpopulation: official - HARARE, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwe is keen to sell some of its elephants to reduce over population, a senior wildlife official said on Monday. Zimbabwe has excess elephants estimated at around 100,000 and selling of the animals to other countries would significantly help the country reduce the numbers to manageable levels, Parks and Wildlife Management Authority director-general Vitalis Chadenga said. - 13.12.2011.

12. Dezember 2011

  • Alfhausen: Was macht ein Elefant an der Krippe? - Alfhausen. Eine großzügige Kulisse und ein Holzelefant erweitern die Weihnachtskrippe in Alfhausen. Der Königszug ist am Samstagabend im Heimathaus vorgestellt worden. Prof. Dr. Gerhard Lohmeier berichtete dazu von den Krippen im Osnabrücker Land. - 12.12.2011.
  • Man Evolved When Elephant Meat Ran Out - Dietary change led to the appearance of modern humans in the Middle East 400,000 years ago, say archeology researchers from Tel Aviv University. During a dig at Qesem “Magic” Cave, a prehistoric site in Israel, the researchers see correlation between the rise of modern man and the decline of eating elephant meat. Imagine what veganism might do to our gene pool? - 12.12.2011.
  • A cool retreat for temple elephants - RAMANATHAPURAM: A rejuvenation camp for elephants? That is what pachyderms from 45 temples from across the State are all set to enjoy at Theppakadu soon. A 48-day elephant camp, to be organised near Mudumalai from December 14, will not only give them a vacation from daily rituals, but also make them coolheaded and happy. - 12.12.2011.
  • Killing the offending elephant not an option — Ex-veterinarian - KOTA KINABALU: A former Sabah Wildlife Department’s veterinarian Dr Edwin Bosi yesterday cautioned that before any action is taken against the elephant which fatally gored Australian Jenna Grady Donley, the authorities must first clearly identify the animal to ensure that they have the right one. This can be done through the photographs and images (if any) taken prior to the attack, he said. - 12.12.2011.
  • Beethoven for Elephants - I took my piano to the mountains of Kanchanaburi to play for some very old, injured and handicapped elephants, especially a blind elephant Plara immediately behind the piano. Elephant-lovers please rest-assured - all keys on modern pianos (such as this one) are made from synthetic plastic material and have been manufactured this way for some considerable time. - 12.12.2011.

11. Dezember 2011

  • Elefanten nehmen Sonnenbad - Dickhäuter in Meerane erregen Aufsehen - Frieren müssen sie nachts nicht - Der Zirkus hat ein Notstromaggregat. - Meerane. Die Dickhäuter, die am Sonntagnachmittag ein Sonnenbad auf dem Gelände der einstigen Firma Drews in Meerane nahmen, erwecken noch immer Aufsehen. Viele Spaziergänger pilgerten dort entlang. - 11.12.2011.
  • Toronto Zoo elephant move blasted by councillors - Stalling tactics by the Toronto Zoo and its keepers over sending three elephants to a California sanctuary threaten their health, according to city councillors closely involved with their fate. Councillor Glenn De Baeremaeker calls it “sabotage” that ultimately could thwart the transfer of Iringa, 42, Toka, 41, and Thika, 31, to the Performing Animal Welfare Sanctuary (PAWS) in San Andreas, Calif. - 11.12.2011.
  • Unesco assists in efforts to tame stray elephants - Kilombero. Sh33 million has been set aside by the United Nations Education, Science and Cultural Fund (Unesco) in collaboration with the Fauna and Flora International Programme for a project to fight stray elephants. The money issued through the Rapid Response Fund, would also be used in the project which would also use dirty oil and beehives as deterrents to the elephants from Udzungwa National Reserve. - 11.12.2011.
  • Center Does Help Elephants - On behalf of the dedicated professionals who work every day at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation caring for the largest herd of endangered Asian elephants in North America, I am writing to correct the misperception of Feld Entertainment's settlement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported in your Nov. 29 edition ["Elephant Center in Violation"]. - 11.12.2011.
  • An elephant's tale: Babar at 80 - When his mother is killed by hunters, the orphan Babar leaves his jungle home for the city nearby. His first experience of civilisation involves the “funny box” inside a department store, which he rides up and down, over and again, until the elevator attendant steps in: “It’s not a toy,” he says, before sending the naughty elephant on his way. - 11.12.2011.
  • Witnesses: Killer elephant was in musth - KOTA KINABALU: The Borneo pygmy elephant that gored Australian tourist Jenna O'Grady Donley to death at the Tabin Wildlife Reserve on Dec 7 was said to be in musth. - 11.12.2011.
  • Sale of calf: Vets take elephant DNA samples - PATIALA: A team of veterinarians took DNA samples of a cow and a bull elephant along with their supposed calf on Saturday. The pachyderms belong to Jumbo Circus and it is believed that the pair's calf was a male, which was sold by the circus for a female one. Sale of elephants is banned under Wildlife Animal Protection Act. - 11.12.2011.
  • Conservationists to raise funds for baby elephant - Conservationists under the Pearl of Africa Tours and Travel Limited in conjunction with the Uganda Wildlife Educational Centre (Uwec) have launched a drive to raise money for the six-month-old orphaned baby elephant recently rescued from Queen Elizabeth National Park. - 11.12.2011.
  • Compensation for victims of elephant attacks - A special insurance scheme to pay compensation for victims of the human-elephant conflict and their properties including paddy and crop cultivation will come into effect from January 1, the Agrarian Services and Wildlife Minister S. M. Chandrasena said. - 11.12.2011.
  • Girl trampled to death by elephant in Odisha - A 17-year-old tribal girl was trampled to death by a nearly eight-foot tall robust tusker near Sankhirapada village under Betnoti forest range, about 40 km from here, last night. The bull elephant that trampled the class eight girl is part of the 70-member strong marauding elephant herd from Jharkhand's Dalma Wildlife sanctuary that strayed into Mayurbhanj's Rasgovindpur and Betnoti blocks on November 12 last and was on rampage both in Mayurbhanj and at Nilgiri in Balasore district. - 11.12.2011.

10. Dezember 2011

  • Rogue elephant terrorises villagers in India - NEW DELHI // One night in early November, a scooter came round a sharp bend on a mountain road near the city of Rishikesh and straight into the path of a huge male elephant, its long tusks shining in the moonlight. The driver swerved to avoid the pachyderm, skidding along the ground and throwing his passenger, 42-year-old Om Prakash Rana, off the back of the bike. - 10.12.2011.
  • Elephant trek off-limits to visitors after fatal attack - KOTA KINABALU - TABIN Wildlife Holidays Sdn Bhd has stopped guests from trekking to some parts of the Tabin Wildlife Reserve following Wednesday's fatal elephant attack. This includes preventing guests from walking the elephant trail so that Wildlife Department personnel can carry out their observation. - 10.12.2011.
  • Elephant Herd Wreaks Havoc in West Lampung - Liwa, Lampung. A herd of up to 16 wild elephants is again frightening villagers and destroying crops in the West Lampung district of Bengkunat Belimbing. The elephants entered the coastal village of Pemerihan, National Parks Authority official Achmad Sutardi said on Thursday, adding that the wild herd could pose a threat to the safety of villagers. - 10.12.2011.
  • Tuskers tussle at Nepal elephant polo world championships - MEGHAULI, Nepal - A portly business consultant takes an inch-perfect pass from a balding banker, slots the ball home with clinical precision and punches the air with both arms, David Beckham style. This is "Champagne polo", the commentator yells as the steed now lumbering behind the goal lets go of a large pile of dung. - 10.12.2011.

9. Dezember 2011

  • Kokosmilch-Taufe für Elefant Wiggerl - München - Ein Guss aus der Kokosnuss und es war vollbracht: Der Elefanten-Bub (7 Monate) aus dem Tierpark Hellabrunn heißt jetzt ganz offiziell Ludwig. Und Paten gab's auch. - 09.12.2011.
  • Tierpark Hellabrunn: Süüüüß: Elefantenkind Ludwig wird getauft - Jetzt hat er sogar zwei Paten: Der sieben Monate Elefantenbulle aus dem Münchner Tierpark Hellabrunn ist am Freitag auf den Namen Ludwig getauft worden. Die Bilder. - München - Der sieben Monate Elefantenbulle aus dem Münchner Tierpark Hellabrunn ist am Freitag auf den Namen Ludwig getauft worden. - 09.12.2011.
  • Minifant Soraya feiert ersten Geburtstag im Erlebnis-Zoo Hannover - 2010 wurden gleich fünf Elefantenbabys im Erlebnis-Zoo Hannover geboren. Das jüngste von fünf Geschwistern zu sein, kann manchmal ziemlich schwer sein. Alle sind größer und schwerer als das Nesthäkchen und ärgern die Kleinste gerne mal. Und dann muss die Jüngste auch noch das ganze Jahr erleben, wie reichlich Geburtstagsgeschenke an die Großen verteilt werden. - 09.12.2011.
  • Male elephant joins zoo herd - The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium got a massive, early Christmas gift this week. Hank the elephant arrived yesterday to join the zoo’s two adult female elephants and 2-year-old male, Beco, bringing the zoo’s Asian elephant herd to four. - 09.12.2011.
  • Millionen für Elefanten - Kronberg Opel-Zoo beginnt im Frühjahr mit Bau neuer Anlage. - Im Opel-Zoo könnten sich bald auch junge Elefanten tummeln. Platz dafür sollen ein neues Elefantenhaus und ein Bullenbereich mit Außenanlage bieten. Konzipiert ist die Anlage für einen männlichen und vier weibliche Elefanten. Das Bauprojekt werde insgesamt 10,4 Millionen Euro kosten, Baubeginn soll im Frühjahr 2012 sein, verkündete der Stiftungsvorstand Opel-Zoo gestern bei einem Pressetermin in der Zooschule. - 09.12.2011.
  • Lessons for state's forests from Africa - BANGALORE: Eighty per cent of Africa's 3.5 lakh elephants live outside protected areas and yet survive. Can Karnataka with 6,000 elephants not ensure a good rate of survival for them? The land of Africa is home to wildlife and in large numbers. Despite this, the human-animal conflict is low there. - 09.12.2011.

8. Dezember 2011

  • Pygmy elephant gores Sydney vet - A 25-year-old Australian woman has died after being mauled by a pygmy elephant in a remote wildlife park on Borneo in Malaysia. The woman, who has been identified as Sydney-based veterinarian Jenna O'Grady Donley by Malaysian newspaper The Star, was trekking with a friend and a local guide in the Tabin Wildlife Reserve in Sabah state when the group were attacked by the rare pygmy elephant yesterday. - 08.12.2011.
  • Uganda: Elephants on rampage, oil firm blamed - More than 1 000 homesteads have had their crops destroyed after hundreds of elephants and other wild animals from Uganda's largest national game reserve, Murchison Falls National Park, broke out of their habitat. - 08.12.2011.
  • Family says Sydney woman killed by elephant was 'gifted' - AN Australian woman who died after being gored by an elephant in Malaysia was a gifted veterinarian with a keen interest in wild animals, her mother says. Sydney-based vet Jenna O'Grady Donley was attacked by a pygmy elephant in a remote wildlife park on the Malaysian part of the island of Borneo yesterday. - 08.12.2011.

7. Dezember 2011

  • Elefanten eingepfercht: Harte Vorwürfe gegen Amtstierarzt - Tierschützer laufen Sturm gegen das Winterquartier des Zirkus, der sich mit Elefanten, Kamelen, Zebras und Pferden in einer Lagerhalle in Meerane niedergelassen hat. Damit nicht genug: Nun droht dem Zirkus auch noch die Zwangsräumung durch die Stadtverwaltung. - 07.12.2011.
  • Borneo: Elefant spießt Touristin auf - Kuala Lumpur (RPO). Ein seltener Zwergelefant hat auf Borneo eine australische Touristin mit seinen Stoßzähnen aufgespießt und getötet. - Die junge Frau wanderte mit einem einheimischen Führer und einer Freundin im Tabin-Wildschutzgebiet im malaysischen Teil Borneos, als die Gruppe von dem Dickhäuter angegriffen wurde, wie ein Sprecher der Wildschutzbehörde am Mittwoch sagte. - 07.12.2011.
  • Karlsruher Zoo: 4.500 Euro für die Elefanten-Damen - Karlsruhe (ps/tam) - Die Elefanten-Damen des Karlsruher Zoos dürfen sich über einen Förderer ihres neuen Elefantengeheges freuen. Die Firma Adolf Würth spendete 4.500 Euro zur Sanierung des Dickhäutergeheges. - 07.12.2011.
  • Elephant calf rescued by Orissa forest rangers - Bargarh, Dec 7 (ANI): Forest officials and villagers in Bargarh District of Orissa have rescued a five-month-old male elephant calf from a forest area after ithad wandered off from its herd on Tuesday. - 07.12.2011.
  • Scientists Embark on Ambitious Attempt to Clone a Woolly Mammoth - Dr. Ian Malcolm, the chaos theorist played by Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park, would surely find this to be a bad idea—Russian and Japanese scientists are planning to clone a woolly mammoth. The research team says it could bring Mammuthus primigenius back from extinction within the next five years using marrow cells from a recently discovered mammoth thigh bone and an elephant as a surrogate mother. - 07.12.2011.
  • Elephant pays a surprise visit - A wild elephant entered the premises of the Deliwala School in Walapane today which created a tense situation in the area. According to the police 26 students receives their education at the school. The elephant had come to the playground of the school from a forest nearby. - 07.12.2011.
  • Elephant disrupts Karthi and Anushka plans - The shooting of the new Karthi-Anushka starrer being directed by Suraaj is currently progressing at Chalakkudy in Kerala. Quite an elaborate set had been erected for the schedule. - 07.12.2011.
  • Experts warn about wave of wildlife extinction - VietNamNet Bridge – The deforestation and the changing of the living environment are the two main reasons which have led to the extinction of some species, while others have been on the verge of extinction. - Lack of food, conflicts with humans and reductions in number are the things which happen with the elephants in Dong Nai province, the only domestic flock of elephants now residing on the area of 130,000 hectares. - 07.12.2011.

6. Dezember 2011

  • Elefanten sind kein Zubehör - Wanderzirkus hat Winterquartier im Gewerbegebiet von Meerane bezogen - Eigentümer und Stadt würden Mieter gerne wieder loswerden. - Meerane. In der Lagerhalle stehen vier ausgewachsene Elefanten und treten von einem Bein aufs andere. Sie gehören dem Zirkus der Familie Weisheit, der in leer stehenden Hallen im Gewerbegebiet von Meerane sein Winterquartier aufgeschlagen hat. Unrechtmäßig, findet Eigentümer Oliver Kreider. - 06.12.2011.
  • Spatenstich für neue Elefantenanlage im Thüringer Zoopark - Kein Zweifel: Der Thüringer Zoopark wird in absehbarer Zeit afrikanische Elefanten züchten. Am Montag erfolgte in der Nähe der einstigen Shire-Pferdekoppel am Roten Berg der erste Spatenstich für die neue Elefantenanlage. Möglich ist aber, dass dafür zuvor ein Elefantentausch erfolgen muss und die beiden 1999 importierten Elefantenkühe Csami und Seronga Erfurt verlassen. - 06.12.2011.
  • Babar: Kennt diesen Elefanten noch jemand? - Babar, der Elefant wird 80. Der Kinderbuchklassiker erschien erstmals 1931. Der ORF zeigte eine TV-Serie rund um Babar und seine Familie. - Hierzulande kennen wir Babar, den König der Elefanten, vorwiegend aus dem Fernsehen. Von 1990 bis 1994 wurde die 65-teilige US-Kinder-Serie "Babar, der Elefantenkönig" produziert. Im ORF war die Serie zuletzt 2004 zu sehen. - 06.12.2011.
  • Woodland Park Zoo continues unethical elephant breeding - Woodland Park Zoo (WPZ) artificially inseminated Chai, a female Asian elephant, for the 59th time on December 5, 2011. The previous 58 artificial inseminations over 20 years have all failed to produce a live birth. Hansa, the only calf born at WPZ, was conceived when Chai was shipped to Missouri to be bred with a bull. - 06.12.2011.
  • Clone a mammoth? Not so fast - Reports from Japan suggest that long-extinct woolly mammoths could be cloned back into existence within five years, but don't hold your breath. "C'mon, it'll never happen. Not in my lifetime," said Webb Miller, a Penn State computer scientist and genomicist who helped decipher the genetic code of a woolly mammoth. - 06.12.2011.
  • Lone calf adopted by new elephant mom - An elephant calf is recuperating at Coochbehar Wild Life in India's eastern West Bengal state. The15-day-old calf was rescued after falling into an open well and was brought to the sanctuary. - 06.12.2011.

5. Dezember 2011

  • Namibia: Erindi's Elephant Specialist Arrested - IN another blow to the Erindi Game Reserve, its South African wildlife specialist, Dr Douw Grobler, was reportedly arrested two weeks ago for alleged ties to rhino poaching. Grobler, who is described by Erindi management in court documents as "a renowned and distinguished expert" in elephant management, appeared in the Pretoria North Magistrate's court two weeks ago. - 05.12.2011.
  • Escapes: Elephant Riding Southern Africa - Two special camps where you travel in high--sometimes nervously high--style. - You are surprised by how quiet an elephant is when it wants to be. Here they are padding near silently through the open savanna of South Africa's Kapama Reserve, past giraffes and buffalo and rhinos who are so used to having elephants around that they don't even look up. - 05.12.2011.
  • INTERVIEW: "Wildtiere sind im Zirkus viel glücklicher als im Zoo" - Der Bundesrat fordert das Verbot von Wildtieren im Zirkus, weil eine artgerechte Haltung von Elefanten, Raubkatzen oder Flusspferden nicht möglich sein soll. "Aus wissenschaftlicher Sicht stimmt das nicht", sagt der Freiburger Verhaltensbiologe Immanuel Birmelin. - 05.12.2011.
  • Elephant herd sighted at Bannerghatta - BANGALORE: A herd of 20 to 25 elephants were found camping near Bhutanahalli in Bannerghatta National Park on Sunday. R Gokul, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Bannerghatta National Park, told Express, “Usually the elephants come to that point to drink the effluents released from a nearby distillery since they are addicted to it for the last so many years. They will return to forests on Sunday night or in the early hours of Monday without causing any damage to standing crops.” - 05.12.2011.
  • Budgetary allocations to protect elephants - Agrarian Services and Wildlife Minister S M Chandrasena said that, the government has allocated around Rs 1,120 million for the protection of wild elephants in budget 2012. The ministry has drawn up a plan to launch a sustained programme to protect elephants with immediate effect, he said. - 05.12.2011.

4. Dezember 2011

  • NACH HAMBURG-GASTSTPIEL: Strafanzeige gegen „Circus Krone“ - Bis zu 20 Stunden vegetieren die Elefanten des „Circus Krone“ bei Ortswechseln eingepfercht in ihren Transportwagen. Das haben Tierschützer dokumentiert und Strafanzeige bei der Hamburger Staatsanwaltschaft wegen Verstoßes gegen das Tierschutzgesetz gestellt. - 04.12.2011.
  • "Nur Langeweile ist tödlich" - Von wegen traurig und gequält: Löwen, Tiger und Elefanten im Zirkus sind viel glücklicher als ihre Artgenossen im Zoo, sagt der Verhaltensbiologe Immanuel Birmelin. - 04.12.2011.
  • Two killed in elephant attack - BHADRAPUR, Dec 4: Two women were killed in an elephant attack at Budhabare-9 in Jhapa district on Sunday morning. The deceased are 68-year-old Maya Limbu of Budhabare VDC-9 and 52-year-old Sabitri Ojha of Budhabare VDC-5, police said. - 04.12.2011.
  • Scientists to bring mammoth back to life from cloned bone marrow - Biologists are saying they may be able to clone a woolly mammoth from bone marrow extracted from a well preserved thigh bone recovered from permafrost soil in Siberia. The thigh bone found in August came from a mammoth that died 23,000 years ago. - 04.12.2011.

3. Dezember 2011

  • Knochenmark im Fossil gefunden: Mammut bald klonbar? - Nach dem Fund von gut erhaltenem Mammut-Knochenmark steigen nach Einschätzung von Wissenschaftlern die Chancen, die ausgestorbene Tierart zu klonen. Um das Mammut wieder aufleben zu lassen, wollen Forscher aus Japan und Russland im kommenden Jahr mit einer intensiven Zusammenarbeit beginnen, wie die japanische Nachrichtenagentur Kyodo berichtete. Im August war in einem sibirischen Dauerfrostboden der Oberschenkelknochen eines Mammuts entdeckt worden, aus dem das Knochenmark gewonnen werden konnte. - 03.12.2011.
  • Elefanten im Anmarsch - Ulm/Neu-Ulm. Der Ulmer Weihnachtszirkus lässt nach einer Absage jetzt doch drei Elefanten auftreten. Unabhängig davon haben die Neu-Ulmer Grünen beantragt, dass künftig kein Zirkus mehr mit Wildtieren in die Stadt darf. - 03.12.2011.

2. Dezember 2011

  • MÜNSTERSCHWARZACH: Der Elefant im Klosterhof - Von einem gelehrten, aber „furchtbaren Ungetüm“, das Geschichte machte. - Eine noch nie da gewesene Attraktion hat Münsterschwarzach im Mai 1695 verpasst. Weil der Abt abwesend war, konnten die Mönche einem Dompteur keine Elefanten-Dressur vor einem größeren Publikum erlauben. - 02.12.2011.
  • Elephant herds create panic in Udalguri dist - KALAIGAON, Dec 2 – Several herds of wild elephants consisting of about 30 to 50 pachyderms per herd have been roaming in and around Paneri TE in Udalguri district since November 24. - 02.12.2011.
  • Elephant owners to face cruelty trial - The owners of a circus elephant called Anne are to go on trial charged with causing unnecessary suffering to the animal. Bobby and Moira Roberts are accused of allowing the 58-year-old elephant to be kept chained to the ground at all times. - 02.12.2011.
  • Elephants from Canadian zoo headed to PAWS after all - The Toronto Zoo board voted last week to go along with the city council’s October decision to send a trio of aging female elephants to the Performing Animal Welfare Sanctuary in San Andreas. PAWS is headquartered in Galt. - 02.12.2011.
  • Elephants injure two - BERHAMPUR: Despite repeated attempts of the forest officials to shoo them away, the elephants have stayed put in the forest near Alapur village under Khalikote forest range. The herd comprising 12 elephants, including a tusker, attacked one Makara Tarei on Wednesday. - 02.12.2011.
  • Trial date set for Anne the circus elephant's ex-owners - There was an outcry over shocking images of Britain’s last circus elephant being beaten with a pitchfork. Yesterday, nine months after the Daily Mail revealed the plight of Anne the elephant, her former owners appeared at court accused of animal cruelty. - 02.12.2011.
  • UK green group shows how to prevent elephant deaths on railway tracks - PUNE: Radar sensors installed on trains can detect elephants crossing or standing on railways tracks while an auto-brake function can avoid hitting them. Both steps would bring down the mortality rate of the elephants, Animal Equity, a UK-based animal rights' organization, and its representatives in Pune, have said. - 02.12.2011.
  • Pachyderm was separated from its herd: officials - CHENNAI: A two-month-old male elephant calf, found abandoned in the Erode forests, was brought to the Arignar Anna Zoological Park at Vandalur on Thursday. On Monday, the calf was spotted by villagers near Jartha lake in the Chennampatti forest range. Forest officials tried to reunite the calf with a herd but failed. The officials, who were unable to trace the mother, decided to shift it to Vandalur as the calf was weak and needed care. - 02.12.2011.
  • PETA calls on Kentucky not to allow elephant rides - A proposal to allow elephant rides at circuses and fairs in certain cities has drawn criticism from a national animal rights group. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources a 19-page letter Wednesday, citing public safety as a chief concern. - 02.12.2011.

1. Dezember 2011

  • Circus pays settlement in elephant mistreatment - A popular circus was fined last week after federal inspectors found that elephants weren’t being given proper medical care during several stops across the nation, including Colorado Springs. Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus agreed on Monday to pay $270,000 in a settlement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture over several alleged violations. - 01.12.2011.
  • The elephant boy who became a star - This is how stars are born. Eleven-year-old Selar Shaik was looking after elephants in the stables of the Maharaja of Mysore in southern India when Osmond Borradaile ran into him in 1935. The Canadian cameraman, who later won two Oscars and the Order of Canada, was scouting locations for Robert Flaherty, the documentarian famous for Nanook of the North. - 01.12.2011.
  • Elephant death tourist 'crushed by husband' - Thai police are investigating reports that a German woman who died when she fell off an elephant was crushed to death by her "heavy-set" husband. - The woman, named in Thai media as Kerstin Kretz Schmar – probably Kretzschmar – was with her husband Joachim and six other members of their family on an elephant trek near the holiday city of Phuket when the accident happened. - 01.12.2011.
  • Das Steppi-Buch kann unter den Baum gelegt werden - Steinheim. Am Wochenende wird das Kinder- und Sachbuch von Petra Lücke auf dem Weihnachtsmarkt verkauft. - Es ist geschafft. Rechtzeitig zu Weihnachten liegt das Kinderbuch "StePPi der Steppenelefant, ein Mammut aus Steinheim" druckfrisch auf Petra Lückes Schreibtisch. "Endlich habe ich es geschafft", freut sich die Betreiberin der Malkiste in Steinheim. "Das Buch ist gedruckt . . . dank der rund 40 Sponsoren." - 01.12.2011.

November

30. November 2011

  • An elephant never forgets, zoo should protect friends - About a week ago, the Tucson City Council approved a plan to send Connie, the Asian elephant at the Reid Park Zoo, to San Diego. In exchange, the zoo will be getting a small herd of African elephants, into which Shaba, the African elephant already living at the zoo, will be integrated. - 30.11.2011.
  • Thailand: Deutsche Urlauberin stirbt bei Sturz von Elefant - Ein Ritt auf einem Elefanten hat eine deutsche Urlauberin in Thailand das Leben gekostet. Die 52-Jährige stürzte von dem Tier und erlag im Krankenhaus ihren Verletzungen. - Bangkok - Eine Deutsche ist beim Sturz von einem Elefanten im Süden Thailands ums Leben gekommen. Die 52-Jährige habe am Dienstagabend gemeinsam mit ihrem Ehemann einen Elefantenritt unternommen, als das Tier stolperte und das Paar auf den Boden stürzte, sagte Polizeichef Chatchai Nakpaksee. - 30.11.2011.
  • KINDERBUCHKLASSIKER: Babar: Der Elefant im grünen Anzug wird 80 - Lange vor Benjamin Blümchen hat er die Kinderzimmer erobert: Babar - der Elefant im grünen Anzug. Obwohl schon 80 Jahre alt, passt er sich der modernen Zeit an. - Bilderbuchgeschichten um Elefanten gibt es viele. Doch Babar, der Elefant, war wohl der erste Dickhäuter, der noch lange vor Benjamin Blümchen die Kinderzimmer eroberte. Vor genau 80 Jahren erschien die erste liebevoll gezeichnete Geschichte des Franzosen Jean de Brunhoff um den späteren Urwaldkönig im grünen Anzug. - 30.11.2011.
  • Elephant Trek Fall Kills German Tourist, Say Krabi Police - PHUKET: A German woman has been killed in controversial circumstances in an elephant trekking tragedy in the province of Krabi, not far from Phuket, say police. Details are emerging of the precise cause of her death. - 30.11.2011.
  • Circus Faces Fine In Elephant Dispute - Feld Entertainment Inc. Fined $27,000. - ORLANDO, Fla. -- Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus has been hit with a fine related to their treatment of elephants. The company must pay $27,000 in penalties. - 30.11.2011.
  • Five escape elephant fury at Pandithalvalam - KOCHI: Had Anil's cell phone failed to provide coverage to work, five lives would have perished, trampled by rogue elephants in the forest near Sannidhanam. The directions given by his friends at Pandithavalam helped five persons including Anil, who had strayed into the forest trying to escape from elephants, to escape unhurt. - 30.11.2011.
  • 'Rogue' tusker attacks female elephant - Dehradun: After killing six persons over the last two months, a rogue tusker prowling Uttarakhand's Narendranagar-Rishikesh forest division attacked a female elephant which was brought from the Jim Corbett National park for the combing operation. The female elephant, Gomti, was badly injured in the nearly half an hour attack, which took place at Sushila Tiwari herbal garden near here last night, said forest officials. - 30.11.2011.
  • Tranquiliser fails to drug rogue elephant - Dehra Dun : The planners who decided on carving out the Ganga Canal from the Ganga in Hardwar for irrigation purposes, bang along the traditional migration route of the wild elephant herds, without taking the migration of the elephants into consideration, may have long gone. But they have created a situation where the pachyderms have come in direct conflict with man. - 30.11.2011.
  • R&M’s Loadmate helps save elephant - Lifting equipment manufacturer R&M Materials Handling have been called on to help veterinary specialists in North Carolina lift a very unusual load, a 6.5USt partially-sighted elephant. C’sar the elephant is one of North Carolina Zoo’s oldest male elephants, and has suffered with deteriorating eye-sight for some time. - 30.11.2011.
  • Two forest deptt men hurt in elephant attack - Berhampur (Odisha), Nov 30 (PTI) Two forest department personnel were injured when wild elephants attacked them at Kodia-Alapur village near Narayani in Ganjam district today, Forest department sources said the elephant attacked forester Trinath Sethi and forest guard Hrusikesh Mishra in Khallikote forest range. - 30.11.2011.
  • Elephant kills guard at brick-kiln in Kovai - COIMBATORE: A 52-year-old man was trampled to death by a lone elephant near Anaikatti on the outskirts of the city late Tuesday evening. Senior officials from the forest and police departments visited the spot and took stock of the situation. The badly-mangled body of the victim with his face crushed beyond recognition was shifted to the government hospital here. - 30.11.2011.
  • Orphaned elephant calf may be shifted to Vandalur Zoo in Chennai - The orphaned elephant calf which was rescued from jungles on Sunday is finding its transit home, the Erode forest office, quite comfortable and responding well to treatment. The two-month-old male calf strayed from its herd and was found stranded near a pond in Chennampatti village in Anthiyur block on Sunday morning. - 30.11.2011.

29. November 2011

  • Ringling circus agrees to $270K fine by USDA - VIENNA, Va. (AP) — VIENNA, Virginia (AP) — The owner of the Ringling Bros. circus has agreed to pay a $270,000 fine to settle allegations that it violated federal animal-welfare laws in its handling of elephants, tigers, zebras and other exotic animals. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the civil penalty announced Monday is the largest ever assessed against an animal exhibitor under the Animal Welfare Act. - 29.11.2011.
  • Elephant tramples woman to death - An elephant trampled to death a woman who had gone to fetch fodder in the Bibiwala area of Rishikesh. The incident comes amid the Forest Department's orders to identify and kill an elephant that had killed at least four persons in the past one year. - 29.11.2011.

28. November 2011

  • Orphaned elephants get new lease on life - Wildlife trust; Donations of sunscreen, blankets help babies cope. - MONTREAL - Belinda Bowes, who works at Concordia University's Simone de Beauvoir Institute, returned recently from Kenya and a visit to orphaned baby elephants at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, an elephant rehabilitation centre near Nairobi. It was her first trip outside North America, she wrote to Applause, and she scrimped and saved for months to make it. - 28.11.2011.
  • Leftover pumpkins help feed hungry elephants - West Valley residents are, for the most part, good recyclers. Each week, local curbs are lined with bins overflowing with glass, plastic and paper. A few days after Halloween, Los Gatan Kristine Perham championed a recycling project of an entirely different kind: She collected leftover pumpkins, which became a buffet for a quintet of African elephants. - 28.11.2011.
  • ‘Elephant died of hunger, exhaustion’ - MYSORE: A day after a 22-year-old female elephant died in Hunsur wildlife division, forest authorities have ruled out that it died of pellet injury. Officials claimed that though they found a pellet in the elephant's body, it did not penetrate deep enough to cause the animal's death. The elephant may have died of exhaustion, they claimed. - 28.11.2011.
  • The death of an elephant - The death of Umoya, a 21-year-old mother elephant at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park this month, possibly after an altercation with a male elephant, has revived criticisms from animal rights activists. - 28.11.2011.
  • Hwange disaster averted by rains - WILDLIFE officials say rainfall over the last week has averted a major disaster at the Hwange National Park where nearly 80 elephants died of thirst between August and October. - 28.11.2011.
  • Jumbo ambulance saves elephants - (CNN) -- Sangduen "Lek" Chailert is known as Thailand's elephant queen. For over a decade she has been working tirelessly to save abused elephants after seeing first-hand the mistreatment many of them faced while working in the timber industry. "When I first saw elephants pulling logs in the jungle it changed my life," she said. - 28.11.2011.
  • Nothing retiring about this volunteer's commitment - MICHAEL Brock is spending his retirement years as a volunteer. After 42 years as a chartered accountant, the Baulkham Hills resident and his wife Faye almost have to make appointments to see each other as they are both so busy. - 28.11.2011.

27. November 2011

  • Elephant keepers at Toronto Zoo respond to city council’s decision to send beasts to PAWS in California - Q: What is the benefit to the elephants of sending them to a facility accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, as the keepers are demanding? - A: The TO Zoo would be able to retain ownership of Thika, Iringa and Toka and therefore be involved in any decisions relating to them, such as introductions to other elephants and possible relocation, if needed, for the entirety of their lives. It would also allow financial security and the possible opportunity for Thika, Iringa and Toka to be a part of a breeding herd, providing the much-needed social dynamic. - 27.11.2011.
  • World Elephant Polo begins Tuesday - CHITWAN, Nov 27: The 30th edition of the World Elephant Polo Championship will kick off at Meghauli, Chitwan on Monday. Altogether six teams, including two from Nepal, will participate in the tournament. According to the managing director of the Hotel Tiger Tops Yadhav Bantawa, all the teams have already arrived in Chitwan and the tournament will begin from Monday Morning. - 27.11.2011.
  • Tracking a baby elephant from Bladensburg - They say that elephants never forget. If that’s true, there’s an elephant at the Reid Park Zoo in Tucson who just might remember living in Bladensburg 40 years ago. Or maybe not. - 27.11.2011.
  • ‘Female’ tusker report to be verified before news can be trumpeted - The “hot” news in the wildlife circuit last week was that a female tusker had been spotted in the Yala National Park. Only male Asian elephants have tusks, and only a small percentage of male Asian elephants have tusks. So the reported sighting of a “female elephant with tusks” has naturally caused a stir, sparking debate among wildlife experts and even prompting search parties to go in pursuit of the unlikely creature. The idea of a young “female tusker” becomes especially intriguing among those who want to believe it exists. - 27.11.2011.

26. November 2011

  • Why are politicians determining zoo elephants’ fate? - When my kids were small, we lived in southeast Scarborough, conveniently close to the Toronto Zoo, so we were frequent visitors. Our favourite place was the elephant pen, where you could stand and watch the animals up close as long as you wanted. - 26.11.2011.
  • Elephants Caught in the Crossfire - The Congo Basin, despite being incredibly rich in biodiversity and mineral resources, has unfortunately been the scene of multiple wars, genocides and massive unrest in recent decades. While conditions continue to be volatile today, the situation was even more perilous during the years spanning 1995-2006, when a society-crushing civil war and genocidal efforts of clashing groups left the country’s institutions decimated, the populations traumatized and the countryside essentially ungovernable. - 26.11.2011.
  • Pregnant elephant shot dead in Nagarahole - A 25-year-old elephant was found dead with a bullet injury on its back near the Nagapura Tribal Rehabilitation Centre’s VI block on the fringes of Nagarahole National Park on Saturday. The pachyderm was pregnant. - 26.11.2011.
  • Kenya seizes container with 87 elephant tusks - NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan authorities have seized a container loaded with 87 elephant tusks and disguised as soapstone carvings destined for Hong Kong, a customs official said. - 26.11.2011.
  • NATURSCHUTZPARK: Mehr Auslauf für Afrikas Wildtiere - Im südlichen Teil Afrikas entsteht der weltweit größte grenzüberschreitende Naturschutzpark. Das Projekt fördert auch in weniger bekannten Regionen den Tourismus. - Büffel, Elefanten, Flusspferde, Löwen und Leoparden - Wildtiere sind der Schatz Afrikas. Ein riesiges Naturreservat, ungefähr so groß wie Italien, soll den Tieren künftig besseren Schutz und mehr Freiheit gewähren. Das Kavango-Zambesi-Transfrontier-Schutzgebiet, kurz KaZa, erstreckt sich über fünf Staaten: Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Sambia sowie Simbabwe. - 26.11.2011.
  • Uttarakhand rogue elephant gives hard time to search parties - Dehra Dun : All efforts to trace the elephant, which took five lives during the past three months and was declared a rogue by the Uttarakhand forest department because of pressure by the people, over the past fortnight seem to have gone abegging as the pachyderms was simply not visible despite hectic searches. - 26.11.2011.
  • Kenya seizes container with 87 elephant tusks - NAIROBI Nov 26 (Reuters) - Kenyan authorities have seized a container loaded with 87 elephant tusks and disguised as soapstone carvings destined for Hong Kong, a customs official said. The 20-foot container was impounded at a depot in Nairobi. As it was being inspected for clearance for shipment, officials scanning its contents became suspicious. - 26.11.2011.
  • Trunk-ated population - BHUBANESWAR: Nearly 30 reported deaths this year, at least 13 of them due to electrocution. Add to it poisoning by poachers and displacement due to the steadily decreasing forest cover. The elephant population in Odisha is under threat and the state government has no concrete plan so far to maintain the jumbo count. - 26.11.2011.
  • NAME OF THE WICKED GAME - 'Violent tuskers paraded at festivals with names changed'. - Are captive elephants with "a violent background" being used for festivals? Yes, if Heritage Animal Task Force secretary VK Venkitachalam is to be believed. - 26.11.2011.

25. November 2011

  • "Goethes Elefantenembryo" wird Teil der Ausstellung - Der junge Johann Wolfgang von Goethe hatte den Weg nach Braunschweig seinerzeit umsonst gemacht. Als der damals noch wenig bekannte Dichter, der sich auch naturwissenschaftlich betätigte, 1780 das Braunschweiger Naturkunde-Museum erreichte, durfte er das Objekt seiner Begierde, ein Elefantenembryo, zwar sehen, aber nicht sezieren. Es ging ihm um die Untersuchung eines bestimmten Kieferknochens, der bei Tieren vorhanden ist, bei ausgewachsenen Menschen jedoch nicht. - 25.11.2011.
  • Toronto Zoo board agrees to send elephants to California sanctuary - City council decision last month went against wishes of zoo's elephant keepers. - After hours of speakers and debate, the Toronto Zoo board finally agreed on Thursday, Nov. 24, with city council's decision to send the elephants to a sanctuary in California. - 25.11.2011.
  • INDIA: Elephants and Mahouts Held Captive by Tradition - BANGALORE, Nov 25, 2011 (IPS) - As the number of captive elephants grows to 35 percent of the wild population of the world’s largest land-dwelling mammal, elephant trainers, or mahouts, find themselves just as chained to hardships as their charges. - 25.11.2011.
  • Elephant poachers use helicopter in Mozambique National Park - POACHERS HAVE KILLED 52 ELEPHANTS THIS YEAR IN THE NIASSA RESERVE IN NORTHERN MOZAMBIQUE, AND A TOTAL OF 124 ELEPHANTS IN TWO YEARS. - MAPUTO (Xinhua) -- An unidentified helicopter has been flying over the airspace of the National Park of Quirimbas in Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado, allegedly owned by poachers who are investing in new techniques of slaughtering wild animals, local authorities have warned. - 25.11.2011.

24. November 2011

  • Elephants still bound for California - TORONTO - The Toronto Zoo’s three elephants could be California dreaming by the end of April. Board members agreed Thursday to commit the zoo to a “mutual goal” of sending Toka, Thika and Inringa to the PAWS animal sanctuary in California by April 30. John Tracogna, the zoo’s CEO, said they will now sit down with PAWS and determine a transition plan “that is mutual.” - 24.11.2011.
  • 30-year odyssey for elephant ends with reunion at Ohio zoo - Kallie has been on a lifelong journey that has stretched from one end of the globe to the other. Just 1 year old when she left Zimbabwe, the African elephant embarked on a nearly 30-year relocation adventure that began at Jumbolair in Anthony in 1983 and includes her Nov. 1 arrival at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo in Ohio. - 24.11.2011.
  • Elephants may be saved by fear of bees - Elephants do not like bees. Indeed just the sound of an angry bee is enough to make whole herds of mighty elephants flee in fear. - Now African scientist Lucy King has been awarded one of the United Nations' top environmental prizes for using that knowledge in work which could help ensure the elephants' survival. - 24.11.2011.
  • Elephant to have right eye removed in operation - An elephant at a Devon zoo is to undergo an operation to remove an eye. Duchess, a 40-year-old African elephant at Paignton zoo has been treated for cataracts in both eyes and glaucoma in her right eye. Paignton zoo said the two conditions meant her eye-sight was "greatly reduced" and she had no sight in her right eye, which was causing her pain. - 24.11.2011.
  • Wild elephant herd puts Odisha villagers on the edge - Villagers in vulnerable areas have been asked to shift to safer places. - Thousands of villagers and hundreds of police and Forest Department officials in two districts of Odisha are spending sleepless nights for a week now. The cause of their worries: a massive elephant herd comprising over 70 jumbos from neighbouring West Bengal is moving through human habitations in Odisha. - 24.11.2011.
  • Elephant kills SA man in Botswana - Cape Town - An estate agent from Knysna has described how her husband was killed by an elephant cow, which she had been photographing only minutes earlier, at a watering hole on a game farm in Botswana. - 24.11.2011.
  • Kenya: Rogue Elephants Invade Ngariama in Kirinyaga - Residents of Ngariama location in Kirinyaga East district have appealed to the Kenya Wildlife Service to save them from rogue elephant. They say the elephants have been destroying their crops for the last two months. - 24.11.2011.
  • Berlin: Bundesrat will Zirkus ohne Elefanten - Berlin (RP). Die Länderkammer wird aller Voraussicht nach ein Verbot von Wildtieren in Zirkussen beschließen. Das würde das Aus für viele kleine Manegen bedeuten, die auf Vorführungen von Elefanten, Bären und Affen angewiesen sind. Tierschützer dagegen klagen, das Verbot gehe nicht weit genug. - 24.11.2011.
  • Female elephant poisoned to death - DALTONGANJ: A female elephant found dead at the Khairahee waterhole in the Palamu Tiger Circle (PTC) on September 9/10 was poisoned to death. This was the first episode in the PTC where a female elephant had been so brutally poisoned to death, said PTC field director-cum-conservator of PTC S E H Kazmi. - 24.11.2011.
  • Forest move to develop team of elephant - JAMSHEDPUR: After confronting the tusker menace for long, the forest department has realized the need to develop a team of professional elephant chasers in the Dalma forest. - 24.11.2011.
  • Elephant dies at Chhattisgarh zoo - Raipur, Nov 23 (IANS) Days after a tigress was found killed in a Chhattisgarh sanctuary, an elephant died at a zoo in Bilaspur district, forest officials said Wednesday. - 24.11.2011.

23. November 2011

  • Kenia: Mit Bienen gegen Elefanten - Viele afrikanische Farmer sind nicht gut zu sprechen auf Elefanten. Immer wieder kommt es vor, dass die Dickhäuter auf der Futtersuche Felder verwüsten und in Dörfer einfallen. Aufgrund des steten Bevölkerungswachstums in fast allen afrikanischen Ländern und der daraus resultierenden zunehmenden Landnahme verschärft sich der Konflikt zwischen den Elefanten und Menschen kontinuierlich. - 23.11.2011.
  • Zimbabwe Elephants Die From Heat Wave - HARARE, Zimbabwe -- More than 77 elephants have died in a three-month heat wave that has dried up watering holes in western Zimbabwe, wildlife authorities said Wednesday. - 23.11.2011.
  • State Considers Loosening Rules on Elephant Rides - The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is considering lifting the state ban on elephant rides. The department will hold a hearing Tuesday to gather public comment. The rule change would allow people to ride elephants at circuses, fairs and other events. - 23.11.2011.
  • MMM . . . MMM . . . Good - Yesterday elephants at the Santa Barbara Zoo welcomed another Thanksgiving by smashing the season’s favorite squash. Asian elephants Sujatha and Little Mac had their go at several pumpkins donated by McGrath Farms, Pete’s Pumpkins, and the Trader Joe’s on Milpas Street. - 23.11.2011.

22. November 2011

  • "Bremer Weihnachtscircus" kommt mit Wildtieren: Zirkus-Gastspiel beschäftigt die Politik - Bremen. SPD und Grüne wollen Zirkussen untersagen, in Bremen mit exotischen Tieren aufzutreten. Begründung: Eine artgerechte Haltung von Wildtieren sei im Zirkus nicht möglich. Jetzt kommt der "Bremer Weihnachtscircus" nach Gröpelingen und bringt Krokodile und Elefanten mit. Vermieterin der Fläche ist dem Zirkus zufolge die städtische Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft. - 22.11.2011.
  • The White Elephant of Rucheni - On a Renaissance map of the world, there is a small white elephant standing near the Arctic coast of Russia. How it got there is a mystery. - 22.11.2011.
  • Namibia: Erindi Hopes to Import 200 Elephants - THE owners of Erindi Private Game Reserve are positive that the Ministry of Environment and Tourism will permit it to import 200 elephants from South Africa in the next two weeks. - 22.11.2011.
  • Elephants reunited - SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- The Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse celebrated a big family reunion. For the first time in five years, all five Asian elephants are now together. Targa, Mali and little Chuck returned to the zoo two weeks ago after spending time at the African Lion Safari in Ontario, Canada. - 22.11.2011.

21. November 2011

  • Myanmar's White Elephants Hailed As Sign Of Peace - YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar's government warmly welcomed two rare white elephants, traditional symbols of power and prosperity, and linked their appearances to the country's improving foreign relations. - 21.11.2011.
  • Moves to control human-elephant conflict - Practical measures have been introduced to control the human-elephant conflict which intensified during the recent past in Mahiyangana and Sorabora Wewa areas, said Wildlife and Agrarian Services Minister S M Chandrasena. It has been decided to construct an elephant conservation centre near the Mahiyangana Pradeshiya Sabha to take care of wild elephants which destroy village property. - 21.11.2011.

20. November 2011

  • Hilfe für geschundene Kreaturen: Höfken erwartet Wildtierverbot im Zirkus - Mainz - Die rheinland-pfälzische Umweltministerin Ulrike Höfken (Grüne) rechnet mit einem Verbot von Affen, Elefanten und Giraffen im Zirkus. - Eine entsprechende Empfehlung des Agrarausschusses des Bundesrats soll das Plenum der Länderkammer am kommenden Freitag (25. November) absegnen. Damit stiege der Druck auf die Bundesregierung, das Aus für bestimmte Wildtiere in der Manege zu beschließen. - 20.11.2011.
  • Elephant population up by 2,000 in past 15 years - New Delhi: Elephant population has increased by 2,000 in the past 15 years in the country taking their number to 28,000, as per the latest data provided by Ministry of Environment and Forests. The Ministry, however, said it does not maintain statistics on the death of elephants and their disappearance. - 20.11.2011.
  • Myanmar welcomes 'lucky' white elephants - YANGON — Myanmar said it was holding a welcoming ceremony in the capital Sunday for two white elephants -- considered symbols of good luck -- after a landmark week for the army-dominated nation. The recent capture of the pale pachyderms brings the number being held by the government to an auspicious seven, according to an official in the capital Naypyidaw, who was speaking anonymously. - 20.11.2011.
  • Forest watcher killed by wild elephant near Coonoor - An employee of the forest department died under tragic circumstances near Coonoor on Saturday. Speaking toThe Hindu here on Sunday, the District Forest Officer, Nilgiris North, S.Ramasubramaniam said that about six months ago two female elephants and a calf had strayed into the forests below Coonoor near the Glendale Tea Estate. - 20.11.2011.
  • Discovering elephant baths and maharaja’s palaces on a South Indian sojourn - Incredible India.The Taj Majal, Rajasthani deserts and tea plantations overlooking the Himalayas may conjure up spectacular images, but South India is equally fascinating and varied, if not as familiar. In a few short days a visitor can explore a maharaja’s palace, ancient stone temples, a prosperous Tibetan village, an elephant jungle preserve. - 20.11.2011.
  • Singapore Zoo elephant to celebrate 1st birthday - The first elephant to be born at the Singapore Zoo and Night Safari in nine years will celebrate his first birthday soon. Nila Utama will receive a giant birthday cake made with carrots, wheat and ice and other ingredients. - 20.11.2011.
  • Dogs and Elephants and Penn State - When it comes to empathy, humans have something to learn from their four-legged friends. - Jessica Schwickrath, the owner of A Furry Tail Come True, a Hellertown business that offers daycare for dogs, told me this story on my last visit. One of the regulars at Furry Tail was a dog who was found to have terminal cancer. - 20.11.2011.
  • Jumbo calf dies mourning mother in Bandipur - An elephant calf was electrocuted by a live wire while it was mourning its mother’s death on Tuesday at the Bandipur Tiger Reserve. On Tuesday, a female elephant was electrocuted in the Maddur Range of Bandipur Tiger Reserve. - 20.11.2011.

19. November 2011

  • Animal Rights Group Calls for Prob into Elephant Death - The debate continues over whether elephants should be kept in public zoos after another one dies. - After the death of an African elephant at the San Diego Zoo on Thursday, an animal's rights group is calling for an investigation into the incident as the debate over whether elephants should be kept at zoos grows. - 19.11.2011.
  • Fears for zookeepers after TB spreads to chimp - HEALTH authorities have issued no public warnings about the spread of tuberculosis from an elephant to a chimpanzee at Taronga Zoo, despite fears the disease could spread to zookeepers. Other animals could also be at risk because a group of NSW Ministry of Health and zoo experts has been unable to establish how TB might have spread between two species in different enclosures. - 19.11.2011.
  • AUGSBURGER ZOO: Nach Angriff: Abschiebung der Elefanten ist endgültig - Die afrikanischen Dickhäuter Sabi und Franzi sollen nach dem Angriff auf einen Pfleger trotz kritischer Stimmen sicherheitshalber in die Niederlande abgegeben werden. - Es bleibt dabei: Die beiden afrikanischen Elefanten Sabi und Franzi aus dem Augsburger Zoo werden an den Tierpark in der niederländischen Stadt Rhenen abgegeben. „Die Vorbereitungen laufen, der Transporttermin steht aber noch nicht fest“, sagt Zoochefin Barbara Jantschke. - 19.11.2011.

18. November 2011

  • Meer Afrikaanse olifanten in Beekse Bergen dan West-Afrika? - Onze Brabantse kinderen hebben vaker een olifant gezien dan hun Afrikaanse leeftijdsgenootjes. Uit onafhankelijk onderzoek* blijkt dat in Nederland maar liefst 99% van de kinderen wel eens een olifant in het echt heeft gezien, maar in Burkina Faso (West-Afrika) is dit percentage slechts 20%. - 18.11.2011.
  • Elephant Death Causes Concern for Mammals in Zoos - The debate continues over whether elephants should be kept in public zoos after another one dies. - The death of an African elephant at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park has again raised questions about the safety of these large mammals in captivity. Umoya, a 21-year-old female elephant, was found lying down with injuries at the Zoo Thursday morning and later passed away. - 18.11.2011.
  • TORONTO: Losing elephants could cost zoo its accreditation - By getting rid of its endangered elephants, the Toronto Zoo could be endangering itself. North America’s two zoo accreditation bodies have issued stern letters to the Toronto Zoo, warning staff and board members that shipping three African elephants to California could imperil the Scarborough attraction’s accreditation status. - 18.11.2011.
  • Elephants march on Stockbridge for charity - 30 local businesses have adopted the model animals. - A stampede of 30 baby elephants is set to descend on Stockbridge to raise funds for two city charities. The cardboard herd, part of a fundraising campaign organised by Stockbridge locals Rhona Johnston and Eleanor Spens, hopes to replicate the huge success of last year’s giraffes parade. - 18.11.2011.
  • Namibia: Elephant Poaching On the Increase - THE elephant was killed with an automatic weapon. Spent cartridges were still to be found in the sand, just 500 metres south of the Angolan border in Caprivi's Bwabwata National Park. She was one of nine elephants killed for their tusks in the last few months in the park. A five year old female. A tragedy. - 18.11.2011.
  • Karnataka: Elephant camps have an elephantine problem - After the high court, on Wednesday, directed the forest department to consult experts about the elephant-human conflict, wildlife officials have started begun gathering information about the behaviour of the Asian elephant, especially their habitat and methods to lead them into the next available space of natural habitat. However, experts said elephants cannot be captured and translocated elsewhere since we risk of confrontation with humans. - 18.11.2011.
  • Elephant protection plan announced in Odisha - Bhubaneswar: With an average of 25 elephants dying from electrocution annually, the Odisha government on Thursday formulated Rs 20 crore Elephant Protection Plan to avoid such mishaps and announced increase in ex-gratia for death of humans in jumbo attacks. "The plan will be implemented in Dhenkanal, Angul and Keonjhar districts where electric wires pass through forests," official sources said after a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. - 18.11.2011.

17. November 2011

  • Giraffe für den Garten - Ungelsheim. Daisy ist ein echtes Schwergewicht. 3,8 Tonnen wiegt der graue Dickhäuter - und wie er in den Vorgarten der Imigs gekommen ist, das ist eine Geschichte für sich. Ein Autokran, ein Radlader und ein Gabelstapler kamen dabei zum Einsatz . . . - 17.11.2011.
  • Elephant dies at San Diego Zoo Safari Park - ESCONDIDO, Calif. -- The San Diego Zoo says the dominant female elephant at the zoo's Safari Park has died apparently after a fight with another elephant. Zoo spokeswoman Yadira Galindo tells the San Diego Union-Tribune (http://bit.ly/sBz8N2) that trainers found Umoya injured when they arrived early Thursday and she died a short time later. - 17.11.2011.
  • Elephants fight at Safari Park, one dies - SAN PASQUAL VALLEY — Umoya, one of the dominant female elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, died early Thursday apparently following an altercation with another elephant. “When trainers arrived they found Umoya had been injured and subsequently died shortly thereafter,” said Yadira Galindo, a zoo spokeswoman. - 17.11.2011.
  • Zookeepers petition city to rethink elephants’ fate - Elephant keepers at the Toronto Zoo are urging city council to reconsider its decision to send the three remaining elephants there to a sanctuary in California. This week, the keepers presented a petition to councillors with 1,100 names on it, asking that zoo staff be allowed to continue searching for the “best home that meets all the needs of the elephants.’’ - 17.11.2011.
  • Thai elephants await tourists post-floods - A huge workforce in Thailand is back on the job: the elephants famous for carrying tourists through the country's ancient capital. Authorities reopened a major elephant park in Ayutthaya this week, hoping to show tourists the country is beginning to return to normal after historic floods. - 17.11.2011.
  • Wild elephants damage standing crops - DIBRUGARH, Nov 17 – Richly growing paddy in the fertile soil of Larua mouza within the district has again become the free meal for the marauding pachyderms. Farmers of Mainamiri, Dighalia, Majgaon and Chakoipathar villages wihin the mouza are the worst affected. - 17.11.2011.
  • Elephant calf rescued from well - Goalpara: An elephant calf was rescued by forest personnel from a shallow well in Assam's Goalpara district on Wednesday. The calf had fallen into the well at Santipur village near the proposed Bogolamari reserve forest at 9 pm on Tuesday, an official said. - 17.11.2011.
  • Elephant in reverse - Greenhouse avoided ruffling the feathers of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals by canceling an appearance by a 5-ton elephant, Minnie, it had booked to appear at the SoHo club’s three-year anniversary. The event was hosted by Ne-Yo, Estelle, Busta Rhymes and Taryn Manning as a benefit for the EARTH Organization, which fights species extinction. - 17.11.2011.
  • Zoo Society kicks off coin campaign to bring new elephant to Oklahoma City - The Oklahoma Zoological Society is kicking off a coin drive to help pay the $10,000 shipping costs to bring a bull elephant from Canada to Oklahoma City. A transportation date has not been set for Rex, who will come to Oklahoma to breed. - Jorge Amezquita wished someone had brought a real elephant to his school assembly Wednesday morning. Nevertheless, he and his classmates at Westwood Elementary thought it was all pretty exciting. - 17.11.2011.
  • HC halts relocation of 25-30 elephants - In a major relief to elephant conservationists and the forest department, the Green Bench of Karnataka High Court on Wednesday halted the capture and relocation of 25-30 elephants from Alur Taluk of Hassan District. The Bench, headed by Acting Chief Justice Vikramajit Sen, has also ordered the Central Government to seek advice from the African experts who could visit the village and give a fresh perspective on the entire human-elephant conflict in HassanDistrict. - 17.11.2011.

16. November 2011

  • Mehr Komfort für Elefantendamen - Stuttgart. Der Umbau der mehr als 40 Jahre alten Elefantenanlage in der Wilhelma hat begonnen: Bis Ostern 2012 soll der Umbau abgeschlossen sein - voraussichtliche Baukosten: eine Million Euro. - Obwohl gleich nebenan noch an der neuen Menschenaffenanlage gebaut wird, wollte die Wilhelma mit der Umgestaltung des Elefanten-Außengeheges - inklusive Beseitigung des gefährlichen Absperrgrabens - nicht länger warten und den besucherärmeren Winter dafür nutzen. Bis Ostern 2012 soll der Umbau abgeschlossen sein - voraussichtliche Baukosten: eine Million Euro. - 16.11.2011.
  • Zirkus Knie: Der Mediensprecher geht - Niklaus Leuenberger über seine PR-Tätigkeit. - Niklaus Leuenberger ist seit sieben Jahren Medienverantwortlicher des Zirkus Knie. Nun hat er per Frühling 2012 gekündigt und es wird ein Nachfolger gesucht. Wie erlebte er den Ausbruch der Elfantendame "Sabu" letztes Jahr? Was ist das Spezielle an der PR-Tätigkeit beim Zirkus? Im Interview mit persoenlich.com erklärt Leuenberger warum er geht und er sagt, worauf es bei der Kommunikation für einen Zirkus ankommt. - 16.11.2011.
  • NC Zoo Elephant Undergoes Cataract Eye Surgery - ASHEBORO, N.C. (WGHP)— The North Carolina Zoo's oldest male elephant underwent eye surgery on Tuesday, according to zoo officials. A team of specialists from the N.C. State University College of Veterinary Medicine performed a four-hour medical procedure on C'sar, a 37-year-old African elephant. - 16.11.2011.
  • Sri Lanka to build more elephant conservation centers - COLOMBO (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka has started to build four elephant conservation centers to end the ongoing human- elephant conflicts, the country's Wildlife Conservation officials said Wednesday. Four centers bordering national parks in Sri Lanka would be future homes for elephants trespassing into villages, W. S. P Pathirathne, deputy director of the Wildlife Conservation Department told Xinhua. - 16.11.2011.

15. November 2011

  • Umbau in der Wilhelma: Wo die dicken Ladys plantschen - Stuttgart - In der Wilhelma erinnert sich niemand gern an den 24. Januar 2008. An diesem Tag gab es derart heftigen Streit unter den Elefantenkühen, dass am Ende die 3500 Kilo schwere Vilja in jenen Graben stürzte, der die Außenanlage der Dickhäuter umgibt. Zwar konnte Vilja damals mit Hilfe der Feuerwehr gerettet werden – doch den Verantwortlichen wurde durch das Unglück bewusst, dass sie die Sicherheit der Anlage verbessern müssen. - 15.11.2011.
  • Alle gesund: Ein Jahr nach Brand in Karlsruher Zoo - Karlsruhe (dpa/lsw) - Von Elefantentrauma keine Spur: Ein Jahr nach dem Brand im Karlsruher Zoo sind die vier bei dem Feuer schwer verletzten Elefanten des Karlsruher Zoos wieder ganz gesund. - 15.11.2011.
  • Kein Wasser für Wildtiere - Solarplatten falsch angeschlossen – Naturschutzbeamte in der Stadt beim Einkauf. - Jedes Jahr scheint sich das Drama im Khaudum-Nationalpark zu wiederholen, dass Tiere in der heißen Zeit kurz vor Beginn der Regensaison an den künstlichen Wasserstellen stehen und nichts zu saufen haben. In der vergangenen Woche verendete ein Elefant in einer Tränke. - 15.11.2011.
  • Thai Elephant Park Reopens in Sign of Recovery - YUTTHAYA -- A huge work force in Thailand was back on the job Tuesday: the elephants famous for carrying tourists through the country's ancient capital. Authorities reopened a major elephant park in Ayutthaya, hoping to show tourists the country is beginning to return to normal following historic floods that have left more than 550 people dead nationwide. - 15.11.2011.
  • Elephants in chains - WHEN an elephant is young, a chain is usually put around its leg which restrains it from moving. - The young elephant initilly tries to break the chain and run away but soon realises that it is powerless against the chain. Time passes and the baby elephant becomes powerful. It can easily break the chain but never tries to do that because it thinks that the chain is invincible. - 15.11.2011.
  • Aussie dog has elephant-sized job in Thailand - MELBOURNE cattle dog Buddy has a jumbo job working hot on the heels of his herd of 100 elephants. In a universally unique relationship, the stumpy-tailed cattle dog plays his favourite game of footy with the playful pachyderms and bathes and swims to stay cool with his best friends. - 15.11.2011.

14. November 2011

  • Nandi Ndaitwah muss entscheiden - Windhoek – Im nunmehr zwei Jahre alten Bemühen der Großwild- und Touristenfarm Erindi, sich auf gesetzlichem Wege Elefanten zu beschaffen, hat das Obergericht jetzt entschieden, dass sich die Umweltministerin und ihre Führungskräfte nicht länger vor einer Entscheidung drücken dürfen. Binnen dreier Wochen muss Ministerin Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah eine Entscheidung treffen, zustimmend oder ablehnend. - 14.11.2011.
  • Elephants’ lives are displayed in photos; book describes every probe into space - In her coffee table book, elephant expert Caitlin O’Connell uses a career’s worth of photographs to illuminate the everyday activities of elephants. There are a handful of expansive vistas and breathtaking wildlife snaps in “An Elephant’s Life,” but mostly O’Connell gets up close and personal with a single pack of African behemoths, shooting them as they skulk around in a ho-hum-looking watering hole in Namibia’s Etosha National Park. - 14.11.2011.
  • Forest elephant populations cut in half in protected area - Warfare and poaching have decimated forest elephant populations across their range with even elephants in remote protected areas cut down finds a new study in PLoS ONE. Surveying forest elephant populations in the Okapi Faunal Reserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo, researchers have found that the population has fallen by half—from 6,439 to 3,288—over the past decade in the park. - 14.11.2011.
  • Elephant herd prowls Mayurbhanj villages - BARIPADA: A huge herd of elephants sneaked into Khuntapal village in Mayurbhanj's Rasgovindpur block at about 8 pm on Saturday, triggering panic among people. Before entering into Khuntapal, the herd prowled through Bhuraidihi and Kukudajodi villages of the block, giving forest officers sleepless nights. - 14.11.2011.
  • Elephant relocation begins in Hassan - The forest department is all set to capture and relocate at least 30 elephants in December in Hassan district. While they await the central government's permission for it, the forest department has begun preparations for one of the massive elephant captures of the country. Wildlife activists and conservationists are already up in arms against the forest department's proposal saying they are suspicious about it. - 14.11.2011.
  • Wild elephant attacks rise in Bangladesh villages - Attacks by wild elephants have increased in several villages of southeastern hill district of Rangamati, sources said. Wild elephants in groups are attacking villages destroying houses, trees and crops in their wake. Recently, a group of wild elephants entered Chaillatoli village at night and wreaked havoc in the village. - 14.11.2011.
  • Jumbo Associations merge amidst row - "I have no role in the controversy over Thrissur Pooram," Minister for Forest, Sports KB Ganesh Kumar said. The minister was accused of trying to downgrade the cultural event. He said that he had only made efforts for the best of the festival which is part of "our culture". He was inaugurating the 4th State Conference of Kerala Elephant Owners Federation at Town Hall yesterday. Ganesh Kumar also announced the merger of Kerala Elephant Owners Association with Kerala Elephant Owners Federation. - 14.11.2011.

13. November 2011

  • Man-elephant conflict over territory in Uttarakhand – Experts - Dehra Dun : Though concerned wildlife wardens have signed a death warrant for the wild elephant that was declared a rogue recently, pachyderm experts at the Indian Wildlife Institute here confirm that wild elephants are normally docile by nature and attack only when disturbed in their natural environs. - 13.11.2011.
  • Elephant sculptures unveiled at the Singapore zoo - SINGAPORE - Singaporeans will get to see multi-coloured, life-sized baby elephant sculptures littered all over the island, with the launch of the Elephant Parade two days ago. The open-air art exhibition across the world promotes and supports the conservation of the endangered Asian elephant. The support the effort, the Singapore Zoo will have a collection of 25 such sculptures grazing on its grounds for over two months. - 13.11.2011.
  • ZIRKUSTIERE: Tiger waren gestern - Georg Frank würde es mit seinen 68 Jahren noch mit jedem Löwen aufnehmen. Zumindest was die Stimmlage angeht, sein Brüllen, wenn er erst erregt ist. Eine Großkatze könnte sich da schon mal herausgefordert fühlen. - 13.11.2011.
  • 65-year-old inured in attack by wild elephant - KOZHIKODE: A 65-year-old man was injured when a wild elephant ran amok at a retreat centre at Kulathuvayal, near Chakkittapara in the district on Saturday morning. The victim has been identified as Parakulangara Mathew, a native of Koorachundu. - 13.11.2011.

12. November 2011

  • Ayutthaya: Ein Heim für Problemelefanten - Seit zwei Monaten steht Thailand unter Wasser. In Ayutthaya musste das größte Elefantendorf der Welt evakuiert werden. Dort hatten verhaltensauffällige Tiere ein neues Zuhause gefunden. - 12.11.2011.
  • Bundesratsinitiative löst geteiltes Echo aus - Bremen. Die Bundesratsinitiative für ein Verbot von Wildtieren in Zirkussen stößt bei den Nutzern von WESER-KURIER Online auf ein geteiltes Echo. Das hat eine Umfrage ergeben, bei der mehr als 900 Stimmen abgegeben worden sind. - 12.11.2011.
  • Wild elephant attacks 65-year-old man - A wild elephant ran amok inflicting serious injury to a 65 year old man, who had arrived at a retreat centre run by the Missionary Sisters of Mary Immaculate (MSMI) at Kulathuvayal near Chakkittapara in the district early in the morning on Saturday. - 12.11.2011.

11. November 2011

  • AUGSBURG: Zoo gibt afrikanische Elefanten nach Holland ab - Die Entscheidung ist gefallen. Die Elefanten Sabi und Franzi wechseln von Augsburg in den Tierpark Rhenen. - Nach dreiwöchiger Suche steht nun fest: Der Zoo Augsburg wird seine beiden afrikanischen Elefanten Sabi und Franzi nach Holland abgeben, und zwar an den Tierpark in Rhenen. Das teilte Zoochefin Barbara Jantschke gestern Abend auf Anfrage mit. Hintergrund des Tiertransfers ist der Unfall im Zoo vor rund drei Wochen. Elefantenkuh Sabi hatte einen 43-jährigen Tierpfleger beim Ausmisten in der Box angegriffen und schwer verletzt. - 11.11.2011.
  • Neue Heimat gesucht - Die Elefanten Sabi und Franzi aus Augsburg sollen in einen anderen Zoo. - Augsburg An welchen Tierpark werden die afrikanischen Elefanten aus dem Augsburger Zoo abgegeben? Diese Frage bewegt Tierfreunde. Nach dem Angriff von Elefantenkuh Sabi, die einen Pfleger schwer verletzte, hat Zoochefin Barbara Jantschke Konsequenzen gezogen. Die Dickhäuter Sabi und Franzi sollen woanders unterkommen. Koordiniert wird der Wechsel im Zoo Schönbrunn, der das Europäische Zuchtbuch für diese Art führt. - 11.11.2011.
  • Weatherwatch: The elephants that never stood still - A steamer on the way from Calcutta to Burma with a cargo of 40 elephants has dropped anchor. "It was a hot night and still as death, but presently the steamer began to roll. First she rolled a little and then she began to swing through a circle of about 120 degrees. Up came the Engineer yelling that the engines were being shaken to pieces; up came the Captain crying that his ship would turn turtle if this went on. - 11.11.2011.
  • Elephant owners on cruelty charges - Two circus owners have been charged with causing unnecessary suffering to an arthritic 58-year-old elephant in light of public concern at the creature's torment. The elephant, who was shipped into Britain from Sri Lanka in the 1950s, is alleged to have been kept chained to the ground at all times by Bobby and Moira Roberts. - 11.11.2011.
  • Activists protest order to slay killer tusker - Wildlife activists have strongly opposed the order passed by the State chief wildlife warden to destroy a tusker following the death of five persons in chance encounters with the pachyderm in Rishikesh area, since July this year. - 11.11.2011.

10. November 2011

  • Elephant trio, long in Canada, returns to Rosamond Gifford Zoo - Syracuse, NY – The two elephants sent five years ago to an animal park outside Toronto are back home at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse. With them is the young bull born two years ago at the Canadian facility to one of the elephants. - 10.11.2011.
  • 162 Elephants Head to Singapore - SINGAPORE — The elephants — 162 of them, to be exact — are coming to town. They’re life-sized statues decorated by celebrities and artists for Elephant Parade, an event that calls itself the “largest open-air art exhibition solely dedicated to saving the Asian elephant.” - 10.11.2011.
  • UBC study finds war in Congo deadly for elephants - The war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, regarded by many as the world's deadliest conflict since the Second World War, has also had a devastating impact on the elephant population in the eastern region of the country, according to University of B.C.researchers. - 10.11.2011.
  • Dramatic rescue of mother and baby elephant - (CNN) -- Most conservationists would agree that you should not interfere with mother nature. But there are exceptions to every rule. Staff and tourists at Kapani Safari Lodge in Zambia were caught by surprise when a mother and baby elephant became trapped in mud. Saying they couldn't just "stand by and watch them slowly die," what ensued was a dramatic rescue. - 10.11.2011.

9. November 2011

  • Tierschutzorganisation "Vier Pfoten": Elefanten gequält? Anzeige gegen Circus Krone - Tierschützer beklagen: Die Tiere des Circus Krone sind zu lange in engen Wagen eingesperrt. Deswegen wird Strafanzeige gestellt. - MÜNCHEN Die Klagen von Tierschützern über den Circus Krone reißen nicht ab: Die Organisation „Vier Pfoten“ hat jetzt Strafanzeige gegen das Münchner Traditionshaus gestellt – wegen Verstoßes gegen das Tierschutzgesetz und die Zirkusleitlinien. - 09.11.2011.
  • Aktionsbündnis "Tiere gehören zum Circus" lehnt Wildtierverbot für Circusse ab! - Kirchheimbolanden (ots) - Am Freitag, den 25. November, stimmt der Bundesrat über eine Initiative des Hamburger Senats ab, nach der die Haltung von Wildtieren in Circus-Unternehmen verboten werden soll. Das Aktionsbündnis "Tiere gehören zum Circus", eine Arbeitsgruppe der Gesellschaft der Circusfreunde e. V., lehnt den Vorstoß Hamburgs aus verschiedenen Gründen nachdrücklich ab. - 09.11.2011.
  • Board votes to continue elephant rides - DEL MAR — After more than two hours of sometimes zealous comments by everyone from veterinarians and animal activists to trainers and residents, the Del Mar Fairgrounds board of directors voted 4-3 at the Nov. 8 meeting to continue allowing elephant rides at the San Diego County Fair until at least 2014. - 09.11.2011.
  • Länder wollen Elefanten im Zirkus verbieten - Lübeck - Nach dem Wirbel in Lübeck: Tierschützer zeigen Circus Krone an. - Hat der Dompteur im Zirkus ausgedient? Geht es nach dem Bundesrat, müssen die 250 Wanderzirkusse im Land schon bald zumindest auf Affen, Bären, Elefanten, Giraffen, Nilpferde und Nashörner verzichten. Die Agrarminister der Länder haben es bei einer Enthaltung (Sachsen) beschlossen, am 25. November soll es im Plenum abgesegnet werden. - 09.11.2011.
  • Alles, was das Zirkus-Herz begeistert - Krone-Premierenvorstellung begeistert Publikum - Zweistündige Show mit sehenswerten Tier- und Artistennummern. - (Äat). Spaß, Begeisterung Staunen und prickelnde Spannung - das Publikum war gestern bei der Premierenvorstellung des Circus Krone auf dem Messeplatz hingerissen. Denn: Wer hat schon einmal 15 Löwen in einer Nummer gesehen? Dazu rassige Pferde, die durch den Ring tobten. Und die Artisten mit dem „verrückten“ Crazy Wilson als krönender Schlusspunkt waren allemal sehenswert. - 09.11.2011.
  • Domesticated elephant kills boy, injures mahout - BURDWAN: A domesticated elephant trampled a seven-year-old boy to death in Burdwan on Tuesday morning. In a sudden act of fury, the animal also hurled away with its trunk one of the mahouts who tried to save the boy. The elephant reportedly has no history of abnormal behaviour and started acting normally after this incident. - 09.11.2011.

8. November 2011

  • Muss Krone künftig ohne Elefanten auskommen? - München - Der Bundesrat fordert erneut ein Wildtierverbot in der Manege – und Tierschützer stellen Strafanzeige gegen den Zirkus. - Erneut kommt Bewegung in die Debatte um ein Wildtierverbot in Zirkussen: Der Bundesrat wird am 25. November wahrscheinlich eine Empfehlung beschließen, mit der er ein Wildtierverbot in der Manege fordert, explizit für Affen, Bären, Elefanten, Giraffen, Nilpferde und Nashörner. - 08.11.2011.
  • MÜNCHNER TIERPARK HELLABRUNN: Elf Tage altes Elefantenbaby entzückt die Öffentlichkeit - Der kleine, elf Tage alte Dickhäuter, der noch keinen Namen hat, durfte mit seiner Mutter Panang das Elefanten-Außengehege erkunden. - MÜNCHEN . Der ganze Stolz des Münchner Tierparks Hellabrunn, ein elf Tage altes Elefantenbaby, hat sich am Dienstag der Öffentlichkeit vorgestellt. Der kleine Dickhäuter, der noch keinen Namen hat, durfte mit Mama Panang das Elefanten-Außengehege erkunden und ging dabei mit großer Neugier ans Werk. - 08.11.2011.
  • Elephant encroachment: Villagers turn to joint-forces for help - Jhargram (WB), Nov 8 (PTI) Villagers have sought the help of joint-security forces to drive out a herd of wild elephants in Nayagram area of Maoist-hit West Midnapore district. The herd comprising 110 elephants, including tuskers and calves, had entered Nayagram on November six from Jotiya forest in Sankrail police station area, the DFO of Kharagpur Forest Division said. - 08.11.2011.
  • WATCH: Olivia Munn Asks USDA to Free Sick Elephant from Circus - ‘Daily Show’ correspondent Olivia Munn is calling on the USDA to seize and retire Sarah the elephant from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. This won’t be the first time the USDA has heard the request. PETA previously asked them to step in on the elephants behalf. - 08.11.2011.
  • Chico vet students aim for Thailand, elephant sanctuary - CHICO -- A small group of Chico State University pre-veterinarian students have their sights set on Thailand for next year — not as a vacation, but as a work destination. They'll be spending about two weeks in the summer at an elephant sanctuary outside Chaing Mai. - 08.11.2011.
  • Orphaned elephant calf rescued in Zambia - Found emaciated and wounded. - November 2011: A newly orphaned elephant calf has been rescued in Zambia. The orphan, named Kavalamanja, was rescued by the Elephant Orphanage Project (EOP) a few weeks after the body of its mother was discovered. The elephant had been killed by poachers and her tusks had been removed. - 08.11.2011.

7. November 2011

  • Ranger in Südafrika von Elefant totgetrampelt - Ein Elefant hat in einem südafrikanischen Naturreservat einen Ranger zu Tode getrampelt. - Ein Elefant hat in einem südafrikanischen Naturreservat einen Ranger zu Tode getrampelt. Der 29-jährige Waldhüter habe im Busch Fotos machen wollen, berichtete die Zeitung "Beeld" am Montag. - 07.11.2011.
  • Tierpark-Premiere: Tore auf für Klein-Lola! - München - Endlich ist es so weit! Am Dienstag dürfen wir das kleine Elefanten-Baby Lola vom Tierpark Hellabrunn erstmals in seiner ganzen (kleinen) Lebensgröße bestaunen. Wie lange, ist ungewiss. - 07.11.2011.
  • Elephant tramples game ranger to death - Johannesburg - An elephant trampled a Limpopo game ranger to death at the weekend, Beeld newspaper reported on Monday. Tavus Momberg, 29, a guide at the Makweti Safari Lodge between Vaalwater and Lephalale, was taking photographs at the time. - 07.11.2011.
  • Nepal’s Elephant Races Becoming Annual Tradition - Elephant racing in Nepal is a tourist draw in addition to a longstanding tradition in the tiny country that borders India. About 200 elephants live in Nepal, about 100 them in the wild, according to the IRIB World Service. The indigenous Tharu people tame elephants and use them for safaris in Nepal. Starting in late December 2005, the first International Elephant Race was held. It has become an annual tradition ever since. - 07.11.2011.
  • Wild elephant kills Chinese man - Beijing, Nov 7 (IANS) A villager was killed by a wild Asian elephant in a southwest Chinese province, officials said. The incident took place in Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture in Yunnan province, Xinhua reported. Police confirmed that the death of Cao Xiaoer, a resident of Xinshan village in the prefecture, was caused by a wild elephant. - 07.11.2011.
  • Elephants feed on Dandenong weeds - GREATER Dandenong parks and gardens produce tasty treats for some of the worlds’ largest land animals. For the past four years, the council has been helping feed zoo animals by collecting weeds for elephants and giraffes to eat. - 07.11.2011.

6. November 2011

  • Three elephants killed in Simlipal - BARIPADA: Three elephants, one tusker, one calf and an adult female, were killed in Simlipal. The pair of tusks were missing pointing to the fact that it was the handiwork of the ivory traders. The carcasses were found near Kaleitunda of Karanjia territorial forest division. - 06.11.2011.
  • Another elephant killed by train, herd blocks track - JALPAIGURI: A sub-adult female elephant was killed after being hit by the speeding Ranchi-bound Guwahati-Ranchi Express at the railway track that runs between New Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar Junction railway stations on Saturday evening. To protest against the death of the jumbo, other elephants of the herd blocked the track for more than an hour. - 06.11.2011.
  • 22 elephant deaths in a year - BARIPADA: At least 22 elephants have been poached in the Similipal Tiger Reserve in the last one year, with three deaths due to poisoning coming to light in Ektalia forests under Karanjia forest division on Friday. This has exposed the absence of vigilant patrolling and protection measures for the wild animals here. - 06.11.2011.
  • Meet the Tuskers of Thailand (Last of 3 Parts) - Adventures of a Volunteer Elephant Keeper in Chiangmai. - MANILA, Philippines -- Twilight is the hour of rest at Elephant Nature Park (ENP) – for both humans and animals. Only after we had tethered our charges back to their sheds and given them their night ration of grass can I eat my simple dinner in peace with the rest of the volunteers and retreat to my little wooden hut. - 06.11.2011.

5. November 2011

  • Ravensburg: Manege frei für Elefanten - Weihnachtscircus zeigt vierte Show auf dem Gelände an der Oberschwabenhalle. - Ravensburg – Zirkuszauber zur Weihnachtszeit verspricht Elmar Kretz mit seinem „Ravensburger Weihnachtscircus“ ab Donnerstag, 22. Dezember, auf dem Gelände an der Ravensburger Oberschwabenhalle. Zum vierten Mal wurde nach Angaben des Veranstalters eine komplett neue Show erarbeitet. Diese ist an zehn Spieltagen in 20 Vorstellungen zu sehen. - 05.11.2011.

4. November 2011

  • Tarra and Bella: Elephant loses man's best friend - (CBS News) HOHENWALD, Tenn. - In 2009, CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman introduced you to a couple of very unlikely friends who couldn't have been more different. But from the moment Tarra the elephant met Bella the dog, they were inseparable. The Elephant Sanctuary south of Nashville is more than 2,000 acres of freedom for elephants. But for a resident named Tarra, there's not enough room in Tennessee to escape the bad news she got last week. - 04.11.2011.
  • Wounded elephant walks again, thanks to jumbo-sized false foot - PHNOM TAMAO, Cambodia – "I really thought he would never make it," said Nick Marx, stroking Chhouk's trunk with a sense of pride and affection. "He was seriously injured. He was extremely young, emaciated and very, very sick." Chhouk, a bull elephant now 5 years old, was found in the Cambodian jungle in 2007, alone and close to death, his left front foot mangled by a poacher's trap. - 04.11.2011.
  • First Male Elephant Arrives At Denver Zoo’s Asian Tropics Exhibit - ‘Bodhi’s Arrival Literally Brings Asian Tropics To Life’. - DENVER -- Bodhi, a 7-year-old male elephant, has arrived safely to the Denver Zoo and will be placed in the Asian Tropics Exhibit. Bodhi arrived from the Columbus Zoo Thursday afternoon with an elephant manager, veterinarian and head keeper from Columbus Zoo. The 7-year-old elephant becomes the first male elephant to arrive in Denver Zoo's new Asian Tropics exhibit. - 04.11.2011.
  • Robert Mugabe's elephant gift to China - Zimbabwe has donated three elephants to China after the Asian giant helped President Robert Mugabe’s wife build an orphanage for 1,000 children. The presentation of the elephants coincided with the ground breaking ceremony for the centre which is located east of the capital Harare. Local media had claimed that the orphanage being built by the First Lady Grace Mugabe will displace 60 residents in the town of Mazowe who have not been compensated. - 04.11.2011.

3. November 2011

  • OPEL-ZOO IN KRONBERG: Elefantenhaltung in Gefahr - Der Chef des Opel-Zoos Thomas Kauffels macht sich Sorgen wegen des neuen Säugetiergutachtens. Das fordert mehr Platz für Elefanten und andere Tiere. - KRONBERG. - Thomas Kauffels sieht den Opel-Zoo in Gefahr. Dem Chef der Kronberger Institution macht das aktuelle überarbeitete Säugetiergutachten große Sorgen. Dieses Gutachten, es legt die Standards in der Zootierhaltung fest, wird derzeit im beratenden Gremium des Bundesministeriums für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz kontrovers diskutiert. - 03.11.2011.
  • Bundesrat stimmt über Wildtierverbot in Zirkussen ab - München (Pro Wildlife e.V.) 3. November 2011 - Der Bundesrat stimmt am 7. November darüber ab, ob Zirkussen zukünftig die Haltung von Affen, Elefanten, Bären, Giraffen, Nashörnern und Flusspferden verboten werden soll. „Wir erwarten, dass die Bundesländer ein Haltungsverbot fordern werden. Dann ist Bundeslandwirtschaftsministerin Aigner aufgefordert, diese Tierquälerei in Zirkussen per Gesetz zu verbieten“, sagt Daniela Freyer von Pro Wildlife. - 03.11.2011.
  • Immer mehr Elefanten wandern auf kommerzielle Farmen - Ein Dickhäuter stand am vergangenen Sonntag wenige Meter neben dem Schlafzimmer auf der Jagdfarm Moselle, zehn Kilometer östlich der Fingerklippe, und beim übersteigen einer Mauer die das Farmhaus umgibt, wurde diese beschädigt. In den vergangenen Jahren seien hin und wieder für einige Tage Elefanten auf der Farm gewesen, aber im Augenblick seien Rolf Wagner zufolge etwa 50 Elefanten auf Moselle und Nachbarfarmen. - 03.11.2011.
  • Von den Fluten eingeschlossen: Babyelefant bringt Hoffnung zurück - BANGKOK - Sie wurden von den Fluten eingeschlossen und sind vom Hungertod bedroht: Die Elefanten des «Royal Elephant Kraal & Village» in Ayutthaya, in der Nähe von Bangkok. Doch ein neugeborenes Kalb gibt Hoffnung. - Noch immer sind weite Teile Thailands überflutet – über 400 Menschen starben bereits in den Wassermassen. Doch nicht nur die Menschen sind von der Flutkatastrophe betroffen, auch die Elefanten leiden. - 03.11.2011.
  • Dierenpartij: Olifanten moeten aangelijnd zijn - Olifanten in de binnenstad van Groningen moeten voortaan aan de lijn. Dat eist de Partij voor de Dieren. De politieke partij reageert hiermee op het los laten lopen van olifanten door circussen om reclame te maken. In het AD van vandaag is te lezen dat de PvdD vindt dat de loslopende giganten een gevaar voor het winkelend publiek vormen. Olifanten zijn prooidieren en kunnen als ze schrikken grote ongelukken veroorzaken in de drukke binnenstad. - 03.11.2011.
  • Female elephants on the move in search of love Staff and wire reports - FAIRHOPE — With elephants, it’s all about the bonding. Oh – and the mating. Transfers this week involving four of the five female elephants at the International Conservation Center were made with both at least partly in mind. First, Kallie was transferred Tuesday to the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, where she was reunited with three pals from their days at Disney’s Animal Kingdom near Orlando, Fla. - 03.11.2011.
  • Rogue zoo keepers fight move of Toronto’s elephants to California sanctuary - War has erupted between Toronto Zoo elephant keepers and the animal rights group helping to co-ordinate a move of three aging elephants to a California sanctuary. Zoocheck Canada’s Julie Woodyer told the Star she has rescinded an offer to pay for one of the dozen keepers to fly to the PAWS sanctuary this weekend with her and two councillors, Michelle Berardinetti and Raymond Cho. - 03.11.2011.
  • Wild elephant population stable in Kerala: census - The wild elephant population in the Kerala forests has remained stable and healthy between 2007 and 2010, according the 2010 wild elephant census results received by the Forest Department this week. The 2010 census, according to what is called ‘block count method’ of enumeration, puts the number of wild elephants in the State’s wildlife sanctuaries and protected areas at 3,520. The same method of enumeration in the previous census conducted in 2007 had put the number at 3002. - 03.11.2011.
  • Dramatic elephant rescue at Kapani Lodge - A mother elephant and her calf were dramatically rescued this week by Norman Carr Safaris after the pair became trapped in the mud at Kapani Lodge in Zambia. - Norman Carr Safaris together with the South Luangwa Conservation Society (SLCS) and the Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) agreed to join forces and rescue a mother elephant and her calf after they became trapped in the mud of Kapani Lagoon. - 03.11.2011.

2. November 2011

  • 'PVV schiet in regelreflex na val van olifant' - Politici schieten vaak in een risico-regel-reflex: na het zien van een onveilige situatie roepen ze op tot onevenredig zware maatregelen. De reactie van PVV-kamerlid Dion Graus op de val van de olifant Radza in dierenpark Emmen is daar een goed voorbeeld van. Dat zegt Evert Jan van Asselt, plaatsvervangend directeur van het Wetenschappelijk Instituut voor het CDA. - 02.11.2011.
  • Alarm sounded over Toronto Zoo elephants - The union that represents the Toronto Zoo’s elephant keepers sounded the alarm over the impending move of three of the attraction’s elephants. Grant Ankenman, president of CUPE Local 1600, told the Sun Wednesday the keepers that care for Iringa, Toka and Thika have been muzzled from talking to the media and are concerned the move of the elephants to a sanctuary in California will be rushed. - 02.11.2011.
  • After the rains, baby elephant Soisilee brings a ray of hope - Six weeks ago, the floodwaters sweeping down from Thailand's north reached Ayutthaya, a UNESCO-listed historical city that lies 100 kilometers from Bangkok. Just one week later, the entire area was severely flooded. Shops closed, roads became rivers, temples and monuments were unable to keep the waters at bay, and people had to swim or use boats to get food and water. - 02.11.2011.
  • Nicole Kidman Will Rescue Elephants In Biopic My Wild Life - The last time we reported on a planned biopic of elephant conservationist Daphne Sheldrick, it was the project's former writer and director Nick Cassavetes suing New Line over what he called broken promises for him to write and direct the film. Cassavetes is most definitely still not involved, but the movie, now retitled My Wild Life, is finally ready to get made. THR reports that Nicole Kidman is attached to star as Sheldrick, with Philip Noyce, most recently of the Angelina Jolie action vehicle Salt, set to direct. - 02.11.2011.
  • Circus elephants parade through Rosemont, Des Plaines - E is for … elephant! That saying came to life Wednesday morning for Orchard Place Elementary School students in Des Plaines, who were paid a visit by the biggest stars of the Greatest Show on Earth. Nine performing pachyderms from the latest edition of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus stopped in at the school while conducting their annual parade in conjunction with the circus' arrival at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont. - 02.11.2011.
  • Stray elephants invade villages in northern Tanzania - DAR ES SALAAM, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- About 300 rampaging elephants have invaded three villages in Sedeko ward in Serengeti district, northern Tanzania, and destroyed over 200 hectares of farmland and killed one person. "Until now the elephants are in the farms and they are grazing on crops like cows. Over 200 hectares have already been destroyed in Mbirikiri, Isarara and Bonchugu villages," Sedeko Ward Councilor, Richard Nyakera was quoted by Dailynews as saying. - 02.11.2011.
  • Global ivory ring busted in Auckland - Luxury items made of elephant ivory and turtle shell have been seized in Auckland as part of an international-sting on smugglers. Wildlife enforcement officers confiscated 25 wildlife items from an Auckland address on Monday night. Forensic tests will be carried out to confirm the pieces including three carved tusks, six statues and a fan - were made from endangered elephant tusk and turtle shell. - 02.11.2011.

1. November 2011

  • Hellabrunner Star-Elefant bekommt Spielkameradin - Fünf Tage ist der Elefanten-Nachwuchs erst alt, aber in Hellabrunn ist sie schon eine kleine Berühmtheit. Noch steht nicht fest, wann Besucher die süße Kleine sehen dürfen. "Die süße Kleine" ist ja auch erst fünf Tage alt – und ein Elefant, genauer gesagt eine weibliches Elefantenkalb. Bei ihrer Geburt wog sie nur 90 Kilo, war 82 Zentimeter groß. Ihr inoffizieller Name: Lola. Wie die feurige Geliebte des Bayernkönig Ludwig I. - 01.11.2011.
  • Randalierende Elefantenherde umgesiedelt - Es ist - und das zum Glück! - ein ziemlich seltener Anblick, Elefanten verschnürt wie ein Stück Wild am Haken zu sehen. Wenn sich Mensch und Tier in die Quere kommen, gibt es aber offenbar bisweilen keine andere Lösung. In unserem Fall wütete eine Horde Dickhäuter im kenianischen Siyaipei Narok dermaßen, dass die örtlichen Parkaufseher sich gezwungen sahen, die "Hooligans" umzusiedeln. - 01.11.2011.
  • "Die Elefanten-Babies könnten ertrinken" - Das Leiden der Flutopfer in Thailand geht weiter. In einer besonders bedrohlichen Lage befinden sich 17 Elefanten in Ayutthaya. Sie können nur noch per Boot gefüttert werden. - 01.11.2011.
  • Flut in Thailand - Elefantenbabys auf Betoninsel gefangen. - Während der Überschwemmungen leiden nicht nur die Menschen. Seit einem Monat sind 17 der Tiere nahe Bangkok auf einer schmalen Erhöhung eingeschlossen. Täglich kommt ein Boot mit Zuckerrohr und Ananas, um sie zu versorgen. - 01.11.2011.
  • DRENTHE: PVV boos over ongeval olifant Radza - De PVV is kwaad over het ongeval met olifant Radza in Dierenpark Emmen. Het is de derde keer in tien jaar tijd dat een olifant in deze dierentuin in de gracht valt. De maat is vol volgens PVV-Kamerlid Dion Graus. - 01.11.2011.
  • Elephants Stranded By Thailand Floods - A group of elephants in flood-hit Thailand is facing a second month cut off by water on a small concrete island. The 17 animals are stuck on a piece of land just a few yards wide at an animal shelter in the submerged city of Ayutthaya. They include seven aged under four years old. They were too small to flee when the rest of their herd, numbering nearly 90, escaped the approaching floodwaters. - Mit Video. - 01.11.2011.
  • Ex-Philly elephant being moved again - An African elephant that used to call the Philadelphia Zoo home will soon show whether there's any truth to the saying that elephants never forget. The Philadelphia Zoo announced Tuesday that Kallie, an elephant moved to the Pittsburgh Zoo's International Conservation Center in 2009 - along with Bette, another African elephant - was moved again Tuesday, this time to the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. - 01.11.2011.
  • Kruger elephant tusk may break record - Mbombela - The tusk of one of the Kruger National Park's oldest elephants, Duke, who died in October, seems set to break environmental records, according to a report on Tuesday. The elephant's left tusk was the longest ever measured in the KNP, reported Beeld newspaper. - 01.11.2011.
  • Two arrested after elephant ivory police raid Cheltenham - Two men have been arrested in Cheltenham in connection with the alleged sale and export of elephant ivory. Officers from Gloucestershire Police acting on international intelligence searched a house in Duke Street. - 01.11.2011.
  • Save endangered elephants - Unplanned settlement, cultivation a problem. - Unplanned human settlement and cultivation on elephant habitat is causing a human-elephant conflict in Bangladesh. The result each year is around 32 human and four elephant deaths, said experts yesterday. Many more are injured and the damage to crops amounts to Tk 3 crore in the country's north-eastern and south-eastern regions, they said. - 01.11.2011.

Oktober

31. Oktober 2011

  • Moratorium zurückgezogen - Richter hält sich im Berufungsfall Erindi Ranch gegen MET ein Urteil vor. - Kurz vor der Verhandlung gab der Staatsanwalt bekannt, dass das Ministerium für Umwelt und Tourismus das vor Jahren verhängte Moratorium, das die Einfuhr bestimmter Wildarten aus Südafrika verbot, aufgehoben wurde. Ein Urteil im Berufungsantrag wird Mitte November erwartet. Seit einigen Jahren will der Eigentümer der 70000 Hektar großen Erindi Ranch dort 200 Elefanten aussetzen. - 31.10.2011.
  • Eine Freundin für Ludwig - Wieder Elefanten-Nachwuchs im Tierpark Hellabrunn. - Erst wollten sich die Elefanten im Tierpark Hellabrunn mehr als 60 Jahre lang partout nicht vermehren - aber jetzt scheinen sie auf den Geschmack gekommen zu sein: Am späten Freitagabend hat die 22 Jahre alte Kuh Panang ein gesundes Mädchen zur Welt gebracht. Es ist das dritte Elefantenbaby nach Jamuna Toni - die allerdings im Juni 2010 eingeschläfert werden musste, weil sie an der Glasknochenkrankheit litt - und dem Jungbullen Ludwig, den seine Mutter Temi im Mai zur Welt brachte. Das neue Mitglied der Elefantenherde in Hellabrunn ist 82 Zentimeter groß und 90 Kilogramm schwer. - 31.10.2011.
  • Dierenpark weer open na val olifant Radza - EMMEN – Dierenpark Emmen is maandag om 10.00 uur weer opengegaan voor het publiek. De dierentuin werd zondag gesloten nadat olifant Radza in de greppel om het olifantenverblijf was gevallen. - Omdat er een kleine kans was dat het 7000 kilo wegende dier tussen het publiek zou geraken, werd het hele dierenpark uit voorzorg ontruimd. - 31.10.2011.
  • Olifant Radza na 15 uur veilig uit de gracht - EMMEN - De olifant Radza die zondagmiddag in de gracht van de Emmer dierentuin was gevallen is veilig uit de greppel gekomen. Rond 05.00 uur maandagmorgen lukte het de verzorgers om de olifant naar het nachtverblijf te krijgen. - Mit Video. - 31.10.2011.
  • Bornean elephants tracked by satellite - Elephants fitted with tracking devices will help conservationists obtain information on the areas the herds tended to favour. - KINABATANGAN: Three more Bornean elephants in the Lower Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (LKWS) in Sabah have joined two others being tracked from space after they were fitted with a satellite collars last week. - 31.10.2011.
  • Elephant returns to his enclosure - A 45-year-old elephant which was pushed by another into the empty moat surrounding their enclosure at Emmen zoo on Sunday climbed out of his own accord in the early hours of Monday morning, the zoo authorities said. - 31.10.2011.
  • Köln: Zooverantwortliche sorgen sich um thailändische Elefanten - Der Kölner Zoo lockt jedes Jahr rund eineinhalb Million Besucher an, eine der Hauptattraktionen ist das neue Elefantenhaus. Während die übermannsgroßen Säugetiere in ihrem Gehege ein vergleichsweise ruhiges Leben verbringen, geht es ihren Artgenossen in Thailand derzeit alles andere als gut. Bereits am Freitag vergangener Woche kündigte der Zoo in einer Presseerklärung an, in der Stadt Ayutthaya, rund 70 Kilometer nördlich von Bangkok, helfen zu wollen. - 31.10.2011.
  • Wild elephant goes berserk: fifteen vehicles damaged - A tense situation arose in Suriyagaswewa area on the Kekirawa-Dambulla A9 road when a wild elephant, a tusker, went berserk last Saturday morning. The elephant had attacked about 15 vehicles and had roamed about seven kilometres on the road. The panic stricken residents and commuters had faced many inconveniences due to this sudden incident. -31.10.2011.

30. Oktober 2011

  • Dierenpark ontruimd om gevallen olifant - EMMEN (ANP) - Dierenpark Emmen is zondagmiddag ontruimd, nadat een van de mannetjesolifanten in de lege gracht rondom zijn verblijf was gevallen. Dat liet de dierentuin zondag weten. Radza, met 45 jaar de oudste bul in het dierenpark, had door zijn val een bloederige schaafwond op zijn slurf en een deel van een van zijn slagtanden was afgebroken. - 30.10.2011.
  • Geburt im Tierpark Hellabrunn: Es ist schon wieder ein Elefant! - Im Tierpark Hellabrunn ist schon wieder ein Elefantenbaby auf die Welt gekommen - und das hat sogar die Tierpfleger überrascht. Nach einer Blitzgeburt erblickte ein 82 Zentimeter großes und 90 Kilo schweres Mädchen das Licht der Welt. - 30.10.2011.
  • Meet the Tuskers of Thailand - MANILA, Philippines -- As soon as the fruit trucks stopped under our porch, the elephants drifted in. While we unloaded sacks of pineapples and melons, they sauntered to the feeding platform and rattled their trunks, demanding: “Hurry! We’re hungry!” Malai was among the first to limp in. Her foot was blown off when she stepped on a landmine in her logging camp. Still, her “mahout” forced her to hobble around Bangkok, begging, until she was rescued. - 30.10.2011.
  • Chaos in Kekirawa town as elephant runs amok - At least 50 vehicles and two houses were damaged when a lone elephant went on the rampage at Thibbatuweva in Kekirawa for several hours yesterday morning, police and residents said. They said the cow elephant ran amok in the Kekirawa town forcing people to flee in all directions for safety and creating a traffic chaos. - 30.10.2011.

29. Oktober 2011

  • Rescued elephant calf dies - BANGALORE: A young male elephant calf which was rescued from Hanur forest range of Chamarajanagar district last week, and brought to Bannerghatta Biological Park, succumbed on early hours of Friday. “Every effort was made to rescue it but the calf couldn’t be saved”, Dr R Raju, Deputy Conservator of Forests, BBP told Express. - 29.10.2011.
  • Noch ein Elefantenbaby im Tierpark Hellabrunn - München - Wie putzig! Ein neues Elefantenbaby stapft seit Freitagnacht durch das Stroh im Tierpark Hellabrunn. Mit einer Blitzgeburt brachte Elefantendame Panang das Tierpark-Team ins Schwitzen. - 29.10.2011.
  • U.S. Court Turns Blind Eye To Circus Abuse - (CIRCUS ELEPHANTS) While Global Animals around the world have taken a stance against circus elephant abuse, a recent federal court ruling has turned a blind eye to the lives of circus animals. The U.S. Court of Appeals again dismissed a lawsuit brought by animal activists against Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus for mistreatment of elephants. Circus representatives claim that the devices used to control elephants, such as bullhooks and chains, are necessary to protect the public. Read on to learn more on the court’s decision. — 29.10.2011.
  • Elephant mourns the loss of canine companion - Hohenwald, TN - Tarra, an elephant who resides at the Elephant Sanctuary of Tennessee, lost a long-time companion earlier this week. The body of Tarra's treasured companion, Bella, was found near Tarra's barn on Wednesday, just one day after Bella went missing. - 29.10.2011.
  • Tusker carcass found near Rambha - BERHAMPUR: Forest officials on Saturday found the carcass of a tusker in the forest near Ranibani village close to Rambha. The elephant might have died of old age. "We suspect the elephant died a natural death as there was no injury mark on its body," divisional forest officer (DFO) of Berhampur A K Jena said. - 29.10.2011.
  • Millionen-Streit um neue Elefantenanlage im Erfurter Zoo - Die Stadt Erfurt weist die Kritik des früheren Zoodirektors zurück. Die Elefantenherde soll von 3 auf 14 Tiere anwachsen. Erfurt. Eine Elefantenkuh mit Baby ist glücklich. Oder zumindest glücklicher, als sie ohne Nachwuchs wäre. Im Thüringer Zoopark sollen deshalb ab 2014 afrikanische Elefanten gezüchtet und in einem Familienverband mit Weibchen und Jungtieren gehalten werden. - 29.10.2011.

28. Oktober 2011

  • Kölner Zoo sorgt sich um Elefanten in Thailand - Köln (dpa/lnw) - Der Kölner Zoo sorgt sich um Elefanten in Thailand, die von der dortigen Hochwasserkatastrophe bedroht sind. Deshalb stellt der Zoo nach Angaben vom Freitag 20 000 Euro Soforthilfe für einen Elefantenpark 70 Kilometer nördlich von Bangkok zur Verfügung. - 28.10.2011.
  • Circus Carl Busch: Grazile Elefanten und edle Hengste - Stuttgart - Tierdressuren, Artistik und Clownerien, garniert mit Manegenduft und staunenden Zuschauern: Das macht Circus zum Erlebnis für alle Sinne. Am Donnerstagabend hat der Circus Carl Busch damit das Premierenpublikum auf dem Cannstatter Wasen begeistert. - 28.10.2011.
  • Court dismisses lawsuit over treatment of circus elephants - Washington (CNN) -- A lawsuit claiming systematic abuse and exploitation of elephants by the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus was dismissed Friday by a federal appeals court. The three-judge panel concluded two animal protection groups and a former employee with Feld Entertainment Inc., owners of the circus, did not have "standing" -- or authority -- to bring the lawsuit, since they could not establish actual legal "injury" to themselves. - 28.10.2011.
  • Sad end to an unusal friendship between dog, elephant - Officials at The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tenn., said Friday that Bella, a rescue dog whose longtime companion had been Tarra the Asian elephant, was killed earlier this week.The best friends were the stars of the sanctuary and even had a book written about them. - 28.10.2011.
  • Elephant gives birth after a two year pregnancy - Elephants are notorious for their long memories, but now they will be renowned for their lengthy pregnancies. Long-suffering Asian elephant Azizah was carrying her baby for 700 days - 84 longer than the average - and finally gave birth at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, Bedfordshire, last Tuesday. - 28.10.2011.
  • Asian Elephants: Trials and Tribulations - In North America, our only access to elephants comes with trips to the zoo. I remember visiting one zoo in my youth where elephants were part of show that included them painting pictures with their trunks. At the time, I thought it was amazing. While I still think that elephants are incredible creatures, after volunteering at an elephant sanctuary I now know the terrible training procedures that go into those very same shows that I remember. - 28.10.2011.
  • Stalemate continues in tusker capture - MYSORE: The forest department’s operation to capture a wild tusker in H D Kote, which had strayed into H D Kote and neighbouring areas, was affected for the third day on Thursday following incessant rain. The tusker was sighted near Drivers Colony in H D Kote town on Tuesday evening and ran amok in a farm owned by one Bhavani. It later proceeded to a tank in Belaganahalli village. - 28.10.2011.
  • Regret lingers after death of elephant in '63 - John Fouts of Lansing read Saturday's column about Rajje, the rampaging elephant shot to death by Lansing Police on Sept. 26, 1963, and felt guilty. Fouts' regretful email to me was part cautionary tale, part confession. It so happened that Fouts, who was 16 in 1963, was a spectator at a junior varsity football game between East Lansing High School and Lansing Everett, at Everett. - 28.10.2011.
  • 30 elephants destroy crop in 10 acres - KADAPA: A herd of thirty elephants created havoc in the fields of Dinnela village in Tsundupalle mandal in the wee hours of Thursday. The herd of elephants that broke out of the Seshachalam forest had destroyed paddy in about 10 acres of land belonging to six farmers in the village. - 28.10.2011.
  • Rescued baby elephant brought to BBP - BANGALORE: A three-month-old baby elephant, rescued from Kollegal Forest Division was brought to Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP) on Thursday. With an addition of one more elephant, the total number of elephants in the BBP has gone up to 14, said R Raju, Executive Director, BBP. - 28.10.2011.

27. Oktober 2011

  • Polizei befragt Elefanten-Opfer - 43-Jähriger muss noch länger in Klinik bleiben. - Der 43-jährige Tierpfleger, der in der vergangenen Woche im Augsburger Zoo von der Elefantenkuh Sabi angegriffen wurde, muss wohl noch mehrere Wochen im Klinikum bleiben. Der Pfleger erlitt bei der Attacke eine Wunde am Hals und schwere innere Verletzungen. Inzwischen konnten Ermittler der Augsburger Kripo den 43-Jährigen kurz befragen. - 27.10.2011.
  • Wie intelligent sind Elefanten? - Die Elefanten, die nur in Asien und in Afrika südlich der Sahara vorkommen, gelten ohnehin schon als äußerst intellgente Tiere. Dabei belegen neuere Studien immer mehr, welch wahren Ausbund an Cleverness diese Dickhäuter darstellen. - 27.10.2011.
  • Saving elephants with Sophie star Brittany Bristow - Brittany Bristow has always been a performer. The 21-year-old Toronto native began her career in the spotlight doing television commercials as a child and went on to train with the National Ballet of Canada, performing alongside world famous dancers and artists. - 27.10.2011.
  • After 20 Years, Zoo's Long-Promised Elephant Exhibit Nears Completion - Elephants Set To Move In Next Month. - HONOLULU -- A new elephant exhibit, promised at the Honolulu Zoo for nearly 20 years, is now just a few weeks away from completion. The new $12 million elephant habitat may help the zoo regain its accreditation from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. - 27.10.2011.
  • Tiny elephant turns up at last - It is hard to believe that this tiny baby elephant could grow to be the same whopping size as his protective mum. After a two-year wait, the male calf, who has yet to be named, is not only the smallest baby elephant to be born at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, he also took the longest time to make an appearance. - 27.10.2011.
  • City representatives to check out elephant sanctuary - Two city councillors, a Zoocheck Canada representative and a Toronto Zoo elephant keeper are headed to California to check out the future home of the zoo’s three elderly elephants. Councillor Michelle Berardinetti, who spearheaded the animals’ move to the 30-hectare PAWS sanctuary, said she and colleague Raymond Cho will pay their own way, while Zoocheck will cover a keeper’s costs. - 27.10.2011.
  • Animal advocates offer reward - PETA looks for proof that Ringling Bros. Circus uses bullhooks on elephants. - WILKES-BARRE TWP. – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is trying a new tactic as Ringling Bros. comes to the Mohegan Sun Arena this week: The perennial circus protesters have offered a $5,000 reward to any arena employee who documents elephant abuse by a circus employee. - 27.10.2011.

26. Oktober 2011

  • Zoo keepers fuming over vote sending elephants to sanctuary - The Toronto Zoo’s elephant keepers are up in arms over a late-night city council vote to send the animals to a sanctuary rather than an accredited facility. “No offence to any city (councillors) that made the decision, but they’re quite honestly not qualified to make a decision on what’s best for these elephants,’’ an angry Vernon Presley, one of seven elephant keepers at the zoo, told the Star last night. - 26.10.2011.
  • Kranker Elefant darf bleiben - Aber: Manege ohne Mausi / Tierrechtler schlagen Alarm. - Salzwedel. Die Tierrechtsorganisation PETA hat gestern Alarm geschlagen und Oberbürgermeisterin Sabine Danicke sowie das Veterinäramt aufgefordert, einen schwer kranken Elefanten aus dem Zirkus Voyage zu retten, der ab morgen in Salzwedel gastiert. - 26.10.2011.
  • Zoo’s task now: get elephants to California safely - The Toronto Zoo board will almost certainly accept council’s direction to send three elephants to a California sanctuary and will now focus on how to make sure the elderly animals survive the journey, the board chair says. - 26.10.2011.
  • Elephant found dead in Tiruvannamalai - TIRUVANNAMALAI: A female elephant, estimated to be around 12 years of age, was found dead in the Padavedu Koraiyaru forest area under the Santhavasal range in Tiruvannamalai district, on Sunday. Forest Department officials have been struggling to get past the herd of eight elephants that is protecting the dead elephant. - 26.10.2011.

25. Oktober 2011

  • AUGSBURG: Zoo will sich von Afrikanischen Elefanten trennen - Nach dem Angriff von Sabi auf einen Pfleger sieht die Zooleitung das Verhältnis zu den Betreuern belastet. - Nach dem Angriff von Elefantenkuh Sabi auf einen Pfleger will der Zoo rasch Konsequenzen ziehen. „Es steht im Raum, dass wir die beiden Afrikanischen Elefanten Sabi und Franzi abgeben“, sagte gestern Zoochefin Barbara Jantschke. In Augsburg wären dann nur noch zwei Dickhäuter zu sehen, die Asiatischen Elefanten Burma und Targa. - 25.10.2011.

24. Oktober 2011

  • HOCHWASSER: Zoo hilft Elefanten in Thailand - Zoo-Tierarzt Olaf Behlert ist am Sonntag zu einem Besuch des Elefanten-Camps im thailändischen Ayutthaya aufgebrochen. Behlert will sondieren, ob der Zoo den vom Hochwasser akut bedrohten Tieren helfen kann. Sechs der Kölner Elefanten stammen aus dem Camp. - 24.10.2011.
  • Stoßzahn-Schmuggel in Vietnam - Tonnenschwerer Elfenbeinfund beschlagnahmt. - Der illegale Handel mit Elfenbein floriert noch immer: An der Grenze zu China stellten vietnamesische Zöllner 221 Stoßzähne sicher. Offiziell ist der Handel mit dem weißen Gold, für das weltweit etwa 40 000 Elefanten jährlich sterben, seit 1989 verboten. - 24.10.2011.
  • Illegal elephant tusk smuggling uncovered in Vietnam - Vietnamese authorities say they have uncovered more than a ton of elephant tusks that smugglers were attempting to illegally take to China. Customs official Ly Tran Tuan says the 221 pieces of tusks were discovered Sunday hidden in rolls of fabric that were being transported on a boat on the Ka Long river bordering the two countries. - 24.10.2011.

23. Oktober 2011

  • Lost elephant lands in a village - MYSORE: When the cattle of Mahalingakatte returned home after grazing on Saturday, it meant the end of another normal day at the village. But it all changed when the villagers saw whom the cattle brought home with them that evening. It was another docile, four-legged creature alright, but only it had a small grey trunk swinging in front. - 23.10.2011.
  • PETA's silly pachyderm protest - Helping real elephants is one thing, but picking on Glendale's Rose Parade float just damages the group's credibility. - The city of Glendale and the Tournament of Roses Parade go together like, well, carnations and marigolds. The city first entered a float in 1911 and hasn't missed a parade since, except during World War II, when the event was called off. - 23.10.2011.
  • Meet The Tuskers Of Thailand (First of three parts) - Adventures Of A Volunteer Elephant-Keeper In Chiangmai. - MANILA, Philippines -- On my first visit to Chiangmai, I met “Mother Green Eyes,” Mae Dta Keow in Thai. She was born in the North of the Land of Smiles, in the foothills of the Himalayas. - 23.10.2011.

22. Oktober 2011

  • Nordamerika: Erste Jäger gab es schon vor 13.800 Jahren - Speerspitze belegt frühe Präsenz einer menschlicher Kultur. - Schon vor knapp 14.000 Jahren gab es in Nordamerika Jägerkulturen, die selbst große Tiere wie die elefantenähnlichen Mastodons erlegten. Darauf deutet ein Fragment einer knöchernen Speerspitze hin, das Paläontologen in dem fossilen Knochen eines Urzeit-Elefanten entdeckten. Eine internationale Forschergruppe hat diesen Fund nun genauer untersucht und auf ein Alter von 13.800 Jahren datiert. - 22.10.2011.
  • Life not always a beach for beasts - Thailand’s former work elephants now tourist darlings. - SURIN, THAILAND - What do you serve when a few hundred elephants suddenly drop in for brunch? If you're the town of Surin, a provincial capital in northeastern Thailand, you lay out a spread of pineapples, watermelons, sugar cane, cucumbers and other pachyderm-friendly fruits and vegetables. How much? Oh, about 50 tonnes ought to do it. - 22.10.2011.

21. Oktober 2011

  • Wildtiere im Zirkus? Alte Debatte neu entflammt - Eine Zirkusvorstellung ohne Elefant, Tiger und Co.? Das könnte möglicherweise Wirklichkeit werden. Niedersachsen will die Bundesratsinitiative aus Hamburg für ein bundesweites Verbot von Wildtieren in der Manege offenbar unterstützen. Das Land werde sich dem Verbotsantrag Hamburgs im Bundesrat "nicht verschließen", sagte Landwirtschaftsminister Gert Lindemann (CDU) der "Nordwest-Zeitung" in Oldenburg (Samstagausgabe) einer Vorabmeldung zufolge. - 21.10.2011.
  • Filmmaker debuts elephant documentary at Missoula festival - The way that humans treat animals speaks as much to our cultural values as it does to the characteristics of the animals themselves. In the case of our treatment of elephants, filmmaker Klaus Reisinger believes the animals can speak for themselves. That's the guiding philosophy behind "Life Size Memories," a two-hour documentary that received its world premiere screening Friday - and which will be screened again on Saturday and Sunday - at the CINE Film Festival in Missoula. - 21.10.2011.
  • Meenakshi temple elephant hurt - Madurai, Oct 21 (PTI) The elephant of Goddess Meenakshi temple here is receiving treatment for an injury in the right eye after it got jabbed by dry corn stalk while playing with it. - 21.10.2011.
  • TN govt notifies captive elephants rules - Focussing on the hygiene issues, the rules stipulate that the jumbos should be kept in the bathing pool for not less than three hours while bathing. Their mahout should scrub and clean the elephant body with coconut scrap "properly." - 21.10.2011.
  • Elephant Will Be Extinct In Our Lifetimes - IF TODAY ONE COMES ACROSS A GIANT ELEPHANT ONE SHOULD FEEL PRIVILEGED - IT IS A RARE SIGHT . - Coastweek-- The Return of the Native: The interest in wildlife as it existed in the 1960’s and 70’s among film makers, hunters and tourists has now come to pass. The wild creatures my colleagues and I saw and photographed are long gone and if today one comes across a giant elephant one should feel privileged - it is a rare sight! - 21.10.2011.
  • Jumbos wreak havoc in Majuli - JORHAT: A herd of wild elephants, comprising more than 80 jumbos, have been wreaking havoc in the Majuli island areas like Salmora, Bongaon, Jogigaon, Bogoriguri and Salmora Kaibartagaon for the last three days. - 21.10.2011.

20. Oktober 2011

  • AUGSBURGER ZOO: Elefant Sabi verletzt Pfleger: Angriff oder Unfall? - Im Augsburger Zoo ist ein Pfleger am Donnerstag von einem Elefanten schwer verletzt worden. - Das Unglück ereignete sich am Donnerstagvormittag im Elefantenhaus des Zoos. Wie die Polizei berichtete, reinigte der Tierpfleger kurz nach 9 Uhr gerade die Box von Elefantenkuh Sabi, als diese ihn plötzlich mit ihren Stoßzähnen rammte. Sie drückte ihn gegen die Wand des Elefantenhauses. - 20.10.2011.
  • Oregon Zoo: Asian elephant Rose-Tu is pregnant - Move over, Samudra. In 12 to 14 months, if all goes well, the Oregon Zoo's youngest Asian elephant and one of its most popular attractions will have to make way for baby. Rose-Tu, his mother, is pregnant. She conceived -- thank you, Tusko -- Feb. 23 or 24 and should deliver between late October and late December 2012. - 20.10.2011.
  • U.S. zoo in ‘promising’ talks over Toronto’s elephants - Nearly six months after the Toronto Zoo decided to close its elephant exhibit and send three aging female pachyderms elsewhere, a new home for them could be decided soon, an official with the Scarborough facility confirmed. Talks are going well with a U.S. counterpart interested in taking Toka, Thika and Iringa, Bill Rapley, the zoo’s executive director of conservation, education and wildlife, told the Star. - 20.10.2011.
  • Elephant kills man near Palani - DINDIGUL: A 55-year-old man was killed by a tusker in Palani. The man, who was walking alone in the foothills of Palani in Dindigul district, was chased and killed by the lone tusker, on Tuesday. - 20.10.2011.

19. Oktober 2011

  • Festessen: Riesenkürbis für Schönbrunner Elefanten - 200-Kilo-Kürbis: Zum Saison-Auftakt werden die Elefanten verwöhnt. - Herbst im Wiener Tiergarten Schönbrunn - das heißt Kürbisse für die Elefanten. Ein 200-Kilo-Exemplar, Geschenk der Gartenschau in der niederösterreichischen Stadt Tulln, war Beschäftigung und Futter zugleich. - 19.10.2011.
  • High-tension wire electrocutes elephant - MIDNAPORE: An elephant was electrocuted on Tuesday by a high-tension wire that lay on a paddy field at Madnapur village in West Midnapore. The five-year-old calf had entered the field with a herd of 25 elephants when it stepped on the wire. - 19.10.2011.
  • Elephants urgently moved out of flood-hit village - More elephants have been saved and transferred out of the flood-hit Elephant Village in central Thailand's Ayutthaya province - the biggest elephant village in the world. They have been moved temporary to a leisure square which has also been almost ruined by the floodwater. - 19.10.2011.

18. Oktober 2011

  • Elephants to parade down Cleveland streets to open circus - CLEVELAND, Ohio - Drivers in downtown Cleveland had to deal with a different kind of commuting problem Tuesday morning. Elephants. The animals are in town for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus that opens at Quicken Loans Arena on Wednesday, and the elephants walked through the downtown streets starting at 6:30 a.m. to get to their temporary home inside the Q. - 18.10.2011.
  • Elephant dies of food poisoning - MYSORE/CHAMARAJANAGAR: In a suspected case of poisoning, a 20-year-old elephant died after eating crops that were sprayed with pesticide in Chamarajanagar district on Tuesday. The pachyderm was found dead in Basavanna's field in Bettadamadalli in Gundlupet police limits. - 18.10.2011.
  • Somerset elephant haven will be largest in Europe - A Somerset zoo has unveiled plans for Europe's largest elephant enclosure. Elephant Eden at Noah's Ark Zoo Farm in Wraxall, North Somerset, is due to open in 2013, and will include a 9ft-deep heated swimming pool and a 19.5-acre paddock where the animals can roam freely. - 18.10.2011.
  • HUMAN-ELEPHANT CONFLICT: Hassan’s elephants: Will they survive? - In the last one decade, 28 persons have lost their lives in accidents involving elephants in Hassan district. The government is considering two options: translocation of these herds to a larger elephant habitat or capturing them to be permanently put in elephant camps, observes Sanjay Gubbi. - 18.10.2011.
  • Missionary Attacked by Wild Elephant - Gospel for Asia. - SOUTH ASIA (ANS) -- Gospel for Asia-supported missionary Ashu Suthar was attacked by a wild elephant October 6 while walking through the jungle back to his village. Ashu is in critical condition and is totally paralyzed from the neck down. - 18.10.2011.
  • Elephantine controversy in Kerala - Caparisoned elephants during temple festivals are a visual treat. However, hidden behind the visual veil is the inhuman torture and torment these pachyderms suffer at the hands of their owners and mahouts. This being so, it’s not surprising, the secret move by the State forest department to lift the ban on intra-state transfer of captive elephants has now snowballed into a major controversy. - 18.10.2011.

17. Oktober 2011

  • Unfall in Vietnam: Zirkuselefant trampelt Mädchen tot - Hanoi (RPO). Ein Zirkuselefant hat in Vietnam ein Mädchen zu Tode getrampelt. Das Kind wollte den Elefanten füttern, als dieser es zu Boden schleuderte und es zu Tode trat. Das Mädchen habe versucht, das Tier mit einer Zuckerrohrstange zu füttern, sagte ein Polizeibeamter in Lao Cai an der Grenze zu China am Montag. Nach Angaben des vietnamesischen Zirkusverbands ließ der Vater des Mädchens seine Tochter in das Gehege des Elefanten, dessen Beine angekettet waren. - 17.10.2011.
  • Circus elephant kills girl in Vietnam: police - A circus elephant in Vietnam scooped up an 11-year-old girl with its trunk as she tried to feed it, threw her to the ground and trampled her to death, police said on Monday. Nguyen Thao Anh was offering sugarcane to the animal in the city of Lao Cai, on the Chinese border, on Sunday when the attack happened, said police officer Phan Van Quang. - 17.10.2011.
  • Baby Elephant Doesn't Understand Its Trunk (VIDEO) - Just when it seems like the elephant world is saturated with bad news, from allegations of abuse caught on hidden cameras, to mistreatment during movie training, gems like this video surface and the world seems a little better. This cute little elephant at the Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire, England seems to be struggling with its first-ever baby steps on Earth. - 17.10.2011.
  • HOUSTON ZOO OPENS NEW EXPANDED ELEPHANT HABITAT - McNair Asian Elephant Habitat Grows by 1.5 Acres; Expansion Includes New Pool and Improved Guest Viewing. - HOUSTON, TX - An elephant exhibit sets great zoos apart from the ordinary. That is why the Houston zoo is proud to announce the latest improvement to the McNair Asian Elephant Habitat. - 17.10.2011.

16. Oktober 2011

  • Circus elephant tramples Vietnamese girl to death - HANOI, Vietnam -- Police in Vietnam say a circus elephant has trampled to death a girl who sneaked into a yard to feed it. Police officer Pham Ngoc Tien of Lao Cai province in the north says the elephant was part of a troupe from Hanoi on a 10-day tour of the province. He says the elephant was tied to a chain in the fenced backyard of a cultural center when it was not performing. - 16.10.2011.
  • Thailand floods leave elephants stranded - Thailand's worst floods in 50 years have left 15 elephants stranded at the Royal Elephant Kraal in Ayutthaya. The elephants, including seven babies, are part of a group of 80 evacuated from the Kraal when the floods hit the ancient city. - Video. - 16.10.2011.
  • Elephant Tales - In the company of beautiful beasts in Hua Hin. - HUA HIN, Thailand – In author Terry Pratchett’s mind, the world is a large disc, complete with a rimfall where oceans cascade into space, that rests on the backs of four huge elephants that are, in turn, standing on the back of a giant turtle slowly swimming through space. Known as Discworld, this fictional setting is where the stories of most of his fantasy novels unfold. - 16.10.2011.
  • Pachyderms at Punnathur Kotta under torture - Sixty-three captive elephants at the Punnathur Kotta elephant sanctuary near Guruyaur meted with ill-treatment and torture are living in a pathetic condition, Heritage Animal Task Force secretary VK Venkitachalam has alleged. - 16.10.2011.

15. Oktober 2011

  • Gower bats for Asian elephants - Former England cricketer David Gower has lent his support to the cause of saving Asian elephants. Gower is the ‘patron’ of the ‘Emeralds for Elephants’, a project initiated by the World Land Trust to create awareness and raise vital funds for the protection of critically endangered species. - 15.10.2011.

14. Oktober 2011

  • Bring on the elephants: Mayawati is coming to town - Noida: Morning has finally dawned on the Rs 600-0dd crore ‘Rashtriya Dalit Prerna Sthal and the Green Garden’ in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Budh Nagar district. The arrival of Chief Minister Mayawati in Noida to inaugurate the iconic park has everyone in a tizzy. The gardeners too have been working overtime to make sure the footpaths look sufficiently verdant should the guest of honour glance outside her car window during the five-minute drive from the helipad to the park. - 14.10.2011.
  • Jumbo calf rescued, reunited with mother - JALPAIGURIi: In a world where elephants are fast losing their natural habitat due to human encroachments, it is unusual a rare occasion to find human beings doing a good turn for animals. One such instance was witnessed in Banerhat on Thursday. Elephants are falling prey to train accidents, and rampant poisoning, this is a story which is a sharp contrast to that and depicts the better side of human nature. - 14.10.2011.
  • Glory of elephants - Amarin Plaza is hosting the Mega Chang Art Exhibition, which showcases paintings and sculptures created by leading Thai artists, Kamjorn Soonpongsri, Panya Petchchu, Chakrapan Chaichit, Prateep Kochabua and Suwat Saenkattiyarat. Part of the sale proceeds will be donated to the Friends of the Asian Elephant in Lampang for the preservation and care of elephants in Thailand. - 14.10.2011.

13. Oktober 2011

  • Akt der Liebe? Elefant Alexander deckt Corny - Im Allwetterzoo Münster hat der Elefantenbulle Alexander seine Favoritin Corny gedeckt. Der 33-jährige Bulle hat die auserwählte Elefantendame erstmalig beglückt. - 13.10.2011.
  • The elephant man - “He is Santhosh,” says Kethan, pointing to a regal tusker. In a crumpled shirt, faded lungi and stick in hand, he smiles proudly at the elephant. “Come, come,” he says with enthusiasm and tells us his story. - Coconuts, sugarcane, bananas, the soft leaves of the banyan and peepal tree…these are his favourites. He likes to loll about in the woods after a meal. He is a little slow — he takes his own time to get things done. But don't think he's lazy; he's far from it. He listens to everything I say. He's a good kid, you know, my elephant Santhosh. I've been his mahout for almost 10 years. - 13.10.2011.
  • Elephant ranch in Fellsmere to avoid use of controversial bullhook - ELLSMERE — Workers at the National Elephant Center won't be using the bullhook or guide, a tool that resembles a fireplace poker, to control their massive animals, one of its board members said last week. At least not unless they absolutely have to, Keith Winsten said. "There are times we may get an elephant, say from a private owner, and that's all he knows," Winsten said Thursday. "We'll have to use something until he can be converted over to positive reinforcement." - 13.10.2011.
  • Manila Zoo can’t be home to baby elephant - This is in reaction to Jaymee Gamil’s article (“New elephant for Manila zoo, says official,” Inquirer, 10/10/11) about the orphaned baby elephant to be given to the Manila Zoo by Sri Lanka. I pity the elephant. It would just be in for a life of disappointment and heartache. Elephants in the wild are used to being in large groups, and are by nature always on the move. These are but some of the basic necessities other than food that elephants need to be able to live, both of which Manila Zoo cannot provide. - 13.10.2011.
  • The plight of elephants around the world exposed - There’s an elephant in the room and Dag Goering and Maria Coffey are prepared to address the issue. The founders of ecotourism company, Hidden Places, the veterinarian (Goering) and author (Coffey) have dedicated their lives to elephant conservation, travelling the world in search of the majestic beasts and taking others out to see what they’re talking about. - 13.10.2011.
  • Elephant lovers set to lock horns with owners - THRISSUR: As the Kerala Elephant Owners Federation has put up billboards announcing its meet in Thrissur on November 13, the Elephant Lovers Association in Thrissur is preparing to meet the owners head on, questioning the very foundation of owning a pachyderm, using the Wildlife Protection Act against the owners, particularly targeting KB Ganesh Kumar, the Forest and Environment Minister. - 13.10.2011.
  • Food appeal for stranded elephants - Some 15 elephants, along with seven families of mahouts, have been stranded in the rising flood waters at the Royal Elephant Kraal in Ayutthaya's Suan Prik district. - Pineapple plants and drinking water for the elephants and drinking water for the mahout families were needed as well as boats to deliver the items to them, said Ewa Narkiewicz, communications director of Elephantstay at the Royal Elephant Kraal. - 13.10.2011.

12. Oktober 2011

  • Chinese Demand for Ivory Threatens Kenya's Elephants - Officials in Kenya say Chinese demand for ivory has prompted a surge in elephant poaching and the illegal smuggling of elephant tusks. Now authorities are looking at ways to curb demand and to better defend the elephant population. - 12.10.2011.
  • Houston Zoo opens expanded elephant habitat - An elephant exhibit sets great zoos apart from the ordinary. That is why the Houston zoo is proud to announce the latest improvement to the McNair Asian Elephant Habitat. The end result of two years of planning and construction, the latest addition represents a six-fold expansion of the Habitat since the opening of the 7,000 square foot elephant barn and improved viewing areas in June 2008. The new addition adds 1.5 acres to the elephant’s outside habitats. - 12.10.2011.
  • Angermuseum präsentiert Kunstausstellung aus Elfenbein - Das Angermuseum Erfurt präsentiert zum 125. Jahr seines Bestehens eine Gratulationsausstellung des Hessischen Landesmuseums Darmstadt. Eine Aura des Feierlichen umfängt dort den Besucher, als habe er einen sakralen Raum betreten. - Erfurt. Elfenbein, ein poetisch nachklingendes Wort, das zierliche Elfen mit weißen Beinen durch die Fantasie schwirren ließe, wäre nicht der Elefant (althochdeutsch helfant) namengebend. - 12.10.2011.
  • Train Hits Mitigation Project to prevent elephant deaths - The Department of Wildlife Conservation is cooperating strategically with Sri Lanka Railways to prevent increasing elephant deaths on railway tracks before it can manifest into a elephant-train conflict as in India where at least 15 elephants die annually due to being run over by speeding goods trains. - 12.10.2011.

11. Oktober 2011

  • Jagjit Singh appeals for elephants - Singer Jagjit Singh was the latest to join the chorus of celebrities campaigning against cruelty to animals, and his animals of choice to petition for, apparently, are elephants. In an earnest letter to railway minister Mamata Banerjee, Singh has written that he was "appalled" when he heard from his friends at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals ( PETA) India, that elephants were being hit and killed by trains. - 11.10.2011.
  • How to make a baby elephant - An ambitious breeding program with a remarkable success rate is helping Asian elephants thrive. FIVE HEFTY BUNDLES of joy that recently arrived at zoos in Sydney and Melbourne are symbols of conservation in action. These baby elephants - each of which weighed between 96kg and 142kg at birth - are the result of Australasia's first captive-breeding program for the endangered Asian elephant. - 11.10.2011.

10. Oktober 2011

  • Elephant-poo power electrifies zoo - Munich, Germany (CNN) -- At Munich Zoo you can watch the courtship rituals of the banded mongoose, hear the morning song of the scarlet ibis or visit the Indian elephants, who help help keep the lights on with electricity generated from their dung. They can do this because Munich Zoo has harnessed "poo power," energy stored in animal waste, which can be converted into a fuel known as "biogas." - 10.10.2011.
  • Elephant manager's work reaches beyond Norfolk Zoo - Jody Watkins pulls out a photo of himself at age 4 that captures perfectly how he is making a living today. In the black-and-white snapshot, Watkins stands next to a several-hundred-pound baby elephant. “Elephants chose me,” said Watkins, the elephant manager at the Virginia Zoo. This path was “predestined for me, without my approval.” - 10.10.2011.
  • Elephants head home from Mysore after Dussehra celebrations - The City of Palaces today bid adieu to the ‘Gajapade’, the herd of Dussehra elephants as they are fondly called in Kannada, with a heavy heart. The 11 elephants that came from different elephant camps from Mysore, Chamarajanagar and Madikeri district returned to their respective camps. - 10.10.2011.
  • New elephant for Manila Zoo, says official - It’s confirmed: Manila Zoo will be getting a new elephant. According to Manila Public Recreations Bureau chief and zoo administrator Deogracias Manimbo, the Sri Lankan ambassador recently informed zoo officials about the “positive reception” to the city’s request for a new elephant. - 10.10.2011.
  • Dramatic rescue of blind elephant Bhola after years of abuse in Delhi - FOLLOWING years of horrific cruelty, elephant Bhola is happy again – thanks to help from British vets. The five-tonne bull was regularly whipped and beaten with an iron rod by his owners. It left him sightless – blind in one eye, with a cataract in the other. He was made to walk for hours on end with brutal leg chains so he could be hired out for a ride on the streets of Delhi. - 10.10.2011.
  • 8 solar lamps to be set up in elephant zone - A large number of residents of a few tribal hamlets in Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts of north Andhra region are reportedly claiming that they are spending sleepless nights due to the havoc created by a herd of wild elephants in their areas for the last five years. - 10.10.2011.

9. Oktober 2011

  • Elephant carcass found - SONEPUR: Carcass of a four-year-old female elephant was found under Narayanpur section of Sonepur range in Barahpahad reserve forest on Friday. - 09.10.2011.
  • The zoo ahead of its time - IN 1916, a hesitant elephant was lowered on to an open-top barge and ferried across Sydney Harbour to the newly built Taronga Park. According to records, the 40-year-old pachyderm objected to this method of transport - but quietened down when her feet were placed on the deck. - 09.10.2011.
  • THAILAND: From slow beasts to fast moves - Elephant Round-Up a must-see spectacle. - SURIN, THAILAND - What do you serve when a few hundred elephants suddenly drop in for brunch? If you're the town of Surin, a provincial capital in northeastern Thailand, you lay out a spread of pineapples, watermelons, sugar cane, cucumbers and other pachyderm-friendly fruits and vegetables. How much? Oh, about 50 tonnes ought to do it. - 09.10.2011.

8. Oktober 2011

  • Voice for Animals protesting Valley Zoo for Thanksgiving - If you and your family are headed to the Valley Zoo, Saturday, you won't be alone. Members of animal rights group Voice for Animals will be at the zoo entrance over the noon hour, telling visitors exactly what they think about Lucy the elephant's living conditions. The group's Tove Reece says Lucy's health is more important than upsetting people. - 08.10.2011.
  • Trained jumbos to rein in their wild counterpart - BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has decided to raise an army of “kunkis,” trained jumbos, to handle the man-elephant conflict. The trained elephants are expected to rein in the marauding wild pachyderms. - 08.10.2011.
  • Menagerie mit Löwen, Tigern, Riesen-Elefant - Geislingen. Eine große Tierschau kommt im Oktober vor 150 Jahren nach Geislingen, mit Löwen, Tigern und Riesen-Elefant. Mit einer großen Grafik - damals außergewöhnlich - erscheint eine Anzeige im Alb- und Filsthalbote. - 08.10.2011.
  • The pachydermist - Wildlife is important, but humans need to be considered too, Asian elephant expert Raman Sukumar tells Indulekha Aravind. What if the elephant population in India goes up to 100,000? What would you do then?” Not the kind of question one might expect to hear these days amid the hue and cry over the endangered Asian elephant, that too from an elephant conservationist. - 08.10.2011.

7. Oktober 2011

  • Abschied vom Altweibersommer: So rüsseln die Knie-Elefanten im Genfersee - LAUSANNE - Badewetter im Oktober: Da lassen sich auch die Knie-Elefanten nicht zwei Mal bitten. Sie badeten heute im Genfersee. - 22 Grad im Oktober – das ist Badewetter für die Elefanten des Circus Knie. Heute morgen nahmen Delhi, MaPalaj und Ceylon in Lausanne-Ouchy ein Bad im Genfersee. Angeführt von Franco Knie und Franco Knie junior zogen die Elefanten zum Seeufer. - 07.10.2011.
  • Kruger's oldest elephant dies - One the Kruger National Park's (KNP) oldest elephants, Duke, who was more than 55-years-old, has died, the park said on Friday. The elephant was discovered lying on its side along Makambeni spruit, five kilometres from Crocodile Bridge Camp on Wednesday, KNP spokesman William Mabasa said in a statement. - 07.10.2011.
  • 22 elephants to be relocated from Hassan - BANGALORE: Waking up to the rising elephant menace in Hassan district, the state Forest Department is relocating about 22 elephants from Alur Forest range and Sakleshpur to Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary. “We are working out the plan, by mid October we will start relocating the elephants,” said an official source, from the state Forest Department. - 07.10.2011.
  • Zoo to reply to appeal, still seeks winter room for Lucy - EDMONTON — The City of Edmonton is considering ways to winterize the Valley Zoo home of Lucy the elephant before the new year, as PETA continues its fight to have her transferred to a U.S. sanctuary. Lucy’s enclosure meets all necessary standards, the city says, but she could use more room to exercise when it’s too cold to go outside. The Edmonton Humane Society recommended finding that extra space before Dec. 31. - 07.10.2011.
  • Watery grave for elephant in Palani - MADURAI: A female elephant looking for water in a dam near Palani in Dindigul district died as it got caught in the slush in the wee hours of Wednesday. Speaking to TOI, Palani forest ranger K Dharmaraj said that a herd of about 10 elephants was frequenting the Porunthalaru dam in Palani, for the past one week as water sources inside the forests were drying up due to absence of rain. - 07.10.2011.

6. Oktober 2011

  • Endangered Elephants: Playing Polo For A Better Life (PHOTOS) - In Thailand, the elephant is a culturally sacred animal and even featured on the provincial seal of the Surin province. Now an animal with such significance is living in squalor. This is mostly a modern consequence of an ancient tradition of Kui spirit men catching and training elephants for many tasks. - 06.10.2011.
  • Niabi seeks hefty funds for new elephant home - Niabi Zoo hopes to create a community effort to raise the over $4 million necessary for a new elephant enclosure. In the face of a stagnant economy, Niabi Zoo is forced to move forward with its largest fundraising campaign in history. The Association of Zoo’s and Aquariums has mandated that Niabi expand their elephant habitat in order to stay nationally accredited. - 06.10.2011.
  • Send in the clowns ... and sporty elephants! - cover story: Circus Spectacular at JQH Arena Trainer Larry Carden says circus is a "cool experience for everybody." - An elephant throwing a football, a human cannonball and motorcross motorcycle stunts are just some of the things you might see at Circus Spectacular. - 06.10.2011.
  • Man killed by wild elephant in Munnar - An estate worker was trampled to death by a wild elephant at Kadalar in the Naimakkad tea estate in Munnar on Wednesday night. The Munnar police said the victim was Johnson, 38. He was attacked around 10.45 p.m. while he was returning to his quarters. - 06.10.2011.

5. Oktober 2011

  • Elephants are topic of conference at Rochester's Seneca Park Zoo - The Seneca Park Zoo hosting the 2011 Elephant Manager’s Association (EMA) Conference through this Sunday, Oct. 9. The conference is being attended by elephant handlers, veterinarians, field researchers from Africa and Asia, aand elephant enthusiasts from across the globe. - 05.10.2011.
  • Thirsty elephants trouble Sekakangwe villagers - SEKAKANGWE: The livelihood of Sekakangwe residents is under threat from elephants roaming the village and guzzling the precious water from a small dam reserved for their domestic animals. - 05.10.2011.
  • One Lucky Elephant: One heart-wrenching documentary - ’ll be posting this month about some of the excellent documentaries I’ve screened as part of the Vancouver International Film Festival. Today’s Pick: One Lucky Elephant, directed by Lisa Leeman. This poignant film tells the tale of two very complicated mammals – a human father (David), and his only daughter (Flora the elephant). - 05.10.2011.
  • CHIREDZI ELEPHANTS face complete extinction - National Conservation Taskforce. - Further to our August report, the situation in Chiredzi River Conservancy is worsening and elephants are now faced with imminent extinction as land invaders continue to ravage the conservancy and government officials watch without intervening. - 05.10.2011.
  • Elephant killed by train - A sub-adult female elephant was knocked down and killed by a train between Gulma and Sevoke in the Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary area in Darjeeling district of north Bengal late on Monday night. - 05.10.2011.
  • Elephant conservator's house burgled - The house of Wildlife Department's Elephant Conservation Deputy Director W S K Pathiratna was burgled yesterday morning while he and his wife were at work. The deputy director discovered that his house at Thalahena, Thalangama, had been burgled upon returning home from Polonnaruwa after an elephant inspection. - 05.10.2011.
  • Former Homecoming King Returns from Zambia with a Message - Sport Beattie came back to Port Washington to visit friends and raise awareness for his cause: elephant rescue. - Around this time 20 years ago, Sport Beattie was being crowned the senior homecoming king of Port Washington High School. Now he is rescuing orphaned elephants in Kafue National Park in Zambia with the non-governmental organization he founded in 2008, Game Rangers International. - 05.10.2011.
  • AsiaRooms.com - Surin Elephant Roundup Show coming to Thailand - October 05, 2011 -- A parade of majestic animals can be seen by Thailand tourists who attend the Surin Elephant Roundup Show next month. Taking place during the Red Cross Fair at Srinarong Stadium on November 19th and 20th 2011, the show is designed to honour the majestic Thai elephants that occupy such a revered position in local culture. - 05.10.2011.

4. Oktober 2011

  • "COOLE" DICKHÄUTER: Elefanten speichern Kühle der Nacht für heiße Tage - Forscher der Veterinärmedizinischen Universität Wien haben herausgefunden, wie asiatische Elefanten die hohen Temperaturen in ihrer Heimat ertragen. Die Tiere nutzen die Kühle der Nacht, um ihre Körpertemperatur abzusenken und werden untertags erst langsam "aufgeheizt". Ihre Ergebnisse haben die Wissenschaftler im Fachmagazin "Journal of Comparative Physiology B" veröffentlicht. - 04.10.2011.
  • Leonardo DiCaprio Targets Elephant Poachers - While he is perhaps most famous for his acting, Leonardo DiCaprio has also made a name for himself as an activist. This week, DiCaprio announced that he will be leading a new International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) campaign to protect the world's elephant populations, reports Mother Nature Network. - 04.10.2011.
  • Columbus Zoo elephant is destined for Denver - Bye-bye, Bohdi. The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium’s popular pachyderm will move to the Denver Zoo by year’s end, zoo officials announced this afternoon. The 7-year-old male has been a favorite since his birth on April 16, 2004. His was the first successful Asian elephant birth at the Columbus Zoo. - 04.10.2011.
  • K.W.S. moves 62 elephants to Maasai Mara National Reserve - 'SO FAR, THE ELEPHANTS ARE SETTLING DOWN WELL IN THE MAASAI MARA AS KWS SCIENTISTS CONTINUE WITH THE CAPTURE AND RELEASE SITES MONITORING'. - NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- Kenya’s wildlife authorities have successfully translocated 62 elephants into the world’s famous Maasai Mara National Reserve in the first phase of the exercise which ended on Sunday. Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) said in a statement on Monday that the exercise was aimed at eliminating human-elephant conflict and improve community livelihoods. - 04.10.2011.
  • Jumbo Balarama gets a breather - Balarama, the lead elephant in the Jamboo Savari, will be mounted with the golden howdah, only a few minutes before the procession begins. At the Dasara rehearsal protocol meeting, it was decided that the jumbo should have a relief time of at least 90-120 minutes. - 04.10.2011.
  • DiCaprio to lead elephants campaign - Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio is to lead a campaign to save elephants and stop the international ivory trade that threatens them, wildlife campaigners have said. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) said its annual Animal Action campaign would focus this year on the continuing threats to elephants, more than 20 years after the international ban on trading ivory was put in place. - 04.10.2011.

3. Oktober 2011

  • Rosie the Elephant Update - Hope - The town of Hope is expected to welcome a new resident soon. She's 42-years old, used to work in the circus, and weighs a whopping six thousand pounds. Joy Hollowell updates us on plans to bring Rosie the elephant to Maine. - 03.10.2011.
  • It’s time for Balarama’s show - The 11 elephants taking part in the Jamboo Savari are all set for the big day. Balarama, the lead elephant—who will carry the golden howdah of Goddess Chamundeshwari— carried 800kg wooden howdah over 5.6km between Amba Vilas Palace and Bannimantap Torch Light Parade Grounds, on Sunday. - 03.10.2011.

2. Oktober 2011

  • How jumobs became synonymous with Dasara - MYSORE: The Dasara's odyssey with elephant dates back to centuries. When 53-year-old Balarama carries the golden howdah this Thursday, he marks the continuation of a tradition handed down through the ages, courtesy Mysore rulers who brought the Dasara celebrations to Mysore. - 02.10.2011.
  • Compensation awarded for elephant's death nullified - An order of a District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum awarding a ‘jumbo sum' to the owner of an elephant on the animal's death, has been almost nullified by the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission. - 02.10.2011.

1. Oktober 2011

  • Invaders threaten to drive out elephants from conservancy - A herd of 70 elephants at the Chiredzi Conservancy is under threat after poachers, war veterans and politicians invaded the area and are threatening to drive out wildlife. Already two elephants, including one lactating, have been killed, while some calves have reportedly gone missing. - 01.10.2011.
  • Elephant tusks seized in CT - Two men have been arrested for possession of elephant tusks in Blackheath, near Cape Town, say police. Captain Frederick Van Wyk said the men, aged 40 and 20, were arrested on Thursday afternoon. - 01.10.2011.
  • Forest dept concerned over wild animal deaths - BANGALORE: At a time when the state records have the highest number of tigers and elephants in the country, preventing the death of young elephants, leopards and tackling man-animal conflict have a major hurdle for the Forest Department. - 01.10.2011.

September

30. September 2011

  • Wie asiatische Elefanten Hitze ertragen - Elefanten können weder schwitzen noch hecheln, um sich abzukühlen. Zusätzlich begrenzt ihr enormes Körpervolumen - relativ zur Oberfläche - die Möglichkeit, Körperwärme abzugeben. Einer Studie zufolge senken die Tiere daher in der Nacht ihre Körpertemperatur und können so untertags mehr Wärme speichern. - 30.09.2011.
  • Facts on Nwoya elephant scare were exaggerated - THE media has run stories of an ultimatum issued to Uganda Wildlife Authority by the communities in Koch-Goma Sub-county, Nwoya to the effect that if the organization does not deal the marauding elephants, they would kill them using their tried and tested traditional means. - 30.09.2011.
  • Elephant crisis situation in Zimbabwe escalates - Urgent intervention needed as authorities threaten to shoot them. - Escalating land invasions in Zimbabwe are taking their toll on the country’s already decimated wildlife and a herd of 70 elephants on the Chiredzi River Conservancy (CRC) in the south eastern lowveld, close to Gona re Zhou National Park, is under serious threat. - 30.09.2011.
  • Mahouts prepare for the jumbo day - MYSORE: Elephants, the cynosure of Dasara celebrations, have been an inseparable part of the Dasara procession since the days of yore. The minute one talks of the carnival, a picture of elephants springs to mind. The Jumboo Savari, which is a procession of pachyderms along with cultural troupes, sums up the celebration Vijayadashami in the heritage town and showcases the country's rich culture and diverse traditions. - 30.09.2011.
  • Arjuna running amok is constant reminder - MYSORE: It is rare to see elephants participating in the Dasara procession going amok or creating trouble. Till 1993, the elephant Drona, who carried the golden howdah, was known for its majestic walk and cool-headedness. Not only mahouts, even forest department officials remained care-free, as they were confident of Drona's behaviour. - 30.09.2011.
  • Elephants are an inspiration for new store - A WORCESTER family who fell in love with a sanctuary of elephants are aiming to improve the lives of their keepers back in Thailand by selling their hand-made goods in their new furnishings and design shop. - 30.09.2011.
  • Pachyderms may find new home in Heritage Park - You may not have to travel far from Africa and Asia for a glimpse of a sizeable herd of the largest land mammals still wandering the Earth. That is, if you’re content simply gazing at more than 2,000 miniature elephants collected by a Calgary woman since the 1940s. - Video. - 30.09.2011
  • How to Visit the San Diego Safari Park's New Baby Elephant - If you think about it, our beloved San Diego Zoo doesn't really have to be good at doing all the things they do. It's true that they have one of the more ambitious social media outreach programs we've come across from any travel or conservation-oriented organization, spanning multi-platform contests, constant tweet-ups, and even the baby panda iPad app that they announced just this morning. - 30.09.2011.
  • ARIZONA AT 100: Elephant displayed a trunkful of compassion - In this year leading up to Arizona's centennial, Feb. 14, 2012, we'll reprint a story or excerpts each day from the Arizona Daily Star or Tucson Citizen archives. - Sept. 25, 1912 - At the circus grounds before the beginning of the big Barnum & Bailey show, a few bystanders saw a most remarkable display of elephant sense and sympathy. - 30.09.2011.
  • Thailand’s oldest elephant rescued after fall - Thailand’s most-famous living elephant nearly went to the big pachyderm park in the sky after a veterinarian’s injection prompted a stagger and fall into a muddy pool at the Pattaya Floating Market. - 30.09.2011.
  • Postcards in fight to save elephants - HA NOI — A recently released postcard book titled Nhung Nguoi Ban Lon (The Giant Friends) features 51 elephants that work with families living in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) province of Dac Lac. - 30.09.2011.

29. September 2011

  • Four camp elephants undergo morphometric test - Calves and sub-adults gaining weight, while the elderly pachyderms are fit. - The officials of the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) on Wednesday conducted the second phase of morphometric measurement exercise for four of the 20 camp elephants. The ATR has an elephant camp at Kozhikamudhi near Top Slip. - 29.09.2011.
  • Animal rights groups ask top court to hear elephant case - EDMONTON — The Supreme Court of Canada could be getting involved in the battle over the fate of an ailing elephant in an Edmonton zoo. Animal rights groups are seeking leave to appeal to the high court in their ongoing fight to have Lucy the elephant moved to a warm-weather U.S. wildlife sanctuary. - 29.09.2011.
  • Ask Massively: Elephant facts are astonishing edition - Elephants, according to Wikipedia, are large land mammals that broadcast Christian contemporary music in the Colorado region. They were first sighted at the 1997 X-Games, at which point they served as architects for Philadelphia's school buildings from 1920 to 1937 with liberal use of a time machine. - 29.09.2011.
  • Labourer killed by elephant herd - Karimganj, Sep 29 (PTI) A labourer was crushed to death along the Indo-Bhutan border by a herd of wild elephants from neighbouring Bangladesh today. Officials said the herd of 11 elephants attacked a team of labourers engaged in fencing work. - 29.09.2011.
  • Elephants do as they please: Monaragala villagers can only watch - Several villagers including Minipuragama, Buruthagola, Helagama and Pahalagama are facing the threat of wild elephants and people in more than 1000 families are living in constant fear. They pointed out that a herd of about 30 wild elephants from the Yala National Park roam into the villages at dusk and destroy home garden crops, chena cultivations, paddy fields and chase after people. - 29.09.2011.

28. September 2011

  • Kranker Elefant: Zirkus Voyage in der Kritik - Greifwald (OZ) - Die an Arthrose erkrankte 26-jährige Elefantendame Mausi sorgt für Kritik am Zirkus Voyage, der zur Zeit in Greifswald gastiert. Sie darf seit 2008 nicht mehr in der Manege auftreten, braucht starke Schmerzmedikamente und eine intensive Behandlung. - 28.09.2011.
  • Elephant Nature Park: Comforting Those Who Can't Forget - Our park employee van was far from alone on the road: Red cabs, tuktuks and animals crowded in on all sides. I watched an elephant march slowly through the traffic under the weight of the wobbly bench strapped awkwardly around its belly. We weren't quite there yet. - 28.09.2011.
  • They want elephant to pac up, move south - EDMONTON The Supreme Court of Canada could be getting involved in the battle over the fate of an ailing elephant in an Edmonton zoo. Animal rights groups are seeking leave to appeal to the high court in their ongoing fight to have Lucy the elephant moved to a warm-weather wildlife sanctuary in the United States because it may be better for her health, they believe. - 28.09.2011.
  • Elephant Calf Born In San Diego Zoo Safari Park Learns To Walk (VIDEO) - It would be a crime not to capture baby's first steps on video, right? Well, this elephant calf's first stumbles are no exception. The unnamed male came into the world Monday at San Diego Zoo Safari Park. He was born to his mother, Umngani, who was brought to the US in 2003 because of a drought in Swaziland, according to SanDiego.com. - 28.09.2011.
  • Warrenville vet checks out some really big patients - Heck, it was easier than trying to examine some ill-tempered cats, Dr. Aaron Vigil noted. The Warrenville veterinarian gave a tuberculosis test to three elephants from the traveling Kelly Miller Circus. Piece of cake. And once the testing was finished, the session in the Warrenville Fire Protection District parking lot along Batavia Road turned into a small community event, with people taking pictures with the trio of female Asian elephants. - 28.09.2011.

27. September 2011

  • Tierische Zahnpflege bei Hagenbeck - Hamburg (dpa/lno) - «Aaaaaa» statt «Törööö»: Im Tierpark Hagenbeck in Hamburg musste Elefantendame «Mogli» am Dienstag das Maul ganz weit aufreißen. Am bundesweiten «Tag der Zahngesundheit» kam die Klasse 3a der Schule Neurahlstedt zum Spezialunterricht in Sachen Mundhygiene vorbei. - 27.09.2011.
  • Elephants and Wine, An Unlikely Pairing - Her name is Honey Bee. She's 40, enjoys fresh pineapple, moonlit strolls through the vineyard, and leans a little to the right when she walks. She also weighs three tons. Honey Bee is one of two lady elephants on the grounds at Thailand's new Hua Hin Hills Vineyard, two hours south of Bangkok. - 27.09.2011.
  • Sri Lanka has 7,370 elephants - It is the first ever census of its kind in the country. - The first-ever nation-wide elephant census in Sri Lanka has found that there are about 7,379 jumbos in the country. As many as 5,879 of them were spotted near parks and sanctuaries and another 1,500 were estimated to be living in other areas. - 27.09.2011.
  • Baby Elephant Born at Safari Park - Umngani—an elephant from Swaziland—welcomes her third calf. - Umngani (oom-gah-nee) is a mom again at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. The African elephant gave birth to a male calf at 5:45 a.m. on Monday, making her the first elephant in this herd to give birth to three calves, according to a news release from the park. - 27.09.2011.
  • Chris Packham: Elephants and deer should be culled - WILDLIFE TV star Chris Packham has let rip with both barrels as he revealed his belief that some animals should be shot dead. Outspoken Chris, 50, says deer and elephants need to be culled. He also thinks there are too many people in the world. Chris said: “The deer population in the UK, many would argue, is way too great. - 27.09.2011.
  • Elephant terror back to haunt Chhattisgarh tribal people - Raipur: After giving sleepless nights for a week to the tribal people in forests of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh, a herd of wild elephants returned on Monday to the same pocket, forcing dozens of families to migrate to safe areas. - 27.09.2011.
  • Khalingduar RF witnesses attempt to end man-elephant conflict - Situated on the remote Indo-Bhutan international border, Khalingduar RF (Reserve forest) under Dhansiri Forest Division,Udalguri, (location 26 52' 14E and 91 53' 01E/elevation 270 M from sea level) has always been a unique virgin beauty of nature. - 27.09.2011.

26. September 2011

  • Ph.D. student conducting research on African elephants - Shortly upon completing her undergraduate studies in animal and nutritional sciences, West Virginia University Ph.D. student, Tina Dow, discovered a passion that would take her beyond the ordinary work environment – elephants. - 26.09.2011.
  • Elephant death raises Anthrax fear - KOCHI: The unnatural death of an elephant, suspected of Anthrax, at the Periyar Tiger Reserve a couple of days ago has raised fears of an epidemic outbreak. With Forest Veterinary officials suspecting symptoms of Anthrax in the animal, samples have been sent for detailed tests. A final confirmation will be made only after the results of the tests are out. - 26.09.2011.
  • Phuket Elephant Rampage Honeymooners Set to Fly Home - PHUKET: A honeymoon couple is catching a flight from Phuket tonight after a compensation payment from an elephant trekking company - and a promise that Captain the rogue male will not be used to carry tourists again. - 26.09.2011.
  • Jumbos Invade khwai village - MAUN: Residents of Khwai, a Basarwa settlement near Moremi game reserve have to sleep as early as 6pm and not as soundly as you would expect because of the marauding elephants that roam their village every night. - 26.09.2011.

25. September 2011

  • Artensterben: Agrarlobby treibt bedrohte Tiger in die Enge - Weil der Dschungel zerstört wird, dringen Tiger und Elefanten in Indonesien vermehrt in Dörfer und Städte ein. Dabei sterben immer wieder Menschen - meist aber ziehen die Tiere den Kürzeren. Nur ein radikaler Kampf gegen eine untätige, korrupte Bürokratie wird die bedrohten Arten retten können. - 25.09.2011.
  • Three jumbos killed in separate incidents - KEONJHAR: Forest department employees on Saturday found the body of two adult elephants, one male and one female, from a remote forest in Ghungi village in Banspal block, about 30-km from here. Another elephant was run over by a train in Dhenkanal district. - 25.09.2011.
  • Saving Endangered Species, One Documentary at a Time - Travel and nature programs transport us to the places we long to visit. The best capture sights and sounds that elude even the best traveled: a young leopard exiting its den for the first time; hunts that fatigue the cheetah's lanky limbs; and lion roars sounding at dusk, sending terror across the savannah. - 25.09.2011.
  • The Hunt For A Stolen Elephant - Several months ago, reliable sources informed The Sunday Leader that several baby elephants had been taken from the wild and kept at temples around the country. - 25.09.2011.
  • Damn Manila – Hold That Elephant – PETA - The Sri Lankan government is facing intense pressure over its decision to hand over a baby elephant to a Philippine Zoo after activists had claimed that conditions at the zoo were appalling. - 25.09.2011.
  • Speed limit for trains to protect elephants - Following several rounds of discussion Railway officials together with Wildlife Conservation Authorities will impose speed limits for trains on certain areas on the Northern and Eastern railway track, Wildlife and Agrarian Services Minister S.M. Chandrasena said. - 25.09.2011.

24. September 2011

  • Elephant Day: Shrine Circus in town for two shows today - There was an elephant wandering around Muskogee Civic Center on Saturday morning. The elephant eating her breakfast was part of a promotion for performances by the Shrine Circus, said Chief Rabban Edward Palmer. - 24.09.2011.
  • Packing their trunks! Kenyan elephants move home after wrecking havoc on African village - A herd of Kenyan elephants responsible for property and agricultural destruction in the village of Narok, have been transported 100 kilometers south of the town, to the relief of local villagers. Rangers began relocating an initial 50 of the 200 beasts, in a bid to prevent the escalating conflict that has seen the death of thousands of residents in addition to damaged crops. - 24.09.2011.
  • 1000 Fragen: Wie überleben Tiere in der Wüste? - Die Sonne brennt heiß, kein Nass ist in Sicht. Trotz der extremen Trockenheit blüht in vielen Wüsten das Leben. Käfer und Spinnen, aber auch große Tiere leben gut im heißen Sand - dank ausgefeilter Tricks. - 24.09.2011.
  • An Elephantine Problem - A peculiar combination of socio-economic, political and strategic factors in northern Bengal and easternmost Nepal is sounding the death knell for elephants which once had a free run in this entire region that was once their unchallenged habitat. - 24.09.2011.
  • New home for elephants on rampage - NAROK, Kenya: Wildlife rangers have begun relocating 50 rampaging elephants back to the renowned Maasai Mara game reserve to stem rising human deaths and property destruction in outlying villages. - 24.09.2011.

23. September 2011

  • ZU WENIG PLATZ: Die grosse Elefanten-Züglete - Im kenianischen Narok treffen immer häufiger Elefanten auf Menschen. Bei diesen Begegnungen zieht meist der Mensch den Kürzeren. Deshalb müssen die Dickhäuter nun umziehen. - 23.09.2011.
  • Elephants face uphill battle - THE shooting of a female elephant in the Hoarusib River in the Kunene Region has alarmed conservationists and scientists about the future of the desert-dwelling jumbos. - 23.09.2011.
  • Seme Customs Intercepts Elephant Tusks - Men and officials of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Border Command, have intercepted 9 elephant tusks about to be smuggled out of the country. The tusks were intercepted during operations within the border area. - 23.09.2011.
  • 'Dumbo,' 'Dick Van Dyke' DVD reviews - Dumbo: 70th Anniversary Edition $39.99, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. Not only did Dumbo teach children that it's okay to be different — the flying elephant with the crazy ears rescued Walt Disney's empire. - 23.09.2011.
  • Asian elephant calf debuts at Saint Louis Zoo St. Louis, MO (KSDK) - The Saint Louis Zoo debuted a new Asian elephant calf to the public this Friday. Three-month-old Kenzi made her debut at the elephant exhibit in River's Edge at 10 a.m. The weekend debut hours are 10 a.m. to noon and 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday. - 23.09.2011.

22. September 2011

  • Elephant Appreciation Day Features Animal Artwork (PHOTOS) - There is so much to appreciate about elephants that there has been an entire day dedicated to them: September 22 is Elephant Appreciation Day. According to Mother Nature Network, the holiday was created in 1996 by a business man living in Sarasota, Florida, who liked elephants. - 22.09.2011.
  • Elephants wreak havoc in hamlets - Residents of a few tribal hamlets in Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts of north Andhra are spending sleepless nights as a herd of wild elephants wreaked havoc in their areas for the last five years. Residents of a few tribal hamlets in Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts of north Andhra are spending sleepless nights as a herd of wild elephants wreaked havoc in their areas for the last five years. - 22.09.2011.

21. September 2011

  • 10 crore to check elephant electrocution - KEONJHAR: In the wake of increasing cases of elephant deaths due to electrocution, the state government has sanctioned Rs 10 crore from the State Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (state-CAMPA) fund for upgrading and insulating electric cables in Telkoi forest range of Keonjhar forest division. - 21.09.2011.
  • Elephant hunter in police net - TRIPUNITHURA: An elephant hunter, who was in hiding for the past few years, has finally landed in police net. The arrested, identified as Jayan alias Vijayan, 35, of Pallivasal, was the main accused in an elephant hunting case in 2008. - 21.09.2011.
  • Asian elephant calf "Kenzi" debuts on Friday - The St. Louis Zoo's Asian elephant calf, Kenzi, is ready to meet her St. Louis family. Kenzi will make her public debut on Friday, September 23rd at the elephant habitat at the River's Edge at the St. Louis Zoo. She can be seen from Friday to Sunday at 10 a.m. to Noon and 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. After Sunday, the viewing hours may change on a daily basis. - 21.09.2011.
  • Asian elephant calf debuts Friday at zoo - St. Louis, MO (KSDK) - The Saint Louis Zoo will debut a new Asian elephant calf to the public this Friday. Three-month-old Kenzi will make her debut at the elephant exhibit in River's Edge at 10 a.m. The weekend debut hours are 10 a.m. to noon and 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday. - 21.09.2011.

20. September 2011

  • Genetik: Genetische Vielfalt der Arbeitselefanten - Der asiatische Elefant ist weit verbreitet. Entsprechend groß sind die regionalen Unterschiede. Seine Ursprünge liegen aber in Afrika. Über die Evolution der Dickhäuter liefert eine genetische Analyse von Fossilien neue Kenntnisse. - 20.09.2011.
  • Elephants die as poachers poison Zimbabwe waterholes - Officials say it is the first time poachers have poisoned waterholes to kill the animals. - Poachers in Zimbabwe have poisoned waterholes in five game reserves to kill animals, say wildlife officials. Nine elephants were found dead with their tusks removed from the carcasses. - 20.09.2011.
  • 10th Annual Elephant Festival This Weekend At El Paso Zoo - EL PASO, Texas -- The El Paso Zoo will highlight El Paso’s favorite pachyderms, Savannah and Juno, in a celebration of elephants worldwide during its 10th Annual Elephant Festival on September 24 and 25 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. - 20.09.2011.
  • Kids of all ages enjoy elephant march through Downtown Peoria - Elephants of Ringling Bros. circus walk across Bob Michel Bridge toward Civic Center. - Kanye Smith lifted his arms high in the air and spread them as wide as he could reach. "This big!" the 4-year-old exclaimed, referring to the size of the elephants of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus that would soon walk across the Bob Michel Bridge. - 20.09.2011.
  • 'Weed invasion causing man-elephant conflict' - The State Forest department has submitted before the High Court that exotic weeds like parthenium, eupatorium and lantana were growing in abundance in wildlife sanctuaries and national parks in the State, taking over native grass and creating a food scarcity for the pachyderms in the forests. - 20.09.2011.
  • Paper pachyderms parade for Onam festivities - CHENNAI: It is a sight that stops passers-by in their tracks as they cross the busy stretch in Anna Nagar. The herd of elephants stand majestically silently by the wayside. For the paper pachyderms are waiting for the Malayalis in the city to have their belated Onam celebrations. - 20.09.2011.
  • ‘Balarama successor will be ready in four years’ - A new ‘ambari’ elephant is in the making. The 53-year-old Balarama, which carried golden howdah for 12 consecutive years, is likely to do the job for another three to fours years only. Tusker Gopi, who was brought from Dubare elephant camp this year to participate in the famed jumbo savari, is responding well to the training and has been chosen as Balarama’s successor. - 20.09.2011.

19. September 2011

  • Chinese Demand Revives Ivory Trade - HONG KONG—A long-dormant threat to Africa's elephant population is back with a vengeance, thanks to rising demand for ivory from newly affluent Chinese consumers. Reflecting this demand, ivory prices in China have soared to as high as US$7,000 a kilogram in 2011 from US$157 a kilo in 2008, according to the Environmental Investigation Agency, a nongovernmental organization based in London. - 19.09.2011.
  • Elephants create panic in Huigere - CHIKMAGALUR: Two wild elephant that strayed into human habitat is creating panic in villages like Bikkarane and Manaburu in Huigere panchayat. The elephants entered the paddy fields of B C Nagesh and destroyed paddy worth thousands. - 19.09.2011.
  • Mammoth Hemoglobin Could Provide Cold Comfort - Researchers recreated mammoth hemoglobin and found it delivers oxygen at ultralow temperatures, a finding that could inform blood substitutes for therapeutic hypothermia procedures. Sophie Bushwick reports. - 19.09.2011.
  • The elephant census: for protection or domestication? - The domestication of elephants developed into a matter of heated discussion among environmental groups and the Sri Lanka wildlife authorities in the recent past. Days before the country’s first elephant census after the 30 year war was to take place, wildlife groups who had earlier agreed to extend their support, later formally announced that they would boycott the census following statements made by the Minister of Agrarian Services and Wildlife S.M. Chandrasena. - 19.09.2011.

18. September 2011

  • ‘Invaders must leave Chiredzi conservancy’ - Located in climatic region five, an area not suitable for agriculture, one would wonder why the “settlers” would even dream of invading the Chiredzi River Conservancy. Whatever their reasons for this conduct, it clearly has nothing to do with farming. According to the ZCTF, during the 1991/92 drought, a number of juvenile elephants were captured in Gonarezhou National Park and moved to the Chiredzi River Conservancy (CRC) in a bid to save them from starvation. - 18.09.2011.
  • Govt to go ahead with plans to gift elephant to Philippines, despite protests - Animal rights activists both here and overseas have stepped up their campaign against government plans to gift an elephant to Philippines saying that that the animal will be forced to lifetime confinement, boredom and abuse. The Cabinet on Thursday announced that approval had been given to go ahead with the gift to the Philippines on a proposal forwarded by Prime Minister D. M. Jayaratne. - 18.09.2011.
  • Medical test must for tuskers in games - KATHMANDU, Sep 18: Fearing further spread of deadly tuberculosis among elephants, the Department of National Park and Wildlife Reserve (DNPWC) has barred government-owned tuskers from taking part in any kind of game where chances of physical contacts with privately-owned elephants without tuberculosis-free certificates are high. - 18.09.2011.

17. September 2011

  • Polk City Elephants Hard to Forget - Center for Conservation offers rare glimpse at lives of massive animals. - POLK CITY | Elephants have played a prominent part in global history (Hannibal's invasion of Rome) and literature (Dumbo, Babar and Rudyard Kipling's jungle stories) for thousands of years, and it would be a tragedy to many people around the world if their extinction confined them to books and films. - 17.09.2011.
  • Mahout faints while riding elephant, 108 emergency officials get him off - In a bizarre incident, a man sitting on an elephant was stoned by some children in Memnagar for no known reason. The man fainted on the elephant itself. What, however, followed was a scene that resembled a comedy Bollywood flick. The officials of 108 emergency service had to use two ambulances to get the man off the elephant. - 17.09.2011.
  • Wassermangel macht sozial - Elefantenbullen bilden in Trockenzeiten stabile Gruppen. - Männliche Elefanten streifen oft als Einzelgänger durch die afrikanische Savanne. Bei Wassermangel können sich allerdings bis zu zwölf Elefantenbullen zu einer Gruppe mit stabiler Rangordnung zusammenschließen. - 17.09.2011.
  • S. Lanka warned against giving elephant to Philippines. - COLOMBO, September 16, 2011 (AFP) - An international animal rights group warned Sri Lanka Friday against giving the Philippines a baby elephant, saying the creature would face a "lifetime of confinement, boredom and abuse". - 17.09.2011.
  • 108 pulls off jumbo mission - AHMEDABAD: Paramedics of the 108 emergency service were faced with an elephantine task on Friday. Mahout of an elephant had fallen unconscious on the pachyderm and the paramedics found the patient quite out of their reach. - 17.09.2011.
  • Jumbo calf hit by bus - JORHAT: An elephant calf was injured in the Deusur area of Kaziranga National Park after being hit by a bus on NH-37 early on Friday. Forest department officials said the incident took place when a herd of jumbos was crossing the highway. - 17.09.2011.
  • Circus skips elephant parade in Sacramento - For possibly the first time in history, the elephants of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus skipped their public, trunk-to-tail walk through Sacramento following their arrival in town this week. - 17.09.2011.

16. September 2011

  • Sri Lanka urged not to give Philippines elephant - An international animal rights group on Friday urged Sri Lanka to halt its plan to donate a baby elephant to the Philippines, saying the zoo where it would live is decrepit and doesn't have enough space for such animals. - 16.09.2011.
  • Bostwana elephants destroy Zimbabwe farmland - ELEPHANTS HAVE BECOME A PERENNIAL PROBLEM AS THEY CONTINUE TO DESTROY OUR CROPS AND IRRIGATION EVERY FARMING SEASON. - HARARE (Xinhua) -- A herd of stray elephants suspected to be from Botswana has descended on the 50-hectare Shashe irrigation scheme 120 km west of Zimbabwe ’s border town Beitbridge and destroyed crops and fencing material. - 16.09.2011.
  • Translocation Of 50 Elephant To The Maasai Mara - THE AREA THE ELEPHANTS ARE BEING MOVED FROM CAN NOT HOLD 200 ELEPHANTS IN VIEW OF INCREASING HABITAT LOSS. - Coastweek -- The Kenya Wildlife Service will from next week start moving about 50 elephants from Narok North to the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Narok South to mitigate escalating human wildlife conflict in the area. - 16.09.2011.
  • Sick elephant put to sleep - Chhindwara (MP), Sep 16 (PTI) An aged elephant was put to sleep by poisoning here today as the animal, suffering from paralysis and other ailments, was very ill, forest department sources said. - 16.09.2011.

15. September 2011

  • Elephant tusks impounded at Kenya's Mombasa port - Thirty elephant tusks of undetermined value were impounded at the port of Mombasa en route Hong Kong on Wednesday evening. The consignment weighing 274.4 kilograms was intercepted by Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) officials during their normal inspection at the port. - 15.09.2011.
  • Elephant found dead with injuries to ear trunk in Ramnagar - Ramnagar (Uttarakhand), Sep.15 (ANI): A 20-year-old elephant was found dead by forest authorities at the Sarpduli Range in the Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand with injuries on his ears and trunk. The elephant was found dead under mysterious circumstances on Wednesday. - 15.09.2011.

14. September 2011

  • KWS to move 50 elephants to Maasai Mara - The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) will move about 50 elephants from Narok North to the world famous Maasai Mara National Reserve, about 80 km southwest of Nairobi to mitigate escalating human wildlife conflict in the area, said a statement from KWS on Wednesday. - 14.09.2011.
  • The Story of Chhouk, the Baby Elephant With a Prosthetic Foot - This orphaned baby elephant was found wandering the forests of Cambodia in 2007, having somehow lost his leg (most likely to a poacher's trap). Since then, conservationists at the Wildlife Alliance have built Chhouk a prosthetic leg each year, giving him a "new lease on life." - Video. - 14.09.2011.
  • Hamburg will Wildtiere im Zirkus verbieten - Hamburg (dapd) Bestimmte wildlebende Tierarten sollen nach dem Willen des Hamburger Senats künftig in Deutschland nicht mehr in einem Zirkus gehalten werden dürfen. Dazu beschloss der Senat eine entsprechende Bundesratsinitiative, wie die Verbraucherschutzbehörde der Hansestadt mitteilte. - 14.09.2011.

13. September 2011

  • 15 Millionen Jahre alter Ur-Elefant - Augsburg (DK) Ungefähr 15 Millionen Jahre ist er alt – der Ur-Elefant, der vor fast zehn Jahren in einer Sandgrube in Junkenhofen bei Schrobenhausen entdeckt worden war. Gestern präsentierte das Naturmuseum Augsburg erstmals das nun präparierte Skelett. - 13.09.2011.
  • Elephant wounded in Burma landmine explosion - Animal expected to recover after receiving treatment in Thailand for injured foot, says conservation group. - An elephant was wounded when it wandered from Thailand into neighbouring Burma and stepped on a landmine which exploded. - 13.09.2011.
  • Polo on Elephants? King's Cup Elephant Polo Tournament in Thailand - Elephants are taking over the classic game of polo at the King's Cup Elephant Polo Tournament held in Hua Han, Thailand, 100 miles south of Bangkok. King's Cup Elephant Polo takes place between September 5 and 11. Twelve teams from around the world competed in this year's tournament in the decade anniversary of the event. - 13.09.2011.
  • Zoo group wants to open elephant care center in Fellsmere - If Fellsmere is known for anything it is frog legs, as the city's annual frog leg festival draws visitors from throughout Central Florida. But the tiny town could soon be home to some bigger legs. Much, much bigger. - 13.09.2011.

12. September 2011

  • Trickreich: Kenias Bauern setzen Bienen gegen Elefanten ein - Nicht umsonst nennt man Elefanten auch “Dickhäuter”: Ihnen kommt man nicht so schnell bei, wenn man versucht, sie loszuwerden. Heutzutage dringen Elefanten, nicht nur in Afrika, auch in Asien, immer öfter in Siedlungen von Menschen vor. - 12.09.2011.
  • Rosie the Elephant Needs Rescuing - Rosie is a 42-year-old retired (Asian) circus elephant currently living at Endangered Ark in Hugo, Oklahoma. Established and run by Carson & Barnes Circus for its own herd of elephants, it functions as a breeding facility and retirement home. It is not a sanctuary or a circus with performing animals. - 12.09.2011.
  • Elephant kills mother and daughter - Harare - A woman and her six-year-old daughter were killed by an elephant in northern Zimbabwe, reports said on Monday. - 12.09.2011.
  • Elephant calf rescued and back with mum - Fell down tea-garden ditch. - September 2011: A two-month-old female elephant calf has been rescued and reunited with its mother after becoming stuck in a tea-garden ditch in Assam, India. - 12.09.2011.
  • A way out for trapped Borneo elephants - These mammals are helped to safe havens via 'corridors' running through vast oil palm plantations. - KINABATANGAN: Sabah’s many endangered species, including the Bornean elephant and the orangutan, are finally being helped to safe havens via “corridors” through vast oil palm plantations that have encroached into their home. - 12.09.2011.
  • Jumbos barge into school, feast on mid-day meal - ASANSOL: Two elephants on Sunday brought down the boundary walls, entered Lakhsmikantapur Primary School and devoured rice and vegetables kept for mid-day meal from the kitchen store. - 12.09.2011.
  • Concern over elephants crossing border with Nepal - The death of an elephant under mysterious circumstances and the incident of another being shot at by unknown persons over the past week near the Indo-Nepal border in north Bengal have rekindled concerns about the safety of the animals, should they cross the international border. - 12.09.2011.
  • Extinction Sucks: Asian Elephants, Monday, September 12 - Nat Geo Adventure, 8.30pm. - Australian pals Aleisha Caruso and Ashleigh Young are off to India to raise awareness of the plight of the Asian elephant - of which there might be as few as 30,000 left in the wild. - 12.09.2011.

11. September 2011

  • Elefanten in Kenia: Waisenhaus für kleine Giganten - In Kenia retten engagierte Tierschützer verwaiste Elefantenjungen. Die meisten überleben und können später durch die Wildnis streifen. Die Pfleger sind von der Intelligenz der Tiere immer wieder beeindruckt - und davon, dass ehemalige Schützlinge zu Besuch in die Aufzuchtstation kommen. - 11.09.2011.
  • Die Schöne und das dickhäutige Biest: Elefantenpolo in Thailand - Die Damen mit den dicksten Hintern sind auf dem Spielfeld klar die Stars. Kamlay zum Beispiel, oder Ponjam. Mit ihrer Zentnerwucht bringen sie sich gekonnt in Position, drängen die Gegner ab und galoppieren mit flatternden Ohren Richtung Tor. - 11.09.2011.
  • NEULICH IN SACHSEN: Wer rüsselt denn hier durch die Bäckerei? - Kommt ein Elefant zum Bäcker... Nein, das ist kein Witz, als Verkäuferin Maika Eisert (25) gerade die Brötchen in die Auslage schüttete, streckte sich ihr ein riesiger Rüssel entgegen und schnupperte in der Bäckerei von Borna (Sachsen) herum. - 11.09.2011.
  • Hard Times For Humans Lead To Hard Times For Elephants - During economic downturns, people who live in poor, rural areas may turn increasingly often to the habitat around them for food, shelter, and/or fuel. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, for example, residents hunted the saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica) so vigorously that it is now listed as endangered. - 11.09.2011.
  • Large Elephant Sanctuary May be Created - A 225 acre parcel of land is likely to receive approval for development as an elephant sanctuary near Fellsmere, Florida. Called the National Elephant Center it is the collaborative effort of 73 zoos, for the purpose of taking care of elephants in a natural setting. - 11.09.2011.
  • String of elephant attacks in Chilaw - One person was killed, while two others were injured in a string of attacks by wild elephants in the Chilaw area, reports said. - 11.09.2011.

10. September 2011

  • Alles okay: Krone besteht Tierarzt-Test - Lübeck - Der Verein „Peta“ hatte dem Circus Krone vorgeworfen, er quäle die Tiere. Die Veterinäre der Stadtverwaltung sahen sich jetzt auf dem Volksfestplatz genau um – und konnten keine Mängel feststellen. - 10.09.2011.
  • Party a ball for Ongard the elephant - IT was banana cake and bouncy balls yesterday at Melbourne Zoo for Ongard the elephant's first birthday party. Keeper Tully Johns described the infant as a mummy's boy who spent the day posing for photos and splashing in the mud bath with older sister Mali. - 10.09.2011.
  • Danga Bay animal sanctuary’s licence suspended - JOHOR BARU: Another animal sanctuary here was raided by the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan) a day after it raided the Johor Zoo. Danga Bay Petting Zoo was raided by 45 personnel and officers from Perhilitan in a day-long operation. - 10.09.2011.
  • King Power kingly at Elephant Polo - HUA HIN : King Power played like a king when they overpowered PWC New Zealand All Blacks 15-4 in the quarter-finals of the 10th King's Cup Elephant Polo Tournament yesterday. - 10.09.2011.

9. September 2011

  • Zirkustier mit 3 Buchstaben gesucht! - VIER PFOTEN macht mobil gegen Wildtiere im Zirkus. Anlässlich des Gastspiels des Circus Krone in Hamburg vom 15. September bis 12. Oktober startet die Tierschutzorganisation heute eine große Anzeigenkampagne. - 09.09.2011.
  • Treasure Coast city courting elephant ranch - A private 225-acre elephant ranch proposed for just south of the C-54 Canal was expected to get city approval Friday, paving the way for regional water managers to look over the National Elephant Center's plans. - 09.09.2011.
  • Kandula, Elephant At Washington, D.C. National Zoo Wows Researchers (VIDEO) - Kandula, a nine-year-old Asian elephant at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington D.C., has wowed researchers by pushing a box to create a perch to reach hanging fruit, showing that elephants have spontaneous problem-solving skills, according to a study published last month in the science journal PLoS One. - 09.09.2011.
  • Crackdown on Roadside Elephant Begging - Due to many complaints about roadside elephant beggar shows appearing on the main highways, Chonburi Governor Khun Wichit Chartpapsit, issued a decree that a crackdown on mahouts or elephant operators must go ahead. - Video. - 09.09.2011.
  • Another major elephant ivory bust in Malaysia - Customs authorities in Malaysia seized two containers full of 695 elephant tusks in the country’s largest port, reports TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network. - 09.09.2011.
  • Animals rescued from Johor Zoo - JOHOR BARU: Officers from the Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) have rescued five animals from the Johor Zoo, said to have been kept in deplorable and unsuitable conditions. - 09.09.2011.

8. September 2011

  • Fellsmere city manager: 'We look at elephants as just big cows' - FELLSMERE — A 225-acre private elephant ranch proposed for just south of the C-54 Canal is expected to get city Community Development Director Mark Mathes' approval Friday, the only local review it needs before regional water managers look over the National Elephant Center's plans. - 08.09.2011.
  • Animal groups ask high court to have elephant Lucy moved from Edmonton zoo - EDMONTON — Animal welfare groups say they are going to the Supreme Court in their fight to have Lucy the elephant moved from the Edmonton zoo. Zoocheck, along with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, will ask the high court to hear a challenge of an Alberta Appeal Court decision last month. - 08.09.2011.
  • 695 elephant tusks seized in Malaysia - Brussels, Belgium – Malaysian authorities seized 695 elephant tusks in Port Klang, just east of Kuala Lumpur, on Friday – the fifth major seizure involving Malaysia in recent months. - 08.09.2011.
  • Rules of Engagement in the Elephant World - Caitlin O’Connell-Rodwell, who teaches at the Stanford University School of Medicine, writes from Etosha National Park, Namibia, where she is studying elephant societies. - 08.09.2011.
  • Kerala: Research centre for elephants under KVASU - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Captive jumbos in Kerala will find themselves the topic of interesting studies in the days ahead with the newly-formed Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU) establishing a research centre dedicated to the pachyderms. - 08.09.2011.
  • Kunkis to help drive away elephants in Jangalmahal - JHARGRAM: Three kunki elephants from Tripura will soon to be brought to West Midnapore to help chase away wild jumbos that have been sneaking into villages of the district. The elephants could also be pressed into service in the neighbouring districts of Bankura and Purulia, that have been facing jumbo invasions as well, said state forest minister Hiten Barman. - 08.09.2011.
  • A new fight to save Africa’s elephants - We’ve always thought of it as paradise: a handmade house, fashioned from driftwood and boulders on the banks of Kenya’s Athi River, where fish eagles soar on the thermals and hippos cavort in the shallows. - 08.09.2011.
  • Mining biggest threat for Jharkhand jumbos - The Environment and Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh stated that the rapid growth of mining activities in some Indian States has caused loss of corridors for elephants, resulting in isolation of their population. - 08.09.2011.

7. September 2011

  • Premiere in der Türkei: Zahn-OP für Elefanten - Große Aufregung im Wildtierpark der türkischen Hafenstadt İzmir. Eigens aus Großbritannien ist am vergangenen Montag ein Tiermedizinier mit Spezialgebiet Zahnmedizin angereist, um einen 3,5 Tonnen schweren Dickhäuter zu behandeln. Der Elefant hatte sich vor längerer Zeit einen Stoßzahn abgebrochen. Die Wunde hatte sich entzündet. - 07.09.2011.
  • Palle fragt: Wieso nennt man Elefanten auch Dickhäuter? - Elefanten, Nashörner und Flusspferde fasst man gern als "Dickhäuter" zusammen. Man sieht in Zoos und im Zirkus auch häufig, dass Elefanten mit Stangen gelenkt werden, an deren Ende ein metallener Haken ist, der den Tieren in die Haut eingehakt wird. Schmerzen empfinden sie dabei nicht. - 07.09.2011.
  • Eine "Zwei plus " für den Allwetterzoo - Münster - In der Schule wäre das wohl eine „Zwei plus“ gewesen: Bei der Besucherbefragung 2011 erhielt der Allwetterzoo als Durchschnittsnote eine 1,88. - 07.09.2011.
  • Malaysia customs seize elephant tusks - There's growing concern that Malaysia has become an illegal ivory transit hub, after the seizure of almost 700 elephant tusks at the country's biggest port last week. It comes after authorities in Hong Kong seized nearly two tonnes of elephant ivory that had transited through Malaysia last month. - 07.09.2011.
  • Sri Lanka Count Finds more Elephants - The first national survey of Sri Lanka's wild elephants found more than had been estimated — a sign the endangered species has a healthy, growing population on the Indian Ocean island. The count conducted last month in forests and wildlife parks found 5,879 wild elephants, of which 122 are tuskers and 1,107 calves, Wildlife Minister S.M. Chandrasena said Friday. - 07.09.2011.

6. September 2011

  • Nach Elefanten-Übergriff auf Tierpfleger - Vor dem Hintergrund des jüngsten Angriffs eines Elefanten auf einen Tierpfleger im Zoo Magdeburg am Montag hat sich auch die Tierschutzorganisation PETA eingeschaltet. - „In Deutschland muss endlich auf den Einsatz von Elefantenhaken und das System der Unterwerfung verzichtet werden“, sagte Bernd Hoffmann, Zoo-Experte bei der Tierschutzorganisation. - 06.09.2011.
  • Illegaler Elfenbeinhandel nimmt zu - Wie heute bekannt wurde, beschlagnahmten malaysische Behörden letzten Freitag 695 Stoßzähne in Port Klang, östlich von Kuala Lumpur. Es ist die fünfte größere Beschlagnahmung in den vergangenen Monaten, die mit Malaysia in Verbindung steht. - 06.09.2011.
  • Feldmoching · Eines der ältesten Dörfer - Eine Zeitreise durch Feldmoching. - Feldmoching · Große Ereignisse werfen ihre Schatten voraus: »1200 Jahre Feldmoching« wird im Oktober gefeiert. Grund genug, eine kleine Zeitreise durch die Geschichte Feldmochings zu unternehmen. Die Zeitreise in Feldmochings Geschichte beginnt bereits in der Ur-Geschichte. - 06.09.2011.
  • Malaysia Seizes More Illegal Tusks, 3,194 Nabbed in Two Weeks - KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, September 6, 2011 (ENS) - Nearly 700 elephant tusks stuffed in gunny sacks and marked "recycled craft plastic" were confiscated Friday by Malaysian Customs officials at Port Klang in the state of Selangor. - 06.09.2011.
  • Poaching still a factor in declining forest elephant populations - Forest elephants in Cote d'Ivoire are still under threat from poaching despite a worldwide ban on the sale of ivory, a new WWF study has revealed. Researchers from WWF and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) initially set out to determine the numbers of forest elephants in Cote d'Ivoire's Tai National Park. - 06.09.2011.
  • UK dentist operates on elephant's tooth in Turkey - A dental surgeon specializing in veterinary dental care came to Turkey from the UK to operate on a three-and-a-half-ton Asian elephant's broken and infected tooth on Monday. The elephant named Winner was the first recipient of such an operation in Turkey, which was performed at the İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Wildlife Park. - 06.09.2011.
  • Wild elephants show up in national park - DAK LAK — Residents and authorities on Saturday reported sightings of more than 30 wild elephants in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak's Yok Don National Park. The elephants were still in the park yesterday, no efforts having been made to encourage them to leave due to their non-threatening behaviour, according to the park's management board. - 06.09.2011.
  • 695 tusks found in Port Klang - PORT KLANG: Barely two weeks after a seizure of elephant tusks worth RM2.3mil in Penang, the Customs Department here found two containers filled with 695 elephant tusks valued at RM3mil. - 06.09.2011.
  • Zimbabwe elephant sanctuary under threat - An independent conservation group says a new influx of settlers at a nature preserve in southeastern Zimbabwe is destroying the sanctuary of at least 70 elephants. - 06.09.2011.
  • Man-elephant conflict takes serious turn in Udalguri district - “Man-elephant conflict” has taken a serious turn in Udalguri district in last two months causing deaths of five wild elephants and six human beings. A high level discussion was held at Deputy Commissioner's Conference Hall at Udalguri on September 2 to find out solutions to mitigate the conflict. - 06.09.2011.

5. September 2011

  • Magdeburger Zoo: Zwischenfall bei Elefanten - Am Montagmorgen um kurz nach 10 Uhr hat es einen Zwischenfall im Elefantenhaus des Magdeburger Zoos gegeben. Während der Fußkontrolle bei der afrikanischen Elefantenkuh Mwana, an der zwei Tierpfleger beteiligt waren, ging plötzlich die indische Kuh Birma gezielt auf einen der beiden Pfleger los. - 05.09.2011.
  • Elephant polo tournament a huge hit - HUA-HIN, Thailand - This kind of polo really pounds the field. Twelve teams from around the world are taking part in an elephant polo tournament in Thailand. It's the Thailand 2012 king's Cup Elephant Polo Tournament. - Video. - 05.09.2011.
  • Elephant herd strays into village - Berhampur (Orissa), Sept 5 (PTI) An elephant herd strayed into two villages in Orissa's Ganjam district today triggering panic in the fishermen colony. - 05.09.2011.
  • Elephant kills 3 in tea estate - Three persons were killed by an elephant in Itakhuli Basti of the Monabari Tea Estate in Sonitpur district of Assam on Sunday, official sources said. It is the second such incident in the tea estate in the last two months. - 05.09.2011.

4. September 2011

  • One elephant for every 3,300 persons in Lanka - Results of jumbo census out. - The numbers are out - there are 5,879 wild elephants including 1,107 babies in the country, the first-ever National Survey of jumbos has found. - 04.09.2011.
  • Elephants: Beloved and controversial stars of the circus - EVERETT -- Carol is magnificent. An Asian elephant, she is massive, some 7,100 pounds and nearly 10 feet tall. She trumpets when her handler praises her. It's a noise that sounds a bit like a bird, high pitched, eerie, from another world. - 04.09.2011.
  • Nearly two tons of elephant tusks seized in Hong Kong - HONG KONG - Hong Kong has seized nearly two tons of elephant ivory worth about US$1.7 million (S$2.0 million) hidden in a shipment from Malaysia and detained a local man over the haul, customs authorities said Wednesday. - 04.09.2011.

3. September 2011

  • Jumbo jitters in Udalguri - With the man-elephant conflict taking a serious turn in Assam's Udalguri bordering Bhutan, the forest department has asked the tea gardens in the district to be part of the conflict mitigation strategy. . 03.09.2011.
  • Keine Grenze für Elefanten - Kasane. Deutschland leistet mit seiner Entwicklungshilfe einen wichtigen Beitrag zum Naturschutz in Südafrika. Das demonstrierte Entwicklungsminister Dirk Niebel bei einem Besuch in Botswana und Namibia. - 03.09.2011.
  • Million für Elefanten - Kronberg Eschborn spendet für den Stallbau. - Die Stadt Eschborn überweist dem Opel-Zoo eine Million Euro für das neue Elefantenhaus. Das hat die schwarz-grüne Mehrheit im Stadtparlament am Donnerstagabend beschlossen. „Wir wollen nicht nur für die Eschborner Bürger etwas tun, sondern auch für die Region“, begründete CDU-Fraktionschef Christian Gerhardt die Spende. Auch er selbst besuche den Zoo regelmäßig. - 03.09.2011.
  • Lanka has healthy elephant population -survey - Sri Lanka is endowed with a total number of 5,879 wild elephants according to the elephant census conducted by the Wild Life Department from August 11 to 14. Agrarian Services and Wild Life Minister S M Chandrasena disclosed this at a ceremony held yesterday to release the census report. - 03.09.2011.

2. September 2011

  • Malaysia seizes 1,000 elephant tusks: reports - KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia has seized more than 1,000 African elephant tusks in two separate shipments in the past two months, according to reports. In the first incident, customs and wildlife officials seized 405 tusks in a container at the southern port of Pasir Gudang on July 8. The ship carrying the cargo was from an undisclosed African port that had been through Singapore. - 02.09.2011.
  • Madhuri Dixit supports elephants! - Madhuri Dixit turns brand ambassador for elephants. - Actress Madhuri Dixit has joined hands to lend her support as the Indian Brand Ambassador for a project titled 'Emeralds for Elephants'. This project has been designed to create awareness and raise vital funds for the protection of the critically endangered Asian elephant. - 02.09.2011.
  • Baby elephant expected at Woburn Safari Park - Woburn Safari Park in Bedfordshire is celebrating the news of a new arrival next year. Damini, a 17-year-old Asian elephant at the park is currently 14 months into her pregnancy. - 02.09.2011.
  • Cause for Elebration - A midday bubble bath was on the agenda Thursday for the Tulsa Zoo's two female Asian elephants. Sooki, who is 38, and Gunda, who will turn 61 in November, are getting ready for this weekend's Elebration. - 02.09.2011.

1. September 2011

  • ERÖFFNUNG VOR DEN SOMMERFERIEN 2013: "Elefantöses" Projekt startet nach den Herbstferien - Münster - Der Countdown für das größte Bauprojekt des Allwetterzoos seit der Eröffnung im Jahre 1974 läuft. Nach den Herbstferien wird die Baustraße errichtet, im Winter folgen große Erdbewegungen, spätestens zum Jahresbeginn soll ein Aussichtsturm für Baustellenfans errichtet werden - und im Frühjahr gehts dann „volles Rohr“ los, wie Zoodirektor Jörg Adler sagt. - 01.09.2011.
  • Land grabbers threaten Zim elephants - About 70 elephants in a wildlife park in south-eastern Zimbabwe are under threat from a new wave of land encroachers, a conservation group warned Thursday. - 01.09.2011.
  • PETA protests Glendale elephant float - GLENDALE, Calif., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Officials in Glendale, Calif., are working on ways to make their circus elephant float for the Rose Bowl Parade less obnoxious to animal rights activists. - 01.09.2011.
  • PETA wants elephants in Mumbai zoo to be freed - MUMBAI: Following years of publicising the plight of elephants kept chained, who suffer physically and psychologically in zoos, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India has confirmed that the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) has relocated 18 elephants from zoos throughout India to spacious sanctuaries where they will be able to roam, receive professional care and enjoy the company of other elephants. - 01.09.2011.
  • Many welcome elephant god on Ganesh Chaturthi - The sounds of the first 'aarti' and 'sthapan puja' welcoming the elephant-headed Lord Ganesh resounded through this Maharashtra capital Thursday as the 10-day Ganpati festival began amid tight security. Millions of Mumbaikars - ranging from slumdwellers to billionaires - remained awake throughout Wednesday night, making last minute preparations for the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. - 01.09.2011.
  • Orphaned African Elephants Thrive at the Nairobi Nursery in Kenya - In many parts of the world, including Kenya, the elephant population is drastically declining and it is humans that are to blame. Over the past two decades, the elephant population in Africa has declined from 1.3 million to an estimated population of 5,000. - 01.09.2011.
  • Work starts on Wraxall elephant sanctuary - Work has started on a controversial elephant sanctuary in North Somerset. Elephant Eden, a 15 acre enclosure at the Noah's Ark Zoo Farm near Wraxall is planned to house four elephants once it is completed. - 01.09.2011.
  • Orissa: Habitat shrinking, elephants move out - ROURKELA: With the natural habitat of elephants shrinking in Sundargarh district, the mammals are moving out to human-populated areas in search of food. Elephants from the forests of neighbouring Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh strayed into the villages bordering the forests causing largescale damage to habitations and crops. - 01.09.2011.
  • Number of elephants in Babile Sanctuary increasing - Harar, September 1 (WIC) –The number of elephants existing in Babile Elephant Sanctuary has been increasing from time to time, according to Office of the Sanctuary. Office Head, Yewondwossen Sisay, told WIC today that the number of elephants in the shelter has now reached to 400 from 300 three years ago. - 01.09.2011.
  • Elephant trapped in water tank rescued - A wild elephant calf trapped in a water tank in eastern India was rescued by the army, news reports said yesterday. A herd of wild elephants was passing an army camp in a forested area of West Bengal on Tuesday when the calf fell into a concrete water reservoir, NDTV news channel reported. - 01.09.2011.
  • Mumbai Welcomes “The Raja” Ganesha - The festival of Ganesh Chaturthi – celebrated as the birthday of the elephant-headed god, Ganesha – is celebrated with much fervor in the state of Maharashtra, especially in Mumbai. Craftsmen making Ganesha idols start their work almost three months prior to the festival. One that stands out from the crowd of Ganpatis (Ganesh idols) is the city’s beloved “Lalbaughcha Raja,” or the emperor of Lalbaug. - 01.09.2011.
  • THE SPEAKING TREE: Happy Birthday, Ganesha - Ganesha is a Universal god. There is not a single village or city in India without Ganesha's statue sitting somewhere in a street corner or under a tree. Elephant deities are also commonplace in China, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, Brazil and Mexico. There is a Ganesha rock in Sedona, which indigenous Americans call 'elephant' rock. - 01.09.2011.

August

31. August 2011

  • Elephant named Old Bet not forgotten - ALFRED – When Old Bet, the elephant traveling around Maine, was killed in Alfred on July 24, 1816, the story of her “murder” was published in newspapers across the country. - 31.08.2011.
  • Animal hospital for elephants - LAMPANG, THAILAND — The prosthetic leg is removed from Motala, age 50, at the Friends of the Asian Elephant elephant hospital in the Mae Yao National Reserve on Monday. - 31.08.2011.

30. August 2011

  • Elephants under threat in Chiredzi - ZIMBABWE CONSERVATION TASK FORCE - During the drought of 91/92, a number of juvenile elephants were captured in Gonarezhou National Park and moved to the Chiredzi River Conservancy in order to save them from starvation. There are now approximately 70 of these elephants which have been under constant pressure from land invaders over the past 11 years but have learnt to co-exist with them. - 30.08.2011.
  • Increase hunting quota: ICA - Members of the Gwaai Intensive Conservation Association have called on the department of National Parks and Wildlife Management to increase the hunting quota for elephants, a development meant to achieve an ecological balance. - 30.08.2011.
  • Nearly 800 pieces of ivory seized in Hong Kong - Customs officers in Hong Kong have reported the seizure of 794 pieces of ivory tusks weighing 1.9 tonnes, concealed inside a shipping container that arrived from Malaysia Monday. - 30.08.2011.
  • Victory For Captive Elephants! - The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) board of directors has approved new standards that will maximize occupational safety of elephant care professionals at AZA-accredited and AZA-certified facilities. The recent release of this new policy by AZA is a giant first step toward maximizing the physical and psychological health of the elephants as well. - 30.08.2011.
  • Solar fencing for jumbos - Berhampur: The Ganjam administration on Tuesday decided to build solar fencing to stop migration of elephants from their habitats to human settlements. - 30.08.2011.
  • Wild elephant kills farmer, villagers protest - Sambalpur (Orissa), Aug 30 (PTI) A farmer was killed today by a wild elephant at Sambalpur in Orissa, triggering protests from angry villagers who damaged a jeep of the forest department and blocked a national highway. - 30.08.2011.
  • Elephant menace in Kunarmunda - Rourkela, Aug 30 (PTI) An elephant herd has been causing extensive damage to crops and houses of poor tribals for the last three days in Kacheru village under Kunarmunda forest range of Rourkela forest division in Sundargarh district. - 30.08.2011.
  • Bangalore: Emeralds to conserve elephants - With the aim of creating awareness and raising crucial funds for the conservation of elephants, Abaran Jewellers organised a threeday exhibition on Emeralds for Elephants on August 26. - 30.08.2011.
  • How elephants could solve the biofuel problem - When it comes to weaning the world's motorists off their addiction to fossil fuel, few would have bet on finding part of the solution in the pungent depths of elephant droppings and a Swiss compost heap. - 30.08.2011.
  • Fun on a budget: from zoos to tall ships - Melbourne Zoos - Younger family members itching for a healthy dose of cute animals, like baby Asian elephants? Spring is always a lovely time to visit the zoo, so now's as good a time as ever to take advantage of Melbourne Zoos' free entry for children on weekends. - 30.08.2011.

29. August 2011

  • The last elephant lingers on in Gia Lai - Hundreds of years ago, Gia Lai used to be known as the land of the elephant, but wars, disease and deforestation have put an end to all that. Huynh Van My reports. - 29.08.2011.
  • Elefant wanderte durch die Kopenhagener Innenstadt - Da staunten viele Leute ungläubig: ein Elefant wanderte durch die Kopenhagener Innenstadt mitten in der Hauptverkehrszeit entlang der Vasbygade bei Fisketorvet. Als der 112-Alarm einging, glaubte die Polizei auch nicht so recht an die Geschichte, bis sie den Elefanten entdeckte, der an einigen grünen Bäumen das leibliche Wohl verbesserte. - 29.08.2011.
  • Police arrest trio over elephant tusks - Police in Matabeleland North on Saturday arrested three men in Dete, Hwange, after they allegedly failed to account for the six elephant tusks valued at $15 000 and an AK rifle with 29 live rounds of ammunition they were found carrying. - 29.08.2011.
  • China consumerism latest threat to Africa's elephants - report - (Reuters) - China's fast-growing consumerism and lax policing of ivory laws are the latest threats to wild elephant populations, said an author of a recent report on endangered species. Poaching of elephants and other species has increased in Central African countries, with products headed mainly to Asian markets and for the bush meat trade. - 29.08.2011.
  • Elephant polo – colossal fun in Thailand - If you're looking for something a little out of the ordinary for your next trip, Thailand's coastal town of Hua Hin is celebrating the tenth King's Cup Elephant Polo Tournament, and it promises to be mammoth fun. - 29.08.2011.
  • Pittsburgh Zoo hopes elephant will soon sire calves by the ton - The latest elephant to join the Pittsburgh Zoo attacked his trainer in Germany last year, but zoo officials here aren't particularly concerned about Thabo-Umasai, a 5-year-old male they hope will breed with the zoo's female herd and someday take over for Jackson, their stud bull in Somerset. - 29.08.2011.

28. August 2011

  • Hier reitet der Schwing-Gigant auf dem Elefant - Er ist fast zwei Meter gross, wiegt 142 Kilo und unter seiner dicken Haut versteckt er einen sensiblen Kern – Chrigu Stucki ist der Elefant im Reich der bösen Zwilchhosentiere. - 28.08.2011.
  • $100 Million for Elephants - African elephants may receive a boost from conservationists around the world, who intend to raise $100 million to help combat poaching and the illegal ivory trade. At a United Nations supported meeting in Switzerland, hundreds of delegates from various governments collaborated on creating a trust fund to help elephants survive. Germany, The Netherlands and France are some of the first countries to contribute to the fund. - 28.08.2011.
  • Bill Nemitz: Comedian adds wrinkle to elephant's retirement - As if Maine didn't have enough headaches, now we've got Lily Tomlin threatening us over an elephant. The Hollywood actress and comedian, who also happens to be a longtime advocate for elephants in captivity, wrote Gov. Paul LePage last week to say she was "stunned" that veterinarian Jim Laurita is moving ahead with plans to bring an aging, ailing elephant named Rosie to his midcoast hometown of Hope. - 28.08.2011.
  • Kent mom, daughter spend summer helping elephants - Summer vacation usually means less work and stress, but one mother and daughter from Kent sacrificed relaxation for a unique opportunity to volunteer. Karin Underwood and her daughter, Immy spent two weeks in July working at a sanctuary for injured and distressed elephants. - 28.08.2011.
  • Elephant herd creating havoc in Patnagarh forest - Bolangir (Orissa), Aug 28 (PTI) A herd of 11 elephants including a tusker was creating havoc in Patnagarh forest range of Orissa's Bolangir district, official sources said here today. The herd is believed to have come from the forests in Padmapur range of adjoining Bargarh district and roaming the area. - 28.08.2011.
  • Work begins on state's first elephant reserve - LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh forest department has started work on the state's first elephant reserve, which is proposed to come up in Saharanpur and Bijnore districts. The department has started the 'habitat management' for elephants in the identified districts. - 28.08.2011.

27. August 2011

  • Systematische Misshandlung von Elefanten in Nepal - Verbrannt, geschlagen und gedemütigt. Mit weit aufgerissenen Augen und an Pfähle gekettet ertragen verängstigte Jungelefanten die fürchterliche Tortur. PETA Deutschland e.V. veröffentlicht heute auf ihrer Internetseite schockierendes Foto- und Videomaterial über die systematische, grausame Misshandlung von Baby- und Jungelefanten in Nepal. - 27.08.2011.
  • Where elephants once crawled - THERE are at least five villages in Kedah that are named after elephants. Four of them are Kg Gajah Putih in Jeneri, Sik; Kubang Anak Gajah in Pendang; Titi Gajah in Alor Star; and Gajah Mati in Pokok Sena. Why elephants? Some say it could be linked to the fact that the state was once ruled by Thailand, between 1821 and the early 1900s. - 27.08.2011.
  • Zanzibar Ivory Haul Highlights Large-Scale Killing of African Elephants - Tanzanian authorities have seized as many as 1,041 elephant tusks on the island of Zanzibar, in the largest ivory haul in a year, reports say. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) said the ivory shipment originated in Dar-es-Salaam and was destined for Malaysia. - 27.08.2011.
  • 400 Elefanten starke Herde - Rebecca Kohls liebt sanfte Dickhäuter: Sie ist Elefantenmami, -sammlerin und -patin. - Harpstedt - Mitten im ländlich-idyllischen Flecken Harpstedt leben über 400 Elefanten. Aus jeder Ecke von Rebecca Kohls‘ Haus und Garten lugen kleine und große Modelle dieser Tiere, die in allen möglichen Formen und Farben daher kommen und aus den verschiedensten Materialien bestehen. - 27.08.2011.
  • Circus Krone kommt: Linke will Auftritte von Tieren stoppen - Lübeck - Nach neun Jahren gibt der größte Zirkus Europas ab dem 8. September wieder ein Gastspiel auf dem Volksfestplatz. Ein Verein prangert Verstöße gegen den Tierschutz an. - Der Countdown läuft – in zwölf Tagen kommt der größte Zirkus Europas nach Lübeck auf den Volksfestplatz. Doch die Freude über das sechstägige Gastspiel ist nicht ungeteilt. - 27.08.2011.

26. August 2011

  • Die Sonnencreme für Elefanten - Den Zootieren kann die Affenhitze wenig anhaben. Für sie gibt es Eislutscher, Duschen und kühlende Schlammpackungen. - Aus ihrer Heimat Afrika sollten sie höhere Temperaturen eigentlich gewöhnt sein. Dennoch eilen die Strauße rasch herbei, wenn ihr Wärter den Wasserschlauch aufdreht. Schließlich kühlt die Dusche nicht nur, sondern pflegt auch die Federn. - 26.08.2011.
  • HAMBURG-XXL-TALK MIT MODERATORIN JUDITH RAKERS: Hier hebt ein Vier-Tonner 62 Kilo! - Diszipliniert und professionell. So erscheint Judith Rakers (35) fast jeden Abend auf unseren Bildschirmen. Doch hinter dem blonden „Tagesschau“-Engel steckt viel mehr. - In Jeans, braunen modischen Stiefeln und kurzer Jacke kommt Judith Rakers ins Elefantengehege von Hagenbecks Tierpark. Hat sie Angst vor den Dickhäutern? „Null“, sagt sie selbstbewusst. „Ich mache eigentlich alles mit!“ - 26.08.2011.
  • cruelty to elephant: driver, cleaner fined - The driver and cleaner of the lorry who transported an elephant belonging to the Devuram Vehera in Pannipitiya without a permit were fined Rs. 21,500 each by the Colombo Chief Magistrate yesterday. - 26.08.2011.

25. August 2011

  • Circus Vet Talks About Caring for Elephants - EUGENE, Ore. -- From birds to horses, and cats to camels, the circus has acts of all shapes and sizes, using animals from around the world. Some of the most iconic members of the Ringling Brothers family are three Asian elephants: Carol, Duchess, and Patty. - 25.08.2011.
  • Baby elephant born at Disney's Animal Kingdom - The elephant herd at Disney’s Animal Kingdom got just a little larger with the birth of a baby calf. Weighing 311 pounds, the male African elephant was welcomed into the group by his mother Vasha, 10 herd members and a team of animal care professionals assisting with the birth. - 25.08.2011.
  • PETA India uncovers barbaric elephant training in Nepal - An animal rights group has released evidence of how baby elephants in Nepal are cruelly trained to give rides to tourists. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India released video footage and photographs taken during an undercover investigation showing elephants in Nepal being abused by trainers. - 25.08.2011.
  • Why elephants panic - Is it coincidence that Mysore has been visited by elephant terror of late? The streets of the city saw yet another elephant run amok recently after the last incident in which a security guard was gored to death by a tusker in full public view on a crowded road. - 25.08.2011.

24. August 2011

  • US zoos step up elephant safety rules - WASHINGTON — The US zoo association has issued tougher safety guidelines on elephants that include a requirement for all institutions to provide barriers that separate handlers from the animals. - 24.08.2011.
  • Tanzania police seize poached elephant tusks - DAR ES SALAAM Aug 24 (Reuters) - Tanzanian authorities have seized more than 1,000 elephant tusks hidden in sacks of dried fish at Zanzibar port which were destined for Malaysia, officials said on Wednesday. - 24.08.2011.
  • Comedian Asks Governor to Stop Hope Elephant Facility - Hope - Some national animal rights groups are criticizing a veterinarian's plans to bring an injured circus elephant to Hope. Now a famous comedian and actress is taking action. Lily Tomlin has written a letter to Governor LePage. In it, she asks him to stop Jim Laurita and his group, Hope Elephants, from bringing the 42-year old animal to Maine. - 24.08.2011.
  • New regulations could end all elephant rides - New rules recently adopted by the nation's animal facility oversight agency may mean the end of Six Flags Discovery Kingdom's popular elephant encounter attraction. - 24.08.2011.

23. August 2011

  • Thabo in der neuen Heimat - Vor zwei Wochen wurde Thabo-Umasai per Tieflader und Flugzeug von Dresden in den Zoo Pittsburgh gebracht. Fast zwei Wochen waren die Dresdner Elefantenpfleger Ronny Paul und Felicitas Imaschewski mit in den USA. - 23.08.2011.
  • So halten sich die Tiere fit: Bullenhitze in Hellabrunn - Bei Temperaturen wie sonst in der Sahara schwitzt der Mensch – und die Viecher im Tierpark leiden. Ein Rundgang in Hellabrunn. - München - Elefanten-Baby Ludwig findet die Abfrischung offenbar gar nicht so prickelnd. So schnell ihn seine Beinchen tragen, haut er ab, als ihn ein Pfleger gestern Vormittag mit dem Wasserschlauch abspritzt. Abkühlung tut Not bei tropischen Temperaturen. Auch bei Elefanten. - 23.08.2011.
  • Ore. Zoo's youngest elephant turning 3 - Celebrating a birthday is Samudra, the Oregon Zoo's youngest elephant. The Asian elephant calf turns 3 years old on Tuesday and keepers say he weighs nearly 3,000 pounds. They say Sam maintains his impressive growth rate by nursing and eating lots of hay and produce. On the fresh food front, he reportedly prefers fruit to vegetables. He and his mother Rose-Tu are offered 100 pounds of fresh food daily. - 23.08.2011.
  • Elephant jam session - Marimba, harmonica, cymbals, bells, chirps, roars, barks and thuds; the versatile tools of elephant musicianship. - CLASSICAL, No junk inside those trunks, The Elephant Orchestra is back, delivering some unique sounds by Ung-Aang Talay. - 23.08.2011.
  • Karnataka: Elephants go berserk in Mysore again - MYSORE: Barely a couple of months after an elephant went berserk killing one person in Mysore, two elephants belonging to the JSS Suttur Mutt caused panic among people for three hours on Monday. - 23.08.2011.
  • Phuket Elephants: Tourism Heavy Haulers - PHUKET: A Thai short story writer once put these words into the mouth of a fictional character at an imaginary Thai tourist destination: ""Ma says, 'Pussy and elephants, that's all these people want.'" - 23.08.2011.
  • Elephants go berserk in Mysore again - MYSORE: Barely a couple of months after an elephant went berserk killing one person in Mysore, two elephants belonging to the JSS Suttur Mutt caused panic among people for three hours on Monday. - 23.08.2011.
  • No junk inside those trunks - The Elephant Orchestra is back, delivering some unique sounds] - The Thai Elephant Orchestra, resident at the Thai Elephant Conservation Center in Lampang, has returned to the studio for their third and, allegedly, final album. - 23.08.2011.
  • Polo promises jumbo fun for all - The highly popular King's Cup Elephant Polo Tournament is celebrating its 10th anniversary in the royal seaside town of Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan, from Sept 5-11 and promises nailbiting action both on and off field. - 23.08.2011.

22. August 2011

  • Spanier von Elefant getötet - Flusspferd greift Fischer im Einbaum an – Ein Mann schwer verletzt und ertrunken. - Beim Purros Camp wurde am vergangenen Donnerstag ein spanischer Tourist von einer Elefantenkuh angegriffen und getötet, nachdem er sich zu nah an zwei Dickhäuter gewagt hatte. Bei Schuckmannsburg im Caprivi starb ein Mann am 14. August 2011 nach einem Flusspferdangriff. - 22.08.2011.
  • Rogue elephant tramples - OPUWO - A rogue elephant trampled a tourist to death last week while a boy is in critical condition after he was attacked by the same animal in two separate incidents at Purros Community Conservancy in the Sesfontein Constituency. - 22.08.2011.
  • African Elephants to Benefit From New $100 Million Fund - GENEVA, Switzerland, August 22, 2011 (ENS) - Global conservation experts aim to raise US$100 million over the next three years to ensure the long-term survival of African elephants in the face of increased poaching and a thriving illegal trade in ivory. - 22.08.2011.
  • Sri Lanka's New Flashpoint for Human-Elephant Conflict - Conservationists are up in arms over what they consider a potential threat to endangered Asian elephants from a banana plantation bordering a Sri Lankan national park and activities in the park. Dole Food Company and a local partner, Letsgrow, recently established the plantation on 2200 acres of scrubland near Kandakadu, a town on the edge of Somawathiya National Park in Sri Lanka's war-ravaged North Central Province. - 22.08.2011.
  • Elephant Coming to Maine - Hope - Maine is best known for its moose population. But soon, an even larger animal will make its home in the Pine Tree state. - 22.08.2011.
  • At the Oregon Zoo, Samudra the elephant turns 3 - Happy birthday to you. You live in a zoo ... Yes, Samudra, the Oregon Zoo's not-so-newborn Asian elephant turns 3 on Tuesday and perhaps it's no surprise there's a party in the works. - 22.08.2011.

21. August 2011

  • KENIA: Hoher Elfenbeinpreis gefährdet Elefanten im Samburu-Nationalpark - Selbst gut geschützte und fast ständig überwachte Populationen im Visier der Wilderer - Stoßzähne vor allem illegal nach China exportiert. - Addis Abeba/Nairobi - Die Elefanten im weltberühmten Samburu-Nationalpark in Kenia geraten durch den steigenden Elfenbeinpreis zunehmend unter Druck. Allein in den vergangenen zweieinhalb Jahren seien dort mehr Dickhäuter von Wilderern getötet worden, als in den elf Jahren zuvor, schreibt der renommierte Experte George Wittemyer von der Colorado State University im Fachjournal Nature. - 21.08.2011.
  • Animal activists kill elephant polo event - NEW DELHI: Till a few days ago, hoardings on the Delhi- Jaipur highway were announcing an Elephant Polo Match. Fate had bigger plans, however. The 2011 edition of Elephant Polo Tournament, which has brought the likes of Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia and Mohammed Azharuddin together at Jaipur in 2006, has been cancelled. - 21.08.2011.
  • Elephant Census Results Out Soon - The results of Sri Lanka’s first islandwide elephant population census, conducted by the Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC), will be released in two weeks time, said Director DWC, H. D. Ratnayake. - 21.08.2011.
  • Elephants Driven Away - The Dole Food Company that funded its local agents Letsgrow (Pvt) Ltd to uproot trees in 5,000 acres in the Somawathiya National Park, has funded an illegal elephant drive in Lunugamwehera alleged Environmentalist and elephant enthusiast Pubudu Weeraratne. - 21.08.2011.

20. August 2011

  • ABQ BIOPARK NEW ELEPHANT BULL BARN - Zoo Opens New Elephant Bull Barn August 27 Open House Offers a Look at Revolutionary Design. - ALBUQUERQUE, NM— The ABQ BioPark Zoo is now home to one of the largest elephant exhibits in the United States. The opening of the Bull Barn makes the entire enclosure over five acres. - 20.08.2011.
  • Wild elephant carcasses to be burnt in the forests - The Forest department has conducted an autopsy on the carcasses of four wild elephants, two of them calves, which were found in the Pachakkanam forests in the Ranni Forest Division on Saturday. - 20.08.2011.
  • Bangalore: Killer elephant caught after 4 days - BANGALORE: After four days of continuous efforts, the forest officials, on Friday evening, finally succeeded in capturing the elephant which had trampled 38- year-old Mariappa to death at Gonipura, off Kanakapura Road a week ago. The elephant was found in Savanadurga Forest after the incident. - 20.08.2011.
  • Karnataka: Elephants chased into forest - CHAMARAJANAGAR: Forest officials helped by villagers have managed to chase away a herd of elephants that strayed into a village in the Omkar Range of Bandipur National Park and destroyed standing crops and disrupted farming activities. - 20.08.2011.

19. August 2011

  • Wuppertal: Auch Elefanten müssen lernen - Wuppertal (RP). Uli und Shawu, die beiden jüngsten Elefantenbullen im Wuppertaler Zoo, müssen erzogen werden, damit sie den Pflegern vertrauen und auf Befehle hören. Noch verbringen sie allerdings die meiste Zeit mit Spielen. - 19.08.2011.
  • Carlsberg zieht Sponsoring beim Elefantenpolo in Jaipur zurück - Erfolg für die Tierschutzorganisation PETA. - Auf Drängen der Tierschutzorganisation PETA zieht die indische Sparte des weltweit agierenden Carlsberg-Konzerns sein Titelsponsoring für den am 21. August stattfindenden „Carlsberg Elephant Strong presents the Polo Cup“ im nordindischen Jaipur zurück. Damit fällt das Turnier aus. - 19.08.2011.
  • Olifanten hebben eureka-moment - Wetenschappers hebben voor het eerst aangetoond dat olifanten problemen op kunnen lossen door inzicht. Onderzoekers vermoedden al langer dat de olifanten in staat waren om opeens inzicht in een probleem te krijgen en het op te lossen. Maar experimenten konden het maar niet aantonen. - 19.08.2011.
  • Elephant Makes a Stool—First Known Aha Moment for Species - Eureka! Burst of insight may redefine elephant intelligence. - In an apparent flash of insight, a young Asian elephant in a zoo turned a plastic cube into a stool—and a tool—a new study says. That eureka moment is the first evidence that pachyderms can run problem-solving scenarios in their heads, then mentally map out an effective solution, and finally, put the plan into action, researchers say. - 19.08.2011.
  • New fund to protect African elephants launched at UN-backed forum - 19 August 2011 – Global conservation experts concluded a United Nations-backed meeting in Geneva today with important decisions to protect a number of endangered species, including the launch of a trust fund to ensure the long-term survival of the African elephant population. - 19.08.2011.
  • National Zoo elephant has an ‘aha’ moment - The youngest pachyderm at the National Zoo flashed a moment of insight when he rolled a cube under a tasty branch, stood on the cube and stretched his trunk to grab a treat. - 19.08.2011.
  • Alta. CA shuts down elephant abuse litigation - A sharply divided Alberta Court of Appeal has upheld a lower court’s ruling that prevented animal activists from seeking a court declaration that the City of Edmonton is mistreating Lucy, the lone elephant in its zoo. - 19.08.2011.

18. August 2011

  • KAZA-NATURPARK: Zweitgrößtes Naturschutzgebiet der Erde in Afrika gegründet - 36 Schutzgebiete in fünf Staaten zu 350.000 Quadratkilometer großem Areal vereinigt - Naturschutz mit Armutsbekämpfung vereint. - Wien - Es ist das größte dieser Art in Afrika und das zweitgrößte auf der Erde: Am Donnerstag ist der offizielle Startschuss für ein grenzüberschreitendes Naturschutzgebiet gefallen. Die Staaten Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Sambia und Simbabwe sind bei der Errichtung des neuen Kaza-Naturpark (der Name bildet sich aus den Anfangsbuchstaben der beiden großen Flüsse dieser Gebietes: KAvango-ZAmbezi) involviert. - 18.08.2011.
  • Oklahoma City Zoo announces elephant plans, awards raise to director - A bull elephant will be brought in from Canada for breeding with the Oklahoma City Zoo's two female Asian elephants. - The Oklahoma City Zoo could have a new elephant as early as late September, officials announced Wednesday at a meeting of the zoo trust. - 18.08.2011.
  • One Lucky Elephant - A documentary profiles a pachyderm worth remembering. - Lisa Leeman’s documentary examines the curious and undeniably emotionally involving relationship between St. Louis–based circus impresario David Balding and the African-born elephant, Flora, who was his star attraction for 16 years. - 18.08.2011.
  • Jumbo, rhino carcasses found in Kaziranga - JORHAT: The world famous Kaziranga National Park has lost a rhino calf and an elephant at its Bagori forest range on Wednesday. Park authorities said the causes of the death of both animals are yet to be ascertained and the carcasses have sent for autopsy. - 18.08.2011.
  • Elephant polo cancelled after protest - JAIPUR: A global campaign by animal right activists has led to cancellation of the day-long prestigious elephant polo tournament scheduled on Sunday and slated to be witnessed by who's who of the corporate world at the Rajasthan Polo Ground here. - 18.08.2011.
  • Ivory demand sends poaching to record levels - Selling the tusks from a single large male elephant can earn a local poacher the equivalent of 15 years' wages. - Elephant poaching in one of the world's most famous wildlife reserves has reached record levels, to satisfy the growing demand for ivory destined for traders in China, according to a group of elephant experts. - 18.08.2011.

17. August 2011

  • Handel mit Elfenbein stark zugenommen - Steigende Elfenbein-Preise bedrohen die Elefanten im Samburu-Nationalpark in Kenia. Gemäss Experten wurden dort in den vergangenen zweieinhalb Jahren mehr Dickhäuter von Wilderern getötet als in den elf Jahren zuvor. - 17.08.2011.
  • Elefant Maxi feiert im Zoo Zürich Jubiläum - Seit bald drei Jahrzehnten lebt der aus Thailand stammende Elefantenbulle Maxi im Zoo Zürich. Das ehemalige Zirkustier hat dem Zoo mehrmals Nachwuchs beschert. In all den Jahren gab es im Zuchtprogramm aber auch Rückschläge. - 17.08.2011.
  • Zoopark in Erfurt will Elefantenzucht etablieren - In den kommenden drei Jahren entsteht für acht Millionen Euro eine neue Elefantenanlage. Es handelt sich um das größte Bauprojekt in der Geschichte des Zooparks. - Erfurt. "Es gibt ein paar alleinstehende Herren im besten Alter", schaut Zooparkdirektor Dr. Thomas Kölpin ins europäische Rund. - 17.08.2011.
  • Naturschutz im Süden Afrikas: Der KAZA-Naturpark soll alle Grenzen sprengen - Ob die gigantischen Viktoria-Fälle oder das ruhige Okavango-Delta ? Beides Welterbestätten - Der Kavango-Zambesi-Naturpark (KAZA) soll alle Grenzen sprengen. Ein Naturschutzgebiet größer als Großbritannien ? Fünf Länder, Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Sambia und Simbabwe, die noch durch künstliche Grenzen aus Kolonialzeiten getrennt sind. - 17.08.2011.
  • ZOO ZÜRICH: Heimtückisches Virus bedroht Zoo-Elefanten - Bereits zwei Elefanten sind am Herpes-Virus gestorben. Obwohl dies schon einige Jahre her ist, hängt die Krankheit laut dem Direktor des Zoos Zürich wie ein Damoklesschwert über den Tieren. - Vor acht Jahren war der damals dreijährige Bulle Aishu innert 24 Stunden an der Krankheit gestorben. Dreieinhalb Jahre zuvor hatte bereits sein Bruder Xian die Infektion nicht überlebt. Diese führt zu durchlässigen Blutgefässen und zu einem Kreislaufversagen. - 17.08.2011.
  • Illegaler Elfenbeinhandel in China eskaliert - Genf/München (Pro Wildlife e.V.) 17. August 2011 - Während die Wilderei in Afrika eskaliert und der illegale Elfenbeinhandel in China immer weiter außer Kontrolle gerät, schmieden Regierungen auf einer Ausschusstagung des Washingtoner Artenschutzübereinkommens (CITES), hinter verschlossenen Türen bereits neue Pläne über einen möglichen zukünftigen Elfenbeinhandel. - 17.08.2011.
  • Keine Lust auf die Bohlen-Show - ELEFANTEN Dickhäuter wollen nicht auf die Bühne des Wiesbadener Staatstheaters. - (isa). „Da laust mich doch der Affe“, mag mancher Passant an der Wilhelmstraße und am Warmen Damm gedacht haben, als er in der Früh plötzlich zwei Elefanten das Staatstheater ansteuern sah. - 17.08.2011.

16. August 2011

  • Welches Tier schlägt eine Elefantenherde in die Flucht? - Dickhäuters Alptraum – Schneller schlau entführt Sie in die Welt des Wissenswerten. - Mit einer Körperhöhe von bis zu vier Metern und drei bis fünf Tonnen Lebendgewicht brauchen Elefanten kein anderes Tier zu fürchten – sieht man einmal vom Menschen ab, der seine körperliche Unterlegenheit durch andere „Gemeinheiten“ ausgleicht. - 16.08.2011.
  • Umleitung für Tiere - In Afrika wächst der Fünf-Länder-„KaZa“-Park, künftig wandern Elefanten und Giraffen jenseits der Felder. - Beawan Mynali drückt kräftig Luft in seine Backen, dann bläst er los. Aus der knallroten Vuvuzela dringt ein blecherner, durchdringender Ton. - 16.08.2011.
  • Sri Lanka completes elephant count - COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Sri Lanka says it has completed the first nationwide survey of its elephant population, intended to increase protection of the animals and their habitat. - 16.08.2011.
  • Andhra Pradesh: An Elephant IX from Lakheri - VISAKHAPATNAM: Tribals living along the Andhra-Orissa fear to come out of their homesteads after sunset. The night belongs to the elephant. Herds of migrant pachyderms from forests in Orissa rule the night, trampling crops and destroying plantations. - 16.08.2011.
  • Documentary looks at love affair with Fanny - PAWTUCKET — There was never a doubt about the love and attachment people had for Fanny the elephant. But when it came to deciding what to do with the pachyderm when the Slater Park Zoo closed in 1993, it turned out that love for an animal meant different things to different people. - 16.08.2011.
  • Tausende halfen bei Elefanten-Volkszählung - Tausende Freiwillige und Soldaten schwärmten am Wochenende zu einer Elefanten-Volkszählung in Sri Lanka aus. Erstmals wollte der Zähltrupp aus 4000 Menschen die Dickhäuter in sämtlichen Nationalparks des Landes zählen. - 16.08.2011.
  • Elephant census -report out in two weeks - A comprehensive report into the findings of the wildlife census that was conducted last weekend would come out in two weeks, the Wildlife Department said yesterday. - 16.08.2011.

15. August 2011

  • Besuch im Delfinarium, Ritt auf einem Elefanten - Tierschützer warnen vor beliebten Urlaubsattraktionen. - München (dapd). Ein Foto mit einem Äffchen auf der Schulter, ein Besuch im Delfinarium, ein Ritt auf dem Elefanten: In der beschwingten Atmosphäre eines Urlaubs ist das schnell getan. Und gleichzeitig ist es etwas, wovor Tierschützer warnen. Denn was für einen Touristen ein schönes Erlebnis ist, kann für das Tier eine Qual sein. - 15.08.2011.
  • Dierenpark Emmen: Op kraamvisite bij olifantje - EMMEN - Kom op zondag 21 augustus op het kraamfeest van olifantje Shwe Myarr (Gouden Pijl). Het olifantje dat op 8 augustus is geboren, trakteert dan op beschuit met muisjes. - 15.08.2011.
  • Orphan Elephants - After the trauma of attack and loss comes healing—and a richer understanding of the emotions and intelligence of elephants. - Along the northern rim of Kenya's Nairobi National Park, a mysterious array of brightly colored wool blankets can be seen draped over the gnarled branches of some of the forest's upwardly braiding croton trees. - 15.08.2011.
  • Animals a big hit at the Midland County Fair - MIDLAND — For many folks, this week’s Midland County Fair is all about carnival rides, outdoor concerts and food. But for some, it’s all about the animals. - 15.08.2011.
  • Dasara elephants set out to capture rogue - Three of the six elephants who had come to take part in Dasara procession have now been sent on a different mission. Gajendra, Arjuna and Abhimanyu are now assigned the task of capturing a rogue elephant that has been causing havoc in Savanadurga village of Magadi taluk, in Ramanagar district. - 15.08.2011.
  • Ringling Bros. Elephant Collapses in Anaheim - Late at night on Sunday, August 6, in Anaheim, Calif., as the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus was loading its performing animals onto boxcars, an elephant named Sarah fell from a ramp and collapsed on the ground (video). - 15.08.2011.
  • Orissa: Elephant herd Injures 4 - BERHAMPUR: A herd of elephants injured four persons in Badakainchapur here on Sunday. They were admitted to Chatrapur hospital and two of them later shifted to MKCG Medical when their condition deteriorated. - 15.08.2011.
  • Possibility of rise in SL’s jumbo population - The first ever islandwide census for elephants revealed that there is a strong possibility that the elephant population in Sri Lanka might have increased although a correct assessment in this regard could be made after a close study is done, Wildlife Director General H D Ratnayake said. - 15.08.2011.
  • Efforts on to reunite elephant calf with herd - Efforts are on at the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve to re-unite a calf elephant with its mother. Pointing out that the female calf aged about one month had been separated from its herd at Nellikunnu near the MTR on Friday night, Forest Veterinarian Kalaivanan told The Hindu here on Sunday that it had strayed into Mudumalai village. - 15.08.2011.
  • No ulterior motives behind elephant census says minister - The purpose of the elephant census is not to hand over the elephants to various people or to capture them, but to assess the exact number of elephants in the wilderness, said Minister of Agrarian Services and Wildlife S.M. Chandrasena. - 15.08.2011.

14. August 2011

  • In the wilds among men counting elephants - Saradha Mohan Kumar reporting from Minneriya National Park. - After a long bumpy ride to the heart of the Minneriya National Park, we saw hundreds of them – adults, sub-adults, juveniles and calves – lumbering towards a water-hole. The two observers of the Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) quickly started counting and making note of the number of elephants. - 14.08.2011.
  • Elephant and rhino poaching 'is driven by China's economic boom' - The ivory trade has doubled in Guangzhou and Fuzhou, a study has found, adding to fears for Africa's elephant and rhino populations. - Elephant poaching in Africa and Asia is being fuelled by China's economic boom, according to a study of the ivory trade. Authors of the new report found that the number of ivory items on sale in key centres in southern China has more than doubled since 2004, with most traded illegally. - 14.08.2011.

13. August 2011

  • Kranke Mausi muss im Zirkus bleiben - Bremerhaven. Tierschützer fordern, dass die Elefantendame Mausi aus dem Circus Voyage entfernt wird. Der afrikanische Elefant sei schwer krank, behauptet die Tierschutzorganisation PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). Der Zirkus wehrt sich gegen die Vorwürfe und spricht von einer Hetzkampagne. Das Veterinäramt Bremerhaven hat den Fall geprüft. - 13.08.2011.

12. August 2011

  • Maine Vet's Elephant Rehab Plan Generates Controversy - Around the midcoast farming community of Hope, there's lots of talk about an exotic creature that townspeople have never met. Her name is Rosie, a 42-year-old retired circus elephant who is suffering from arthritis and nerve damage resulting from an attack by another elephant. A local veterinarian and former elephant handler has a plan to relocate Rosie to Hope and nurse her back to health. The town is all for it. But some animal rights activists are not. - 12.08.2011.
  • SRI LANKA: Ein Land zählt seine Elefanten ... möglicherweise mit Hintergedanken - Geschrumpfter Bestand auf 4.000 bis 7.000 geschätzt - Tierschützer boykottieren Aktion. - Minneriya - Tausende Freiwillige und Soldaten sind am Freitag vor Tagesanbruch zu einer Elefantenzählung in Sri Lanka ausgeschwärmt. Rund 4.000 Menschen beteiligen sich an der zweitägigen Aktion, bei der erstmals die Elefanten in sämtlichen Nationalparks des Landes gezählt werden sollen. - 12.08.2011.
  • Altenheim für Elefanten: Tierischer Streit im Burgers‘ Zoo - Im Tierpark Burgers‘ Zoo kurz hinter der deutsch-niederländischen Grenze verbringen mehrere weibliche Elefanten aus ganz Europa ihren Lebensabend. Der niederländische Zoo löste nun einen langwierigen Streit zwischen zwei betagten Elefantendamen durch den Umzug einer der beiden Dickhäuter nach Italien. - 12.08.2011.
  • Thabo rüsselt neue Zooluft - Dresdner Elefantenbulle lernt in Pittsburgh seine künftige Herde kennen. - Ganz brav sei Thabo Umasai die weite Reise in die USA über gewesen. Gestern durfte er endlich aus seiner Reisekiste steigen und sich auf amerikanischem Boden die Füße vertreten. Das sagte der zoologische Leiter des Dresdner Zoos, Wolfgang Ludwig. - 12.08.2011.
  • Elefant tötet indonesischen Bauern auf Kautschuk-Plantage - Ein Elefant hat in Indonesien einen Bauern angegriffen und getötet. Der 52-Jährige war zur Kautschuk-Ernte gemeinsam mit seiner Frau auf seiner Plantage im Bezirk West Aceh unterwegs, als der Dickhäuter «plötzlich auftauchte und sie angriff», wie ein Behördenvertreter am Freitag mitteilte. - 12.08.2011.
  • Erfurter Zoo schickt Dickhäuter auf die Waage - Für eine Stadtwette Gothas sind am Freitag im Thüringer Zoopark in Erfurt die Elefantendamen Csami und Seronga gewogen worden. Zahlreiche Schaulustige konnten miterleben, wie die beiden schwergewichtigen Damen nacheinander auf eine riesige Waage dirigiert wurden. - 12.08.2011.
  • Sri Lanka begins counting its elephant population - Aug 12, Colombo: Sri Lanka in the dawn hours of Friday commenced its first census of elephants in all its national parks across the entire island despite a boycott by the conservationists groups. - 12.08.2011.
  • Day in the Life: Elephant keeper Bob Lee - Editor's Note: To view the slideshow, click on the "View photo gallery" link to the right. - July and August mark the height of Oregon's $8.7 billion dollar tourism industry, of which the Portland area accounts for some $3.6 billion. - 12.08.2011.
  • Knoxville Zoo's Tonka is largest bull elephant in the U.S. - The Knoxville Zoo is home to the largest bull elephant in the country. Tonka, an African elephant, weighs in at 13,300 pounds and is 10 feet 8 inches tall at his shoulders. According to a survey published in the Journal of the Elephant Managers Association, he is the biggest in the United States. - 12.08.2011.
  • Mysore began its Dasara countdown in earnest - Mysore City began its Dasara countdown in earnest, as it unveiled its festive procession, which granted a civic welcome to six elephants, ushering them to the Amba Vilas Palace, on Thursday. - 12.08.2011.
  • Elephants amble through rare hill landscape to Phu Cuong waterfall - VietNamNet Bridge – Duong Le Tinh and her group of American friends were thrilled to arrive at Phu Cuong Waterfall in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) Province of Gia Lai. - "We chose the destination because we wanted to discover a beautiful virgin land by a less-travelled path, and decided to tour Dun Village on the backs of elephants," said Tinh. - 12.08.2011.
  • Mysore Dasara gets 60% of the required funds - The state government has released Rs 6 crore for the ensuing Dasara celebrations in Mysore. With this, preparations have been fast-tracked for holding the historic celebrations on a grand scale as in last years, Deputy Commissioner P S Vastrad said in Mysore on Thursday. - 12.08.2011.

11. August 2011

  • Samstag: Elefantentag im Zoo - Am kommenden Samstag, 13.08., lädt der Zoo ab 10.00 Uhr seine Gäste zum Elefantentag mit vielen Aktionen und Informationen rund um die Elefanten ein. - 11.08.2011.
  • De olifant van koning James I dronk elke dag 6 flessen wijn - Koning James I van Engeland voerde zijn olifant elke dag 1 gallon wijn. Dat twitteren de kennisgravers van het satirische Britse quizprogramma QI vandaag. Een gallon is zo'n 4, 5 liter wat dus voor het dier neerkwam op een goede fles wijn of zes. - 11.08.2011.
  • Elephant abuse? Or just a stumble? - Animal activists criticize circus, saying elephant was abused. - ANAHEIM – Representatives of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals want this month's visit of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus to be Anaheim's last. The group says many circus animals suffer a "never-ending stream of animal abuse" – a claim circus officials strongly dispute. - 11.08.2011.
  • The importance of elephants - When I was nine or 10 years old, the circus came to town. Not to Ottawa, but to my hometown of Bancroft, Ont.: a place of a few hundred families, almost as many churches, three traffic lights and a big rock. Life moves slowly there, except for one busy weekend in August when a mineral show takes over the town or when something passes through. Like a circus. - 11.08.2011.
  • Unusual sports: Elephant polo in Nepal - Kathmandu, Nepal, is the home of the association of the next weird sport that I have stumbled upon. This sport is the sport of elephant polo and the association is the World Elephant Polo Association. Elephant polo is a sport that is played in Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand. - 11.08.2011.
  • Forest officials hunt for elephant killers - BERHAMPUR: Forest officials have intensified their hunt for elephant killers in Ganjam's Rambha area. Carcasses of two female elephants were recovered near Haripur, about 40 km from here, on Tuesday. "We suspect that the animals were electrocuted by some miscreants angry over the increasing menace of elephants in the area. The postmortem report would reveal the cause of death," DFO (Berhampur) A K Jena said on Wednesday. - 11.08.2011.
  • Cameroon, Chad Team Up to Protect Wildlife - Experts warn rampant poaching is depleting Central African elephant populations. - The pact was signed by both governments in early August. It stipulates that the Central African neighbors will jointly manage over 300,000 hectares of protected area. They will be patrolled by an increased number rangers, who will also be better armed. - 11.08.2011.
  • Serie: Zootiere: Elefantastische Damen im Zoo - Krefeld (RP). In unserer Serie "Zootiere" stellen wir die Bewohner vor, die im neuen Zookalender bildlich festgehalten sind. Heute: die Elefantendamen. - Rhena und Mumptas Mahal – die beiden asiatischen Elefantenkühe – sind in Krefeld fast jedem bekannt. Seit sie 1971 im Alter von einem Jahr aus Asien kamen, leben sie im Zoo der Seidenstadt. - 11.08.2011.
  • The science behind the Zoo - WHEN YOU think of an elephant, what springs to mind? Beasts of burden hauling logs? Circus animals putting on a show? Our relationship with Earth’s largest land mammals has had its less-than-stellar moments, but an initiative at Dublin Zoo is putting biology first to ensure that its elephants can live and behave as naturally – and happily – as possible. - 11.08.2011.

10. August 2011

  • Circus Afrika: Schlammschlacht ohne Elefanten - Plauen – Otto Weisheit, der Senior-Chef sitzt vor dem Wohnwagen und zieht an einem Zigarrenstummel. Man sieht es ihm an, dass er nichts hören und sehen möchte, und genau so sagt er es auch. Umso mehr liegen die Nerven bei Zirkus-Chef Hardy Weisheit und den anderen Familienmitgliedern blank. Sie fühlen sich ungerecht behandelt, sprechen von Vorverurteilung und Rufmord. - 10.08.2011.
  • Morgendlicher Stau auf der Elefanten-Autobahn - Als er morgens mit seinen beiden einheimischen Fahrern die Tagesroute bespricht, bricht sich eine Elefantenherde ihren Weg durch den Busch und bleibt abrupt stehen. Und Wolfgang Prägler weiß auch warum: Sein kleiner Autokonvoi steht mitten auf einer Straße, die die Tiere sonst gewohnheitsmäßig benutzen. - 10.08.2011.
  • Op-Ed: The importance of elephants - When I was nine or 10 years old, the circus came to town. Not to Ottawa, but to my hometown of Bancroft, Ont.: a place of a few hundred families, almost as many churches, three traffic lights and a big rock. Life moves slowly there, except for one busy weekend in August when a mineral show takes over the town or when something passes through. - 10.08.2011.
  • Sri Lankan wildlife activists boycott wild elephant census - Conservation groups accuse government of using census as a 'smokescreen' to find healthiest young animals to put to work. - Sri Lanka will begin its first census of wild elephants, despite protests from conservationists that the operation is aimed predominantly at finding the healthiest beasts to use in temples, for tourism and for industrial labour. - 10.08.2011.
  • US zoo on brink of finishing elephant sperm bank - PITTSBURGH - Zoo officials trying to establish North America's first elephant sperm bank have been slowed by bureaucratic hurdles but hope South African officials will approve shipping frozen elephant semen to the United States in about a month. - 10.08.2011.
  • Elephant to retire to Maine community - HOPE, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Are there elephants in Maine? Not yet, but there soon will be. A veterinarian from the town of Hope is building a treatment facility for a retired circus elephant named Rosie. - 10.08.2011.
  • Orissa: 2 elephants electrocuted - BERHAMPUR: Carcasses of two elephants were found near Minor irrigation project (MIP) under Ganjam block on Monday night. Though the reason for deaths was yet to be ascertained, circumstantial evidences pointed to electrocution, said Berhampur DFO Ajay Kumar Jena. - 10.08.2011.
  • Elephant Count - Sri Lanka wildlife groups boycott elephant census. - Aug 10, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lankan conservation groups are boycotting an elephant census, and called for the private sector not support the effort, after a government minister revealed plans to capture up to 300 calves with tusks for domestication. - 10.08.2011.

9. August 2011

  • Junger Elefant zu Umzug in die USA abgereist - Am Mittwoch geht es im Flugzeug über den großen Teich. - Dresden (dapd-lsc). Ohne Probleme hat der fünfjährige Dresdner Zoo-Elefant Thabo-Umasai am Dienstag seine Reise ohne Wiederkehr in die USA begonnen. - 09.08.2011.
  • Neue Eisbärin heimlich nach Berlin - Die namenlose Russin aus dem Zoo Rostow kam im Tausch für drei Tierpark-Elefanten. - Der Tierpark hütet ein weißes Geheimnis. Im Inneren des Eisbärengeheges wohnt jetzt eine fesche Russin. Die etwa zwei Jahre alte Eisbärin ist am 4. August aus dem Zoo von Rostow am Don an die Spree gekommen. Ein Reiseweg von rund 2000 Kilometern. - 09.08.2011.
  • Animal Groups Say Circus Elephant Collapsed - Animal rights groups are up in arms after an animal activist reported seeing a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus elephant collapse while being loaded into a rail boxcar following following Sunday night's finale at the Honda Center in Anaheim. - 09.08.2011.
  • Zoo's New Elephant Gets A Name - With 55 percent of the online vote from zoo-goers, Kalina has been chosen as the name of the Indianapolis Zoo's 266-poound baby elephant. - 09.08.2011.
  • Two female elephants found dead in Orissa - Berhampur (Orissa), Aug 9 (PTI) Two female elephants were found dead at a village in Ganjam district, about 45 kms from here, today, forest department officials said. - 09.08.2011.
  • Dolled up, Dasara jumbos head to Mysore - Dasara preparations are in full swing in the state. On Monday, Balarama, along with Abhimanyu, Gajendra,Arjuna, Mary, and Sarala, set off on a ceremonial journey from Veerana Hosahalli to the palace city of Mysore. The six have been entrusted with one noble task each. - 09.08.2011.
  • Five-hour tussle saves jumbos - Siliguri, Aug. 8: A female elephant and its two-year-old calf were rescued from a water reservoir after a five-hour joint operation by the army and the forest department in the Bengdubi forest today. - 09.08.2011.

8. August 2011

  • Auch Asiens Elefanten haben soziale Netze - Asiatische Elefanten galten lange als unsozial, weil sie nicht so enge Kontakte pflegen wie ihre Verwandten aus Afrika. Forscher beweisen das Gegenteil. - 08.08.2011.
  • Zirkus rollt mit Problemen nach Plauen - Hochseiltrupp distanziert sich von Zirkusleuten. - Plauen. Da stehen sie nun, direkt neben dem Maisfeld gegenüber des Plauen-Parks. Dort, wo keiner einen Zirkus geschweige denn Elefanten vermuten würde. Seit Montag baut Hardy Weisheit auf dem Feld seine Zirkuszelte auf. - 08.08.2011.
  • Dresdner Elefantenkind Thabo-Umasai verlässt Zoo in Richtung Amerika - Dresden. Elefantenkind Thabo-Umasai verlässt am Dienstag den Dresdner Zoo. Der fünfjährige Mini-Dickhäuter geht auf die Reise nach Amerika. Da der Tierpark keine Elefantenbullen halten kann, wird Thabo-Umasai künftig im Zoo von Pittsburgh in den USA leben. - 08.08.2011.
  • Olifant geboren in Dierenpark Emmen - AMSTERDAM - Dierenpark Emmen is weer een olifant rijker. Moeder Mingalar Oo beviel maandagochtend van een gezonde zoon, haar derde. Het ongeveer honderd kilo wegende jong heeft de naam Shwe Myarr gekregen, wat in het Birmees gouden pijl betekent. - 08.08.2011.
  • Olifantje geboren in Dierenpark Emmen - Emmen - In de olifantenstal van Dierenpark Emmen heeft Mingalar Oo maandagochtend een kerngezonde zoon ter wereld gebracht. De kleine loopt dicht naast zijn moeder en heeft ook al met veel gesmak bij haar gedronken. - 08.08.2011.
  • Zoo to set up sperm bank for elephants - PITTSBURGH, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- The Pittsburgh Zoo says it is waiting for genetic material from the South African government to start North America's first sperm bank for African elephants. - 08.08.2011.
  • Elephant parade kicks off the arrival of the circus in Ontario - ONTARIO - Elephants walking across a freeway overpass can only mean one thing - the circus is in town. On Monday afternoon, six elephants and 10 horses with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus walked a mile and a half to the Citizen's Business Bank Arena to kick off the show that starts on Wednesday. - 08.08.2011.
  • Namibia: Etosha Elephant Marked to Die - AN outcry by a village in the Oshikoto Region over a group of elephants has forced the Ministry of Environment to declare one of the elephants a problem animal. - 08.08.2011.
  • Forest watcher killed in wild elephant attack - Coimbatore, Aug 8 (PTI) A forest watcher was killed and a guard sustained serious injuries, when a wild elephant attacked them at Solakkarai area in the district, police said. - 08.08.2011.
  • Elephant survey to commence at waterholes - Officers to be stationed at spots by next Thursday. - Over 1,500 places where water holes abound have been identified as the most suitable stations for the first countrywide elephant survey, said Wildlife Conservation Department (WCD) Director General H D Ratnayake. - 08.08.2011.
  • Corridors for free movement of elephants in Valparai plateau will prevent human deaths, says study - Nature Conservation Foundation suggests creation of connectivity with native vegetation from one forest patch to another along the swamps. - Human-elephant conflicts (HECs) have been in the news for the past several months. The gravity of the conflict came under the spotlight on June 9 when two elephants entered Mysore town from nearby forests and a spectacle unfolded as hundreds of people ran after the younger tusker, which trampled to death a guard at an ATM kiosk. - 08.08.2011.
  • Sri Lanka to count Elephants next Thursday - Sri Lanka will conduct a large scale elephant census from August 11 in the island's forests to help protect the endangered species against the loss of its habitat. - 08.08.2011.
  • Census to select Perahera elephants - Calf elephants suitable for carrying caskets in Peraheras will be chosen during the elephant census scheduled to be held next Thursday, Friday and Saturday and will be tamed and handed over to the temples including the Dalada Maligawa where the peraheras are conducted. - 08.08.2011.

7. August 2011

  • Zum Thema: Auf Du und Du mit den Dickhäutern - "Der Beruf eines Tierpflegers ist anders, als ihn sich die meisten Leute vorstellen", sagt Daniel Scheinkönig (23) aus Aarbergen, der sich mit seinen Kollegen im Opel-Zoo um die Elefanten kümmert. Das Bild sei durch Fernsehsendungen verfälscht und oft auf das Knuddeln und Streicheln niedlicher Tiere reduziert. - 07.08.2011.
  • YIPPIEEE! Bald kommt noch ein Babyfant - DER KLEINE LUDWIG BEKOMMT SCHON IM HERBST EINEN SPIELKAMERADEN.ELEFANTEN-KUH PANANG WIRD NOCH 2011 MUTTER. - München –Unser süßes, drei Monate altes Elefantenbaby Ludwig bekommt bald einen Spielkameraden im Tierpark Hellabrunn. - 07.08.2011.
  • Jumbo electrocuted in Karbi Anglong - JORHAT: An adult wild elephant was electrocuted in Karbi Anglong district early on Sunday. The elephant was coming out from a nearby reserve forest. According to forest department sources, an electric post fell on the pachyderm when it was coming out of the forest. - 07.08.2011.
  • Help Release Baby Elephants Paloh and Jeli To Sanctuary - In late July investigators making routine rounds at Malaysia zoos were shocked to uncover a baby elephant shacked in a compound hidden from public view at the Johor Zoo. The elephant named Paloh was chained so tightly she could only move a step or two in any direction and was forced to stand upright for 48 hours at a time in the hot sun. - 07.08.2011.
  • Tiergarten: Tuluba feierte Geburtstag - Ein Jahr ist es her, als der kleine Elefantenbulle Tuluba erstmals die Herzen der Tierfreunde eroberte. Am Samstag feierte er seinen ersten Geburtstag im Tiergarten Schönbrunn. - 07.08.2011.
  • Illegal Transfer Of Elephants - Environmentalists and elephant enthusiasts have come up strongly against the National Zoological Gardens and the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage for giving away elephants to ruling party politicians and their stooges. - 07.08.2011.
  • To prevent elephant deaths on rail tracks: Forest patches to be cleared - The Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) is taking steps to clear small forest patches along railway lines to prevent elephant deaths caused by trains. DWC officials informed the media about the new step at a briefing at the Department premises in Battaramulla last week to educate the media on the upcoming National Elephant Survey. - 07.08.2011.
  • A Momentus Issue - The number of tame elephants in the country has declined from 500 to 100 over the past 40 years, claimed Managing Trustee of the Bio Diversity and Elephant Conservation Trust and Member of the Asian Elephant Specialist Group, Jayantha Jayawardena. - 07.08.2011.

6. August 2011

  • Elegant und Elefant: Circus Knie setzt auf Plus-Size-Model - LUZERN - Dicke und dünne Stars in der Manege. Bei einem Modeshooting im Circus Knie trifft Eleganz auf Elefant. - Gastspiel im Zirkus. Das Modehause Grieder hat seinen Weihnachtskatalog bei den Knies in den Kasten gebracht. Im Mittelpunkt der Manege: Elefant Ceylon. Grieder setzt auf Oversize-Models. - 06.08.2011.
  • Tuluba feiert seinen ersten Geburtstag - Im Tiergarten Schönbrunn steht ein Geburtstag an: Das Elefantenjunge Tuluba wird heute ein Jahr alt. Der kleine Bulle bekommt eine spezielle Torte aus Obst und Gemüse, extra hergerichtet von seinen Tierpflegern. - 06.08.2011.

5. August 2011

  • Dresdner Elefant fliegt in die USA - Kein Platz im Zoo für den 2006 geborenen Bullen. - Dresden (dapd-lsc). Der Dresdner Zoo trennt sich von seinem fünfjährigen Elefanten Thabo-Umasai. Am Dienstag (9. August) wird er in die USA gebracht, wo er im Zoo Pittsburgh (US-Staat Pennsylvania) sein neues Zuhause finden soll. Der Bulle habe ein Alter erreicht, in dem er allein gehalten werden müsse, aber dafür sei im Zoo kein Platz, erklärte dessen Leiter Wolfgang Ludwig am Freitag auf dapd-Anfrage. - 05.08.2011.
  • Elefant Thabo-Umasai reist am Dienstag nach Pittsburgh - Dresden. Die Papiere sind seit einem Monat fertig und jetzt geht es los: Wie der Zoo Dresden am Freitag mitteilte, wird der fünfjährige Elefantenbulle Thabo-Umasai am Dienstag in aller Frühe auf seine Reise nach Pennsylvania in den Zoo von Pittsburgh gehen. - 05.08.2011.
  • Fresno's Chaffee Zoo elephants have fitness fever - FRESNO, California (KFSN) -- Fitness fever has hit Fresno's Chaffee Zoo. The zoo heavyweights were deemed too big for their own good so keepers have been on a mission to get two elephants to literally drop a ton of weight. - 05.08.2011.
  • Zoo Holding Contest to Name New Elephant - Now that the new baby elephant at the Indianapolis Zoo is greeting the public a few times each day, it's time to give her a name. The zoo is holding a online vote to determine the name for their newest addition. - 05.08.2011.
  • 'Kemphanen' Burgers' Zoo gescheiden - ARNHEM - Met de verhuizing van olifant Rupa naar de Italiaanse dierentuin van Bergamo is een einde gekomen aan een langslepende ruzie tussen twee dominante olifantenkoeien in Burgers' Zoo. - 05.08.2011.

4. August 2011

  • Elefanten-Dung – ein tierisches Souvenir - Bei einem Ferienworkshop für Kinder, der sich mit dem Thema Recycling beschäftigte, kam Regina auf die Idee, Elefantendung zu verarbeiten. „Das war eine lustige Geschichte, weil der Vater eines Jungen, ein Tierarzt, meinte, ich würde sogar noch aus Sch… etwas herstellen können. Am folgenden Tag hatte ich einen Sack Elefantendung vor meiner Tür“, erzählt Regina lachend. - 04.08.2011.
  • Lucy the elephant staying in Edmonton - EDMONTON - Lucy the elephant is staying put. The Alberta Court of Appeal is upholding an earlier court decision to dismiss legal action against the city over the Valley Zoo creature, the city said Thursday. - 04.08.2011.
  • 'Longest tusked' elephant in Asia dies in Sri Lanka - An elephant said to have the longest tusks in Asia has died in Sri Lanka. The animal, named Millangoda Raja, was about 70 years old and had served in a ceremonial capacity for several decades in the city of Kandy. - 04.08.2011.
  • Cameroon, Chad sign pact to fight elephant poaching - YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Cameroon and Chad have signed an accord to ramp up efforts to fight poachers who kill hundreds of elephants a year in a protected park on their common border, ministers from both nations said. - 04.08.2011.
  • 3-year-old baby elephant found dead - Coimbatore, Aug 4 (PTI) The body of a 3-year-old baby elephant was found on the banks of a rivulet in the forest range of Mettupalayam in the district today, Forest Department officials said. - 04.08.2011.
  • Kerala's elephant corridor project nearing completion - Kalpetta (Ker), Aug 4 (PTI) The work on the elephant corridor project in Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary in Kerala has reached its final stages. The project was conceived and implemented by Delhi-based wildlife conservation agency, Wild Life Trust of India (WTI), in collaboration with Kerala Forest Department. - 04.08.2011.

3. August 2011

  • Feier mit Torte: Elefantenbulle Tuluba feiert Geburtstag - Der Elefantennachwuchs im Tiergarten Schönbrunn wird am kommenden Samstag ein Jahr alt. "Die Tierpfleger bereiten für Tuluba um 10.00 Uhr eine besondere Geburtstagsüberraschung im Elefantenhaus vor: eine Torte aus Obst und Gemüse – eben das, was Elefanten am besten schmeckt", so Tiergartendirektorin Dagmar Schratter. - 03.08.2011.

2. August 2011

  • Zu Besuch im Dschungelcamp - Keine Blutegel, keine Ekelprüfungen: Im südthailändischen "Elephant Hills Camp" geht es vielmehr sehr gesittet zu. Im Nationalpark Khao Sok werden die Tiere artgerecht gehalten. - Es raschelt, direkt vor meinem Zelt. Akribisch überprüfe ich die Reißverschlüsse. Alles dicht. Es ist Nacht, doch im dunklen Dickicht des Dschungels um mich herum herrscht Hochbetrieb. Unzählige Nachtschwärmer zirpen, zwitschern und schnattern um die Wette. - 02.08.2011.
  • Man held with deer hides, antelope horns elephant tusk - PUNE: The Bund Garden police have arrested a petrol station manager for allegedly possessing two deer hides, three antelope horns and an elephant tusk, which were smuggled into Pune from South India. - 02.08.2011.
  • Finding elephants for perahera a jumbo issue - Locating elephants for the Kandy Esala Perahera has become a problem, Sri Dalada Maligawa Diyawadana Nilame Pradeep Nilanga Dela Bandara said. “The tame elephant population had decreased to around a 100. About half this number is over 50 years. Around 10 tame elephants had died in the past two years. A few out of the existing animals are ill. The government is donating some elephants to the private sector and temples. We expect that around 20 elephants will join the tame elephant population through this programme,” he said. - 02.08.2011.
  • Jumbo lives cut short on train tracks yet again - JORHAT/ GUWAHATI: Railway tracks in the state continue to be a death trap for elephants. In the latest jumbo-train collision, two elephants were knocked down and killed by a speeding train on Sunday night at Langsoliet area under Diphu Western forest range in Karbi Anglong district. - 02.08.2011.
  • Don't miss: King's Cup Elephant Polo Tournament - September 4-11, Hua Hin, Thailand. - This quirky annual tournament began 10 years ago and has become one of the biggest events on the Thai tourism calendar. It's played under strict rules developed by the World Elephant Polo Association, and raises money for the welfare of elephants, which hold a revered place in Thai history and culture. - 02.08.2011.
  • A lonely, barren existence for elephant - Does the elephant in question, a 34-year-old female from Sri Lanka, really look that curious? To me she looks malungkot (lonely). You would be too, if you were taken from your home, kicking and screaming, to be later confined in a small space with little or nothing to do for the rest of your life. - 02.08.2011.
  • Melbourne Zoo expecting another baby elephant - One of Melbourne Zoo's Asian elephants is expecting her first calf. Num-Oi is expected to give birth some time towards the end of 2012, after a 22-month pregnancy. - 02.08.2011.

1. August 2011

  • Safari Park Elephants May Move to Tucson - Elephants could make the move early next year. - The San Diego Safari Park may be giving up some of its elephants early next year to a zoo in Arizona. Per an agreement with the Reid Park Zoo in Tucson, the Safari Park could release four or five elephants to the zoo as a part of the ongoing Elephant Species Survival Program through the Taxon Advisory Group, according to Reid Park Zoo Administrator Susan Basford. - 01.08.2011.
  • OBSERVATORY: Tracing Social Networks of the Asian Elephant - Socialites know how hard it is to juggle friendships — there just doesn’t seem to be enough time for everyone. Some social Asian elephants with many companions face the same difficulty, a new study reports. Other elephants are more reserved and instead maintain a few strong relationships. - 01.08.2011.
  • Lord Ganesha’s symbolic head of an elephant? - August 1, 2011 – IR Summary/GBA - Lord Ganesha is considered to be the first top Demi God to be worshipped among all Devas. Before approaching any other God or Demi God, it is obligatory for a Hindu Devotee first to worship him and seek his blessings, otherwise his worship shall become void. - 01.08.2011.
  • Zaun aus Bienenstöcken hält Elefanten von Feldern fern - Statt Stacheldraht könnten Insekten Farmen schützen. - OXFORD. Selbst starke Dornenhecken bringen viele hungrige Elefanten nicht von ihrem Weg ab, wenn sie sich auf einem Feld satt fressen möchten. Das sorgt in Kenia, wo sich die Tiere seit Anfang der 1990er-Jahre wieder gut vermehren, für Ärger bei den Farmern, die oft nur kleine Felder bewirtschaften. Nun präsentiert ein kenianisch-britisches Team eine neue Strategie gegen die Elefanten: einen Zaun aus Bienenstöcken. - 01.08.2011.
  • Mayers MünchenLudwig, der süße Sieger - Ein hartes Rennen war es, ein emotional geführter Wahlkampf mit vielen persönlichen Enthüllungen, und nun steht der Sieger fest. Ludwig, der kleine Elefant aus Hellabrunn, ist bei einer Aktion des Bayerischen Rundfunks von Tausenden Tierfreunden zum 'süßesten Zoo-Baby Bayerns' gewählt worden, er hat sich mit seinem robusten Charme, seiner Raubeinigkeit und der ihm eigenen Wurschtigkeit behauptet. - 01.08.2011.
  • Poacher held for killing elephant, tusks recovered - Erode (TN), Aug 1 (PTI) A man wanted for more than five months for allegedly shooting to death a tusker earlier this year has been arrested and two tusks recovered from him, officials said. Perumal, a resident of Kovilur area, was arrested during a search operation yesterday. - 01.08.2011.

Juli

31.Juli 2011

  • Die Elefanten von Addo - Mit Auto und Pferd in Südafrikas Nationalpark. - Südafrika setzt verstärkt auf dem Tourismus, das Land vergrößert seine Nationalparks. Der "Addo Elephant National Park" bei Port Elizabeth steht bei diesem ehrgeizigen Vorhaben an vorderster Stelle. Denn an der Südküste sind die Bedingungen für Gäste ideal. Das Klima ist mediterran, es gibt keine Malaria. - 31.07.2011.
  • Elephant herd caught between rail track, highway - A herd of over 20 elephants strayed dangerously close to the railway track and the highway near the Moraghat forest area in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Sunday morning. - 31.07.2011.
  • Villagers block junction demanding solution to Human-Elephant Conflict - Short-term elephant drives not the answer say conservationists adding that villagers must cooperate more with Wildlife Dept. - Residents of the area blocked Palagala junction last week, demanding a solution for their Human-Elephant Conflict (HEC) issue. About 1,500 villagers gathered at this junction on July 20, protesting the death in the last two months of 7 villagers killed by elephants, according to media reports. - 31.07.2011.
  • The last keeper of elephants - VietNamNet Bridge - Chu Mo Commune in Ia Pa District in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai, was one of the regions known for breeding elephants. However, Ksor Cham is now the only one who feeds the elephants in Plei Pa Kdranh Village. - 31.07.2011.
  • Eine zweite Chance: Elefanten in der Kunsttherapie - Malschule statt Käfig oder Tod: Im Tierheim „Elephantstay“ bekommen asiatische Dickhäuter mit einer gewaltgeprägten Vergangenheit ihr Gnadenbrot und eine zweite Chance, um zu beweisen, dass sie im Herzen gute Tiere sind. - 31.07.2011.
  • LEGENDE UND WAHRHEIT: Caesar hatte gar keinen Schneid - Es passt ja eigentlich alles bestens. Plinius der Ältere (23-79 n. Chr.), einer der klügsten Köpfe der Antike, schrieb in seinem berühmten Werk "Naturalis Historiae": Roms großer Herrscher habe deshalb Caesar geheißen, weil er aus dem Mutterleib geschnitten worden sei. Das lateinische Wort "caedere" bedeutet aufschneiden oder herausschneiden. - 31.07.2011.
  • San Diego, Tucson zoos prepare to swap elephants - Specialists from Reid Park Zoo in Arizona visit the San Diego Zoo's Safari Park to see how elephants are treated and bond with the animals. - Vus'musi, a 4,500-pound, 7-year-old African elephant, was having his morning regimen with Curtis Lehman, a senior elephant keeper at the San Diego Zoo's Safari Park. - 31.07.2011.
  • Eye to Eye with Elephants - The humid air is circulated more by buzzing insects than by our boat’s easy gait. I yawn – and promptly inhale some of them. We are cruising along the only highway this land will ever know, the Sungai Kinabatangan, Sabah’s longest river and Malaysia’s premier wildlife haven. Our goal is to track down and photograph Borneo’s famed pygmy forest elephants, reputedly the rarest in the world. - 31.07.2011.
  • China blamed for increase in poaching - The Chinese, political decisions and a growing black market are being blamed for the rise in elephant and rhino poaching. - Last week 10 people were arrested for poaching and unlawful possession of elephant tusks and rhino horns that they were suspected of selling to buyers from China. - 31.07.2011.
  • Jumbo dilemma - Wild elephants are conducting raids villages and roads in search of food, putting at risk their own lives and causing headaches for farmers. - As the evening mist sinks on a forest clearing, a sudden burst of activity tells villagers they are not alone. A handful of villagers lies in wait outside the Salak Phra wildlife sanctuary in Kanchanaburi province for a small herd of elephants which, in search of food, has been straying onto crop land owned by farmers. - 31.07.2011.

30. Juli 2011

  • Im Dschungelcamp - Keine Blutegel, keine Ekelprüfungen: Im südthailändischen "Elephant Hills Camp" geht es vielmehr sehr gesittet zu. - Die Folgen von Tsunami und Atomunfall in Japan sind auch in Thailand zu spüren. Es raschelt, direkt vor meinem Zelt. Akribisch überprüfe ich die Reißverschlüsse. Alles dicht. Ob ich mit der Taschenlampe unter das Bett leuchten soll? Lieber nicht. Ich lösche das Licht und tauche ein in eine fremde Welt. - 30.07.2011.
  • „Ketten gibt es bei uns nicht“ - Circus Voyage Unternehmen mit 80 Tieren zu Gast auf der Kramermarktwiese. - Vor einigen Tagen beschmierten Unbekannte Zirkuswagen mit Parolen. Dabei legt Direktor Alois Spindler Wert auf vorbildliche Tierhaltung. - 30.07.2011.
  • Government aid needed to halt human-elephant strife - The government has been urged to give more financial aid to prevent conflicts between people and the rising wild elephant population in Chachoengsao's Khao Ang Rue Nai Wildlife Sanctuary. Thailand has around 3,000 wild elephants, of which about 270 live in Khao Ang Rue Nai. - 30.07.2011.
  • 'Indian' jumbo killed in Nepal - SILIGURI: Residents of a village in Nepal's Jhapa district shot dead an adult tusker after it raided a paddy field there. The villagers did not stop at this. Once the pachyderm was dead, its tusks were taken out considering the high value of ivory in international market. - 30.07.2011.

29. Juli 2011

  • Elephants damage 12 houses in Golaghat - JORHAT: A herd of wild elephants damaged at least 12 houses in the Bokial area of Golaghat forest range early on Friday. However, there were no casualties. - 29.07.2011.
  • In Paunsdorf sind die Elefanten los! - Leipzig – „Da...​ da... da läuft ein Elefant durch Paunsdorf!“ Meldungen wie diese gehen bei der Leipziger Polizei häufiger ein, und gemeinhin raten die Beamten dem Anrufer dann freundlich aber bestimmt zum Arztbesuch. Doch gestern Vormittag häuften sich plötzlich die Hinweise auf Dickhäuter in der Stadt. - 29.07.2011.
  • Kenias Bauern können sich freuen: Bienen verjagen Elefanten - Elefanten sind besonders robuste Tiere, das zeigt schon ihr Erscheinungsbild. Und so lassen sie sich selbst von den stärksten Dornenhecken nicht davon abhalten, die Felder von Kleinfarmern in Beschlag zu nehmen. Vor einem Bienenstock machen die Dickhäuter dann aber offenbar doch Halt. - 29.07.2011.
  • Aktion: Zahnlose Rüssel und scheue Koalas - Duisburg. Petrus, der Wettergott ist den WAZ-Lesern offenbar wohlgesonnen. Jedenfalls ließ er pünktlich zum Beginn der Sommerferienaktion „WAZ öffnet Pforten“ im Duisburger Zoo die Sonne scheinen. 20 Leser konnten einen Blick hinter die Kulissen des Tierparks werfen und den großen und kleinen Tieren ganz nahe sein. - 29.07.2011.
  • Beliebtestes Zootier: Ludwig rüsselt sich ins Herz der Bayern - Große und kleine Tierfreunde aus dem ganzen Freistaat haben gewählt: Ludwig, der Baby-Elefant, ist das beliebteste Zoobaby in Bayern. - Die Entscheidung fiel in der Sendung „Wir in Bayern“ des Bayerischen Rundfunks. Insgesamt fast zehntausend Stimmen waren eingegangen, am Schluss konnte sich der bei der Geburt schon 117 Kilo schwere Dickhäuter aus dem Münchener Tierpark Hellabrunn gegen neun andere Kandidaten durchsetzen. - 29.07.2011.
  • Elephant battle rages as circus comes to Toronto - Months after a protracted battle over Toronto Zoo’s three elephants resulted in the decision to move them away, two new pachyderms have just rolled into town — and animal activists are not pleased. - 29.07.2011.
  • Elephant 'stampede' heading for Singapore - SINGAPORE will soon be stormed by a herd of over 100 elephants. But don't fear a stampede. The fibreglass pachyderms are part of the Elephant Parade, the largest open air art exhibition dedicated to saving the Asian elephant. - 29.07.2011.
  • Maine vet seeks to bring circus elephant to his yard in Hope - HOPE, Maine — A Maine veterinarian wants to bring a circus elephant he worked with decades ago to his home in Hope. Veterinarian Jim Laurita wants to bring the 42-year-old elephant Rosie to Maine so he can use new techniques to treat the arthritis the animal is suffering from. - 29.07.2011.
  • Social Networks Rule Among Asian Elephants - Like the high-school prom queen, some female Asian elephants have large social networks, while others are like the wallflower, more isolated, and sticking to a small group of close companions, according to a new study that also found some fickle individuals frequently swapped out their top five friends. - 29.07.2011.
  • GoDaddy Looks Unscathed By Bob Parsons Elephant Killing - Was all that outrage and boycott talk just hot air? - If you want to boost sales for your business, kill an elephant. No, seriously – take a video of yourself shooting an elephant in the dark as well as the subsequent slaughtering and throw it up on YouTube. Then, advertise said video all over Twitter. - 29.07.2011.
  • Africa: Ivory Dealer Gets U.S.$1 Million Bail in United States - IN what could be a huge breakthrough in the fight against rampant organised poaching, a Philadelphia businessman, known to have tentacles throughout Central and Southern Africa has been arrested in the US for dealing in poached ivory. - 29.07.2011.
  • Chhouk, the elephant, walks again with prosthetic foot - Chhouk, an orphaned baby elephant, was crippled by a trap in Cambodia's Sprepok Wilderness area. When conservationists found the elephant, he was severely malnourished. His leg was infected and he could barely stand. - 29.07.2011.
  • Tröten wie die Elefanten im Gothaer Schlossmuseum - Trompeten wie Elefanten und zwitschern wie die Vögel, das probierten Ferienkinder im Schlossmuseum am Donnerstag aus. So ganz nebenbei lernten sie auch noch die aktuelle Elefanten-Ausstellung kennen. - 29.07.2011.
  • Paloh the baby elephant is freed from her chains - Paloh the traumatised baby elephant has been freed from her chains – thanks to outraged Mirror readers. She has been unshackled and moved from a filthy compound at a Malaysian zoo to join a young companion in a better enclosure. - 29.07.2011.

28. Juli 2011

  • Benjamin blies Auftritte ab - Es war der majestätische Höhepunkt des „Circus Las Vegas“ in Zwickau: Der Auftritt von Elefant Benjamin Blümchen mit vier Zebras. Doch nach vier Vorstellungen sind die Zebras allein zu Haus. Benjamin ward von einer schlimmen Eli-Depression geplagt: Er wollte nach Hause zu seinen Freunden! - 28.07.2011.
  • Hope veterinarian given OK to keep elephant in yard - HOPE, Maine — The man who wants to bring an elephant to Maine has approval from his town. Jim Laurita, a veterinarian in Hope, is working to bring Rosie the elephant from her home at an Oklahoma circus she shares with her 27 herd members to a barn he plans to build in his yard. - 28.07.2011.
  • Elephant With Prosthetic Foot In Cambodia (VIDEO) - PHNOM TAMAO - In 2007, orphaned baby elephant Chhouk was found wandering alone in the forests of Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia. Badly emaciated and separated from his mother, this endangered Asian elephant had lost his left front foot due to injuries sustained from a poacher’s snare. - 28.07.2011.
  • PETA Wants Elephant Rides Out of LA County Fair - Los Angeles - An animal rights group said today it has contacted the Board of Supervisors to demand that elephant rides at the upcoming L.A. County Fair be canceled due to its fears that the animals are mistreated. - 28.07.2011.
  • Kerala to B’lore to Dubare... Elephant is not amused - Caught in a legal tangle created by donor, temple, CUPA, and the forest department, elephant’s plight prompts court to compare it to the road-roller in Malgudi Days. - Girijashankara, a male elephant, could well have ambled out of the pages of an R K Narayanan novel. But the jumbo aka Manishankar is for real. And so is his problem as he is being shunted from place to place, prompting Justice Manjula Chellur to compare him to the road roller from Malgudi Days which a man had won in a lottery but no one could decide where to put. - 28.07.2011.
  • Horror zoo says chaining elephants is for training purposes - THE zoo at the centre of a cruelty storm last night claimed it chained up baby elephant Paloh as part of her training. Horrific pictures of the two-year-old with her front feet chained tightly together have shocked animal lovers around the world and led to calls for the Malaysian zoo to be shut down. - 28.07.2011.

27. Juli 2011

  • Extroverted Elephants Change Their Best Friends Over Time - While there are many different specific personality types, people are often categorized as either introverted or extroverted. Some like to keep to just a few close friends, rarely leaving their small comfort zones, while others are more outgoing, collecting friends wherever they go; most of us fall somewhere the middle. - 27.07.2011.
  • Elefant tötet zwei Menschen in Nepal - Ein wilder Elefant hat im Südosten Nepals zwei Männer zu Tode getrampelt. Das Tier ging nach Angaben des Senders Avenues TV vom Mittwoch auf die Bewohner eines UN-Flüchtlingslagers in der Region Jhapa los, als diese den Dickhäuter aus einem Reisfeld vertreiben wollten. - 27.07.2011.
  • 'Asiatische Elefanten haben viele Freunde' - COLOMBO - Asiatische Elefanten haben ein größeres soziales Netzwerk als bisher angenommen. Bisher sind Wissenschaftler davon ausgegangen, dass die asiatischen Elefanten im Vergleich zu ihren Artgenossen in Afrika ein Leben als Einzelgänger führen. Die Tiere leben nämlich zumeist in kleinen Gruppen. - 27.07.2011.
  • Man Who Funneled Illegal Ivory Through JFK Arrested Today - As any billionaire mayor will tell you, having dead animals on your walls really classes up the joint. If it happens to be parts of an animal that are illegal to kill, all the better. But there's good news for people who hate jerks that kill elephants: an ivory dealer who shipped his wares from Africa via JFK airport, then down to his African art store in Philadelphia has been caught. - 27.07.2011.
  • How elephants maintain their social relationships - Washington, July 27 (ANI): A study has found that while Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in Sri Lanka may change their day-to-day associations, they maintain a larger, stable, network of friends from which they pick their companions. - 27.07.2011.
  • P20 million towards co-existing with elephants - After 14 years of research by the Centre for Conservation of African Resources (CARACAL), the Northern Botswana Human Wild Life Coexistence Project was recently awarded over US $20 million; the Government contributed US $14.97 million while the World Bank contributed US $5.5 million. - 27.07.2011.
  • Man-elephant conflict now a concern for Bodoland too - KOKRAJHAR: The man-elephant conflict is no longer restricted to upper Assam. Felling of trees and clearing of woods in the Manas Tiger Reserve has led the problem to spread to Bodoland as well. - 27.07.2011.
  • „Dschungelnacht“ auf dem Elefantenhof in Platschow am kommenden Samstag - PLATSCHOW - Zur traditionellen „Dschungelnacht“ wird für Samstag, 30. Juli, wieder auf den Elefantenhof in Platschow eingeladen. In dem kleinen Ort im Landkreis Parchim (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) führt Familie Frankello, unter anderem bekannt von Zirkus-Engagements und diversen TV-Auftritten, die einzige Elefantenzuchtanlage Europas. - 27.07.2011.
  • Poachers kill elephant outside Mara - An elephant was killed and its tusks pulled out in the Masai Mara Game Reserve a day after a similar incident in what appear to be escalating incidents of poaching. - 27.07.2011.

26. Juli 2011

  • Elefantöse Tortenschlacht - Elefantenkind Felix wohnt im Erlebnis-Zoo Hannover in einem Palast, hat einen eigenen Pool mit integrierter Dusche, einen riesigen Sandkasten, große Holzbalken zum Balancieren, fünf persönliche Trainer, jede Menge Spaß mit seinen vier Geschwistern und auch noch ein tollen Paten. Was schenkt man so einem Minifanten zu seinem ersten Geburtstag? - 26.07.2011.
  • 75 Jahre Osnabrücker Zoo: Die Entwicklung ist „schwindelerregend“ - Osnabrück. Der Osnabrücker Zoo zeigt sich zum 75. Geburtstag sowohl heimatverbunden als auch weltoffen. Das war nicht immer so. Ein Rückblick. - Am 26. Juli im Jahr 1936 öffnete der Heimattiergarten in Osnabrück erstmals seine Pforten. Hirsch- und Rehgatter, ein Eulenturm und Gehege für Dachs und Fuchs: Das Konzept sah vor, ganz im Sinne des Zeitgeistes keine exotischen Arten, sondern nur Tiere aus den hiesigen Breitengraden auf dem Schölerberg zu halten – und ausgestorbene örtliche Arten als Skulpturen auszustellen. - 26.07.2011.
  • Baby elephant in chains at 'sadistic' zoo in Malaysia - DISTRESSED baby elephant Paloh is chained up at a zoo in an outrage that campaigners have slammed as sadistic. She is exhausted and her shackled legs buckle but she cannot even lie down in the fierce heat. - 26.07.2011.

25. Juli 2011

  • Hundreds line streets for elephant walk - Annual elephant walk marks the return of the Ringling Bros. Circus to the Honda Center. - ANAHEIM – Blake Rodriguez, 4, jumped up and down, unable to control his excitement Monday afternoon, as eight 10,000-pound Asian elephants stepped down a train platform, formed a single-file line with trunks to tails and marched down a city street. - 25.07.2011.
  • Carrots and Sticks in Elephant Land - Two male black rhinos are huffing and grumbling out their differences just below the tower in a darkness one can know only in wild places. The coming of the new moon makes it hard to ignore the brilliance of the Milky Way in an obsidian sky. - 25.07.2011.
  • 'How an elephant changed my life' - A young Finnish woman is intent on pursuing a career as an elephant rider - or mahout - after spending time working with the animals in India. Laura Puukko, 25, says that in December she will complete her homeopathy studies in Finland before embarking on her new career. - 25.07.2011.
  • The Elephant God - The Elephant God. 99 Thoughts of Ganesha by Devdutt Pattanaik. - Where Ganesha, the Elephant God is, there has got to be a story; not one but many. Wherever there is Ganesha, there have to be symbols, temples, rituals, lots of sweets to eat, and last if not the least, lots of mischief. That's what Devdutt Pattanaik, who writes on myth and mythology, brings alive to us in his latest book, 99 Thoughts on Ganesha. - 25.07.2011.
  • An elephant love story - For 10 years now, photographer and advocate John Chua has been one of the special caretakers of Manila Zoo’s most famous resident, Maali. Today, as the zoo celebrates its 52nd anniversary, it also celebrates this special bond between man and beast. - 25.07.2011.
  • Jumbos feared hurt in leadership fight - GOALTORE: It was a battle of elephantine proportions which the serene Satdinda forest in West Midnapore had rarely witnessed. Two elephants were engaged in a tussle over leadership of a herd on Sunday morning, pulling down trees, trampling bushes and causing panic in the area. One of the elephants is believed to have sustained injuries during the fight. - 25.07.2011.
  • ‘Paloh’ the baby elephant horror at Johor Zoo - Investigators checking on Malaysia’s zoos were shocked last Friday to find a baby elephant with its front legs chained together and unable to lie down for at least 48 hours. Powerless to walk she literally attempts tiny two-footed hops from side to side. - 25.07.2011.

24. Juli 2011

  • Counting elephants-The other side of the coin - There is considerable publicity about the proposed elephant census being planned by the Department of Wild Life Conservation (DWLC) in mid-August and great expectations too. When the news was released a few months ago, I wrote an article in the ‘Sunday Times’ on March 20, 2011 entitled ‘Counting elephants -a Jumbo Task’ where I enumerated the different techniques used for both the direct sighting method and indirect sighting method of counting, and their pros and cons. - 24.07.2011.
  • Madhuri Dixit’s elephantine task! - After actor Amitabh Bachchan campaigning for the tigers, you will now hear actress Madhuri Dixit Nene talking about saving Asian elephants. - 24.07.2011.
  • Elephant tusks found at Mohanlals house - Kerala: Elephant tusks found at Mohanlals house] - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Income Tax officials on Friday raided the residences and offices of Malayalam actors Mammootty and Mohanlal. However, no official was willing to divulge the details regarding the seizures at Mohanlal’s residence here. - 24.07.2011.

23. Juli 2011

  • Urban realities jolt big foot - Electrocution seems to be the cause of many elephant deaths in the forest fringe areas near Coimbatore. According to an RTI reply availed by Advocate N Paneer Selvam, 16 of the 87 elephants that have died in the Coimbatore forests over the last 10 years were electrocuted. - 23.07.2011.
  • Seminar teaches kids about elephants - A crowd of children with the Acadiana Boys & Girls Clubs focused on a tub of ice filled with carrots, apples and bananas in a circus ring in the Cajundome on Friday morning. This is where an elephant would soon be, or so the children had been told. - 23.07.2011.
  • Public should bring an end to mistreatment of elephants - I am passionate about my concern for captive elephants in circuses and zoos. I went to Deadwood July 2 to check on the elephants at the Northern Hills Shrine Circus. There I saw two healthy-looking female elephants, age 37and 36, named Vicky and Jenny. They were standing in the hot sun with no cover, on a patch of earth that was partially black top and partially tufts of grass mixed with dirt and gravel. - 23.07.2011.

22. Juli 2011

  • Tierpark Hellabrunn wird 100 Jahre alt - Vor 100 Jahren wurde in München der Tierpark Hellabrunn eröffnet. Pünktlich zum Jubiläum hat der Zoo einen neuen Star. - Vor 100 Jahren wurde der Tierpark Hellabrunn eröffnet - der erste Geo-Zoo der Welt, in dem die Tiere nach Erdteilen angeordnet sind. Und passend zum Jubiläum hat der Zoo einen neuen Star: Elefantenbaby Ludwig zieht seit Wochen die Massen an. - 22.07.2011.
  • African countries decry continued illegal poaching - SENEGAL HAS ONLY EIGHT REMAINING ELEPHANTS, WHILE NIGERIA LOST ITS LAST REMAINING ELEPHANT IN 2005, AND LIBERIA’S LAST MAMMAL DIED LAST YEAR. - WEST TSAVO (Xinhua) -- When Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki led regional government representatives in torching 18 million-U.S. dollar worth of ivory on Wednesday in Manyani, he sent strong message to international community that the continued trade in the contraband ivory will lead to the extinction of the African elephant. - 22.07.2011.
  • Indianapolis Zoo elephant has 238-pound baby - INDIANAPOLIS— The Indianapolis Zoo has a new celebrity with the birth of a baby elephant. The zoo says the female African elephant was born Wednesday and weighed in at 238 pounds. Zoo officials say the baby elephant has started nursing with the help of a step stool because her mother, Kubwa, is so tall. - 22.07.2011.
  • NHAI violates green norms in elephant habitat - New Delhi: The National Highways Authority (NHAI) is constructing a four-lane expressway in Lumding reserve forest in Assam which will cut through a crucial migratory corridor for elephants, gibbons and bison. - 22.07.2011.
  • Baby elephant attempt at zoo - When I was a little girl, my father took me to the Woodland Park Zoo. When I saw a huge elephant in his small enclosure, my heart broke and I told my father I never wanted to go to the zoo again. - 22.07.2011.
  • Zimbabwe arrests 10 for rhino, elephant poaching - Authorities in Zimbabwe have arrested 10 people for poaching and unlawful possession of elephant tusks and rhino horns that they were suspected of selling to buyers from China, police said Friday. - 22.07.2011.

21. Juli 2011

  • Ritualized Bonding in Male Elephants - Caitlin O’Connell-Rodwell, who teaches at the Stanford University School of Medicine, writes from Etosha National Park, Namibia, where she is studying elephant societies. - 21.07.2011.
  • Tribals up in arms against jumbo zone - SRIKAKULAM: In what could come as a disappointment to the tribals of Srikakulam district, people of five villages located close to Lakheri forests in Orissa face displacement with the state government proposing an exclusive elephant zone to protect the pachyderms which strayed into human habitations. - 21.07.2011.

20. Juli 2011

  • Kenia verbrennt Elfenbein - Erstmals seit 22 Jahren: Aktion soll Kampf gegen Elfenbeinmafia stärken. - Am 20. Juli verbrennt die kenianische Regierung im Tsavo Nationalpark fast fünf Tonnen beschlagnahmtes Elfenbein - als Symbol für einen konsequenten Kampf gegen Wilderei und Elfenbeinschmuggel. Das Elfenbein stammt ursprünglich aus Sambia und Malawi und wurde in Singapur beschlagnahmt. - 20.07.2011.
  • Africa sends fiery warning to poachers - Africa sent a strong message to poachers of its elephants by setting ablaze nearly five tonnes of contraband ivory worth millions of shillings on Wednesday. - 20.07.2011.
  • PETA Protests Ringling Circus - Protesters plan to march at Ringling Bros.' first night in Los Angeles. - Hundreds of animal rights activists are expected at the Staples Center Wednesday night at 6 for what they dubbed "The Greatest Circus Protest on Earth" to oppose Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's five-day, 11-show Los Angeles lineup, claiming inhumane treatment of performance elephants. - 20.07.2011.
  • Pittsburgh zoo rescues three elephants - PITTSBURGH, July 20 (UPI) -- The Pittsburgh Zoo says it has rescued three elephants facing death in Botswana after one of their keepers was accidentally killed. - 20.07.2011.
  • Tony treats elephants with osteopathy in Thailand - THAILAND might be better known for its backpacker trail and glorious beaches. But Cheltenham osteopath Tony Nevin used his trip to the Far East for a very different purpose – to cure elephants of muscle pain. - 20.07.2011.
  • Elefanten-Matinee findet wieder statt - Die Luzerner dürfen den Circus-Knie-Elefanten dieses Jahr wieder ganz nahe kommen. Letztes Jahr waren diese zu unruhig. Viele Luzernerinnen und Luzerner könnens kaum noch erwarten: In zwei Tagen schlägt der Circus Knie seine Zelte auf der Luzerner Allmend auf. - 20.07.2011.
  • Three rescued elephants at ICC - FAIRHOPE— The International Conservation Center near Fairhope has three female elephants that were rescued from South Africa. In 1992 Uttum and Dinkey Corea, Botswana, heard about three young female elephants that were orphaned during a government authorized cull in the Kruger National Park in South Africa. - 20.07.2011.
  • Wild elephants may be wiped out within 10 years - HA NOI — Since June 2009, eight elephants have been found dead in the Vinh Cuu Natural Conservation Area of the southern province of Dong Nai , according to recent statistics. - 20.07.2011.
  • Kenya Sets Five Tonnes of Contraband Ivory Ablaze - NAIROBI, Kenya, July 20, 2011 (ENS) - To raise public awareness of the impact of poaching on Africa's elephants, the Lusaka Agreement Task Force and the Government of Kenya are burning five tonnes of seized ivory in Tsavo National Park on Wednesday. - 20.07.2011.

19. Juli 2011

  • Elefanten-Frühwarnsystem aus Wien - Begegnungen zwischen Elefanten und Menschen enden nicht immer glücklich: Die Wiener Zoologin Angela Stöger-Horwath arbeitet derzeit an einem Warnsystem, das Dorfbewohner vor nahenden Elefantenherden warnen soll. - 19.07.2011.
  • Calimero op 19/7 van 50 meter hoogte te zien in Safaripark - Grootste Afrikaanse olifant van Europa betreedt nieuw buitenverblijf] - Vorige week gingen zijn soortgenoten hem al voor, maar vandaag gaat het dan ook eindelijk gebeuren voor Calimero. De grootste Afrikaanse olifant van Europa betreedt vandaag zijn nieuwe buitenverblijf in Safaripark Beekse Bergen. Wat deze gebeurtenis bijzonder maakt, is dat het nieuwe verblijf alleen vandaag van 50 meter hoogte te zien is. - 19.07.2011.
  • Woodland Park Zoo's elephants - The elephants are trying to “tell us” they don’t belong in captivity as evidenced by infertility, infanticide (never documented in the wild), flatlining (cycling ends prematurely) and rejection of calves. These highly intelligent, highly social animals who find themselves in an impoverished zoo environment suffer every single day [“Zoo keeps trying to make a baby,” page one, July 18]. - 19.07.2011.

18. Juli 2011

  • Zoo tries for more revenue - Actions exploit elephant. - Your well researched front-page article by Sonia Krishnan, “Zoo keeps trying to make a baby” [July 18] with the photo of poor Chai during the insemination procedure made me very uncomfortable and angry. - 18.07.2011.
  • In defense of elephant and firefighters - “Show must go on” is hurting sick elephant. - It is the feds — the U.S. Department of Agriculture — who have cited Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus for lack of care for a sick elephant (“Feds cite circus over elephant condition,” July 14). It is not the public or an animal rights group. - 18.07.2011.
  • Jumbo herd moves in, families flee in Chhattisgarh - For about a week now, a herd of 16 wild elephants has made a forested hamlet of Chhattisgarh its home, running amok in the area and driving 22 fear-stricken families out of their homes, an official said Monday. - 18.07.2011.
  • Stash Of Ivory Set To Be Burned - (ELEPHANTS) AFRICA — In a bold measure to halt animal abuse and trafficking, Kenya announced that an ivory supply will be destroyed. Killing elephants for ivory demonstrates the worst of human nature and is putting elephants on the track to extinction. All ivory trading must be made illegal, with stiff fines, to limit the demand. - 18.07.2011.
  • Oklahoma City Zoo prepares to receive male elephant - A male elephant could arrive as early as this fall at the Oklahoma City Zoo. The bull, named Rex, is a former circus elephant that will be brought from a zoo in Canada. Zoo officials hope Rex will breed with Chandra immediately and then Asha after her calf is weaned. - 18.07.2011.
  • DNA fingerprinting for Kerala jumbos - Confronted with widespread manipulation of implanted micro-chips to keep track of the elephant population, the state government will soon roll out DNA fingerprinting for its captive elephant population at a cost of `40 lakhs. - 18.07.2011.

17. Juli 2011

  • Elefantin Judy wurde 55 Jahre alt - Die Besucher und das Personal im Zoo von Neunkirchen sind traurig: Einer der angeblich ältesten Elefanten Europas ist jetzt im Tiergarten der Stadt im Saarland gestorben. - 17.07.2011.
  • Caldwell Zoo buries Chico the elephant. - When the largest African bull elephant in North America passed away recently at the Caldwell Zoo and his necropsy was performed, there was only one thing left to do: lay the 14,000-pound animal to rest. - 17.07.2011.
  • Captive elephants to get RC books - Captive elephants of Kerala will soon flaunt photo-affixed registration certificate (RC) books. The book the size of a magazine will have various details of an elephant, including health and ownership status, and its photographs from four angles. - 17.07.2011.
  • Lost Aid To Be Salvaged - The US$ 30 million World Bank (WB) project to develop the country’s wildlife sector which was lost due to Finance Ministry (FM) bungling may yet be revived under a new WB project to develop South Asia’s wildlife sector. - 17.07.2011.
  • Alcoholism Causes Elephant Deaths - Drunkenness by engine drivers is attributed to the cause of elephant deaths on the railroad. Elephant conservationist Jayantha Jayewardene speaking at a seminar in Colombo on Wednesday said that no sooner the train bound for Trincomalee passes Polgahawela, the drinking starts. - 17.07.2011.
  • ‘Spectacular’ coverage for The Gathering - International travel guide puts Minneriya wildlife phenomenon among the world’s top wildlife treats. - Sri Lanka's image as a nature-based tourist destination has been given a boost by the internationally acclaimed travel guide Lonely Planet, which has named the "elephant gathering" of Minneriya as one of the world's "10 greatest wildlife spectaculars." - 17.07.2011.

16. Juli 2011

  • Auch Elefanten mögen keine Bienen - LONDON - Elefanten nähern sich den Äckern afrikanischer Bauern offenbar viel seltener, wenn diese von Bienenvölkern bewohnt werden. Das berichten Forscher, die rund um das Bauland von Bauern in Kenia Bienenkörbe aufhängten. - 16.07.2011.
  • Umzug aus Liebe - Tierpark-Paare (3): Thomas Günther ist Chef der Elefanten. - Er ist jetzt schon so groß, dass er sich nur noch zwischen den Beinen seiner Mutter Temi verstecken kann, wenn sie den Bauch einzieht: ungefähr 1,20 Meter hoch und 140 Kilo schwer. 'Er', das ist das Elefantenbaby, das alle nur 'Ludwig' nennen, obwohl der kleine Bulle offiziell noch keinen Namen hat. - 16.07.2011.
  • U.S. vs. Japan: Nelly the Elephant picks World Cup winner - Nelly, the 18-month-old elephant may have been a psychic pachyderm in picking Japan to win over Germany in the Women’s World Cup. But it’s not a crystal ball she’s kicking – or rather trunking – around; it’s only a soccer ball. - 16.07.2011.
  • Govt mulls shotguns for forest guards to chase away wild elephants - GUWAHATI: With trapping of wild elephants (mela shikar) banned in the country and all measures, including use of chilli bombs failing, the state government is considering to arm its forest guards with shotguns to scare off jumbos for checking man-elephant conflicts in the state. - 16.07.2011.
  • PETA protests Manila Zoo - The animal rights group People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) against the Manila Zoo were shocked upon seeing the photos of sick horses and thinning tigers inside the zoo. Scheduled at 1 p.m. on Friday, the protest will be led by an elephant which will hold a sign reading “Close the Manila Zoo!". - 16.07.2011.
  • The Elephant’s Journey - Review by James Urquhart. - José Saramago follows the journey of an Indian elephant ridden by a mahout. - This fabular tale from Portugal’s late Nobel laureate follows Solomon, an Indian elephant ridden by a gentle mahout from Lisbon to Vienna in the mid-1600s. - 16.07.2011.
  • All set for first elephant census - Arrangements are in place for the first islandwide elephant census to be conducted from August 11 to 13, a spokesperson from the Wildlife Conservation Department (WCD) told the Daily News yesterday. - 16.07.2011.

15. Juli 2011

  • ZOO NEUNKIRCHEN: Elefantenkuh Judy im Alter von 55 Jahren gestorben - Einer der angeblich ältesten Elefanten Europas ist im Zoo Neunkirchen gestorben. Die asiatische Elefantenkuh Judy wurde 55 Jahre alt. - NEUNKIRCHEN. Der Zoo Neunkirchen muss Abschied nehmen von der Elefantendame Judy. Der asiatische Dickhäuter starb am Freitag im hohen Alter von 55 Jahren, wie der Zoo mitteilte. - 15.07.2011.
  • Elefantenkuh Molly ist tot - Nach langer Krankheit musste der Tierarzt den 43 Jahre alten Dickhäuter einschläfern. - Stuttgart - Nach dem Tod von Vilja im vergangenen Jahr muss die Wilhelma erneut den Verlust eines ihrer Wappentiere hinnehmen. Am Mittwochabend wurde die Elefantenkuh Molly eingeschläfert. Das 43 Jahre alte Tier litt an einer schmerzhaften Entzündung der Vorderfüße, die immer schlimmer wurde. - 15.07.2011.
  • Bees keep elephants from raiding crops - NAIROBI, Kenya, July 15 (UPI) -- Fences equipped with beehives have proven successful in a Kenya community's efforts to protect crops from raiding elephants, conservationists say. - 15.07.2011.
  • Elephant activists take their message to the air - On Friday, July 15, the Friends of the Woodland Park Zoo Elephants took their protest to the air. Towing a banner with the message "Zoo elephants suffer", an airplane flew over Woodland Park Zoo and the surrounding neighborhoods. - 15.07.2011.
  • Circus Elephants Cause Excitement for SD Shows - The 141st edition of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus has come to town, and it made quite an entrance yesterday as it paraded its eight Asian elephants from Old Town to the Valley View Casino Center. - 15.07.2011.
  • Pupils from Manor Wood win trip of a lifetime with charity Elephant-Humans Relations Aid to renovate a school in Namibia, Africa - EIGHTEEN PUPILS have set out on a trip of a lifetime to give a helping hand to a school in Africa. The 16-year old pupils from King Alfred School, in Manor Wood, North End Road have raised £1,700 each towards renovating a school in Namibia, while at the same time completing their GCSEs. Eighteen teenagers jetted out to Namibia on July 5, as part of a charity called Elephant-Humans Relations Aid which campaigns to protect desert elephants and improve the relationship between humans and elephants. - 15.07.2011.
  • PETA's elephant to lead protest vs Manila Zoo - n elephant will lead the protest of the animal rights group "People for Ethical Treatment of Animals" (PETA) against the Manila Zoo. Scheduled at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, the protest will be led by an elephant which will hold a sign reading “close the Manila Zoo!" - 15.07.2011.

14. Juli 2011

  • VfB-Maskottchen Molly (45) tot - Wilhelma-Elefant musste eingeschläfert werden. - Stuttgart – Es war kurz nach 22 Uhr, als ihr Herz aufhörte zu schlagen. Elefantendame Molly (45) aus der Wilhelma ist tot. Pfleger, Fans und die Spieler des VfB trauern um den Dickhäuter. - 14.07.2011.
  • Im Revier wird kräftig gerüsselt... - ... aber mehr geht bei Münsters Elefanten noch nicht. - Erstes Liebesgesäusel im Gehege – aber „Alexander“ (33) braucht wohl noch ein bisschen Zeit... Zwar teilt sich der Elefantenbulle aus Holland schon täglich mit den drei Kühen „Corny“ (15), „Ratna“ (19) und „Kanaudi“ (44) sein Gehege. - 14.07.2011.
  • Sri Lanka Elephants Sacred, But Murderous - The government of Sri Lanka is trying to prevent face-offs between elephants and farmers on the Indian Ocean island. Sri Lanka is launching a number of initiatives in coming months, aiming to stop both elephant attacks on humans and vice-versa. - 14.07.2011.
  • Caldwell Zoo elephant dies over weekend - TYLER — Caldwell Zoo is saddened to announce that our African Elephant bull “Chico” passed away suddenly Saturday July 9. At the time of his death he was 46 years old and the oldest African bull in North American zoos. - 14.07.2011.
  • POACHERS GO ON KILLING SPREE: Revenge killings of elephant shock Kenya - (eTN) - News emerged from conservation sources in Nairobi that members of a gang of poachers, allegedly led by one Adan Kanjur, inflicted cruel death on a family of 5 elephant south of Kora National Park in the wider Meru Conservation Area recently, although details were only now becoming public knowledge. - 14.07.2011.
  • Guardian Bees Protect Kenyan Crops from Roaming Elephants - What’s the News: We’ve all probably heard the myth, made popular by Disney’s Dumbo, that elephants are afraid of mice. While that idea may not be exactly true (video), elephants do make sure to avoid another tiny critter: bees. - 14.07.2011.
  • Sri Lanka to hold elephant census - Sri Lanka is preparing for its first count of elephants in the island's forests to help protect the endangered species against the loss of its habitat. The head of the Wildlife Department, Chandrawansa Pathiraja, said the census will run over two days starting on the full moon of next month, which falls on Aug. 13. - 14.07.2011.

13. Juli 2011

  • Feds cite circus over elephant condition - Ringling says it’s a chronic situation and not serious] - Animal rights activists are urging Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus to yank one of its prized elephants from its San Diego show after the US Department of Agriculture cited the circus for failure to properly treat and diagnose the elephant’s illness. - 13.07.2011.
  • „AaSeerenaden“ sammeln für Münsters Elefanten - Münster - Die „AaSeerenaden“ von Freitag bis Sonntag (15. bis 17. Juli) sollen nicht nur musikalischen Hochgenuss bieten, sondern auch Tieren helfen. Münsters Elefanten und Wale vor der Küste Chiles profitieren von zwei Spendenaktionen. - 13.07.2011.
  • Sri Lanka zählt zum ersten Mal seine Elefanten - Colombo - Sri Lanka bereitet sich auf die erste Zählung der Elefanten in den Wäldern der Insel vor. Damit soll nach Angaben der Regierung der Schutz der Tiere verbessert werden, die auf der Insel als heilig gelten. - 13.07.2011.
  • Understanding the tribal and the elephant - Science tells us that elephants, the beautiful noble gentle giants of our forests, have a much evolved social structure and (my deduction) are more human than we will ever be. In our quest to reach the top of the food chain we humans have forgotten the very basic ingredient which once defined our ilk “humanity” and have over time become animals. - 13.07.2011.

12. Juli 2011

  • Elefant orakelt mit richtigem Riecher - Als Tierpfleger Karl Kock mit dem Fußball ins Elefantengehege kommt, ist es um den kleinen Elefanten Nelly geschehen. Unbedingt will das nur 1,30 Meter große Jungtier aus dem Serengeti-Park Hodenhagen an das runde Leder kommen, das Kock unterm Arm zu klemmen hat. - 12.07.2011.
  • Frauen-WM: Elefant Nelly sieht Schweden und Frankreich vorn - Behält Nelly Recht, dann werden am kommenden Sonntag bei der Frauenfußball-Weltmeisterschaft Frankreich und Schweden um den Pokal kicken. Der Elefant hat am Dienstag vorausgesagt, welche Teams in den Halbfinals weiterkommen. - 12.07.2011.
  • Beehive Fences Keep African Elephants Away From Crops - The comeback of Kenya’s elephant population is a huge conservation success story, as well as a huge problem for the country’s farmers. But scientists have found a new ally in the struggle to keep elephants from trampling crops: honeybees. - 12.07.2011.
  • Securing the future - IN its report entitled “Gajah: Securing the Future for Elephants in India”, released in August 2010, the Elephant Task Force of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests defines human-elephant conflict (HEC) as “the adverse impact people and elephants have on each other”. - 12.07.2011.
  • The circus is not good to animals - We're writing in response to your recent story about Ringling Bros. ("Circus comes to town this week," AFN, June 22). We would like to provide you with additional information that explains why these performances are protested at every stop. - 12.07.2011.
  • Pfade für trampelnde Dickhäuter - Im südlichen Afrika entsteht der größte grenzüberschreitende Naturpark der Welt – auch mit Hilfe der deutschen Förderbank KfW und des WWF. - Beawan Mynali drückt kräftig Luft in seine Backen. Sie wölben sich, dann bläst er los. Aus der knallroten Vuvuzela kommt ein durchdringender Ton. Der junge Namibier will damit nicht seine Fußballmannschaft anfeuern. Er hat die Tröte am Rande eines Maisfeldes angesetzt. - 12.07.2011.
  • Top wildlife official to probe elephant death - Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) Inder Dhamija from Chennai will be visiting Coimbatore on Tuesday to inquire into the circumstances that led to the death of a 20-year-old male elephant in the small hours of Sunday after it was tranquillised for radio-collaring it. - 12.07.2011.

11. Juli 2011

  • Erholungsurlaub für indische Elefanten - Neu Delhi (dpa) - Heilbäder, Massagen und leckeres Futter: 46 Elefanten eines Hindu-Tempels im südindischen Bundesstaat Kerala dürfen es sich einen Monat lang im Erholungsurlaub gutgehen lassen. - 11.07.2011.
  • "Da stehen Elefanten an der Haltestelle" - So mancher Autofahrer, der am Sonntagabend in Garbsen unterwegs gewesen war, dürfte sich verwundert die Augen gerieben haben. Zwei Elefanten standen dort an einer Haltestelle und schienen auf den Bus zu warten. - Mit Video. - 11.07.2011.
  • Auf Entdeckungstour: Elefantendamen „Dunja“ und „Daela“ erkunden Garbsen - Zwei Elefantendamen sind am Sonntagabend in Garbsen bei Hannover auf Entdeckungstour gegangen. „Dunja“ und „Daela“ sind schwergewichtige Mitarbeiterinnen des Zirkus May. Bis zum 24. Juli gastieren sie in Garbsen, wo Zirkuschef Jonny May am Wochenende auf einer Wiese an der Meyenfelder Straße die Zelte aufschlagen ließ. - 11.07.2011.
  • Words That Don't Fail the Elephant - "I thought the ivory trade was banned." How many times have I heard that in the last 15 years?! Surely it's true: the bloody, corrupt and merciless ivory trade that precipitated the slaughter of 600,000 African elephants during the late 1970s and 1980s; the trade that outraged people all over the world and stained the savannah red; the trade that, at its height, accounted for the lives of 200 elephants a day; the trade that was banned by international agreement in 1989. - 11.07.2011.
  • Two killed by elephants in separate incidents - Coimbatore, Jul 11 (PTI) Amid forest department's move to radio-collar the 'problem' elephants which stray into human habitats and attack people, two persons have been trampled to death in separate incidents in Coimbatore and Nilgiris districts, police said today. - 11.07.2011.
  • Ellen the artistic elephant mourned in Arkansas - LITTLE ROCK, Ark (Reuters) - Ellen the elephant, who painted and played the harmonica, was an Arkansas celebrity for nearly 57 years, so much so that mourners braved 100-degree heat on Sunday to attend a memorial service for her. - 11.07.2011.
  • No relocation of elephants in South - Wildlife Conservation Department Director General Dr Chandrawansa Pathiraja stressed that no elephants in the South will be relocated either for the construction of the Mattala airport or for the proposed Games City in Hambantota hosting Commonwealth Games in 2018. - 11.07.2011.
  • Collaring bid goes wrong; elephant dies - Attempts by foresters to radio-collar a second wild elephant in the Coimbatore forest range ended disastrously Saturday night when a 20-year-old male elephant was tranquillised and slipped and fell inside a ravine. - 11.07.2011.
  • Jumbo dies as foresters get basics wrong - COIMBATORE: In a bizarre incident here, an elephant ran away alarmed after it was hit by a tranquiliser dart administered by forest officials, and died falling into a pit, early on Sunday. - 11.07.2011.

10. Juli 2011

  • Thabo zieht im August in die USA - Im Zoo von Pittsburgh erwartet den afrikanischen Elefanten eine Savanne, in der Artgenossen mit Giraffen, Löwen, Nashörnern oder Gazellen wie in freier Natur zusammenleben. - 10.07.2011.
  • Septuagenarian killed by elephant - Two trampled to death by elephants Guwahati. - A father and his tw year-old son were trampled to death by a herd of wild elephants in Assam's Sonitpur district today.According to official sources the two were trampled to death when they were sleeping in their house at Belsiri village. - 10.07.2011.
  • Jumbos kill father-son duo in Lakhimpur - JORHAT: Wild elephants killed a man and his one-year-old son in the Dhekiajuli forest range of Lakhimpur district early on Sunday. The jumbos also injured his wife and damaged seven houses in the locality. - 10.07.2011.
  • Preventing Elephant Deaths By Train - Approximately 6 to 10 wild elephants are knocked down at railway lines every year, said Director Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC), Dr. Chandrawansa Pathiraja. DWC, along with Sri Lanka Railway (SLR), is trying to take steps to curb this problem. - 10.07.2011.

9. Juli 2011

  • Wild elephant worries Tarikere farmers - Wild elephant menace has increased in Bettadahalli, Chattnalli, Shivapura, Koranahalli, Rajanahalli and Amrithapura hobli in Tarikere. The elephant has destroyed arecanut and banana plantations in the hobli. - 09.07.2011.
  • Jumbos attack doctors conducting post-mortem of electrocuted elephants - Doctors and forest officials, who were conducting post-mortem of three elephants electrocuted by a high tension wire outside Dudhwa National Park in Lakhimpur Kheri district, were attacked by a herd of 50 elephants. The team fired gunshots in the air to disperse the elephants. But whey they found that the firing had no effect on the pachyderms, they fled from the spot. - 09.07.2011.

8. Juli 2011

  • Animal activists, trainers spar over cruelty questions - When Tweet the giraffe died at the Franklin Park Zoo while filming “Zookeeper’’ almost two years ago, animal rights activists demanded an investigation. The necropsy report ultimately pointed to natural causes, but animal lovers did not take that as a sign to stand down. - 08.07.2011.
  • Animal activists, trainers spar over cruelty questions - When Tweet the giraffe died at the Franklin Park Zoo while filming “Zookeeper’’ almost two years ago, animal rights activists demanded an investigation. The necropsy report ultimately pointed to natural causes, but animal lovers did not take that as a sign to stand down. Now, activists are nosing around for signs that Rosie, who plays Barry the elephant in “Zookeeper,’’ which opens today, endured cruelty during training. - 08.07.2011.
  • Elephant successfully radio-collared - After three laborious days, Forest Department officials and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) experts here on Thursday tranquilised a 20-year old female elephant and radio-collared it. - 08.07.2011.
  • Pregnant woman escapes from tusker - A 24-year-old pregnant woman had a narrow escape when she came face-to-face with a wild elephant near the Bannerghatta National Park yesterday. - 08.07.2011.

7. Juli 2011

  • Olifant Chamundi logeert in DierenPark Amersfoort - AMERSFOORT - Dinsdag aan het eind van de middag heeft er een bijzondere verhuizing plaats gevonden in DierenPark Amersfoort. Olifantenbul Alexander is uit logeren in Münster en het mannetje Chamundi is vanuit Münster naar Amersfoort gekomen. - 07.07.2011.
  • Sri Lanka to relocate 200 elephants for CWG - Colombo, July 7 : Sri Lanka will relocate over 200 wild elephants to develop a new airport and massive games city in the south of the country in a bid to host the Commonwealth Games, Xinhua reported Thursday. - 07.07.2011.
  • Final notification for Nilgiris elephant corridor - Nilgiris Collector Archana Patnaik, in a statement issued here on Wednesday, said the final public notice relating to the proposed elephant corridor in the Sigur plateau of the Nilgiris district has come into effect. - 07.07.2011.
  • Elephant Mother Saves Her Newborn (VIDEO) - (ANIMAL VIDEO) — Will this newly born baby elephant survive its first two minutes of life? This is a really tense video that will keep you on the edge of your seat! - 07.07.2011.
  • Govt okays final map of elephant corridor - UDHAGAMANDALAM: The final map of the elephant corridor' falling within Sholur, Masinagudi, Hullathi and Kadanadu villages in Segur plateau of the Nilgiris was notified by district collector Archana Patnaik on Wednesday. - 07.07.2011.

6. Juli 2011

  • Ein Elefant auf Kriegszügen - Heinhard Steiger: Die Ordnung der Welt. - Doch die Christenheit blieb trotzdem unter sich: Heinhard Steiger will die völkerrechtliche Ordnung Europas bis in die Karolingerzeit zurückverfolgen. Dabei unterschätzt er verschenkte Elefanten und die Gegensätze innerhalb der Christenwelt. - 06.07.2011.
  • Partnertausch bei Elefanten - Münsteraner Zoo hofft nach 15 Jahren auf dickhäutigen Nachwuchs. - Münster - Mit einem Partnertausch will der Zoo in Münster die Leidenschaft unter seinen Elefanten steigern. Bulle Chamundi (19) kennt die Dickhäuterdamen Ratna (19) und Corny (15) seit Kindertagen und will möglicherweise deshalb mit ihnen nicht zu zärtlich rüsseln. Seit 15 Jahren hofft der Allwetterzoo vergebens auf Nachwuchs von ihm. - 06.07.2011.
  • In ieder stadje een ander schatje - Olifanten #Alexander en Chamundi op vrouwenjacht. - In verband met het Europese fokprogramma voor olifanten zijn olifantenbullen Alexander en Chamundi voorlopig van plek gewisseld. De olifant Alexander uit DierenPark Amersfoort is gisterenmiddag vertrokken naar Münster en liet direct zijn plekje innemen door Chamundi. - 06.07.2011.
  • Lawsuit says film elephants abused - LOS ANGELES, July 6 (UPI) -- Animal rights activists are suing two longtime California animal trainers, arguing an elephant used in the movie "Water for Elephants" was mistreated. - 06.07.2011.
  • VIDEO: Ivory Wars - The numbers of elephants in Africa are dwindling, as the black market for ivory booms in Asia. V.F. contributing editor Alex Shoumatoff embarked on a three-continent reporting trip to document the plight of the elephants for the August issue. - 06.07.2011.
  • Elephant runs amok in Indore - Indore, Jul 6 (PTI) An elephant ran amok and damaged roadside vehicles on hearing the sound of firecrackers during a marriage function here today, police said. Panic prevailed on the roads in Banganga area and people ran helter-skelter as the elephant became violent on hearing the loud sound. - 06.07.2011.
  • Set Toronto’s elephants free - Doing something over and over again and expecting different results was Einstein’s definition of insanity. (Tell that to your piano teacher.) Of course, we all know what Einstein meant: five and five, no matter how many times you batter away at them, will never add up to 11. And you’re a nut to think otherwise. - 06.07.2011.
  • Elephants kill 116 people during 1997-2010 in Assam - Tezpur, Jul 5 (PTI) One hundred and sixteen people lost their lives in man-elephant conflicts in Assam during 1997-2010, forest officials said today. The casualties took place despite precautionary measures for protection of human inhabited areas in forest land and intensified activities of the Assam Forest Protection Force close to Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border, they said. - 06.07.2011.
  • Hope Elephants project gets conditional approval - HOPE — The Hope Planning Board gave conditional approval to veterinarian Jim Laurita's plan to build a facility to house and rehabilitate a retired circus elephant at its July 5 meeting. - 06.07.2011.

5. Juli 2011

  • Elefant Chamundi breits in Amersfoort - Alexander am Abend erwartet - Münster - Um die Chancen auf Elefanten-Nachwuchs zu vergrößern, wird es am Dienstag einen Bullentausch geben: Der 19-jährige „Chamundi“ hat den Allwetterzoo Münster in Richtung Amersfoort (Niederlande) verlassen. Im Gegenzug kommt der 33-jährige „Alexander“ nach Münster. Seine Ankuft wird zwischen 21 und 22 Uhr erwartet. - 05.07.2011.
  • Zwangsumzug für schwergewichtigen Sexmuffel - Mit einem Partnertausch will der Zoo in Münster die Leidenschaft unter seinen Elefanten steigern und eine Mutter deckt ihren Sohn beim Schlümpfe-Klau. Das Letzte – täglich frisch auf FOCUS Online. - 05.07.2011.
  • Circus Arena zu Gast in Spandau - Allroundkünstler mit Geschichte. - Mit majestätischer Langsamkeit schreitet die Kamelstute frei am Anfang der kleinen Karawane aus drei Kamelen, einem Kaltblut und zwei Ponys. Jetzt in der Vorstellungspause ist Kamel- und Ponyreiten in der Manege angesagt. - 05.07.2011.
  • Krakin Ophira und Elefantin Nelly als Paul-Nachfolger? - Berlin (dpa) - Eine Kraken- und eine Elefantendame kämpfen derzeit noch um die Nachfolge von Krakenorakel Paul. Die Berliner Krake Ophira und der niedersächsische Elefant Nelly haben als Tier-Orakel bei den ersten beiden Deutschland-Spielen jeweils richtig auf Sieg für die DFB-Elf getippt. - 05.07.2011.
  • Baby elephant has a name -- Kenzi - The St. Louis Zoo has announced that Kenzi beat out June, Mya and Zoe for the name of the new baby elephant born June 24. The not-so-small bundle of joy is the daughter of Rani and Raja. At four days old, the baby weighed 297 pounds and stood 39 inches tall. - 05.07.2011.
  • Kluge Tiere waren die Stars in der Manege - Mit schönen Tierdressur-Nummern, mitreißender Artistik und Clownerie begeisterte der Cirkus Luna große und kleine Besucher. - ST. BLASIEN. Eins zu null für Benjamin – viel Spaß hatten Jung und Alt an dem fußballspielenden Elefanten und seinen zwei- und vierbeinigen Kollegen bei der Premierenvorstellung des Cirkus Luna am vergangenen Freitag in St. Blasien. - 05.07.2011.
  • 4 deaths in a month raise poaching spectre - ERODE: The death of a male tusker – fourth since June – has raised fears that poachers are on the loose in Nilgiris and Sathyamangalam forest. Worried over a sudden surge in elephant deaths, environmental activists accuse the forest department of laxity in providing protection to these endangered species. - 05.07.2011.

4. Juli 2011

  • Hit by train, another elephant dies - Siliguri (West Bengal), July 4 (IANS) An elephant hit by a train in West Bengal more than a week ago died Monday of multi-organ failure, an official said. - 04.07.2011.
  • Orangutan and Elephant Forests Protected - In the Malayasian state of Sabah over 700,000 acres of forest has been certified as protected land. This area includes forest inhabited by many wild Borneo orangutans and pygmy elephants. Sabah supposedly has the best managed forests in the country. - 04.07.2011.
  • How sailors & elephants became mainstays of festival - AHMEDABAD: Every major festival has legends woven around it. Ahmedabad's rath yatra, though not very ancient, has a legacy spanning more than a century. Some stories of Ahmedabad's rath yatra are intertwined with the city's history. They concern the two main elements of the event — the khalasis (sailors) who later became chariot pullers; and the elephants. - 04.07.2011.
  • Do You Have What It Takes To Be an Anantara’s Roving Elephant Reporter? - Ensuring that the King’s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament (Sept. 4-11, 2011) celebrates its tenth anniversary from a truly unique point of view, Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas is launching an international youth competition to search for a Roving Elephant Reporter aged between 7 and 15. - 04.07.2011.

3. Juli 2011

  • Temple elephants put on diet - The mahouts of the temple elephants in the state were handed dietary charts and asked to cut down on the tuskers’ sugar and starch. - 03.07.2011.
  • Jumbo's night out turns into nightmare - MADIKERI: The Cheppudiras were startled out of their deep slumber to the loud trumpeting of an elephant in their estate on Friday night. When they woke up and looked around, they found that a baby elephant had fallen into their septic tank. - 03.07.2011.
  • Footfalls In The Wild - One of the perks of my calling as librarian, editor/ proof-reader, has been the opportunity to read and enjoy a good book, manuscript or article. Imagine my delight then, when I was asked to do the final proof reading of a collection of Lyn de Alwis’s writings and speeches, compiled under the title, “Footfalls in the Wild.” - 03.07.2011.

2. Juli 2011

  • Wild elephants damage crops in 2 TN villages - Dharmapuri (TN), July 2 (PTI) Two wild elephants strayed into as many villages in nearby Nallampalli area and damaged crops today. The elephants which damaged crops in Balajangamanhalli and Eachampadi villages were driven back into the forests in a four-hour operation by forest department personnel, officials said. - 02.07.2011.
  • Zoo-Elefantenpfleger: „Jetzt möchte ich etwas zurückgeben“ - Seit 38 Jahren arbeitete der Tierpfleger Brian Batstone im Kölner Zoo. Der Sohn eines Engländers hat den Aufbau des neuen Elefantenhauses maßgeblich begleitet und mit den Dickhäutern gearbeitet. Nun geht der 62-Jährige in den Ruhestand. - 02.07.2011.
  • Vom Glauben an die Trauben - Zur Weinprobe beim Elefantenkellner: Ein Besuch bei den Winzereien in Thailand. - Pungwan! Ya ded a gnun!" Das ist Thailändisch und heißt "Pungwan! Lass die Trauben hängen!" Das Kommando gibt Worarat seinem drei bis vier Tonnen schweren Begleiter: Pungwan (35), einem Elefanten im besten Mannesalter. Worarat ist sein Führer, Trainer und Pfleger. - 02.07.2011.
  • Panel to decide on ‘mercy killing’ of elephant - The state forest department has formed a committee of experts for advice on “mercy killing” of a critically injured elephant, which was hit by a train in Jalpaiguri district last week. - 02.07.2011.
  • Now, diet charts for jumbos too - CHENNAI: Temple elephants in Tamil Nadu have also joined the throng of weightwatchers, with dietary charts to cut down on the sugar and starch they consume and workouts planned for them. - 02.07.2011.
  • Rescued elephant calf finds new wild family - Found injured and weak. - June 2011: A rare conservation success story is emerging from Manas National Park with the sighting of a rehabilitated elephant having been accepted into a wild herd. - 02.07.2011.

1. Juli 2011

  • Ride Thai high as an elephant's eye - What’s big, gray, rough-skinned, smells bad and is one of the most beautiful, gentle animals you could ever have the honor of getting a ride on? An elephant, particularly those at the Thailand Elephant Conservation Center in Lampang, in Northern Thailand. - 01.07.2011.
  • Hyderabad: Elephant procession doubtful - HYDERABAD: The age-old tradition of taking out Bonalu procession on an elephant might soon become a part of history. With just over two weeks left for the Bonalu, a prominent Telangana festival, temple authorities of the Ujjaini Mahakali temple in Secunderabad and Mahakali temple in the Old City are hoping the state government gives permission for the elephant procession. - 01.07.2011.
  • Ausstellung rund um den Elefanten in Schloss Friedenstein - Mit einem bunten Programm feiern die Museen auf Friedenstein am Samstag einen Elefantentag. Von 10 bis 16 Uhr zeigt die Stadt Gotha Kostbarkeiten und Kurioses rund um das Rüsseltier. Der Schirmherr der Sonderausstellung "Elefantastisch!" ist natürlich als Ehrengast da: der blaue Elefant aus der "Sendung mit der Maus". - 01.07.2011.
  • Die Tiere zählen zur Familie - Dressurnummern sind die Spezialität des Circus Luna / Manche Tiere wurden dort schon geboren. - "Manege frei" heißt es am heutigen Freitag, wenn die 15 Artisten des Circus Luna um 16 Uhr ihre Premiere in St. Blasien geben. Bis Montag folgen weitere vier Vorstellungen, in denen eine Mischung zwischen klassischer Artistik, Dressuren und Clownerien geboten wird. Und Elefant Benjamin dürfte so manchem St. Blasier schon bekannt sein, ging er doch am vergangenen Mittwoch in der Domstadt auf "Werbetour". - 01.07.2011.
  • Cruelty against captive elephants must stop - It is a strange kind of cruel act which is taking place against elephants in Kerala. First and foremost, the greatest punishment which an elephant can be given is during the time of poorams. Although owners give their elephants to pull logs in the saw mills and load them on trucks for monetary gain, poorams, where people love to see elephantsput them through even more stress. - 01.07.2011.
  • Zoo refuses to lend tusker - HYDERABAD: Ignoring pleas of various temple committees, Nehru Zoological Park authorities on Thursday refused to lend their elephant to participate in the forthcoming Bonalu festival processions. The Bonalu festivities start in Golconda on July 3 and continue till July 25. - 01.07.2011.
  • Expert opinion for injured jumbos - JALPAIGURI: Forest department officials have sought opinion from experts working in north Bengal forests for treating the elephants injured on the train tracks on Saturday. - 01.07.2011.

Juni

30. Juni 2011

  • TIERE IM ZOO: Die Mär von der artgerechten Haltung - Deutsche Zoos verbauen Millionen und versprechen ein würdevolles Gehege. Doch artgerecht kann Gefangenschaft nie sein, sagen Tierschützer. Elefanten bekommen Fußverletzungen, Raubkatzen drehen durch - denn der Käfig ist nur ein Bruchteil des natürlichen Reviers. - 30.06.2011.
  • Asian Elephant Preserve grand opening at Rosamond Gifford Zoo - A new exhibit opened at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo. YNN's Erin Clarke tells us about the Asian Elephant Preserve. - SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Thursday was a day of celebration for a project years in the making: A four acre preserve for the Rosamond Gifford Zoo's Asian elephants. - 30.06.2011.
  • Jumbos run amok, injure 1 - MYSORE: A herd of wild elephants on Thursday created ruckus running wild in the villages close to Heggadadevanakote and attacked one person injuring him grievously. - 30.06.2011.
  • Thursday Pygmy Elephants - Hello party people! I don't want to intrude on what I imagine is a wonderful day of enjoyment and/or lovemaking on your part, but if you have time...how about a few links? Take the jump for 'em. - 30.06.2011.
  • Karnataka: Elephant corridor still a far-fetched dream - BANGALORE: Constructing elephant corridors around Mysore elephant reserve area, which is a big step towards preventing man–animal conflict, still seems to be a far-fetched idea. It will take much time, said BK Singh, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife). - 30.06.2011.

29. Juni 2011

  • Spenden statt Eintritt - Die „AaSeerenaden“ sollen nicht nur musikalischen Hochgenuss bieten, sondern auch helfen. So wird um Spenden für Münsters Elefanten-Park und die Wale vor der Küste Chiles gebeten. - 29.06.2011.
  • Zebras weggepustet! Elefant spielt Wasserwerfer - Leser-Reporterin Sonja Schubert (38) aus Althütte in Baden-Württemberg fotografierte, wie ein Elefantenbulle zwei Zebras mit einer vollen Rüsselladung Wasser so richtig schön nass machte. - 29.06.2011.
  • Herpesvirus claims another elephant as search for answers continues - With few resources, researchers work to contain fatal elephant virus. - This past May the Berlin Zoo announced that Ko Raya, a 2-year-old female Asian elephant, had died of an infection caused by a particularly virulent species of herpesvirus discovered only within the past two decades. - 29.06.2011.
  • Orangutans and Pygmy Elephants Protected in the Heart of Borneo - Orangutans and pygmy elephants now have nearly 300,000 "FSC certified" hectares of precious habitat sited in the Heart of Borneo project with forest managers also responsible for other endangered species like clouded leopards and Sumatran rhinos in the reserves—specifically Ulu Segama-Malua and Tangkulap-Pinangah in the Malaysian state of Sabah, Borneo. - 29.06.2011.
  • Wild Cow Elephant Relocated To Pahang - MACHANG, June 29 (Bernama) -- A wild cow elephant, caught by the Kelantan Wildlife and National Parks Department in the jungles of Kampung Pek on Monday, was today relocated to Pahang. - 29.06.2011.
  • 27 jumbos killed on tracks in 7 years - KOLKATA: The railway tracks of Jalpaiguri have been a graveyard of jumbos. As many as 27 elephants have been killed by trains speeding through the forests of the district in the last seven years, including seven of a herd at Banarhat last year. - 29.06.2011.
  • State Forest Department to radio collar wild elephants - In an attempt to reduce man-animal conflict and warn farmers about the movement of crop raiding elephants in Coimbatore Forest Circle, the State Forest Department has proposed to radio collar an elephant from a herd, which will be monitored for two years. - 29.06.2011.
  • Elephant in Japan zoo waits for city mate - Fuku-chan, a 13-year old female elephant in Japan’s Fukuyama city, will have to wait longer for an Asian mating partner to be imported from Mumbai or other parts of India. Yoshihiko Matsuura, director general of Economic and Environment Affairs Bureau, has written to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) chief Subodh Kumar to facilitate a male elephant’s visit to his zoo for mating purpose. - 29.06.2011.
  • Elephant Gathering - Sri Lanka reservoir flood move may end elephant gathering. - June 29, 2011 (LBO) - A plan by authorities to flood an ancient reservoir in Sri Lanka during the dry season may disrupt a centuries old migration of wild elephants who congregate in what is possibly the largest such gathering in the world, a leisure group has warned. - 29.06.2011.
  • The Indian horses bred to fight elephants - How the Marwari, a hardy breed of battle horse, helped change India forever. - With their cutely curved ears they may appear purely decorative, but the Marwari warhorses were instrumental in shaping Indian history. Trained to fight enemies on sword-wielding elephants and bred to withstand the crippling desert heat, their efforts on the battlefield were inextricably linked to the rise and fall of their royal Rajput masters. - 29.06.2011.

28. Juni 2011

  • Plastic pieces in elephant dung worries officilas - CHAMARAJNAGAR: Plastic pieces found in the samples of elephant dung collected from the surroundings of Himavad Gopalaswami Betta in Gundlupet taluk has made the officials of the tourism department sit up and act strictly against the use of plastic bags in tourist places in the district. - 28.06.2011.
  • Zoo elephant taking to motherhood role - ST. LOUIS, June 28 (UPI) -- An elephant at the St. Louis zoo has given birth to her second calf and is much more comfortable in her motherhood role, zoo officials said. - 28.06.2011.
  • Agony and Ivory - Highly emotional and completely guileless, elephants mourn their dead—and across Africa, they are grieving daily as demand from China’s “suddenly wealthy” has driven the price of ivory to $700 a pound or more. With tens of thousands of elephants being slaughtered each year for their tusks, raising the specter of an “extinction vortex,” Alex Shoumatoff travels from Kenya to Seattle to Guangzhou, China, to expose those who are guilty in the massacre—and recognize those who are determined to stop it. - 28.06.2011.
  • Good news for orangutan and pygmy elephants in the Heart of Borneo - Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. Orang-utan and Pygmy Elephant survival in the Heart of Borneo has received a major boost with the certification of nearly 300,000 hectares of important habitat in the forest reserves of Ulu Segama-Malua and Tangkulap-Pinangah, in the Malaysian state of Sabah, Borneo. - 28.06.2011.
  • Elephant numbers halved - PhysOrg.com) -- Half the elephants from West and Central African savannahs have vanished in the past 40 years, scientists report in PLoS One. - A team, including Iain Douglas-Hamilton of Oxford University’s Department of Zoology, estimate that around 7,750 elephants remain in the Sudano-Sahelian zone, which covers 20% of the continent, a 50% decline in four decades. - 28.06.2011.
  • Second train-hit jumbo found, treatment on - JALPAIGURI: Not one but two elephants were hit by the Asansol-bound train on the tracks that cut through the Dooars on Saturday night. Forest workers found the second injured adult cow elephant the next day at the Dyna forest in Banarhat and sent it to the Gorumara National Park. - 28.06.2011.
  • Elephant art on display - All this week artwork created by some talented elephants will be on display at enex100. The Perth Zoo's Ele Art exhibition features art created by 20-year-old Asian elephants Permai and Putra and 52-year-old Tricia. - 28.06.2011.

27. Juni 2011

  • Elephant Abuse: Reward Offered For Reporting Animal Violence - WANTED: ELEPHANT ABUSER. $10K REWARD. Following reports and video footage allegedly showing that Tai, the elephant featured in “Water For Elephants,” was abused while training for movies, outraged viewers and animal rights activists wanted justice. - 27.06.2011.
  • Rescuing Hamukungu, the baby elephant - At about a week old, a tired and dehydrated Hamukungu was rescued by a fisherman, who later handed it to UWA rangers. Martin Ssebuyira tells his rescue story and how they are helping him get back on his feet again. - 27.06.2011.
  • Paignton Zoo Elephant goes to Specsavers - Eye specialists have given Paignton Zoo's African elephant Duchess a check-up. The experts carried out an ultrasound examination on the 40 year old elephant, who weighs in at nearly 4 tonnes. She has a mature cataract causing blindness in the right eye and an immature cataract in the left, where there is still some vision. - 27.06.2011.
  • Elephant hit by train, injured - JALPAIGURI: In yet another incident involving jumbos on the Alipurduar Junction - New Jalpaiguri railway track, an adult cow elephant was badly injured when it was hit by a train near the Red Bank tea estate at Banerhat in the Dooars in Jalpaiguri district. The incident happened on Saturday at 10 pm. - 27.06.2011.
  • Humor: Elephants-- Feminists of the Wild - Humorist Claire Gawinowicz used to be an elephant. - If you believe what Shirley MacLaine says – and I’m pretty sure you all do – then you will believe that I used to be an elephant. - 27.06.2011.

26. Juni 2011

  • Rüsselhackbraten im Kochtopf - Der Elefant war und ist bis heute ein Speisetier des Menschen. - In Zimbabwe wird heftig diskuiert, ob der karge Speiseplan in den Gefängnissen des Landes mit Elefantenfleisch aufgebessert werden soll. Auch im Thüringer Wald wurden früher einmal Elefantenbabys gejagt - und verspeist. - 26.06.2011.
  • Empathy for Elephants - Giving Voice to Gentle Giants. - I have been brought to streaming tears watching the two videos that American Defenders International (ADI) have released of the company Have Trunks Will Travel allegedly training and handling elephants inhumanely, although the company denies it. Have Trunks Will Travel supplied the elephant, Tai, for the movie Water for Elephants, which was, ironically, about the mistreatment of a circus elephant. - 26.06.2011.
  • Delhi zoo may shift its three elephants - More than a year after the idea was first mooted to whether shift the three elephants from the National Zoological Park to the wild or not, the fate of these elephants is still undecided. Following an idea mooted by the environment minister Jairam Ramesh, the Central Zoo Authority had issued a directive to all the zoos, which have any elephant population and also asked the chief wildlife warden of respective states to facilitate their transfer to open areas for free movements of the pachyderm. - 26.06.2011.
  • Elephants and Citizens Paraded to Raise Awareness of Election in Sattahip - Sattahip June 24, 2011 (PDN), Mr Chanchai Earmcharoen, Sutthahip district officer, Mr Veera Supajitthananun,Chairman of Election Committee of Area 8, Chonburi, Mr Sornchai Thongyungyeun, Chief Executive of Najomtien Subdistrict Administrative Organization and Mr Kasem Hosuwan, Mayor of Kledkeaw Subdistrict Municipality in cooperation with Mr. Kumpon Tansujja, director of Nongnuch Garden Pattaya raised the election awareness from local citizens by organizing a parade of people and 30 elephants from Nongnuch Garden. - 26.06.2011.
  • Shades of black in Kaziranga - A trip to this sanctuary is like a dream come true, and you will also start believing “If it's not here, it's nowhere; if it's anywhere, it is here…. - 26.06.2011.
  • The ‘Water Hole’ Method - The ‘water hole’ method has been adopted by the Wild Life Department (WLD) for Sri Lanka’s first islandwide elephant census, informs Director WLD, Chandrawansa Pathiraja. The census will be conducted in August, depending on the weather. - 26.06.2011.
  • Gentle giants and babes at the mercy of roaring ‘yakada yakas’ - A collision between a train and three elephants that resulted in the death of all three, including one with calf along the railtrack between Galgamuwa and Ambanpola, throws up questions regarding warnings of elephant crossings and reckless train drivers. - 26.06.2011.
  • Elephant injured in collision with train - Jalpaiguri (WB), Jun 25 (PTI) An elephant was tonight injured when it was hit by a train while crossing the tracks near a tea garden in Jalpaiguri district, forest department sources said. - 26.06.2011.

25. Juni 2011

  • A mother elephant’s patience has a limit - I was watching a National Geographic special on television a while back that centered on elephants. I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for those lumbering, but gentle beasts. - 25.06.2011.
  • Two elephants run amok in Kerala - Kochi, June 25 (PTI): Two Tuskers ran amok in Kerala today in two different places at nearby Tripunithura and Palakkad, causing anxious moments for the police, but were brought under control before they caused any harm to people. - 25.06.2011.
  • PETA looking into claim circus abused elephant - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is asking the USDA to investigate an incident they say may have injured an elephant with the Cole Brothers Circus prior to a recent show at Berkshire Mall. The incident, in which a handler is alleged to have struck an elephant in the face several times with a bullhook, was captured on a video phone while a local man and his son stopped by to see the elephants preparing for the night’s performance. - 25.06.2011.
  • Video: African Elephant Crossing - African Elephant Crossing The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is the brand new African Elephant habitat. The new exhibit is a state of the art habitat, which quadruples the elephants living space. In addition to expanding the number of African Elephants, the African. CLEVELAND-AKRON (CANTON). - 25.06.2011.
  • The conflict that turns man into animal - Human menace: After taking over elephants’ territory, people now kill them too. - A country that begins every auspicious occasion by worshipping a god in the form of elephant has now gone the African way, by massacring the gentle giants without bothering to mask the brutality. - 25.06.2011.
  • Jumbos slow down trains on busy route - COIMBATORE: This is a jumbo problem that has the railways and the forest department running in circles. Herds of elephants are frequenting the woods along the railway tracks that run from Palakkad to Coimbatore, disrupting traffic. - 25.06.2011.

24. Juni 2011

  • Olifanten spotten in Mali - Centraal Mali, Mali - Olifanten in Mali? Ja, inderdaad, olifanten in Mali! De noordelijkste kudde van het Afrikaanse continent graast graag rondom Hombori en in het Réserve de Douentza. Een leefgebied, dat ze delen met een flink aantal mensen en dieren. - 24.06.2011.
  • It's A Girl! Baby Elephant Born At Saint Louis Zoo - ST. LOUIS, MO (KPLR)— An Asian elephant has been born at the St. Louis Zoo on Friday, June 24, 2011. The Zoo's 15-year-old elephant named Rani, gave birth at 1:13 p.m. The mother and baby are not yet on public display. A debut date has not been set. - 24.06.2011.
  • Rescued elephant calf dies - Berhampur (Orissa), June 24 (PTI) The elephant calf which was rescued by villagers and forest staff from a pit at Birudibandhapalli near Ganjam died of its injuries, official sources said. - 24.06.2011.
  • Decision to shift elephants from Byculla zoo to come next month - The fate of the two elephants in Byculla zoo will be decided in the next one month. A two-member expert committee visited the zoo on Thursday evening, to check if the two female elephants, Laxmi, 53, and Anarkali ,46, could be exempted from the central zoo authority’s (CZA) directive about shifting elephants in captivity to sanctuaries or national parks. - 24.06.2011.

23. Juni 2011

  • The horrible death of a zoo's elephant - I did not catch this most upsetting piece in Sunday's Chronicle pink pages this past weekend, but someone just brought it to my attention. You may also have missed it, and I thought it worth reprinting. This weekend's piece is a reprint of an item which originally ran in The San Francisco Chronicle on June 19, 1936. - 23.06.2011.
  • Chandler teenager survives attack by elephant in Thailand - Lauren Bennett has seen parts of Europe and Thailand, played with tiger cubs and ridden an elephant - all before eighth grade. She has also already reckoned with death. Relaxing in her quiet Chandler home, she still can't quite escape from the chaotic scenes haunting her memory: speeding down turbulent mountain roads, the open-air hospital, the endless, humid nights in pain crying out for morphine. And yet, she has made peace with the beast who did this to her. - 23.06.2011.
  • Hope Elephants jumps first hurdle - Project heads to public hearing. - HOPE — The Hope Planning Board unanimously voted June 21 that the application submitted by veterinarian Jim Laurita to build a barn to house a retired circus elephant is complete. - 23.06.2011.
  • Menu change for captive elephants in Kerala - Palm leaves to be replaced by fodder; pilot project at Guruvayur Devaswom soon. - Kerala's captive elephants will soon get green and fresh grass to chew on instead of palm leaves which are taking a toll on their health. - 23.06.2011.

22. Juni 2011

  • Zirkuselefant: Veterinäre sind zuständig - Die Organisation PETA hatte den Zirkus kritisiert. Die Stadt betont, dass das Unternehmen planmäßig überprüft wurde. Der Elefant der dort lebt, dürfe nicht mehr auftreten. - 22.06.2011.
  • Dringen voor Mumba - Nog maar vijf dagen oud en nu al de ster van Artis. Olifantenbaby Mumba doet geen oog dicht van alle aandacht van haar halfzus en het publiek. Nog een beetje wankel struint ze door het zand van het olifantenverblijf van de Amsterdamse dierentuin. - 22.06.2011.
  • Elephants, keepers deal with life and death in the herd - One proverb holds that "an elephant's tasks are never too heavy for it." Both the Asian elephants and the crew that takes care of them at the Saint Louis Zoo have a heavy task at hand, as they grieve the death of Clara, matriarch of the herd. - 22.06.2011.
  • Just how wise is a wise elephant? - When I tell people I study Zoology at University there are 2 common responses: 1) Is that the study of how to be a zookeeper? 2) What is your favourite animal? Now we all know Zoology is not the study of how to be a zookeeper, but the second question is a little difficult. I couldn’t put my finger on one favourite animal, but I think Elephants are right up there. - 22.06.2011.
  • Vietnam’s elephants could be extinct in 10 years - VietNamNet Bridge - International experts on animal conservation have given a warning that elephants in Vietnam would be extinct within 10 years. The warning came after a series of cases of elephants being killed or died of unknown causes. - 22.06.2011.
  • Water on H-1 near offramp coming from natural spring - Question: There is a water leak on the H-1 Freeway, westbound, before and after the School Street ramp. I have reported this situation twice within the past year, but so far, no action has been taken. Can you help? - 22.06.2011.
  • Kids of all ages welcome circus elephants to Phoenix - PHOENIX - It's known as the Greatest Show on Earth , and it's made its way to the Valley! Although the circus doesn't officially start until Wednesday, today families were able to watch the walk of the elephants from the train in downtown Phoenix. - 22.06.2011.
  • Insurance for victims of elephant attacks - An insurance scheme will be introduced to compensate people attacked by wild elephants and for damage caused to property and cultivation, Wildlife Minister S.M. Chandrasena said yesterday. The insurance scheme is to be jointly implemented by the Wildlife Trust Fund and the Agriculture Insurance Board. - 22.06.2011.

21. Juni 2011

  • Elephants injure man in Ganjam Villagers - BERHAMPUR: The lull in the men-elephant conflict in Ganjam district was shattered again with wild elephants trampling a 65-year-old man at Biruligada, about 30 km from here on Monday evening. The person, seriously injured, has been admitted to MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur. - 21.06.2011.
  • Pictures: Elephant casts vote for Thai election - AN UNLIKELY voter cast its vote for Thailand's upcoming general elections on Tuesday - an elephant. The elephant, a resident of Autthaya province, 70km north of Bangkok, was part of a promotional event for the general election. - 21.06.2011.
  • Fast wie in Afrika - Der Thüringer Zoopark bekommt eine neue Elefantenanlage mit dem größten Freigehege in Deutschland. Baubeginn muss spätestens Anfang 2012 sein. Zur Finanzierung gibt es spektakuläre Ideen. - 21.06.2011.
  • Work on electric fence at Dahiyagala Elephant corridor begins - Following a nearly three year long legal battle by three wild life conservation organizations, erecting the electric fence besides the Dahiyagala Elephant Corridor work has begun, the Department of Wild Life Conservation (DWLC) said. - 21.06.2011.

20. Juni 2011

  • Elefanten und Tiger auf Tournee - Im Circus Carl Busch will man auf tierische Artisten nicht verzichten. - Der Circus Carl Busch ist bekannt für seine Elefanten, Tiger, Pferde und Kamele. Die Tiere machen einen gut versorgten Eindruck, die Gehege werden täglich gereinigt und mit frischem Heu aus der jeweiligen Region bestückt. - 20.06.2011.
  • Artis verwelkomt olifantje - Mumba maandagochtend even te zien voor publiek. - Zaterdagochtend kwam er in Artis een olifantje ter wereld. De kleine werd al met spanning verwacht en nu is ze er dan eindelijk. Het is een vrouwtje en ze heet Mumba. De eerste kraamvisite mag het olifantje maandagochtend bewonderen. - 20.06.2011.
  • Birmingham Zoo programs spotlight elephants - BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- The Birmingham Zoo is offering several programs this week to spotlight its newest -- and largest -- additions. Today kicks off "Elephant Week," which will feature special daily activities related to the zoo's three male African elephants. Since December, the zoo has added to its collection Bulwagi, a 29-year-old, 13,000 pound elephant, 10-year-old Callee, weighing 5,500 pounds, and 10-year-old, 7,100 pound Ajani. - 20.06.2011.
  • THAILAND: ELEPHANT HILLS LUXURY JUNGLE CAMP - In the early afternoon, deep in the rainforest of Khao Sok National Park, a monsoonal storm had just swept in. It drenched not only the jagged, jungle-covered limestone peaks surrounding us, but a hungry line of swaying elephants waiting impatiently for their lunch of fresh fruit and vegetables. - 20.06.2011.
  • Accidents claim six wild jumbos this year - Around six wild elephants have died in accidents this year. Wildlife Director General Chandrawansa Pathirage said the second elephant accident for the year, had occurred at the Meeoya Bridge in Ambanpola on Saturday. - 20.06.2011.

19. Juni 2011

  • In Artis is een klein olifantje geboren - Ahoy! Welk een vreugd een nieuw leven ons toch kan verschaffen. Even een koffiehoekje over een geboorte in een dierentuin, om te laten zien dat we wel kritisch zijn op klimaatprofeten als Gore, maar niks hebben tegen natuur. Zo ook niet tegen het pasgeboren olifantje Mumba, welke gisteren werd geboren in het Amsterdamse Artis. - 19.06.2011.
  • Can elephants be trained like horses? - There aren't many obvious similarities between equines and elephants — but a world-renowned trainer thinks they've got more in common than we might think. - 19.06.2011.
  • Train accident claims three elephants - A baby elephant and two female elephants were killed in the wee hours of Saturday in Ambanpola in the Galgamuwa area, having being hit by the Anuradhapura - Colombo passenger train. The animals had been coming out of the forest patch and were crossing the railway track. - 19.06.2011.
  • I survived an elephant attack, says Gangadharan Menon - In my thirty years of exploring the Indian forests, I have had close encounters with elephants in the wild four times. The first time was way back in 1979. I had gone to Silent Valley in Kerala with my crew to make a documentary film on the endangered, evergreen forest. - 19.06.2011.

18. Juni 2011

  • Drei Elefanten-Babys bei Zugunfall in Sri Lanka getötet - In Sri Lanka sind drei Elefanten-Babys von einem Zug erfasst und getötet worden. Das Trio habe am Samstag in einer bewaldeten Region nahe der Stadt Ambanpola im Norden der Hauptstadt Colombo Gleise überquert, als ein Passagierzug herangerast sei, sagte ein Bahn-Manager. - 18.06.2011.
  • Aziatische olifant geboren in Artis - In Artis is een Aziatische olifant geboren. Het is een meisje van 90 kilo en ze heet Mumba. De verzorgers kozen de naam uit ruim 2000 inzendingen die waren ingestuurd voor een wedstrijd. - 18.06.2011.
  • Elephant kills Vic Falls head guide - TRAGEDY struck at Victoria Falls Safari Lodge June 8, when the head guide at the award-winning Victoria Falls Safari Lodge, Tendekai Madzivanzira was killed by a bull elephant in full musth (ready for breeding.) Madzivanzira, who was armed with a rifle and had years of experience, had escorted an international guest from the hotel to the nearby Siduli Hide at 4pm. - 18.06.2011.
  • Czarnè führt wieder den Dicken ins Rennen - BRETTSPIEL: Mit »White Elephant« soll die Renaissance auf dem Feld eingeläutet werden. - Bereits der durchschnittliche Dickhäuter ist ein Geselle, dessen bloßer Anblick einen gewissen Respekt abnötigt. Doch dieser Prachtbursche hier macht's noch eine Nummer größer: Gleich drei Köpfe sitzen auf dem mächtigen Rumpf und präsentieren ihre Stoßzähne. - 18.06.2011.

17. Juni 2011

  • NELLY – DAS ORAKEL VON HODENHAGEN: Ferres' Elefant tippt die Frauen-WM - Hodenhagen – Sie dribbelt! Sie schießt! Volle Kanne mit beiden Vorderfüßen! Die Dicke (480 Kilo) köpft den Ball wie ein echter Kicker. Elefantenbaby „Nelly (1 Jahr alt) im Serengeti-Park Hodenhagen macht uns jetzt den (Kraken-) Paul: Sie tippt bei der Frauen-Fußball-WM, welche Elf bei den Spielen der Deutschen Mannschaft siegt. - 17.06.2011.
  • Terror tusker victims yet to get funds - MYSORE: Last week, politicians and bureaucrats made a beeline to K R Hospital to meet the victims of the elephant attack. Forest minister Vijayashankar and the DC promised the patients that the government would bear the cost of the treatment. Nine days later, it still remains a promise. - 17.06.2011.

16. Juni 2011

  • Kerala: Radio collars to monitor rogue elephants - SULTHAN BATHERY: For the first time in the history of the state, the Forest Department is trying to monitor the movement of rogue elephants by fitting radio collar on them. As a first step, one elephant has been fitted with radio collar on Thursday in the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary. - 16.06.2011.
  • Lanka envoy inaugurates Amity ecological workshop on elephants - Conservation of large mammals like Asian elephants that require large territories to perform its ecological functions is a big challenge for conservationists and forest departments. Wildlife managers are severely handicapped by stringent legal requirements, lack of financial resources as well as technical skills apart from social pressures generated locally in conflict situation. Conservationists and Forest Officers are constantly endeavouring to establish harmonious coexistence between Humans and Elephants. - 16.06.2011.
  • Entebbe zoo gets baby elephant - A two-month-old male elephant has found a new home at the Uganda Wildlife Education Centre (UWEC) in Entebbe after he was abandoned by his mother on Lake George. - 16.06.2011.
  • South Sudan Battles Poaching In Quest For Tourism - When people think of Sudan, they think burning villages, civil war. Wildlife tourism? Not really. But South Sudan wants to change that. Next month, it will secede and become the world's newest nation, and officials there want people to come see the animals. It turns out many antelopes, elephants and even some giraffes survived the civil war between the north and the south. - 16.06.2011.
  • Mother-son duo killed in Sivasagar jumbo attack - JORHAT: A woman, Rupa Kharia, and her eight-year-old son were killed in an elephant attack at Halowating tea garden in Sivasagar district early on Wednesday. Rupa's husband, a tea garden worker, was also injured in the attack and their house too was destroyed by the marauding animal. - 16.06.2011.
  • Baby elephant rescued from island - The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has rescued a two-month-old male baby elephant abandoned at Hamukungu Island on Lake George, near Katungulu trading centre in Kasese District. - 16.06.2011.

15. Juni 2011

  • THE ELEPHANT MAN - the world of zookeeping, Charles “Chuck” Doyle is, well, something of a rock star. A native Syracusan, he began working at the then city-owned Burnet Park Zoo in 1976, initially as an animal keeper and night watchman. Doyle eventually developed a particular bond with the zoo’s Asian elephant, Siri, and he was promoted to senior keeper in 1982. - 15.06.2011.
  • South Sudan Works To Aid Wildlife That Survived War - South Sudan is poised to become the world's newest country in just a few weeks. Two decades of civil war cost more than 2 million lives and wiped out much of the region's wildlife — but not all of it. A few years ago, conservationists made a surprising discovery: large herds of antelopes and elephants. The government of South Sudan and the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society are now trying to protect animals that were once thought lost to war. - 15.06.2011.
  • Uneasy truce between Maasai and nature - Maasailand, Kenya (CNN) -- For tourists visiting Kenya, elephants represent the majesty of nature -- but for those living on the land the animals are often seen as pests. - 15.06.2011.
  • Wild elephants on the rampage in south - DONG NAI — A herd of five elephants trampled crops over the past three days as they searched for food near the centre of Ma Da Commune in the southern province of Dong Nai. This is the first incidence of elephants attacking the centre of the commune which has caused fear among the locals. - 15.06.2011.

14. Juni 2011

  • Die Elefanten-Invasion - Jedes Jahr werden in Indien Hunderte Menschen durch die Dickhäuter totgetrampelt. Sowohl Tierschützer als auch die Bewohner der bedrohten Dörfer fühlen sich von der Regierung alleingelassen. - Er hieß Osama Bin Laden, und er war zum Abschuss freigegeben. Im Distrikt Sonipur ging er um und hatte schon 14 Menschen auf dem Gewissen, halbe Dörfer niedergemacht. Dann kam es zum Showdown, in einer Teeplantage. Osama, der Elefantenbulle aus dem indischen Bundesstaat Assam, stand seinem Jäger Dwipen Phukan gegenüber. - 14.06.2011.
  • Video Series - Embark on an Elephant Odyssey at the San Diego Zoo - The zoo's latest exhibit combines animals and interactive learning. - There are no two days alike at the San Diego Zoo, and with the Elephant Odyssey, there’s even more to explore this summer. Put on the sunscreen, grab the camera, and make your way to the San Diego Zoo’s newest exhibit. - 14.06.2011.
  • How Do You Handle An Elephant? - A ride on a magnificent elephant, bedecked in jewelry and flower garlands, can be one of the highlights of a child's trip to the San Diego County Fair. But what is it like for the elephants? - Video. - 14.06.2011.
  • Get a big start to summer with Elephant Open House June 18 - It doesn't matter if we're kids or just kids at heart, we always want to get our summer off to a big start. Your summer will get off to an enormous start with the Elephant Open House at the Houston Zoo on Saturday, June 18. That's when Methai, Tess, Tucker, Shanti, Baylor, Thai and Tupelo will welcome you into their home - their very LARGE home - the elephant barn at the McNair Asian Elephant Habitat! - 14.06.2011.
  • Zoobilation to benefit elephants - The Oklahoma Zoological Society's annual Zoobilation fundraiser is the largest benefit for the nonprofit. The event this year will be Friday. - The annual Zoobilation party and fundraiser benefiting the Oklahoma City Zoo will be Friday. - 14.06.2011.
  • India’s Human-Elephant Conflict Rages - Last week, two elephants ran amok in the city of Mysore, killing a man and injuring several others. The two elephants, which were separated from their herd on the outskirts of the city, also injured and mauled many cows. - 14.06.2011.
  • Wild elephant scare in Bannerghatta - June 13: Even as Mysore is still recovering from the spectacle of two wild elephants going on rampage and leaving one man dead and a few injured in the city, a tusker has strayed outside the Bannerghatta forests giving the forest department some anxious moments as it is feared the tusker could move towards either Tumkur city or Bengaluru. - 14.06.2011.

13. Juni 2011

  • What Do You Think Toledo Zoo's Baby Elephant's Name Should Be? - Toledo, OH - The pitter-patter of pachyderm feet can be heard at the Toledo Zoo, but our new male African elephant calf, born June 3, still needs something — a name! You can help by entering the “Name the Baby Elephant” contest, starting Monday, June 13. - 13.06.2011.
  • Thiruvananthapuram: Need to end illegal elephant transactions stress - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Noted animal activist and Elephant Task Force member Suparna Ganguly said that there was a crying need to put a halt to illegal elephant transactions financed by unaccounted money. She said such transactions were causing hardship and torture to the elephants in captivity. - 13.06.2011.
  • Abode in tatters, jumbos strike back - Confused and angry due to the severe fragmentation of the elephant corridor in Western Ghats, tuskers may enter smaller towns like Sakleshpur, Hassan and Mudigere that border the hilly region. - 13.06.2011.

12. Juni 2011

  • Jumbos’ day out in Mysore: Resolving conflicts - Conflict resolution is critical in areas close to wildlife sanctuaries as wild animals seldom recognise administrative boundaries. - We have just branded a juvenile male tusker — all of eight years — a ‘killer,’ a ‘rogue’ on the rampage and, had he been a tiger cub instead of an elephant calf, we would even have tagged him a ‘maneater’ for tasting the blood of a bank ATM guard whom he crushed to death in Mysore city two days ago. - 12.06.2011.
  • Elephants At The Mercy Of A Monk - The temple down Allen Methiniyarama road has a Grama Niladari at its entrance. Walking past, the temple itself finally appears. What draws the attention, however, is the large takarang shed on the left. - 12.06.2011.
  • So many Questions - A handler was trampled almost to death by an elephant called Harry in the Knysna Elephant Park, where guests are invited to touch them. Chris Barron asked park spokesman Greg Vogt ... - 12.06.2011.

11. Juni 2011

  • Demi Moore und Tokio Hotel: Hilfe für die Elefanten - Die Ehefrau von Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore, setzt sich gemeinsam mit der Tierschutzorganisation PETA gegen die Misshandlung von Elefanten ein. Sie hat einen öffentlichen Brief an die Behörden in Georgia geschrieben. In diesem Brief fordert sie die Behörde auf, den Einsatz von so genannten „Elefantenhaken“ zu verbieten. - 11.06.2011.
  • Elephant treatment protested worldwide - Five Fresno activists turned heads Saturday when they held signs and passed out literature that said elephants are suffering at zoos. "I didn't know that," a little girl said as her parents rushed past the demonstrators outside the Fresno Chaffee Zoo. - 11.06.2011.
  • Jumbos’ day out in Mysore: Resolving conflicts - Conflict resolution is critical in areas close to wildlife sanctuaries as wild animals seldom recognise administrative boundaries. - We have just branded a juvenile male tusker — all of eight years — a ‘killer,’ a ‘rogue’ on the rampage and, had he been a tiger cub instead of an elephant calf, we would even have tagged him a ‘maneater’ for tasting the blood of a bank ATM guard whom he crushed to death in Mysore city two days ago. - 11.06.2011.
  • There's no stopping the elephants - BANGALORE: The shocking elephant rampage in Mysore on Wednesday is a pointer to the helplessness on the part of state forest officials in tackling the increasing elephant menace in Karnataka. - 11.06.2011.

10. Juni 2011

  • Killer elephants in India: Why they attack - Humans share blame as they encroach more and more on pachyderm territory. - Four elephants tore down the streets of the Indian city of Mysore on June 8, killing a man. According to news reports from India, they had become separated from their herd after villagers threw rocks at them. - 10.06.2011.
  • Councillors break zoo board quorum over Cho trip - Invitation to elephant sanctuary on the 'up-and-up': De Baeremaeker. - Two Toronto Zoo Board members stomped out of a board meeting Thursday to prevent their colleagues from endorsing a trip by board member and former chair Raymond Cho to California to look at an elephant sanctuary there. - 10.06.2011.
  • Welcome Zina and Jewel - The Little Rock Zoo has two new editions from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation. Ringling Bros. has given the zoo two Asian Elephants, Jewell and Zina. You can spot them in their yard. - 10.06.2011.
  • Groups claim elephant ride company abuses animals - DEL MAR — Representatives from animal rights groups asked the 22nd District Agricultural Association board of directors at the June 7 meeting to cancel elephant rides at the San Diego County Fair, claiming the company that provides the rides abuses its pachyderms. - 10.06.2011.
  • Existence of Two African Elephant Species Declared—Again - What is a species? One of the most basic definitions is a group of animals that can breed and produce fertile offspring. Additional frills—like similarity of DNA, the way an animal looks, or how it interacts in its ecosystem—can add clarity, and researchers are constantly updating and tweaking species’ parameters as new scientific findings come to light. - 10.06.2011.
  • Hoher Besuch beim Bürgermeister - Der Zirkus Luna gastiert in Laufenburg und Elefant Benjamin zieht die Blicke auf sich. - Laufenburg (mdc) Groß wurden die Augen von Fußgängern und Autofahrern als am gestrigen Donnerstag Zirkusleute mit einem riesigen Elefanten durch Laufenburg spazierten. Ein Elefant in Laufenburg? Doch es handelte sich nicht um ein weggelaufenes Tier, sondern um einen Werbegag: Denn Benjamin ist mit seinem Zirkus da. - 10.06.2011.
  • A day after, wild tuskers set free in Bandipur - MYSORE: It was business as usual in the city, a day after a wave of panic was set off by two wild elephants , which were released into the forests on Thursday. The two animals were set free before dusk at Kekkanahalla, where an anti-poaching camp is located, around 10 km from the Tamil Nadu border. - 10.06.2011.

9. Juni 2011

  • Indien: Elefant läuft Amok und tötet Mann - Neu-Delhi (RPO). Ein wilder Elefant hat im Süden Indiens einen Mann zu Tode getrampelt. Mehrere Menschen wurden verletzt. Insgesamt fünf Stunden tobte der Elefant, nachdem Bauern ihn von einem Feld am Rande der Siedlung vertrieben hatten. - 09.06.2011.
  • There's no stopping the elephants - BANGALORE: The shocking elephant rampage in Mysore on Wednesday is a pointer to the helplessness on the part of state forest officials in tackling the increasing elephant menace in Karnataka. - 09.06.2011.
  • Zoo artificially inseminates elephant for 9th time since 2005 - The Woodland Park Zoo artificially inseminated its 32-year-old Asian elephant, Chai, June 8 in the hopes of turning around a string of nine inseminations over six years without a successful pregnancy and help preserve Asian elephants in zoos and their native habitats. - 09.06.2011.
  • Elephants left into forest - MYSORE: A day after they went on the rampage in the city, the wild elephants were freed into the forests. On May 30, the forest department had released an elephant they had nabbed at Polibetta in Kodagu. - 09.06.2011.
  • Planning board continues Hope Elephants review - HOPE — The Hope Planning Board and Jim Laurita have agreed to continue the site plan review for his plan to build a facility to rehabilitate a retired circus elephant to next month to give Laurita time to review several letters that have been submitted to the town opposing the project. - 09.06.2011.
  • INDIEN: Wilde Elefanten trampeln Mann tot - Mysore (Indien) – Chaos in der südindischen Großstadt Mysore: Zwei wilde Elefanten rannten durch Straßen, griffen Menschen und Haustiere an. Ein Mann wurde bei dem Elefanten-Amoklauf totgetrampelt! - 09.06.2011.
  • Elephants wreak havoc in Mysore, one killed - Mysore witnessed chilling scenes on Wednesday after a young tusker and its mother, separated from a herd and strayed into the heart of the city, gored one person to death and killed a cow. - 09.06.2011.
  • When the herds are too close for comfort - Given its proximity to Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP), a mere 20 km away from here, Bangalore's outskirts has had its share of trysts with elephant herds that have strayed from the forests. - 09.06.2011.

8. Juni 2011

  • Elefanten liefen Amok - Mann tot. - Ein Elefanten-Amok in der indischen Grossstadt Mysore forderte ein Todesopfer. Erst nach drei Stunden konnten die wütenden Tiere gestoppt werden. - 08.06.2011.
  • Elefantenbaby Ludwig: Der Hellabrunner Liebling - München - Der kleine Elefantenbulle Ludwig gedeiht prächtig - und hält seine Mutter Temi und die Pfleger im Tierpark gehörig auf Trab. Warum gerade Dickhäuternachwuchs die Menschen so begeistert? In Hellabrunn kann man das erklären. - 08.06.2011.
  • Tennessee Zoo Fined After Elephant Kills Worker - Tennessee workplace safety officials have recommended more than $12,000 in fines at the Knoxville Zoo after an elephant killed a worker earlier this year, a television station reported. The Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration released its report, which was cited by WBIR-TV. - 08.06.2011.
  • Visitors see new baby elephant walk - Zoo brings out Renee's latest son. - It only took minutes for some of the Toledo Zoo's first visitors to find their way to the elephant exhibit Tuesday hoping to catch a glimpse of the newest little big guy. - 08.06.2011.

7. Juni 2011

  • One Lucky Elephant (2010): The Trick an Animal Cannot Learn: How to Be Wild Again - There’s no denying the “aww” appeal of a man and an elephant walking down a street, hand in trunk. That is one truth in “One Lucky Elephant,” a sweet, heart- and trunk-tugging, modestly sized documentary — except for its 10,000-pound title subject — about a circus man and the wild animal he foolishly bought, helped to train, loved like a (captive) daughter and finally, tearfully, tried to do right by, mostly by letting her go. - 07.06.2011.
  • Zoo appeals TOSHA report on trainer's death - Notice of contest filed with agency over citations, results. - The Knoxville Zoo is contesting both the citations and conclusions in a Tennessee Division of Occupational Safety and Health investigation into the Jan. 14 death of park elephant keeper Stephanie James. - 07.06.2011.
  • Tusker kills three of family in Orissa - Three members of a family were killed by a wild tusker at Thariasanda village in the Bhubaneswar forest range area in Dhenkanal district of Orissa early Tuesday. - 07.06.2011.
  • EHEC: Holländer verfüttern Gurken an Elefanten - Emmen (dpa/lni) - Wegen der EHEC-Epidemie werden in Holland unverkäuflich gewordene Gurken an Elefanten verfüttert. Ein Gemüseanbauer an der holländisch-niedersächsischen Grenze habe dem Zoo in Emmen am Wochenende eine Tonne Gurken geliefert, berichtete das «Dagblad van het Noorden» am Dienstag. - 07.06.2011.
  • Mammut oder Elefant? - Alfter. Wo Mammut drauf steht, ist wohl Mammut drin. Oder doch nicht? Dem Zettel mit der Beschriftung "Mammut" auf dem Karton aus der Sammlung des Alfterer Heimatforschers Willy Patt, in dem sich Teile eines Stoßzahns befanden, mochte bei seinem Auffinden niemand misstrauen. - 07.06.2011.
  • SUPER RTL zeigt Disneys Zeichentrick-Klassiker "Dumbo, der fliegende Elefant" - öln (ots) - Der kleine Elefant mit den großen Ohren hat schon Generationen von Kindern und Erwachsenen zum Lachen und Weinen gebracht. Bis heute hat die Geschichte über den tollpatschigen Außenseiter, der aufgrund einer besonderen Fähigkeit zum gefeierten Star wird, nichts von ihrem Charme verloren. SUPER RTL zeigt am 10. Juni um 20.15 Uhr den Oscar-prämierten Zeichentrick-Klassiker Dumbo, der fliegende Elefant (USA 1941). - 07.06.2011.
  • Emmer olifanten hebben maling aan EHEC-hysterie - EMMEN - De komkommer mag op dit moment niet zo'n goede naam hebben, de olifanten van dierenpark Emmen hebben daar maling aan. Het dierenpark kreeg afgelopen weekeinde een ton komkommers van teler Koos de Vries uit Erica, die zijn product momenteel dankzij alle ophef over de EHEC-bacterie aan de straatstenen niet kwijt kan. - 07.06.2011.
  • TOSHA fines Knoxville Zoo in death - Report on elephant keeper's fatal injury calls animal 'dangerous'. - The Knoxville Zoo is facing $8,400 in fines because of the Jan. 14 death of elephant keeper Stephanie James. The proposed fines are part of a Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigation into James' death made public Monday. The report also calls Edie, the 8,500-pound African elephant that fatally injured James, "dangerous" and notes past "aggressive behavior" by the 27-year-old pachyderm. - 07.06.2011.
  • Baby Elephant now on display at the Toledo Zoo - The new baby elephant is now on display at the Toledo Zoo. Zoo officials say viewing hours may be irregular and limited. Renee the elephant gave birth to the male baby African elephant on Friday at 11:28 p.m. - 07.06.2011.

6. Juni 2011

  • Handler trampled by elephant - Johannesburg - A handler at the Knysna Elephant Park was trampled by an elephant at the weekend, the park said on Monday. - 06.06.2011.
  • Elephants flirt, argue and have tiffs like humans - LONDON: Elephants flirt and argue like humans, and their family outings too have their share of tiffs over directions. Conservationists have discovered such rows are common among herds of elephants thundering across Africa's vast plains. - 06.06.2011.
  • Elephant found dead in southern Vietnam - Residents in the southern province of Dong Nai on Sunday found the carcass of an elephant in Vinh Cuu Nature Reserve, the eighth elephant found dead in the reserve since June 2009. - 06.06.2011.
  • Pinnawela becomes sinnawela - A two-and-a-half year old baby elephant had drowned at the Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage Saturday evening, officials said. It drowned after the foot of the baby reportedly got trapped in stones in the area which led to the drowning in the Ma-Oya, they said. - 06.06.2011.

5. Juni 2011

  • What an Elephant Can Teach You About Life - You'd be amazed at what you can learn from this majestic animal. - These past few weeks have been a little tense on planet Earth, what with our near escape from the Apocalypse and pending Rapture. Still, there has been a bit of turmoil that has caused quite a few people to explode in anger or frustration. So this week, I decided on a lighter approach to things. - 05.06.2011.
  • TOLEDO ZOO: African elephant delivers healthy 200-pound calf - Patrons of the Toledo Zoo soon will find a big, new inhabitant — one who will only get bigger. After 22 months, Renee the African elephant gave birth at 11:28 p.m. Friday to a healthy male calf weighing more than 200 pounds. - 05.06.2011.

4. Juni 2011

  • ELEFANTEN IN THAILAND: Sprich mit ihm! - Einen Elefanten reitet man nicht einfach so. Um es zu lernen, muss man sein Vertrauen gewinnen. Drei Tage mit einem großen Freund im nordthailändischen Dschungel-Camp. - 04.06.2011.
  • Wie man Elefanten provoziert - Oder auch: Wie man sich beim Besuch in Nationalparks bei direkter Begegnung mit Elefanten besser nicht verhält. Denn natürlich sind die uns immer als allzu pussierlich erscheinenden Elefanten stets um ihre Verwandten besorgt. - Videos. - 04.06.2011.
  • Zirkus-Elefant Maja hielt Polizei 24 Stunden in Atem - (vn). Von „panischem Schrecken unter der Landbevölkerung“ berichtete der LA im April 1952: Beim Ausladen am Lauterbacher Bahnhof war die 13 bis 14 Jahre alte Elefantendame Maja ausgebrochen. Erst 24 Stunden später konnte sie im Waldgebiet Udenhausen-Schwarz gestellt werden. - 04.06.2011.

3. Juni 2011

  • Südindien/Kerala: Tiger suchen und Elefanten finden - Zu Fuß auf dem "Periyar Tiger Trail" durch die abgelegenen Kardamom-Berge. Mit Geduld, Ausdauer und sehr viel Glück kann man dort dem König des Dschungels begegnen. Der Wanderer folgt ihm auf eigene Gefahr. - 03.06.2011.
  • Water-skiing Asian elephant dies in Georgia at 58 - (Reuters) - Queenie, a water-skiing Asian elephant who delighted fans in the 1950s, has been euthanized at the Georgia wildlife park where she lived her final years in retirement. - 03.06.2011.

2. Juni 2011

  • Fulton County Bans Use of Elephant Bullhooks in Circuses - (APN) ATLANTA -- On Wednesday, June 01, 2011, the Fulton County Commission banned the use of elephant bullhooks in circuses, after months of lobbying by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and Georgia Animal Rights and Protection (GARP), delivering a victory to the animals and their human advocates. - 02.06.2011.
  • 12 elephant corridors in Dalma forest by next year - JAMSHEDPUR: To facilitate unrestricted movement of elephants in the Dalma forest, the forest department and the state irrigation department are constructing corridors with an investment of about Rs 50 crore. The Dalma forest is spread across East Singhbhum and Seraikela districts in Kolhan. - 02.06.2011.
  • PETA: Schauspielerin Demi Moore gegen die Misshandlung von Elefanten - Die prominente Hollywooddame und Partnerin von Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore, hat öffentlich gegen die Elefanten-Quälerei in Zirkusbetrieben protestiert. In einem offenen Brief an die Behörden in Georgia bittet die 48jährige Schauspielerin Demi Moore gemeinsam mit der Tierrechtsorganisation PETA (USA) darum, sogenannte „Elefantenhaken“ zu verbieten. - 02.06.2011.
  • Zoo at Alipore to stay put, new animals to join - KOLKATA: Alipore Zoo will not only stay put at Alipore, but more kangaroos, zebras and alligators will call it home starting Thursday to help increase the number of visitors, forest minister Hiten Barman said on Wednesday. - 02.06.2011.
  • PALEONTOLOGY: Fossils of possible new jumbo species found - Scientists have discovered fossils of a suspected new elephant species dating back about 10 million years. - The scientists from the Northeastern Research Institute of Petrified Wood and Mineral Resources of Nakhon Ratchasima Rajabhat University found seven pieces of fossil tooth in Nakhon Ratchasima's Chalerm Phrakiat district about 10 years ago. - 02.06.2011.
  • Oklahoma City Zoo nears goal of 1 million visitors - The Oklahoma City Zoo could reach 1 million visitors for the first time in a fiscal year. - The Oklahoma City Zoo could reach 1 million visitors in a year for the first time if attendance stays strong through the rest of this fiscal year. The zoo had 873,882 visitors for this fiscal year as of Tuesday, zoo spokeswoman Tara Henson said. The zoo’s fiscal year ends June 30. - 02.06.2011.

1. Juni 2011

  • Zirkus-Elefanten räumen Joplin auf - JOPLIN - Ein Killer-Tornado verwüstete die Stadt Joplin – zahlreiche Häuser wurden zerstört. Jetzt rücken grosse und starke Helfer an. Zirkus-Elefanten sollen bei den Aufräumarbeiten helfen. - 01.06.2011.
  • Elephant Used in Joplin Tornado Cleanup Does More Harm Than Good - It's likely the Piccadilly Circus thought it was doing a noble thing by dispatching one of its elephants to assist with debris cleanup after last week's tornado in Joplin, Missouri. But not everyone is so thrilled with the four-legged volunteer. In fact, the circus animal -- which has been being used to drag vehicles closer to the street so they can be removed -- is creating quite a controversy in the community. - 01.06.2011.
  • Water-skiing elephant dies - Somehow, Liz Dane's dad knew. When Bill Green brought his daughter, then 9, from their New England home to the Trefflich Pet Store in Lower Manhattan in 1953, he knew she'd fall in love with the baby elephant that was to be presented to her. She did. - 01.06.2011.
  • Afternoon awwwwwwwww: Baby elephant! - It's a girl! Asiatic elephant Johti, 44, walks with her baby girl who's just over a month old at the Ostrava Zoo on Tuesday. REUTERS/Petr Josek. - Foto. - 01.06.2011.
  • Man-animal conflict; elephant trouble at Khushiabill - DIMAPUR, JUNE 1 (MExN): Residents of Khushiabill village are enduring sleepless nights the past few days, courtesy a small group of around three-four hungry wild elephants. According to the villagers the elephants destroyed a granary and a portion of brick fence encircling the village government middle school on June 1. - 01.06.2011.
  • Elephant project’s planners offer home — and hope - I WRITE in response to “Maine no place for elephant’’ (May 22), Carol Buckley’s letter that was in regard to your May 15 article “Plan to bring elephant to Maine draws critics.’’ My brother and I support the Tennessee elephant sanctuary that Buckley founded. - 01.06.2011.

Mai

31. Mai 2011

  • Famous elephant dies at Wild Adventures - Valdosta, Georgia - A famous elephant who retired at Wild Adventures has died. Queenie spent the last 8 years of her life in retirement at the Valdosta theme park. - 31.05.2011.

30. Mai 2011

  • Elefantenreiten mit 98 Jahren - Saerbeck - „Danach haben mir ganz schön die Knie geschlackert.“ Bettina Rudolph, im Seniorenzentrum am See zuständig für den Sozialdienst, ist noch jetzt hin und her gerissen in ihren Gefühlen, wenn sie an den Höhepunkt der Reise von 18 Senioren aus dem Zentrum am See nach Bad Laer denkt. - 30.05.2011.
  • TIERPARK HELLABRUNN: Ich bin ein Plansche-fant! - München – 30 Grad und Sonnenschein, was kann da schöner sein als ein kühles Bad? Das dachte sich wohl auch das knapp vier Wochen alte Elefanten-Baby im Münchner Tierpark Hellabrunn. - 30.05.2011.
  • India: Elephant corridor plan in Bannerghatta - Bangalore: In an effort to check man-animal conflict, the Karnataka Forest Department has put forward a proposal to connect Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP) and Tamil Nadu Forests to develop elephant corridors. - 30.05.2011.

29. Mai 2011

  • Laos: Im Dorf der grauen Riesen - "Se ung!" Nach dem lauten Kommando ihres Mahouts winkelt die Elefantendame artig das Knie ihres rechten Vorderbeins an. Greg, der Rucksacktourist aus Australien, bekommt über diesen "Steigbügel" das Ohr des Dickhäuters zu fassen und kann sich so auf dessen Nacken schwingen. Wenn's nicht gleich klappt, schiebt der einheimische Elefantenführer den Mahout-Lehrling vollends in Position. - 29.05.2011.
  • DIE GUTE NACHRICHT AM TAG NACH DEM DRAMA IM ZOO: Berlin bekommt wieder einen Babyfanten - Zoo- und Tierpark-Direktor Bernhard Blaszkiewitz war gestern zu Gast im Bergzoo Halle. Der feiert seinen 110. Geburtstag. Der Berliner Zoo-Chef hielt eine Festrede. Das fiel ihm schwerer als gewöhnlich. Denn er stand noch immer unter dem Eindruck des tragischen Todes von Elefanten-Kind Ko Raya, das Freitag auf der Außenanlage des Dickhäuter-Geheges gestorben war (B.Z. berichtete). - 29.05.2011.
  • Wild elephant kills man in Vietnam - HANOI - A WILD elephant has killed a forestry worker in central Vietnam, local police said on Sunday. Vi Van Sinh, 41, was attacked on Friday in the forests of Nghe An province, while three of his colleagues managed to run to safety, police officer Bui Danh Ha told AFP. - 29.05.2011.
  • Tusker tramples Dhenkanal woman - DHENKANAL: A 48-year-old woman was trampled by a tusker on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Sushila Pradhan of Khatukhura village in Kamakshyanagar area of Dhenkanal district. - 29.05.2011.

28. Mai 2011

  • Herpes virus kills elephants in Berlin Zoo - It hasn’t been a good year for Berlin Zoo. First celebrity polar bear Knut died suddenly in March, now a baby elephant has succumbed to a virus. Two-year old female elephant Ko Raya died on Friday, after suffering from a type of elephant herpes. It is the same disease that killed her sister Shaina Pali just eight weeks ago. - 28.05.2011.
  • Dalma dishes up jumbo double bill - Jamshedpur, May 28: More elephants and more sites to spy them from. After a lull enforced by Maoist presence, Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary, around 30km from city limits, is once again making the right noises. - 28.05.2011.
  • Erneut Jung-Elefant gestorben - Ko Raya im Zoo wohl an Herpesvirus verendet. - Berlin - Der Mini-Elefant hat eben noch vor den Kameras der Besucher die Kolosse geärgert, ist rumgeflitzt und hat sich in der Lehmkuhle gesuhlt. Dann liegt Ko Raya regungslos auf der Seite. Die Elefanten versuchen, das Jungtier mit ihren Rüsseln aufzurichten, aber das hilft nichts, der Publikumsliebling ist tot. - 28.05.2011.
  • Crisis in Kruger - The national park is facing serious problems, writes Graham Boynton, with a surge in rhino poaching and elephant numbers. - 28.05.2011.
  • No water for elephants - RUSSELL Vinjevold, our guide, breaks into the soppiest of smiles. "Will you just look at that little chap!" To many bush-hardened southern Africans, a baby elephant sheltering under its mother's belly is not necessarily something to get gooey about. - 28.05.2011.

27. Mai 2011

  • Judges dismisses suit accusing zoo of elephant cruelty - A judge threw out a lawsuit today filed by a group of animal activists accusing the City of Seattle of illegally providing financial support to the Woodland Park Zoo because of its treatment of elephants. - 27.05.2011.
  • Do You Know Elephants Stand To Sleep? - Elephants mostly stand while sleeping. They can also lie, but not for longer than an hour usually. The reason is because their own body weight will crush their internal organs, so lying down for longer, would slowly cause their organs to be crushed. So, like horses, they sleep standing. - 27.05.2011.
  • Contribute your mite to conserve elephants - BANGALORE: The State Forest Department has geared up to create awareness and take the environment ministry's campaign "Haathi Mere Saathi" forward. The forest department plans to involve people for elephant conservation. - 27.05.2011.
  • Illegal ankush' used on jumbos at Amber - JAIPUR: Gross neglect in caring of elephants was exposed on Wednesday here, when six mahouts were allegedly found carrying banned traditional goads, sharp-edged iron rods commonly known as ankush, while riding elephants in Amber locality of the city. - 27.05.2011.

26. Mai 2011

  • New elephants for Auckland - Auckland Zoo is set to get two new elephants. Auckland Council voted yesterday to spend $3.2 million importing two young female elephants from Sri Lanka. - 26.05.2011.
  • ‘Work together to solve human-elephant conflict’ - Villagers and wildlife officials need to work together to find a solution to the serious problem of the human-elephant conflict, said Agrarian Services and Wildlife Minister S M Chandrasena. The minister said that he is determined to solve this problem even if it means transferring or taking disciplinary action against wildlife officials who do not perform their duties satisfactorily. - 26.05.2011.

25. Mai 2011

  • Nachwuchs im Zoo: Entzückendes Elefantenbaby entdeckt seine Welt - Seit Kurzem hat der Münchener Tierpark Hellabrunn einen neuen Star: Das vor drei Wochen geborene Elefantenbaby ist schon jetzt der absolute Liebling der Zoobesucher. Putzmunter tollt er umher und erkundet mit seiner Mutter das Freigehege. Welt der Wunder war vor Ort zu Besuch und erklärt auch, warum Zoos so wichtig für Forschung und Artenschutz sind. - 25.05.2011.
  • Walkers see Knysna elephant(s) - Hikers have sparked renewed hope that there is more than one elephant roaming the Knysna forest after spotting two of them on a ridge at Jubilee Creek earlier this month. - 25.05.2011.
  • Shenga at home in Cleveland - Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opened its new African Elephant Crossing exhibit on May 5. It's home to five elephants, one male and four females. One of the females is Shenga, who lived at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo until March. - 25.05.2011.
  • 8 nations vow effort to preserve elephants - NEW DELHI — Representatives of eight countries with large populations of wild elephants pledged yesterday to eradicate poaching of the animals and smuggling of ivory to ensure their survival for future generations. - 25.05.2011.
  • After IIT & IIM, Jairam Ramesh goes jumbo to save elephants - Terming increasing iron and coal mining activities in some states as biggest threats to elephants in India, the Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday called for people’s involvement in elephant conservation and launched “Haathi Mere Saathi (elephant my companion)” campaign. - 25.05.2011.
  • Auckland Zoo allowed to import Kashin replacements - The Auckland Council has voted in favour of getting two elephants from Asia for Auckland Zoo. The idea to expand the herd was because of fears about the wellbeing of Burma after her companion, Kashin, died in August 2009. The zoo brought in a horse called Cherry to keep Burma company while plans for elephant companions were made. - 25.05.2011.
  • Khlong Takrao Permanent Elephant Dwelling - Forest areas across the country have been deteriorating and have dwindled dramatically at the expense of Thailand's native elephant population. The giant beasts now face a severe shortage of food and natural habitats. - 25.05.2011.

24. Mai 2011

  • Länder mit grössten Elefantenbeständen beraten Schutzmassnahmen - NEU DELHI - Die acht Länder mit den grössten Elefantenbeständen halten erstmals ein Treffen ab, bei dem sie über neue Strategien zum Schutz der Dickhäuter beraten wollten. Naturschützer drängen seit längerem auf verstärkte, abgestimmte Schutzmassnahmen. - 24.05.2011.
  • Elephant Walk revisited: Mixing Tea, Jumbos and Monsoons - If those hardy Englishmen and Scotsmen who ran large tea plantations in Ceylon were far removed from the local people and realities, western movie makers were much more so. They could just as well have come from another planet to catch glimpses of an exotic island. - 24.05.2011.
  • Two children nurse wild elephant to health - Two children of Pubbaliya, in Kongahawela in the Naula Divisional Secretary’s Division were rewarded and felicitated for their kindness to animals. Diluka Promodana and Buddhika Vipula Kumara had attended to an injured wild elephant lying in the jungle for more than a month secretly until it recovered. - 24.05.2011.

23. Mai 2011

  • Elefanten in Asien: "Wir werden nur ihre Gräber sehen" - In vielen Ländern Asiens tobt ein Kampf: Menschen und Elefanten konkurrieren um Land und Nahrung, jedes Jahr fordert der Konflikt mehrere hundert Todesopfer auf beiden Seiten. Umweltschützer sind pessimistisch - und Dorfbewohner beklagen, dass der Politik ihr Schicksal egal sei. - 23.05.2011.
  • Wine made from Elephant Grape Stomp released - WINSTON, Ore. -- Friday night was a big occasion for George the elephant, as the wine he helped make was finally released. Almost 100 people were at the elephant barn at the Wildlife Safari to enjoy a show from the animals and try the new Riesling. - 23.05.2011.
  • Tara, the elephant who taught me how to live - The two founders of Elephant Family are wallowing in a river in Kanha national park, Madhya Pradesh, India. One of them is adventurer, campaigner and raconteur Mark Shand. - 23.05.2011.
  • Elephant therapy for autistic kids - Woven into the fabric of Thai culture and familiar to children since birth, elephants are now used in a therapy programme for autistic kids. - 23.05.2011.
  • Village on forest fringe has jumbo fears - COIMBATORE: As dusk descends on the foothills of Chinnathadagam, Veerapandi and nearby areas in the outskirts of Coimbatore city, the mud roads become deserted. It is part of a silent truce that the residents have struck with the mighty jumbos from the nearby forests. The land belongs to the beasts from dusk to dawn and many who dared break the pact have paid the price, sometime with their lives. - 23.05.2011.

22. Mai 2011

  • Bones of elephant ancestors found - MUSCAT — The Omani Barytherium is the first one to be found in the Sultanate and represent the oldest ancestors of elephant (Barytherium). It was found in Aidum area in Dhofar by the Ministry of Heritage and Culture and brought to Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) for identification. - 22.05.2011.
  • Jumbos faces elephantine burden in Rajasthan - JAIPUR: It may be a strange co-incidence but elephants that don't essentially belong to a dry and hot habitat are the USP for Rajasthan. Ironically, these pachyderms, a quintessential symbol of grandeur at every event here, are rather ill-kept in the state. - 22.05.2011.
  • Maine no place for elephant - RE “PLAN to bring elephant to Maine draws critics’’ (Metro, May 15): As someone with a lifetime of hands-on experience working with and caring for elephants both in America and Asia, I can attest that Maine is not an appropriate place for an elephant to live. - 22.05.2011.

21. Mai 2011

  • Elephants ravage human habitation - Reckless deforestation leading to food shortage has led elephants to forage close to human settlements, official sources said yesterday. Wild elephants have trampled at least 50 people over the past 10 years in remote Langadu area of the southeastern hill district of Rangamati in Bangladesh. - 21.05.2011.
  • Zoo’s elephant exhibit gets money for upgrade - The Memphis Zoo’s African elephants are going to have some cushier surroundings soon thanks to $140,000 grant. The money, provided by Institute of Museum and Library Services, a federal agency that lends support to the nation’s libraries and museums. - 21.05.2011.
  • Koh Chang – die grüne Insel - Die deutschen Worte hat sich Namwans Führer schon bestens angeeignet: "Guck ma!" Er hat uns die Elefantendame überlassen, läuft selbst zu Fuß nebenher und schießt Fotos mit der Kamera, die wir ihm gegeben haben. Es geht durch einen üppig grünen Dschungel, in dem die Blätter der Bäume aussehen wie frisch lackiert. - 21.05.2011.
  • Elephant's premature death baffles officials - remature of death of captive elephants has become a source of worry forest state forest officials. The death of four-year-old elephant Ambadi aka Kannan in Thrissur on Friday only confirms this. Ambadi owned by one Kuttimukku Unni was found dead, with ants crawling all over its body, in the premises of a vacant house at Kalathode some four kilometers from Thrissur town. - 21.05.2011.

20. Mai 2011

  • Vuvuzela weist Elefanten den Weg - Naturschutz: Auf dem Gebiet der afrikanischen Länder Angola, Sambia, Simbabwe, Botsuana und Namibia entsteht ein Nationalpark von der Größe Italiens. - 20.05.2011.
  • Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo defends treatment of elephants - Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo is defending itself against accusations of animal mistreatment and illegal breeding practices. A scathing article written in The Stranger cites a lawsuit filed against the City of Seattle, which claims the zoo participates in abusive breeding practices and subjects the elephants to conditions that lead to severe foot injuries. - 20.05.2011.
  • Two new elephants too big to keep secret - Why Auckland Zoo wants to keep secret an offer of two orphan baby elephants is a mystery. Anyway, it had no sooner confided the confidential news to a workshop of Auckland councillors via individually addressed sealed envelopes, than up it popped on Twitter. - 20.05.2011.

19. Mai 2011

  • Elefanten sind keine Kuscheltiere - Kirchhellen. „Elefanten hatte ich mir vorher eher langweilig vorgestellt“, erzählt Julia Kamp, „aber das sind alles andere als Kuscheltiere, die sind saugefährlich!“ Die Abiturientin weiß, wovon sie spricht. Sieben Wochen lebte die 20-Jährige unter Dickhäutern im südafrikanischen Elephant-Park von Knysna, bevor sie sich im Drakenstein-Park von Kapstadt fünf Wochen „Schmusekätzchen“ widmete – Löwen. - 19.05.2011.
  • BAU EINES NATURPARKS: Land für die Elefanten - Damit sie nach Dickhäuter Art wieder wandern können und die Menschen Arbeit und Wohlstand bekommen, soll in Afrika einer der größten Naturparks der Welt entstehen. - 19.05.2011.
  • N.C. Zoo's oldest elephant has health issues - C'Sar, the N.C. Zoo's largest and most tenured resident and its oldest elephant, is having trouble standing on his own. Twice this week, C'Sar has been unable to get back on his feet without help. - 19.05.2011.
  • Elephant enters city outskirts, kills one - COIMBATORE: Fear grips the western outskirts of the city as one more person succumbed to elephant attack on Tuesday. Jumbos from the Western Ghat forests are targeting agricultural fields in the locality, mainly because of encroachment into their habitat. - 19.05.2011.
  • Two friends for lonely Auckland elephant - Auckland Zoo's lonely elephant Burma looks set to get two young elephant friends with plans to bring in a herd of elephants appearing to have been scrapped. - 19.05.2011.

18. Mai 2011

  • Zoodirektor Rübel erhält Baupläne für Park - Die sechs asiatischen Elefanten im Zoo Zürich haben klare Vorstellungen von ihrem zukünftigen Zuhause: So hat die sechsjährige Farha am Mittwoch per Rüssel die Baupläne für den neuen Elefantenpark Kaeng Krachan an Zoodirektor Alex Rübel übergeben. - 18.05.2011.
  • Mastodon-Schädel in Chile entdeckt - Beim Ausbau einer Kläranlage ist in der chilenischen Hauptstadt Santiago de Chile der perfekt erhaltene Schädel eines Mastodon (Gomphotheriidae) – ein Verwandter des heutigen Elefanten – entdeckt worden. Der Fund datiert auf den 15. Februar, wurde jedoch erst jetzt publiziert. - 18.05.2011.
  • Elephant lovers sue devaswoms - THE Association of Elephant Lovers has filed a petition demanding action against those who are responsible for illegal fireworks and unlawful parading of elephants during the pooram. - 18.05.2011.

17. Mai 2011

  • Mit dem Rüssel aus der Milchflasche - Ein Besuch im Elefantenwaisenhaus in Nairobi. - (dpa) Elefantenbabys können in den ersten Lebensjahren nicht allein überleben. Sie brauchen die Milch und Fürsorge der Mutter, im Waisenhaus für Elefanten übernehmen das die Pfleger – Tag und Nacht. - 17.05.2011.
  • Olifant in Artis 600 dagen drachtig - Thong Tai, de drachtige olifant in Artis is vandaag precies 600 dagen zwanger, wat als mijlpaal in de zwangerschap wordt beschouwd. Vanaf dit moment kan het jong gezond ter wereld komen, zo meldt de Amsterdamse dierentuin. - 17.05.2011.
  • Tamed elephants help persuade wild cousin to relocate - Faced with the difficult task of capturing a wild elephant in order to move it to a place of sanctuary, staff from Malaysia's Department of Wildlife and National Parks deployed their secret weapon: a pair of tame elephants named 'Timur' and 'Cek Mek.' - 17.05.2011.
  • Perhilitan to build RM1.5m electric fence against elephants - MACHANG: The Wildlife and National Parks Department has allocated about RM1.5 million to build an electric fence to prevent elephants from entering villages in Perak and Pahang. The elephant management unit head Nasharuddin Othman said the 40km fence would shock but not harm the animals. - 17.05.2011.
  • The ultimate in escapism - Make like a mahout in the jungle where Thailand meets Laos and Burma. - Luxury travel is not what it used to be. These days, the uber-rich spend their downtime as far away from people as possible. And what can be more enticing than escaping to a remote location in an elaborate tent for a back-to-nature experience with all the trappings of five-star luxury. - 17.05.2011.
  • Tusks worth over Rs 11 lakh seized - BANGALORE: A pair of 1.5 metre-long elephant tusk weighing 30 kgs and worth over Rs 11.2 lakh was seized by the Forest Department from Kanakpura taluk on Sunday midnight. - 17.05.2011.

16. Mai 2011

  • Typisch!: Elefantenalarm - Der Elefantenhof in Platschow. In dem kleinem Dorf in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern wohnen 10 Elefanten, Seelöwen, Pferde und der Dompteur Sonni Frankello mit seiner Familie. Waschtag: Timba, Mala und Sandra werden mit Wasser abgespritzt, heute geht es ins Fernsehstudio. Endlich - die drei Dickhäuter strahlen. - 16.05.2011.
  • Kai Mook wordt twee jaar - Kai Mook, het kleine olifantje in de Antwerpse Zoo, wordt vandaag twee jaar. In tegenstelling tot haar eerste verjaardag, wordt deze niet echt gevierd in de dierentuin. "Maar we geven haar wel een flinke baal Luzernehooi", zegt verzorger Cedric Goethals. - 16.05.2011.
  • Transporting Elephants in Malaysia (PHOTOS) - wild elephant is tranquilized as it is captured in a forest in Kota Tinggi , 400 km (250 miles) southeast of Kuala Lumpur May 14, 2011 before its relocation to the Kuala Gandah Elephant Sanctuary in Pahang. Malaysia's Department of Wildlife and National Parks has relocated at least 600 wild elephants since 1974. Picture taken May 14, 2011. - 16.05.2011.
  • 'Water For Elephants' star endures horrific abuse during training - Animal Defenders International (ADI) has released a video showing the abusive training treatments of Tai the elephant, who is starring in the newly released movie Water For Elephants alongside Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson. Tai, a 45-year-old Asian elephant, is owned by "Have Trunk Will Travel," a California company that supplies performing animals to the movie and advertising industries. - 16.05.2011.
  • Book review: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen - As cinemagoers flock to see Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon in Water for Elephants, why not get a real feel for the story and check out Sara Gruen’s enthralling book on which the film is based. - 16.05.2011.
  • Remaining Toronto Zoo elephants move to Quebec - GRANBY, Que. - The three remaining elephants at the Toronto Zoo could soon be moving to Quebec. The Granby Zoo, which is east of Montreal, recently upgraded its elephant enclosure to include an indoor area with heated floors, a three-metre deep pool and a 7,000 square metre play area. - 16.05.2011.
  • Former adviser attacks circus animals 'failure' - The Government's failure to ban wild animals in circuses has been criticised by a former expert adviser to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). Raymond Ings, a specialist in elephant welfare who served on Defra's Zoos Forum for eight years, described the decision as "completely barking mad". - 16.05.2011.
  • Water no worry in Elephant Village this time - JAIPUR: Despite the steady rise in temperature, the elephants at the Elephant Village seem unperturbed this season. The pond at the village is brimming with water, where elephants could be seen enjoying a bath to beat the heat. - 16.05.2011.
  • Elephant carcass found at Corbett National Park - Forest officials on Sunday recovered a tusker's carcass at Dhikala forest range, Corbett National Park (CNP). Sources said forest guards on routine patrol recovered the carcass in the morning. - 16.05.2011.

15. Mai 2011

  • Are elephants the best medicine for autism? - (CBS/AP) Are elephants the best medicine for autism? Therapists in Thailand are finding out. In what's believed to be the first program of its type, they've enlisted Nua Un and Prathida - two gentle female elephants - to provide therapy for autistic children. - 15.05.2011.
  • Plan to bring elephant to Maine draws critics - Brothers say arthritic animal will benefit from their care. - HOPE, Maine — Jim Laurita owns a 3-acre spread in this tiny village where the winters can be bone-chillingly brutal and spring doesn’t arrive until May. It is in this place, nestled in the Camden Hills, where Laurita and his brother Tom Laurita want to build a kind of therapeutic spa — complete with acupuncture — for a middle-aged elephant named Rosie. - 15.05.2011.
  • Million Rupees For An Elephant - The gentle giants, inextricably linked to the history and culture of our country, have for generations been hunted and sold for their ivory or as symbols of prestige. It has come to such a point now, that there are very few tame elephants left and the price for them is sky high, as near as a million rupees per elephant. - 15.05.2011.

14. Mai 2011

  • Ausstellung in Gotha: Die Elefanten sind los! - Der kleine blaue Elefant hatte in dieser Woche alle Füße voll zu tun, Ordnung in den Präsentationssaal auf Schloss Friedenstein zu bringen. In seiner seltenen Rolle als Schirmherr einer Ausstellung hatte der Fernsehstar Artgenossen aus aller Herren Länder und aus allen Zeiten nach Thüringen geladen. - 14.05.2011.
  • Water for Elephants trainers in new cruelty video claims - Fresh video implicates owners in elephant cruelty, says rights group. - Shocking new video footage clearly shows the owners of an elephant training company used by the Hollywood film Water For Elephants brutally beating their charges, the group behind the video's release claims. - 14.05.2011.
  • Phuket Elephants Come Out to Play - Phuket Elephants Polo Album Above . - ELEPHANTS romping on the lawn! It must have been a bit of a shock today for people driving past the Blue Elephant restaurant in Phuket City. - 14.05.2011.
  • Dogs, Dolphins and... Elephant Therapy for Autistic Children? - There have been numerous reports of the benefits of therapy dogs for autistic children and some have sung praises for having autistic children swim with dolphins. In Thailand, elephant therapy with, yes, elephants has been found to help some autistic children. - 14.05.2011.

13. Mai 2011

  • „ELEFANTASTISCH!“ – NEUE SONDERAUSSTELLUNG IN GOTHA - Gotha und Elefanten? Nur auf den ersten Blick ist dies ein Widerspruch, denn es gibt kaum eine Stadt in Deutschland, die eine engere Beziehung zum Tier mit dem Rüssel hat. Gotha ist eine Elefantenstadt. Dem Tier ist eine Ausstellung gewidmet, die am Montag eröffnet wird. Die Ausstellung „Elefantastisch!“ zeigt, ausgehend von den reichen Gothaer Beständen, den Elefanten in Natur, Kunst und Geschichte. - 13.05.2011.
  • Elefanten-Kot ist Verkaufshit - Im Prager Zoo kann man etwas kaufen, das auf den ersten Blick ein Eimer voll mit leckerem Speiseeis sein könnte. Probieren sollte man den Inhalt aber lieber nicht - denn es ist Elefanten-Dung. - Video. - 13.05.2011.
  • As the elephants pack their trunks, Toronto Zoo needs rebranding - A small crowd of children and parents are gathered at the African pavilion. It’s lunchtime, and Thika, a 31-year-old bush elephant, is chomping on hay as elephant keeper Vernon Presley adjusts a microphone and begins educating the crowd about the creature before them. Born in captivity, she has lived her whole life at the zoo, protected from the ivory trade. - 13.05.2011.
  • Elephants help autistic children in Thailand (PICTURES) - CBS/AP) Are elephants the best medicine for autism? Therapists in Thailand are finding out. In what's believed to be the first program of its type, they've enlisted Nua Un and Prathida - two gentle female elephants - to provide therapy for autistic children. - 13.05.2011.
  • Penney the elephant in spotlight for movie, big birthday - She had a hand (leg?) in a best-selling novel that became a Reese Witherspoon/Robert Pattinson movie. Long before that other royal wedding (Di and Chuck’s), she tied the knot in a ceremony that attracted press attention. - 13.05.2011.
  • Humans vs. elephants: Sri Lanka’s tragic on-going conflict - The Daily Mirror a few days ago noted that in a bid to ease the growing human-elephant conflict in the country, the Wildlife Conservation Department had undertaken moves to restrict the habitat of rogue elephants to a 2500 acre jungle area in Veheragala, Lunugamvehera and Horawapathana. - 13.05.2011.
  • Elefantendamen sind so neugierig wie die Zuschauer - Zirkus Familienbetrieb Franz Renz gastiert bis einschließlich Sonntag in Varel. - Tiere und Artisten treten im Zirkus Franz Renz auf. Auf der Schützenwiese gibt es noch vier Vorstellungen. - 13.05.2011.

12. Mai 2011

  • Elefakten: Elefanten-Fakten: 250 000 Kalorien am Tag - Ihr Herz wiegt 21 Kilo, sie haben 351 Knochen im Körper und husten – die besten Elefakten. - München - Im Tierpark Hellabrunn wurde ein Elefanten-Baby geboren. Aus diesem Anlass gibt's hier wissenswertes über Elefanten. - 12.05.2011.
  • "Jagd auf Elefanten kein Tabu" - Das Internationale Symposium zum Artenschutz in Wien könnte sich zu einem Debakel entwickeln. - Dunkle Schatten liegen vor dem in Kürze in Wien stattfindenden Symposium von CITES (Washingtoner Artenschutzübereinkommen). Grund: Ab 17. Mai soll es darum gehen, gefährdete Tiere in der CITES-Liste aufzunehmen. Diesmal wird aber auch um die Freigabe der Jagd auf Elefanten unter dem verwirrenden Titel "Artenschutz und Armutsbekämpfung" diskutiert. - 12.05.2011.
  • Naperville hosts elephant documentary - Evelyn Gluting of Aurora had no interest in nature until her 5-year-old daughter, Alyssa, started asking questions about elephants — and Gluting didn’t like the answers she found. - 12.05.2011.
  • Miss Baba in der Sonderausstellung "Elefantastisch" zu sehen - Das letzte Tierpräparat hat am 11. Mai das ehemalige Museum der Natur im Blitzlichtgewitter der Fotografen und unter den Augen einiger interessierter Gothaer Bürger verlassen. - Gotha. Miss Baba, das Hautpräparat eines 1857 in Niederroßla verendeten Schausteller-Elefanten, wurde auf Schloss Friedenstein transportiert, wo es ab Sonntag in der Sonderausstellung "Elefantastisch - Gotha ganz groß" zu sehen ist. - 12.05.2011.

11. Mai 2011

  • Elefantenbaby wird ein Jahr: Melone zum Geburtstag - Hannover (dpa/lni) - Im Zoo Hannover hat Elefantenbaby «Nuka» am Dienstag seinen ersten Geburtstag gefeiert - auf dem Gabentisch: Eine gelbe Honigmelone mit einer großen «1» aus Zuckerguss. Nuka ist das zweitälteste von insgesamt fünf asiatischen Elefantenkindern, die im vergangenen Jahr in Hannover geboren wurden. - 11.05.2011.
  • Elephant therapy aims to help Thai autistic kids - Condition is incurable, but therapy can improve speech, learning, social problems. - LAMPANG, Thailand — Kuk-kik, a 14-year-old boy, punctuates his few, slurred words with yelps. Kong screams and bites his fingers when he can't figure out how much to pay for bananas. Other children freeze mid-motion, fix their gazes on minute objects and withdraw. - 11.05.2011.
  • Elephant dies of sunstroke in Dhenkanal - DHENKANAL: A 45-year-old female elephant died after suffering a sunstroke near Dahimala reserve forest under Kapilas forest range in Dhenkanal on Wednesday afternoon. The corpse was sent for post mortem. - 11.05.2011.
  • OKC Zoo Announces Baby Elephant's New Name - OKLAHOMA CITY -- The wait is over. The Oklahoma City Zoo's new baby calf now has a name. After more than 14,000 online votes, the public has chosen Malee over Annika and Hanako. Malee won out with 72 percent of the votes. - 11.05.2011.
  • Water for Elephants: Tierschutzgruppe ruft zum Boykott des Films auf - Animal Defenders International zeigt brutales Video erst einige Jahre später.. - Die Tierschutzorganisation Animal Defenders International (ADI) hat nach den Premieren des Kinofilms „Wasser für die Elefanten“ (OT: Water for Elephants) mit Oscar-Gewinnerin Reese Witherspoon und dem Twilight-Star Robert Pattinson ein Video veröffentlicht, welches nun dafür sorgte, dass einige sogar für den Boykott dieser Romanverfilmung vom Regisseurs Francis Lawrence aufrufen. - 11.05.2011.
  • Elephant calf steps outside for public view - Elephants at the Oklahoma City Zoo, including its calf, have begun venturing outside for public viewing. - The elephant calf at the Oklahoma City Zoo has made her appearance in the zoo's outdoor habitats this week. The calf will spend a few hours outside each morning if weather permits, zoo spokeswoman Tara Henson said. - 11.05.2011.
  • No conflict, just friendly forays - KOLLAM: Idamalayar may not be a flagship forest reserve in Kerala. But the teeming wild elephant population in the Idamalayar forests is, it is stated, the result of the State's committed conservation efforts. One can spot more elephants along the banks of the Idamalayar than at Thekkady. - 11.05.2011.
  • New measures to ease human-elephant conflict - In a bid to ease the growing human-elephant conflict in the country, wildlife authorities said yesterday that moves were underway to restrict the habitat of rogue elephants to a 2500 acre jungle area in Veheragala, Lunugamvehera and Horawapathana. - 11.05.2011.

10 Mai 2011

  • Elefant in Waltz-Film Opfer von Tierquälerei? - Sie ist der tierische Star in "Wasser für die Elefanten" - jetzt behaupten britische Tierschützer, Dickhäuter-Dame Tai sei mit Elektroschocks und Schlägen misshandelt worden. Video-Aufnahmen sollen die Vorwürfe belegen. - 10.05.2011.
  • Moving Toronto's elephants a big job - TORONTO - It will be an elephantine task. Toronto Zoo officials warned Tuesday it could take up to two years before their elephants are ready to be moved. - 10.05.2011.
  • Bananas for My Elephant - I grew up admiring elephants. My mother's father drove Mrs. Fleischacker, the original benefactor family of the San Francisco Zoo. My mother told me stories of riding in the back of Fleischacker's big, black Lincoln and my grandfather wearing a chauffeur's uniform. Mrs. F liked my mother and asked her to ride along on visits to the zoo, and one day she gave my mother a tiny, carved jade elephant. That elephant still sits on my dresser. - 10.05.2011.
  • Even electric fences don’t stop wild elephants - The Kumbukwewa villagers are living in constant fear of a herd of wild elephants that roam into their village at dusk. Kumbukwewa is a village with a large population. It lies on the boundary of the Thabbowa Sanctuary about six kilometres off the Anuradhapura-Puttalam main road. The people in more than 300 families in the village depend on paddy and chena cultivation for their livelihoods. - 10.05.2011.

9. Mai 2011

  • München hat wieder ein Elefanten-Baby - München - Nachtschichten und Warterei haben in Hellabrunn endlich ein Ende! Am Freitag, 6. Mai, brachte die neunjährige Elefantendame Temi um 21.16 Uhr einen gesunden Bullen zur Welt. - 09.05.2011.
  • Elefantenbaby im Tierpark Hellabrunn: Kleines Schwergewicht erkundet die Welt - Es ist ein Junge! Und was für einer: 117 Kilo schwer und 95 Zentimeter groß, ein Brocken geballten Babyglücks. Der Elefantenbulle und seine Mama Temi sind wohlauf und gewöhnen sich gerade in Ruhe aneinander. Doch schon bald wird das kleine Schwergewicht auf seine erste Entdeckungstour gehen ... - 09.05.2011.
  • A northern zoo is no place for an elephant - On May 12, the Toronto Zoo will decide whether to keep its three African elephants or move them to an American sanctuary and end its involvement forever with elephants in captivity. - 09.05.2011.
  • Kenyan police seize Nigeria-bound ivory haul - Nairobi, Kenya - An investigation into the poaching of elephants has been opened in Kenya after airport police seized 1,400 kgs of ivory destined for Lagos, Nigeria, amid growing suspicion over flourishing trade on endangered species. - 09.05.2011.
  • Man-animal conflict over territory - South Asia is rife with conflict between elephants and villagers over territory. - EVERY night when the rice is ripening in their fields, the young men climb into watchtowers to peer anxiously towards the Himalayan foothills from which the grey giants emerge. - 09.05.2011.

8. Mai 2011

  • Vernissage Rüsselsheim - Event mit Elefanten - Bottrop. Der große Auftritt war beiden sicher: Die Waschkaue von Prosper II als Schauplatz der Vernissage war ebenso Ausstellungsobjekt wie die Arbeiten des Bottroper Künstlers Reinhard Wieczorek unter dem Titel „Rüsselsheim“. - 08.05.2011.
  • Anpacken bei den Dickhäutern - Bei einem Volontariat im Elefanten-Waisenhaus erwirbt man nicht nur Wissen über Tiere. - Manchmal ist das Leben als Lifestyle-Journalistin nicht besonders glamourös. Zum Beispiel, wenn es gilt, den Dreck von 94 Elefanten wegzuräumen. Sechs Leute arbeiten in einem Team, die Aufgaben sind klar verteilt: Grosse Büschel vertrockneter Zweige, vermischt mit Exkrementen, werden zuerst auf den Anhänger des Traktors geworfen. - 08.05.2011.
  • Olifant Unt Bwe verhuist van Emmen naar Sevilla - Emmen - Zondagmiddag is voor Unt Bwe, een vijfjarige mannetjesolifant van Dierenpark Emmen, de reis naar Sevilla begonnen. Unt Bwe is in Emmen geboren en maakte tot februari van dit jaar, toen olifantje Mong Tine werd geboren, deel uit van de kudde. - 08.05.2011.
  • Is it too much ‘Water for Elephants’..? - During the height of the drought, hundreds of elephants gather at the Minneriya tank bed in search of fresh grazing grounds. But will excessive water in the Minneriya tank be too much ‘Water for Elephants’ – question conservationists and tour operators... - 08.05.2011.

7. Mai 2011

  • München: Tierpark Hellabrunn hat wieder ein Elefantenbaby - Der Tierparkt Hellabrunn in München hat wieder ein Elefantenbaby. Die neunjährige Elefantendame Temi hat am Freitag, 6. Mai 2011 um 21.16 Uhr einen gesunden Bullen auf die Welt gebracht. "Mutter und Sohn sind nach der unkomplizierten, aber anstrengenden Geburt wohlauf, wenngleich sie jetzt, ebenso wie die betreuenden Tierpfleger und Tierärzte, hundemüde sind.", so Tierpark-Sprecherin Christiane Reiss. - 07.05.2011.
  • Elefantennachwuchs im Münchner Tiergarten - München (dapd). Der Münchner Tierpark freut sich über Nachwuchs bei den Elefanten. Am Freitag brachte die neunjährige Elefantenkuh Temi einen gesunden Bullen zur Welt, wie der Tierpark Hellabrunn am Samstag mitteilte. - 07.05.2011.
  • Elephant population increases in Orissa - Bhubaneswar, May 7 (PTI) The population of elephants has increased from 1827 in 1999 to 1862 in 2010 in Orissa and elephants were seen in 28 of the 30 districts of the state, officials have said. The state government had earlier identified 14 elephant corridors, nine more places have been located where elephants roam round. - 07.05.2011.
  • A rare visit to elephant heaven - HOHENWALD, TENN.—There is the sound of trumpets in these hills. But as we rattle down gravel back roads an hour southwest of Nashville, their source proves elusive. “You lookin’ for them elephants? Good luck with that,” a Tennessee state trooper says with laugh, at the crossroads of tiny Hohenwald after an hour’s fruitless search. - 07.05.2011.
  • Save the Elephant - The Prime Minister's Office's dismissal of the proposal for a National Elephant Conservation Authority is sad. It ignores the elephant's enormous significance in India . For an animal that dominates many aspects of life here - as an anthropomorphic deity, genteel guardian of temples, formidable war machine of yore , even tireless worker in the forests - the elephant is curiously underplayed, underestimated and underappreciated. - 07.05.2011.

6. Mai 2011

  • Reese Witherspoon:: Mein neuer Freund, der Elefant - Schauspielerin Reese Witherspoon hat während der Dreharbeiten zu "Wasser für die Elefanten" ihre Liebe zu Dickhäutern entdeckt. Und da der neue Freund gar nicht weit von ihr entfernt lebt, hofft sie, auch weiterhin Kontakt halten zu können. - 06.05.2011.
  • Vietnamesischer Zoll entdeckt geschmuggeltes Elfenbein - Hanoi - Die vietnamesische Zollbehörde hat in einem Hafen im Norden des Landes 300 Kilogramm afrikanisches Elfenbein beschlagnahmt. Die Firma, die das Elfenbein bekommen sollte, will von nichts gewusst haben. - 06.05.2011.

5. Mai 2011

  • Jumbo hit by train dies after 24 days - JORHAT: After battling for life for the last 24 days, an elephant which was hit by a train in the Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary, died near the Chenijan forest camp of the sanctuary on Thursday night. The jumbo was being treated by a group of veterinarians from the Kaziranga Animal Rehabilitation Centre for the last two weeks. - 05.05.2011.
  • Dicke Freunde - Elefanten für Schloss Friedenstein - Noch Elefantenfiguren und -geschichten gesucht - Gotha (mk) - Mit der Verleihung des Königlich-Dänischen-Elefantenordens an Friedrich I. von Sachsen-Gotha-Coburg im Jahr 1678 begann die Passion der herzoglichen Familie für diese exotischen Tiere. - 05.05.2011.
  • Zoo board to decide fate of elephants - Will the Toronto Zoo’s elephants be coming on down to a U.S. animal sanctuary? Members of the zoo board of management will meet next week to consider two consultants’ reports on the fate of the three remaining pachyderms but it still isn’t known if those reports will recommend the elephants pack their trunks. - 05.05.2011.
  • NCC performs ‘Elephant’s Graveyard’ - For one of the last productions of the season, North Central College is presenting a funny and heart wrenching play about a town that dared to hang an elephant. - 05.05.2011.
  • First look: zoo project means elephun - By summer’s end, elephants of Cheyenne Mountain Zoo will be living even larger. That’s when Phase One of the Encounter Africa exhibit will have produced a new elephant barn, and donors and the media were invited to take an early look Wednesday. - 05.05.2011.
  • Frühstück mit drei Elefanten - Zirkus Kinder füttern Dickhäuter mit Obst und Gemüse – Tierische Glücksbringer. - Der Circus Renz hatte am Mittwoch mit drei indischen Elefanten zum Frühstück geladen. Der Andrang war groß. - 05.05.2011.

4. Mai 2011

  • Wasser für die Elefanten von Nicole Kidman - Mit Our Wild Life von Phillip Noyce kommt der nächste Film mit Elefanten in die Kinos. Nicole Kidman soll die Hauptrolle übernehmen. Sie spielt die Wildnis-Expertin Dame Daphne Sheldrick. - 04.05.2011.
  • Nachfrage nach Elfenbein in Asien befördert Wilderei in Kenia - Nairobi - In einer abgelegenen Berghütte in Kenia, umgeben von wild lebenden Elefanten, hatte Prinz William im vergangenen Herbst seiner Freundin Kate Middleton einen Heiratsantrag gemacht. Um den Bestand der Herden an den Hängen des Mount Kenia zu sichern, hatten Wildhüter einige der Tiere eigens mit GPS-Sendern ausgestattet. - 04.05.2011.
  • Cleveland zoo trumpets elephant exhibit - CLEVELAND: The four female elephants slowly made their way outside at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and its new $25 million African Elephant Crossing. - 04.05.2011.
  • Two elephant reserves being set up in Tripura - Agartala, May 4 (PTI) Concerned over the frequent influx of wild elephants in the human habitats in search of food, Forest department in Tripura has started work to establish two elephant reserves in the state. - 04.05.2011.
  • A passion for elephants - Eagle resident Lana Hymes returns from 10-month study of South African elephants. - Eagle native Lana Hymes spent much of the past 10 months in the bush in South Africa learning about her passion – elephants. - 04.05.2011.
  • Project helps prevent train-elephant collisions - GUWAHATI, May 4 – Assam which is amongst the states with highest elephant mortality due to train hits has succeeded to a certain extent in preventing train-elephant collisions since 2008 by implementing the Train Hits Mitigation Project. - 04.05.2011.
  • Elephant deaths caused by jaw buster bombs - Elephant deaths in Trincomalee District , the second highest number of casualties have been caused by “ Jaw Buster Bombs ” known as “ Hakka Pattas”. Deaths caused by automatic weapons and trap-guns take first place in Trincomalee District. - 04.05.2011.

3. Mai 2011

  • Elephant calf rescued - GUWAHATI, May 3 – After a four-day long ordeal, a newborn male elephant was rescued from a ravine in which it was trapped with its mother in Ouguri range under Hamren division, Karbi Anglong on Saturday. The mother died during the rescue operation on Sunday. - 03.05.2011.
  • Elefanten frühstücken Obst und Gemüse - BRAKE - Der Circus Franz Renz gastiert vom 5. bis 8. Mai in Brake auf dem Platz neben der Feuerwehr in der Heine-straße. Zur Einstimmung auf den Familienzirkus gibt es am Mittwoch, 4. Mai, um 11 Uhr ein „Elefantenfrühstück“ auf dem Platz zwischen Gymnasium und Realschule am Philosophenweg. - 03.05.2011.

2. Mai 2011

  • Schon der Altelefant hatte Karies - BONN Noch bis zum 6. November können Besucher den Eurasischen Altelefanten im Rheinischen Landesmuseum in Bonn erleben. Mit einer Schulterhöhe von vier Metern ist die Rekonstruktion des Uhrzeitriesen das größte Exponat in der Sonderausstellung "Elefantenreich - Eine Fossilwelt in Europa", die den Besuchern einen Einblick in das Leben vor 200 000 Jahren verschafft. - 02.05.2011.
  • My Elephant Family - Author Talk at the City of Tea Tree Gully Library - Get prepared for one of the most astounding adventures to come out of two continents! Australia and Africa! Liana Wake is a mill owner of a vast property in Western Australia when she learns of the impending fate of elephants in the African savannah that are about to get culled. - 02.05.2011.

1. Mai 2011

  • Great Escape: Housewarming for Elephants - Sounds weird, but you can celebrate the new home of the mighty creatures along with the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is presenting a very special “trunk show” to kick off its summer with the grand opening of its new African Elephant Crossing on May 5. - 01.05.2011.
  • Vietnam’s elephants to be extinct in ten years - VietNamNet Bridge – After the death of an elephant named Beckham in the Central Highland city of Da Lat last week, wildlife experts have warned that the number of elephants in Vietnam is falling and elephants will be extinct in the next ten years. - 01.05.2011.

April

30. April 2011

  • Pet Tales: Water, treats and lots of love for Tai - People scream at Rosie the elephant, and it looks as if they're beating her with sticks in the recently released movie "Water for Elephants." This might not be a good movie to take the kids to because there are other animal abuse scenes in the movie, which is set in a Depression-era circus. - 30.04.2011.
  • DVD Announcement Roundup - Disney’s animated classic DUMBO comes to blu-ray September 20, 2011 in a 70th Anniversary Edition Blu-Ray. - 30.04.2011.
  • Verein mit Herz für bedrohte Dickhäuter - Patenschaften: Britta Petermann engagiert sich im Vorstand von „Rettet die Elefanten Afrikas“. Die Tiere stehen auf der Roten Liste bedrohter Arten. Babys, die ihre Herde verloren haben, werden aufgepäppelt. - 30.04.2011.
  • Great Escape: Elephants Return! - If you haven’t been to the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo in a while, this is a prime time to get re-acquainted with another one of Cleveland’s greatest treasures and welcome back our giant, wrinkly friends. - 30.04.2011.
  • Protest and elephant mar MCHI exhibition - Exhibition organised by Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry witnessed protests by a group of furious demonstrators; also drew flak for exhibiting an elephant. - 30.04.2011.

29. April 2011

  • Tourismus-Highlight feiert Geburtstag - Vor 40 Jahren ging für die Bergener eine Traum in Erfüllung: Nach über dreijähriger Bauphase wurde am 24. Januar 1971 die offizielle Eröffnung der Hochfelln-Seilbahn gefeiert. Bei der Pressepremiere eine Woche vorher hatte Elefant „Radscha” als erster Fahrgast für europaweite Schlagzeilen gesorgt. - 29.04.2011.
  • PETA Demands Records on Circus Elephants - WASHINGTON (CN) - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals claims the U.S. Department of Agriculture used bogus reasoning to blow off its request for information about Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus' alleged mistreatment of two elephants and a lion. - 29.04.2011.
  • Dickes Ding! Leipzig verliert Elefantenbaby an Hamburg - Schock für Leipzigs Zoo-Fans: Die trächtige Elefanten-Kuh Salvana gehört nicht mehr zur hiesigen Herde. Und auch ihr für Anfang 2012 erwartetes Baby wird kein Sachse, sondern ein „Fischkopp“. In einer Geheimaktion wurde der Dickhäuter gestern nach Hamburg verfrachtet. - 29.04.2011.
  • Elefantöses Urteil für Erindi Ranch - Umweltministerium muss Joubert 200 Dickhäuter für 20000 N$ pro Tier verkaufen – MET legt Berufung ein. - Ein jahrelanger Versuch eine Genehmigung vom Umweltministerium zu erhalten Elefanten zu importieren oder zu kaufen und auf dem privaten Erindi-Naturschutzgebiet auszuwildern, wurde bisher abgelehnt. Das Obergericht hat sämtliche Verbote für ungültig erklärt. - 29.04.2011.

28. April 2011

  • Kenia: Tsavos Elefanten bekommen Sender - Seit dem 15. März 2011 wurden 8 Elefanten im kenianischen Tsavo-East-Nationalpark von der Naturschutzbehörde Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) mit Sendern ausgerüstet. Die an Halskragen angebrachten GPS-Sender sollen dabei helfen, die Wanderrouten der grauen Riesen innerhalb des Nationalparks und in den umgebenden Pufferzonen genauer zu erforschen. - 28.04.2011.
  • Caring For Elephant's Welfare - KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 (Bernama) --Fearing that elephants will become extinct in Malaysia, especially because of the increasing number of elephant-human conflicts, the authorities established an Elephant Capture Unit under the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan) in 1974. - 28.04.2011.

27. April 2011

  • Rare African elephant euthanized - NORFOLK, Va., April 27 (UPI) -- Officlas at the Virginia Zoo in Norfolk said an elderly female elephant that had been suffering from several debilitating ailments has been euthanized. - 27.04.2011.
  • New set of norms in place for parading elephants - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: District Collector Dinesh Arora has put in place a multiple-level decision making structure for the implementation of a new set of guidelines for parading of elephants during temple festivals. The guidelines will come into force from May 1. Cancellation of a mahout’s licence, if found drunk during duty, is one of the major strictures. - 27.04.2011.
  • Elephant encounters in Thailand - LIKE a MasterChef contestant, I nervously chop up trays of fruit and vegetables, hoping the quantity and serving sizes will meet with approval. I’m not quite sure how fussy my special guest will be, or, worse still, if she will roar her displeasure and scare the life out of me. - 27.04.2011.

26. April 2011

  • Elefant von Wilderern erstochen - Jäger haben in Vietnam einen Elefanten getötet. Der Dickhäuter mit dem exklusiven Namen wurde in der Nähe eines Naturparks gefunden. - 26.04.2011.
  • RETTUNGSAKTION: Pfleger retten Mini-Rüssel - KÖLN – Riesen-Aufregung am Ostermontag im Zoo: Ausgelassen spielte das zweitjüngste Elefantenbaby Khin Yadanar Min mit ein paar Elefantenkühen, als es plötzlich in eines der Wasserbecken plumpste. - 26.04.2011.
  • Rogue elephant found dead in paddy field - The rogue elephant trampled to death a 78-year-old woman and caused extensive damage to the home gardens crops was found dead in a paddy field at Medapitiya in Kandeketiya. - 26.04.2011.

25. April 2011

  • Tod im Elefantencamp - Abenteuer-Urlaub in Thailand. - Am Anfang gab es nur ein Elefantencamp auf der thailändischen Insel Koh Chang. Die Betreiber hatten die Elefanten von zu Hause mitgebracht – aus dem Nordosten des Landes. Hier auf der Touristeninsel wollte man etwas Geld mit den Tieren verdienen. - 25.04.2011.
  • Zirkus Luna: Bären und ein ballspielender Benjamin - Er ist ein traditionelles Familienunternehmen, der Zirkus Luna, der in Emmendingen auf dem Festplatz gastiert. Das Programm ist schwungvoll und kurzweilig, der ballspielende Elefant, zwei spielerische Braunbären und schottische Hochrinder gehören zum Programm. - 25.04.2011.
  • Jumbos trapped in NRL enclosure, wounded - Jorhat, April 25: Three elephants were injured after they were trapped inside a newly acquired plot of land, walled off by the Numaligarh Refinery Limited in Golaghat district. - 25.04.2011.
  • Panic as elephants invade farms in Taita Taveta - Herds of marauding elephants estimated at 500 have invaded several parts of Taita-Taveta County spreading fear and panic among the local residents besides denying them the cheer that comes with Easter holidays. - 25.04.2011.
  • Guruvayur elephants to wear shoes - Have you ever imagined elephants wearing shoes? Get ready to see that reality at the elephant sanctuary of Guruvayur Devaswom at Punnathur Kotta next time you visit the place. - 25.04.2011.

24. April 2011

  • Da Lat: Elephant stabbed to death - The elephant was found dead near Tuyen Lam forest with two cuts on his two hind legs. It is said that the elephant died because of losing blood from the two cuts. Its ivory and tail however were not removed. - 24.04.2011.
  • Im Elefanten-Altersheim - Der thailändische Elefant Songkraan ist 72 Jahre alt. Der Elefant besteht nur noch aus Haut und Knochen. - 24.04.2011.
  • Elephant participates in egg hunt at Jungle Island - MIAMI -- It's not a bunny that is helping children find over 60,000 eggs at Jungle Island's Easter Eggstravaganza. Judy - a 6,400 pound elephant - has been participating in weekend events at the Miami attraction. - 24.04.2011.
  • Zimbabwe Plans to Feed Elephants to Hungry Prisoners - Elephants are one of the most intelligent, majestic, and beloved animals on the planet -- and they may soon be filling the stomachs of convicted criminals. For the last four years, inmates housed in Zimbabwe's overcrowded prisons in have been served a vegetarian diet, but a new government proposal aims to put meat back on the menu; Pachyderm meat, to be exact. - 24.04.2011.
  • On the road to resolving human-elephant conflict - In spite of being the only beast in the wilds that shares a cultural and religious bond with man in Sri Lanka, with even the casket of the venerated tooth relic of Lord Buddha being carried by one of its kind in the annual Esala Perahera, the human-elephant conflict rages on. - 24.04.2011.
  • Elephant walk - ELIZABETH JACKSON: A wildlife rescue centre in Cambodia has joined forces with the country's prosthetic limb specialists to make replacement feet for injured elephants. - 24.04.2011.

23. April 2011

  • Elefanten stranden im Lübecker Hafen - Am Samstag lief eine Fähre mit einer besonderen Fracht am Nordlandkai ein: Sie hatte drei Elefanten an Bord. Das berichtet die NDR1 Welle Nord. Gleich nach dem Einlaufen wurde Strafanzeige wegen Verstoßes gegen das Tierschutzgesetz gestellt. Die Elefanten sollen jetzt erst einmal festsitzen. - 23.04.2011.

22. April 2011

  • Mary the elephant has large abdominal tumors - LITTLE ROCK (April 22, 2011) - The Little Rock Zoo is sad to announce that its beloved elephant, Mary, has been diagnosed with inoperable tumors in her abdominal area. - 22.04.2011.
  • Bangalore civic body warns mahout against ill-treating cow elephant - The forest mobile squad of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Thursday rushed to the rescue of 18-year-old cow elephant Kanchi alias Lakshmi and warned its owner of against inflicting any violence on the pachyderm or using it for begging. - 22.04.2011.

21. April 2011

  • TIERSCHUTZ: Peta prangert Heidi Klum an - (PR-Meldung) Für Heidi Klums neuen Haarspray-Werbespot mit der Firma Schwarzkopf/Henkel mussten Elefanten aus dem berüchtigten US-Unternehmen «Have Trunk Will Travel» (HTWT) für den Dreh herhalten, berichtet die Tierrechtsorganisation Peta Deutschland. - 21.04.2011.
  • OKC Zoo opens voting on new elephant calf name - EDMOND — The Oklahoma City Zoo’s new elephant calf has arrived, and the zoo staff is looking for a name for this precious pachyderm. The zoo is pleased to offer all ele“fans” the chance to vote on a name for the new female calf. - 21.04.2011.

20. April 2011

  • Eine Elefantdame als Kupplerin im Programmkino in Oberhausen - Oberhausen. Ob auf der Flucht der Ärmelkanal durchschwommen werden muss, ein Zirkus-Elefant zwei Menschen zusammenbringt oder ein Musikorchester Hoffnung gibt: Die aktuellen Filme der Oberhausener Programmkinos bieten Spannung, zeigen aber auch große Gefühle. - 20.04.2011.
  • Jagjit draws Mamta's attention to elephant deaths on rails - Mumbai, Apr 20 (PTI) Noted ghazal singer Jagjit Singh has urged Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee to take urgent steps to stop elephant deaths on rail tracks and said it is imperative that train speeds be drastically reduced to contain such incidents. - 20.04.2011.
  • Man hopes to bring circus elephant to Maine - HOPE, Maine — Jim Laurita, a veterinarian in Hope, feels bad for Rosie the elephant. He wants to give her a new home in Maine and help her with her hurt leg. - 20.04.2011.
  • Electric line snaps, kills young tusker - COIMBATORE: A young male elephant died when a high-voltage wire snapped from an electric post and fell on the animal near a farmland in Periyanaickanpalayam on Tuesday. - 20.04.2011.

19. April 2011

  • From Dumbo to Water for Elephants: A Brief History of Elephants in Movies - This is a big box office week for elephants. Not only do the world’s largest land mammals finally get the screen time they deserve in Francis Lawrence’s Water For Elephants, but they also share the screen with Robert Pattinson and Oscar-winning actors Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz. In celebration of this momentous achievement, let’s take a look back at some other significant screen work done by our pachyderm friends. - 19.04.2011.
  • Very Big Birthday Girl - Circus celebrates pachyderm Sara’s 10th birthday at George Mason University Patriot Center. - 19.04.2011.
  • First UK elephant born by artificial insemination dies - The first elephant to be conceived by artificial insemination in the UK has died of a heart condition. - Vets from around the country battled for two days to save 20-month-old Asian bull elephant Ganesh Vijay but he passed away on April 13. - 19.04.2011.
  • Clown Around With Dessert: Georgetown Cupcake, Elephant Treat - What sort of cupcake do you serve elephants? Really big ones. But, seriously, that's what Georgetown Cupcake owners Sophie LaMontagne and Katherine Kallinis had to figure out last week to help celebrate the birthday of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey star Sara, who's performing at the Patriot Center through Saturday. - 19.04.2011.
  • Klippschliefer: Kleines Tier, große Verwandtschaft - Es klingt wie ein Scherz, wenn man hört, wer die nächsten Verwandten des Klippschliefers sind: Das an ein pummeliges Murmeltier erinnernde Wesen ist tatsächlich mit Elefanten und Seekühen verwandt - nicht die einzige Besonderheit dieses Felsenspringers. - 19.04.2011.
  • Sri Lanka is to conduct an Elephant Census - Colombo, 19 April, (Asiantribune.com): The Wildlife Conservation Department of Sri Lanka is making arrangements to carry out an island-wide census of the elephants. Elephant movement experts have arrived in the country from India and the US at the request of the Wildlife Department to assist wildlife field officers in this connection. - 19.04.2011.

18. April 2011

  • Barnum’s Circus: The Big Top of Elephant Neglect & Torture (Take Action) - “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” Upton Sinclair. - It is also difficult to face some realities that are so horrific, so barbaric, that they pain the heart to do so. And yet, to change those realities, we must screw up our courage and face down the intolerable. - 18.04.2011.
  • Kristin Davis besessen von Elefanten - Los Angeles (dts) – Die US-Schauspielerin Kristin Davis ist geradezu besessen von Elefanten. “Ich war bestimmt das einzige Kind in ganz South Carolina, was so fasziniert von Elefanten war”, so Davis im Interview mit der Promiseite “Contactmusic”. - 18.04.2011.
  • Herr der Elefanten - Alfons Haider schickte uns ein Foto von einem seiner 3000 Haustiere und erzählt, was ihm beim Wohnen wichtig ist. - "Mein Zuhause ist dort, wo meine Elefanten sind", sagt der Schauspieler und Entertainer Alfons Haider und outet sich als Besitzer von rund 3000 Dickhäutern - "die ich leider nicht alle bei mir in der Wohnung haben kann." Ganz besonders ans Herz gewachsen sei ihm der Älteste "mit ca. 120 Jahren". - 18.04.2011.
  • Give elephants their freedom - Like Philip Tripp, I think Toronto’s elephants should be allowed to accept Bob Barker’s offer to lumber off to warmer climes. The issue, however, is larger than just elephants. What about the zoo’s presumably unnamed large snakes: don’t they deserve the freedom to slither wherever they choose? - 18.04.2011.
  • Girl (9) survives elephant attack - NINE YEAR OLD Kariba girl is lucky to be alive after a stray elephant pierced one of her legs with its tusks in a nerve wrecking incident that continues to elicit sympathy in the town. - 18.04.2011.

17. April 2011

  • Charge of the elephants - In the ancient capital, Julie Miller meets a conservationist who champions the pachyderm's ferocious warrior past. - LAITHONGRIEN MEEPAN, the owner of the largest private elephant collection in the world, is a loud, excitable man. Perhaps as a result of competing with 180 trumpeting pachyderms, he booms rather than talks, gesturing wildly as he extols the virtues of his cumbersome charges. - 17.04.2011.

16. April 2011

  • 30 Elefanten im Tschad gewildert - 30 gewilderte Elefanten fanden Wildhüter Anfang dieser Woche im Tschad. Wilderer hatten den Dickhäutern die Stoßzähne abgehackt und bei ihrem Beutezug auch einen Militärangehörigen getötet. - 16.04.2011.
  • Den großen Tieren ganz nahe sein - PLATSCHOW - Bevor sich heute um 11 Uhr die Tore des Elefantenhofes in Platschow nach mehrmonatiger Winterpause wieder für die Besucher öffnen, durchlebte die Zirkusfamilie Frankello stürmische Zeiten. - 16.04.2011.
  • OKC Zoo Welcomes Baby Elephant - OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden said a baby elephant was born there late Friday, the first in the zoo's history. - 16.04.2011.
  • Search on for injured jumbo - Jorhat, April 16: The forest department has launched an operation to locate an elephant that was hit by a train near Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary along the Assam-Nagaland border a few days back. - 16.04.2011.

15. April 2011

  • Neue Attraktionen zum Zoo-Saisonstart - Hannover (dpa/lni) - Neue Attraktionen und Tier-Nachwuchs sollen in dieser Saison wieder viele Besucher in den Erlebnis-Zoo Hannover locken. Drei der fünf Elefanten-Babys und ihre Mütter zeigen beispielsweise, wie sie Baumstämme schleppen, zeichnen und Hula-Hoop tanzen, sagte eine Sprecherin. - 15.04.2011.
  • Oklahoma City Zoo elephant goes into labor - The pregnant Asian elephant at the Oklahoma City Zoo has gone into labor and is expected to give birth late today or early Saturday. Asha and her calf are both doing well, the zoo's veterinarian said this morning. - 15.04.2011.
  • Elephant electrocuted in Barghat forest - BALANGIR: A 12 year-old wild elephant died after being electrocuted in Barghat reserve forest under Patnagarh range, about 60 kilometer from here on Thursday afternoon. The incident is reported to have taken place following yeasterday's strong wind that caused two electric posts to collapse on the ground in the area. - 15.04.2011.
  • Baby elephant Ganesh Vijay dies at Midland zoo - ZOO keepers in the Midlands are mourning the loss of an 18-month-old baby elephant. Ganesh Vijay died on Wednesday. The young Asian elephant had been a favourite at Twycross Zoo, but suffered a heart condition. - 15.04.2011.
  • Gewichtige Damen frühstücken vorm Rathaus - Zirkus: Drei indische Elefanten werden in Lemwerder gefüttert und bestaunt. - LEMWERDER - Maja (34), Delhie (32) und Layka (28) – drei indische Elefantendamen waren am Donnerstag auf dem Rathausplatz in Lemwerder zu Besuch. - 15.04.2011.
  • Viel Harmonie und ein Piks in den Allerwertesten - Zoo: Gandhi schon gut in Elefanten-WG integriert / ARD zeigt Doku. - Es läuft gut mit Gandhi - dieses Fazit kann Pfleger Tobias Kremer nach zwei Wochen mit dem neuen Dickhäuter ziehen. Vor zwei Wochen war der kleine Elefant aus Kopenhagen nach Heidelberg gekommen. - 15.04.2011.

14. April 2011

  • Neuer Elefant in Köln: Bewegte Bilder vom Zoo-Star - Mit dem neugeborenen „Rajendra“ haben die Elefanten kurz vor den Osterferien ein neues Elefantenbaby ins Nest gelegt. Dort mauserte er sich zum neuen Publikums-Liebling im Zoo. rundschau-online.de zeigt bewegte Bilder vom neuen Elefanten. - 14.04.2011.
  • Schulterhöhe von vier Metern - Zeugen der Altsteinzeit: Das Landesmuseum zeigt ab heute 200.000 Jahre alte Giganten. Dazu ein Elefantenreich für Kinder. Kooperation mit dem Kölner Zoo. - 14.04.2011.
  • Bonner Landesmuseum: Sie hätten Hannibal noch gefehlt - Ausgestorbene Riesen: Das Bonner Landesmuseum zeigt Fossilien der Eurasischen Altelefanten. Die Giganten aus dem Mittel-Pleistozän waren bis 11 Tonnen schwer, über vier Meter hoch und mit einem XXL-Appetit gesegnet. - 14.04.2011.
  • Elephant exhibit to open next month at Cleveland zoo - CLEVELAND — Several months ago, the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo brought Jo, Martika and Moshi, three adult female elephants, back from Columbus to see their new multimillion dollar home — African Elephant Crossing. - 14.04.2011.
  • Elephant electrocuted in Bolangir district - Bolangir (Orissa), Apr 14 (PTI) An elephant was electrocuted when it came in contact with a high tension live electric wire in Orissa's Bolangir district, Forest department sources said here today. - 14.04.2011.

13. April 2011

  • Im Landesmuseum öffnet sich das Elefantenreich - Bonn. Christian Peitz hat einen etwas anderen zeitlichen Überblick als die meisten seiner Mitmenschen. Zeiträume von einigen Hunderttausend oder Millionen Jahren sind für den Paläontologen, der im Bonner Landesmuseum arbeitet, keine ungewöhnlichen Größenordnungen. - 13.04.2011.
  • Elephant images exhibited - To commemorate Earth Day on April 22, Banyan Tree Gallery Bangkok presents the "Embrace the Environment, Save the Elephants" photo exhibition which features a collection of 16 stunning images of elephants by Sangduen 'Lek' Chailert, founder of the Elephant Nature Foundation. - 14.04.2011.
  • Elefantenbaby Rajendra ist die neue Attraktion - Köln (RPO). Im Kölner Zoo ist er die Attraktion: Elefantenbaby Rajendra stakst mit seinen großen Verwandten durch das Gehege. seine Geburt war für alle eine Überraschung. Die Besucher sind begeistert. - 13.04.2011.
  • Doku über Elefanten-WG - (red). Über zwei Jahre lang haben SWR-Autorin Katja Kreutzer und Kameramann Simon Fountain die Elefantenpfleger und die Mitarbeiter des Heidelberger Zoos bei diesem ungewöhnlichen Pilotprojekt begleitet und hinter den Kulissen umfangreiche Aufnahmen gesammelt. Am Sonntag, 17. April, strahlt die ARD von 13.15 bis 13.45 Uhr den Dokumentarfilm „Die Elefanten-WG. Neue Dickhäuter für den Heidelberger Zoo“ aus. - 13.04.2011.
  • Photos: Countdown to African Elephant Crossing grand opening - Cleveland)- The finishing touches are being made on the new African Elephant Crossing at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, and will be ready to open on May 5th. The zoo's four female elephants Moshi, Martika, Jo and Shenga have all been introduced and are getting along. Shenga is the newest female who came from Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo in Nebraska. - 13.04.2011.
  • Jumbo goes begging, owner gets the rap from BBMP - The wildlife cell of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Tuesday warned the owner of an elephant which was found engaged in begging near the Puttanna Chetty Town Hall. - 13.04.2011.

12. April 2011

  • Baby elephant's death affects zoo staff - The death of Dineo, the first baby elephant born at the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa in Pretoria, felt like a death in the family, zoo staff said yesterday. - 12.04.2011.
  • Jumbo kills woman, two others attacked - COIMBATORE: In a tragic incident, a herd of elephants killed a woman and trampled two men, leaving them with injuries, near Bhavani Sagar dam about 60 km from here on Monday. - 12.04.2011.

11. April 2011

  • Film puts elephant orphanages in focus - LOS ANGELES — They have rescued, raised and released hundreds of baby elephants and orangutans. They have devoted their lives to the animals and their habitats. And they are the stars of the IMAX film “Born to Be Wild 3D.” - 11.04.2011.

10. April 2011

  • Erster Auftritt: „Rajendra“ ist der neue Star im Zoo - „Elefanten sind so charismatische Tiere, deswegen hat unser Nachwuchs auch einen charismatischen Namen bekommen“, erzählt Tierpfleger Brian Batstone. Auf den Namen „Rajendra“ haben die Pfleger den kleinen Bullen getauft, der sich jetzt erstmals der Öffentlichkeit präsentierte. - 10.04.2011.
  • ELEFANTENBABY: „König der Götter“ erstmals im Freien - Der in der Nacht zum Freitag zur Welt gekommene Elefantenbulle „Rajendra“ hat seine ersten Gehversuche im Elefantengehege hinter sich. Die Geburt hatte früher stattgefunden als erwartet. Der aus dem Hindi kommende Name bedeutet „König der Götter“. - 10.04.2011.
  • Hannovers jüngster Minifant heißt "Soraya" - "Soraya" heißt das jüngste der fünf Elefantenbabys im Zoo von Hannover. - Das im Dezember im Tierpark der Landeshauptstadt geborene Dickhäutermädchen wurde am Sonntag im Zoo unter reger Anteilnahme der Öffentlichkeit getauft. - 10.04.2011.
  • Elefantenbaby in Hannover heißt «Soraya» - Hannover (dpa/lni) - «Soraya» heißt das jüngste der fünf Elefantenbabys im Zoo von Hannover. Das im Dezember im Tierpark der Landeshauptstadt geborene Dickhäutermädchen wurde am Sonntag im Zoo unter reger Anteilnahme der Öffentlichkeit getauft. - 10.04.2011.
  • Baby Elephant Soraya at Hanover Zoo Pictures - Baby elephant Soraya gets 'baptised' by a stream of water from another elephant's trunk at the zoo in Hanover, Germany, 10 April 2011. Soraya is the youngest of five young elephants at the Hanover zoo and was named after Princess Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, the second wife and Queen Consort of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the late Shah of Iran. - 10.04.2011.
  • Grainne will never forget her elephant experience - "This has been one of the most amazing experiences of my life. It has been an absolute privilege to work closely with Thai elephants on behalf of charity," said Galway beauty Grainne Seoige yesterday, on her return to Ireland after filming a special Daybreak show for ITV. - 10.04.2011.

9. April 2011

  • Kölner Zoo freut sich über Elefantenbaby - Die Tierpfleger des Kölner Zoos waren ganz schön überrascht, als sie am Freitagmorgen ein neugeborenes Baby im Elefantengehege entdeckten. Mutter Tong Koon brachte das Baby rund zwei Monate zu früh zur Welt. Ab Sonntag können Zoobesucher das Jungtier beobachten. - 09.04.2011.
  • Der Zauber der Manege: "Wasser für die Elefanten" - Um eine große - und eine elefantöse Liebe geht es in der brillanten Bestseller-Adaption "Wasser für Elefanten": ein bewegend-romantisches Zirkusdrama, exquisit besetzt mit den Oscar-Preisträgern Reese Witherspoon und Christoph Waltz - und dem "Twilight"-Star Robert Pattinson. Der Film startet am 29. April in unseren Kinos. - 09.04.2011.
  • "Chandani und ihr Elefant" - Leutershausen. Die 17-jährige Chandani aus Sri Lanka hat nur einen Wunsch: Sie möchte Elefantenführer werden, genau wie ihr Vater. Dem steht nur eine Sache im Weg: Elefantenführer gilt als reiner Männerberuf. Da der männliche Nachwuchs fehlt, willigt ihr Vater ein und nimmt sie in die Lehre. Der Dokumentarfilm "Chandani und ihr Elefant" ist nicht nur ein toller Familienfilm, sondern auch eine gelungene Dokumentation, die viel Wissenswertes über Elefanten vermittelt. - 09.04.2011.
  • Virginia Zoo Elephant falls ill - NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) - A 38-year-old African elephant named Monica is being closely monitored by keepers at the Virginia Zoo in Norfolk because of an unknown illness. - 09.04.2011.
  • Dig for Tregaron's Victorian elephant carcass - Archaeologists have started digging up a pub beer garden in search of a legendary Victorian circus elephant. The Tregaron Elephant has long had its place in Ceredigion folklore, and is thought to have been buried behind the town's Talbot Hotel after dying on tour. - Mit Video. - 09.04.2011.
  • Freie Bahn für Elefanten - In Afrika entsteht mit dem Projekt Kavango-Zambezi (KaZa) der größte Naturpark der Welt. Das länderübergreifende Gebiet erleichtert Elefanten und anderen Tieren das Wandern und soll Touristen locken. - 09.04.2011.
  • GANZ NEBENBEI: Sprachfaul? - Einfach elefantös. - Eine bunte Tierwelt hat mittlerweile Elzach vorzuweisen. Es gibt zwar mangels Landwirten inzwischen keine "städtischen" Rindviecher, Schweine oder Schafe mehr in der City, dafür aber beispielsweise Rägemolli (Feuersalamander) und neuerdings auch Störche (siehe Seite 28). Am Donnerstag hieß es sogar: "Ein Elefant läuft durch Elzach". - 09.04.2011.
  • HC order on elephant corridor hailed - UDHAGAMANDALAM: Activists in the Nilgiris have welcomed Thursday's Madras High Court ruling in a case related to protection of elephant corridors in the region. The "landmark judgment" will help to preserve the fragile ecosystem of the district, they said. - 09.04.2011.
  • Captive elephants decrease in state - Captive elephants were once an inseparable part of Hindu temple festivals alone. But, over the period of time, the pachyderms, which Hindus believe, is an earthly representation of Lord Ganesha, have emerged as Kerala’s brand ambassador. - 09.04.2011.

8. April 2011

  • ELEFANTENBABY: Zerknittert, aber putzmunter - Freudige Nachrichten aus dem Zoo: In der Nacht ist im Kölner Tiergarten ein Elefantenbaby geboren worden. Eigentlich war mit der Geburt erst im Juni gerechnet worden. Ob es sich um ein männliches oder ein weibliches Tier handelt, ist noch nicht klar. - 08.04.2011.
  • Das neue Kölner Elefanten-Baby ist ein Bulle - KÖLN – Am liebsten bleibt der kleine Elefant noch ganz dicht bei seiner Mama Tong Koon. Aber bald schon wird er mit seinen Elefantenkinder-Kumpels das Elefantenhaus unsicher machen. - 08.04.2011.
  • Überraschung im Elefantenpark des Kölner Zoos - Unverhofft kommt oft - Elefantenbaby konnte nicht mehr warten. - Köln. 63 Tage zu früh erblickte das Elefantenbaby von Elefantenkuh "Tong Koon" am 8. April das Licht der Zoo-Welt. Völlig unerwartet fanden die Elefantenpfleger am Morgen die frisch gebackene Mutter mit ihrem Kleinen vor. Trotz Frühgeburt sind beide wohlauf und in guter Verfassung. - 08.04.2011.
  • Acht Lolas für SWR-Kino-Koproduktionen - Baden-Baden (ots) - Vier Lolas für "Poll" / zwei Lolas für "Das Lied in mir"/ Bronze für "Wer wenn nicht wir" als bester Spielfilm / "Chandani und ihr Elefant" ist bester Kinderfilm. - 08.04.2011.
  • Is China killing Africa's elephants? - NAIROBI, Kenya — Many blame China for the rise in elephant killings in Africa. The growing appetite for ivory in Asia, coupled with the increasing influence of China in countries across central and southern parts of Africa, has led to more elephants being killed for their ivory tusks. - 08.04.2011.
  • African elephant falls sick at Virginia Zoo in Norfolk - Monica, the Virginia Zoo's 38-year-old African elephant, has fallen ill, a zoo spokesperson says. The elephant has been under observation for several months due to changes in her physical condition, including loss of trunk coordination and a drop in weight. Over the past 48 hours, the elephant's condition has deteriorated, a press release reports. - 08.04.2011.
  • Steps taken to end human-elephant conflict:Govt. - The human–elephant conflict had claimed the lives of 19 persons and 17 elephants in the North-Western Province from the start of 2009 to June 30, 2010 alone, Parliament was informed yesterday. - 08.04.2011.

7. April 2011

  • Wie viele Zootiere tragen das tödliche Virus noch in sich? - NACH DEM TOD VON ELEFANTIN SHAINA PALI (+ 5) SIND DIE TIERÄRZTE IN SORGE. - Die Todesakte Shaina Pali. Am Dienstag starb das Elefantenmädchen im Zoo (B.Z. berichtete). Ursache: ein Herpes-Virus. Wie viele Tiere kann der gefährliche Erreger noch befallen? - 07.04.2011.
  • Seltener Sumatra-Elefant vergiftet? - Ein seltener Sumatra-Elefant ist auf einer Palmölplantage auf der gleichnamigen indonesischen Insel tot aufgefunden worden. Es besteht die Möglichkeit, dass der etwa 17 Jahre alte Elefant vergiftet wurde. - 07.04.2011.
  • Wie Elefanten Lärm einschätzen - In den Gebieten, in denen Elefanten leben, werden immer häufiger großflächig Rohstoffe abgebaut. Deshalb haben sich Forscher gefragt, wie die Auswirkungen der vielen Explosionen und Anwesenheit von Menschen und Lärm produzierenden Fahrzeugen auf die Elefanten sind. - 07.04.2011.
  • Elephant with TB at center of dispute - BALTIMORE, April 7 (UPI) -- An animal-rights group says a circus elephant performing in Baltimore poses a health risk to the public because she has tested positive for tuberculosis. - 07.04.2011.
  • Hopes soar for elephant sanctuary as £70,000 pours in for Anne and friends - Plans laid for £1million elephant enclosure at Longleat Safari Park. - Generous Daily Mail readers have dug deep in their pockets to raise £70,000 in just two days for Europe’s first elephant sanctuary. And with more cash and cheques pouring in by the hour, we are well on the way to providing a safe haven for Anne and other elephants rescued from circuses and zoos. - 07.04.2011.
  • Man trampled to death by elephant - Dehra Dun: An elephant trampled to death an old man in the jungles of Helgoth at Khatima area of Udhamsingh Nagar district in Dehra Dun, officials said on Thursday. - 07.04.2011.
  • GÜTERSLOH: Tierschützer kritisieren Zirkus Renz - Gütersloh. Bevor es im Zirkus Universal Renz von heute bis Sonntag in Gütersloh tierisch und artistisch zugeht, hatten Maya, Mausi und Baby bereits ihren ersten Auftritt: Durch die Bombenentschärfung am Dienstag waren die drei Elefanten vorsichtshalber evakuiert worden und hatten an der Prekerstraße die Nahrhaftigkeit Gütersloher Grüns getestet. - 07.04.2011.

6. April 2011

  • ELEFANTEN-TOD: Angst vor Todes-Virus im Berliner Zoo - Nach dem Tod von Elefantin Shaina Pali sind die Tierärzte in Sorge, dass alle Elefanten das Virus haben. Die Todesakte Shaina Pali. Am Dienstag starb das Elefantenmädchen im Zoo. Ursache: ein Herpes-Virus. Wie viele Tiere kann der gefährliche Erreger noch befallen? - 06.04.2011.
  • VIRUSANGST IM ELEFANTEN-GEHEGE: Großes Zittern um Ko Raya - Herpes-Erreger könnte jederzeit auch die Zweijährige töten, sagt der Zoo-Tierarzt Dr. Ochs. - Berlin - Ein fieses, heimtückisches Herpes-Virus raffte Elefanten-Mädchen Shaina Pali dahin (der KURIER berichtete). Jetzt sorgt sich der Zoo um ihre kleine Schwester Ko Raya. Denn sie könnte das nächste Opfer der aggressiven Krankheit sein. - 06.04.2011.
  • Herzlich willkommen! Elefanten freunden sich an - Bislang war es eine Dreier-Bande: Tarak, Voi Nam und Thai. Alle drei sind Elefanten. Sie leben im Heidelberger Zoo in Baden-Württemberg. Ihre Elefanten-Runde vergrößerte sich nun auf vier: Denn vor wenigen Tagen zog Gandhi zu ihnen. - 06.04.2011.
  • After Knut, Berlin Zoo loses young elephant - Barely a fortnight since the death of beloved polar bear Knut, the Berlin Zoo has lost another young animal – six-year-old Indian elephant Shaina Pali, according to media reports. - 06.04.2011.
  • Sweet documentary depicts animal rescue missions - One way or another, you’ll find yourself saying, “Awwwwww.” The adorable baby animals and the grace and kindness of the people who care for them, as depicted in the documentary “Born to Be Wild 3D,” are guaranteed to warm every heart in the theater. - 06.04.2011.
  • TB in elephants called 'a gray area' - Animal-rights group says elephant with positive TB test is a danger, but circus and government health officials say there is no risk. - 06.04.2011.
  • Steppis Geschichte wird für junge Leser gedruckt - Steppi hat im vergangenen Jahr viele Steinheimer Herzen erobert. Auch das von Petra Lücke. Sie hat mit ihrer Kunstschule Malkiste sogar eine eigene Ausstellung mit Steppi-Bildern organisiert. Gut 40 Kinder hat sie mit ins Urmensch-Museum genommen und sie anschließend zum Pinsel greifen lassen. Entstanden sind bunte Bilder, die das Steinheimer Wahrzeichen, den jahrtausendealten Steppenelefanten, quasi in allen Lebenslagen zeigt - ob zwischen feuerspeienden Bergen oder mit Windpocken. - 06.04.2011.
  • „Gandhi“ herzlich aufgenommen - (dpa). Der neue Mitbewohner in Deutschlands erster Elefantenbullen-WG fühlt sich unmittelbar nach seiner Ankunft im Heidelberger Zoo bereits zu Hause. „Die Reaktion der Tiere beim ersten Kennenlernen war absolut entspannt, wir hatten eigentlich mehr Ärger erwartet“, sagte der Leiter des Elefantenreviers, Stefan Geretschläger, am Dienstag auf Anfrage. - 06.04.2011.
  • Pattaya Female Elephant, 60, Has Rested In Peace - Lampang, 5th April 2011 [PDN]: the press released a statement today confirming the death of Pang Yui, Chonburi female elephant, who has been receiving medical treatment over the past four days at Chang Thai Elephant Conservation Centre, Forest Industry Organisation in Lampang. - 06.04.2011.

5. April 2011

  • NEUER BLITZTOD IM ZOO: Elefant stirbt an Herpes-Infektion - Berlin - Schock im Zoo, erneut verendete ein Liebling der Besucher. Dienstagmorgen, 7 Uhr, fand Pfleger Rüdiger Pankow das leblose Elefantenmädchen Shaina Pali (6) im Stall. Dahingerafft von einem heimtückischen Killervirus. - 05.04.2011.
  • Bob Parsons Shooting an Elephant on Safari Nails the Worst Hunting Stereotypes - Last week, the impetuous billionaire and Go Daddy C.E.O. Bob Parsons placed himself at the center of an unusual public controversy. He posted a video on his Web site that shows him fatally shooting an elephant during a recent hunting excursion in Zimbabwe. The images circulated widely over the Internet and through TV news, where angry commentators criticized Parsons for acting irresponsibly and inhumanely. - 05.04.2011.
  • 'Born To Be Wild' opens at Maritime IMAX - Could you imagine taking care of these kids, what with the swinging from trees and trampling over one other? It's just another day in the life for the parents at Camp Leakey, Indonesia, and the Tsavo East National Park, Kenya, where baby orphaned orangutans, in the former, and elephants, in the latter, are raised before returning to the wild. - 05.04.2011.
  • Thai Authorities Crack Down on Elephant Ivory Trade - BANGKOK, Thailand, April 5, 2011 (ENS) - Royal Thai Customs investigators confiscated more then two metric tons of smuggled African elephant ivory from a shipping container on a boat at Bangkok's seaport on Wednesday. The tusks were hidden behind hundreds of boxes of frozen fish from Kenya. - 05.04.2011.
  • Wild Animals Banned from British Circuses - Undercover footage of a circus elephant being beaten by handlers for no reason has played a role in the recent commitment in Britain to ban wild animals from circuses. The elephant is named Anne; it has been reported that due to the scandal, she will be released from the circus and relocated to an animal sanctuary. - 05.04.2011.
  • Gandhi ist der Neue in der WG - (red). Gandhi ist da. Der fünfjährige Elefantenbulle hat die 15-stündige Reise von Kopenhagen nach Heidelberg gut überstanden. Claus Petersen, Elefantenpfleger aus dem dänischen Hauptstadtzoo, der den Transport begleitet hat und noch einen Tag bei seinem ehemaligen Schützling blieb, ist zufrieden. - 05.04.2011.

4. April 2011

  • Longleat reports on arrival of Anne the Elephant - An elephant which has gained national fame arrived at Longleat Safari Park yesterday. Anne is said to be the last remaining circus elephant in this country and was recently filmed being maltreated by a keeper with a pitchfork. - 04.04.2011.
  • Jumbo lands - ANNE the abused elephant is just steps away from a happy retirement yesterday - as she arrives at her new home. The 59-year-old was led into Longleat safari park, Wiltshire, in chains for safety reasons before being freed to roam in 80 acres. - 04.04.2011.
  • GoDaddy CEO explains elephant-killing 'safari' - CEO of web hosting giant GoDaddy, Bob Parsons, sparked outrage last week by releasing a video of himself killing an elephant. After it was written about, Parsons got in touch and asked to tell his side of the story. - 04.04.2011.
  • Elephant Found Dead at Riau Plantation - A rare Sumatran elephant was found dead at a palm oil plantation in Riau, an official said on Saturday, with poisoning suspected as the cause of death. - 04.04.2011.
  • Govt to do away with jumbo translocation - The Wildlife Conservation Department has decided to do away with elephant translocation with immediate effect considering the negative impact it has caused to both humans and elephants, a spokesperson of the Department told the Daily News yesterday. - 04.04.2011.

3. April 2011

  • MARLAR WIRD 5: Große Gästeschar für die Elefantin - Mit Gratisführungen, Kinder-Aktionen und einer Elefanten-Rallye feierte der Kölner Zoo den fünften Geburtstag von Dickhäuter-Dame Marlar. Trotz schlechten Wetters drängelten sich die Massen vor dem Elefantengehege. - 03.04.2011.
  • Elephants still lurking around in Sinharaja - It is a known fact that wild elephants were found in most parts of Sri Lanka during the early 1900’s. However, with the rapid development of the South and South West regions, they gradually moved towards the Central, South Eastern and North Eastern regions. With the rapid development of the tea plantations, the elephants living in the central hills also moved away into the central East or were decimated in the course of development. - 03.04.2011.

2. April 2011

  • Seltener Sumatra-Elefant tot auf Plantage aufgefunden - Jakarta — Ein seltener Sumatra-Elefant ist auf einer Palmölplantage auf der gleichnamigen indonesischen Insel tot aufgefunden worden. Es bestehe die Möglichkeit, dass der etwa 17 Jahre alte Elefant vergiftet wurde, sagte Adit Gunawan von der Naturschutzbehörde in der Provinz Riau der Nachrichtenagentur AFP. Das Tier werde derzeit obduziert. - 02.04.2011.
  • Meet Baby Orangutans and Elephants at Tennessee Aquarium - Chattanooga, TN - There is a playful innocence within baby animals that is universally captivating. But when people see the faces of baby elephants and orangutans in “Born to be Wild 3D,” they experience more than just a lighthearted mood. - 02.04.2011.
  • Gandhi kein Freund leiser Töne - Zoo: Neuer Bewohner in Elefantenhaus eingetroffen / Fünfjähriger Bulle soll morgen zum ersten Mal zu sehen sein. - Seine neue Heimat begrüßt Gandhi mit einem Trompeten. Kaum haben sich die Türen seines Metallcontainers geöffnet, da erschüttert ein inbrünstiger Laut die morgendliche Ruhe auf der Elefantenanlage. Dann geht alles relativ schnell. Der junge Elefant schreitet in seine Box und lässt sich - etwas widerwillig - die Fußketten abnehmen. - 02.04.2011.
  • Weltpremiere in Heidelberg: Gandhi ist da - Vierter Elefantenbulle wird in Jungbullengruppe integriert. - „Gandhi“ ist da. Der fünfjährige Elefantenbulle hat die 15-stündige Reise von Kopenhagen nach Heidelberg gut überstanden, freut sich Claus Petersen, Elefantenpfleger aus dem dänischen Hauptstadtzoo, der den Transport begleitet hat und noch einen Tag bei seinem ehemaligen Schützling bleibt. - 02.04.2011.

1. April 2011

  • Heidelberg: Neuer Mitbewohner in Elefantenbullen-WG - Heidelberg. Deutschlands erste Elefantenbullen-WG hat einen neuen Mitbewohner. Der fünfjährige Dickhäuter "Gandhi" traf nach 15-stündiger Reise aus Kopenhagen wohlbehalten im Heidelberger Zoo ein, wie der Tierpark mitteilte. - 01.04.2011.
  • "Stiftung Menschen gegen Minen e.V." ist im Elefanten-Schutzgebiet KAZA im Einsatz - Anschaffung eines neuen Minenspürhundes kostet 10.000 Euro. - Düsseldorf (ots) - Ganz im Südosten von Angola, in der Provinz Kuando Kubango, arbeitet die "Stiftung Menschen gegen Minen e.V." daran, Landminen zu räumen. Das Gebiet gehört zum riesigen Elefanten-Reservat KAZA, das derzeit von den fünf Nachbarländern Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Sambia und Zimbabwe eingerichtet wird. Die Arbeit von MgM, bei der auch Minenspürhunde zum Einsatz kommen, dient dem Schutz von Menschen und Elefanten vor dem tödlichen Erbe aus fast 30 Jahren Bürgerkrieg. - 01.04.2011.
  • Zwei Tonnen Elfenbein beschlagnahmt - Mehr als fünf Tonnen Elfenbein wurden in den letzten 15 Monaten von Afrika nach Thailand geschmuggelt. Jetzt ist dem thailändischen Zoll ein spektakulärer Fang gelungen. - 01.04.2011.
  • PETA closes Go Daddy account after CEO shoots elephant - Bob Parsons, chief executive of the Internet domain-hosting company Go Daddy, has been roiled in controversy after he killed an elephant in Zimbabwe and posted a video of the hunt on his blog that justified the shooting because the meat fed villagers and helped farmers scare pachyderms away from crops. - 01.04.2011.
  • Ruby The African Elephant Dies At Sanctuary - San Andreas, CA-- Ruby, an African elephant who lived at the PAWS sanctuary in San Andreas has died. She was 50 years old. After years of lobbying from animal rights activists, the Los Angeles Zoo delivered Ruby to the Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), in 2007. - 01.04.2011.
  • Abused Elephant Gets New Home At Safari Park - A circus elephant who was filmed being abused is to get a new home at Longleat Safari Park. The elderly performing elephant, named Anne, is being moved to the Wiltshire park after bosses at the Bobby Roberts Super Circus agreed to the change. - 01.04.2011.

März

31. März 2011

  • Elefantentag im Zoo: Marlar lädt zur Geburtstagsparty - Am vergangenen Mittwoch ist Elefantenkind Marlar, einer der Stars des Kölner Elefantenhauses, fünf Jahre alt geworden. Zu diesem Anlass veranstaltet der Zoo am Sonntag, dem 3. April erneut einen Elefantentag. Natürlich steht das Geburtstagskind dabei im Mittelpunkt. - 31.03.2011.
  • Sputnik sagt Elefanten-Finale ab - War es am Ende doch die Angst vor negativen Schlagzeilen und den Tierschützern? Der Radiosender MDR-Sputnik hat das für Donnerstag vor dem Funkhaus an der Spitze in Halle (Saale) geplante Finale seiner „Fotosafari“ abgesagt. Tierschützer hatten zuvor Proteste angekündigt, darunter der Kleintierschutzverein Halle. - 31.03.2011.
  • Verrückte Viecher: Rüsselhündchen - Es hat einen Rüssel, einen ziemlich langen sogar, aber darüber hinaus ähnelt das kleine afrikanische Rüsselhündchen dem großen Elefanten nicht: Von der Rüssel- bis zur Schwanzspitze misst das Hündchen einen halben Meter, es wiegt weniger als ein Kilo, hat ein seidiges Fell und winzige Ohren. - 31.03.2011.
  • Ruby the African elephant dies at sanctuary - Ruby the African elephant, who became a rallying symbol for animal activists during her time at the Los Angeles Zoo, has died at a sanctuary in Northern California. - 31.03.2011.
  • Go Daddy CEO Kills An Elephant; Tweets About It - Bob Parsons, CEO and Founder of the internet domain registering and web hosting service Go Daddy.com - famous for sexist and vaguely misogynistic commercials - recently posted a video of himself killing an elephant. It's an understatement to say that the reaction has been one of mostly outrage. - 31.03.2011.
  • „Es ist wie eine Droge“ - Diesdorf. Der nach eigener Aussage „größte Tierzirkus im Norden“ hat derzeit sein Winterquartier an der Wittinger Straße in Diesdorf. Doch im Circus May endet am morgigen Freitag um 16 Uhr mit der ersten Vorstellung in der neuen Saison die Ruhezeit. Dann treten die Akrobaten und Dresseure vor das Publikum. - 31.03.2011.
  • Get a feel of elephant walking past you - HYDERABAD: Visitors to the Nehru Zoological Park can now get a closer look at an elephant every Wednesday morning following its decision to organise an `elephant walk'. - 31.03.2011.
  • Pack yer trunk... we’re out of ear - ANNE the abused elephant packed her trunk and said goodbye to the circus yesterday - after The Sun stepped in to help prepare her for a happy new life. - 31.03.2011.

30. März 2011

  • Elephant tramples man to death in Ganjam - BERHAMPUR: A middle-aged man was trampled to death by a tusker in Ganjam's Biruligada village, about 35 km from here, on Tuesday. Rabindra Kumar Behera (42) fell prey to the animal's rage while returning home from his cropfield late in the evening. - 30.03.2011.
  • Bob Parsons, CEO Of Godaddy.com Kills Elephant In Zimbabwe - Turns out the only thing Bob Parsons, CEO of Godaddy.com, has in common with PETA is making headlines by using scantily clad women in Super Bowl commercials. The head of the mega internet hosting company shot and killed an elephant on his recent trip to Zimbabwe. - 30.03.2011.
  • Unlocking the past with the West Runton Elephant - (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University of York and Manchester have successfully extracted protein from the bones of a 600,000 year old mammoth, paving the way for the identification of ancient fossils. - 30.03.2011.
  • Dieser Gandhi rauft gerne - Zoo: Vierter Elefant zieht in die Jungbullen-WG / Fachwelt blickt gespannt auf Entwicklung des Sozialverhaltens. - Nur noch wenige Tage, dann kommt "der Neue" in den Heidelberger Zoo: Gandhi, Elefantenbulle, fünf Jahre alt, zwei Tonnen schwer. "Ein selbstbewusster, fitter, kleiner Elefant", erklärt Stefan Geretschläger. Der Leiter des Elefantenhauses hat seinen neuen Schützling schon gesehen. Vor gut zwei Wochen war Geretschläger mit seinem Kollegen Tobias Kremer im Kopenhagener Zoo, wo Gandhi geboren wurde. - 30.03.2011.
  • Could this be a loving new home for Anne? We'd be thrilled to take her in says Longleat after secret talks - A deal was close last night to rehome Anne the circus elephant within a week. Her owners Moira and Bobby Roberts have finally agreed to allow the 59-year-old animal to retire to an enclosure at Longleat Safari Park, the Mail can reveal. It marks a victory for this paper, which brought Anne’s desperate plight to the public’s attention by revealing secret footage of the Asian elephant’s Romanian groom stabbing and beating her. - 30.03.2011.
  • Elephant calf falls into well, dies - Krishnagiri (TN), Mar 29 (PTI) A three-year old elephant calf died today after falling into a well in a village near Hosur in the district. A herd of 13 elephants was passing through Thallasur village this morning when the calf fell into the well, which was not protected with side wall. - 30.03.2011.

29. März 2011

  • Older, wiser elephants make better leaders - Experts have recently found that older matriarchs, in particular those aged over 60 years of age, were more likely to listen intently for the sound of male lions and to behave more defensively when exposed to the sound of predators such as lions which pose a major threat, particularly to younger elephants. - 29.03.2011.
  • At last, Anne the elephant's suffering could be over as Whipsnade Zoo offers her a home - Hopes were rising last night that Anne the circus elephant could be freed from her cruel captivity within days. A specialist vet from Whipsnade Zoo and RSPCA officers were allowed to visit Anne to check her over after shocking secret footage was passed to the Daily Mail showing her Romanian groom battering, kicking and stabbing her with a pitchfork. - 29.03.2011.
  • All about elephants - AANAKKADHAYUDE PORULTHEDI: M. Yunuskunju; Prabath Book House, Thiruvananthapuram-695001. Rs. 160. - Kerala, hailed as a fully literate State, is ironically notorious for the ill-treatment of elephants in captivity. A public parade of caparisoned elephants is a significant feature of festivities especially in central Kerala. - 29.03.2011.

28. März 2011

  • Forest dept book shows ways to deal with wild jumbos - BHUBANESWAR: The Chandaka wildlife forest division has come up with a guide book describing the dos and don'ts for people after they spot wild elephants. This has been done to reduce man-elephant conflicts. - 28.03.2011.
  • Yoga soll mit "Elefanten-Porno" lernen - Seit Jahren müht sich der 14-jährige Yoga erfolglos beim Liebesakt ab und macht einfach keine Fortschritte. Das Problem: Yoga fehlt die Technik für den bei Elefanten nicht ganz unkomplizierten Paarungsakt. «Man weiss, dass junge Elefanten durch Zuschauen diesbezüglich viel lernen können», so Tanja Dietrich vom Zoo Basel. - 28.03.2011.
  • Zähne zum Fürchten - Backenzähne so groß wie Mühlsteine und Stoßzähne wie ein Gabelstapler - dieses riesige Gebiss gehört einem Mastodonten, der als Vorfahre des Elefanten gilt. Während den Bauarbeiten an einer Kläranlage in Chile stießen Männer in sechs Meter Tiefe auf den gut erhaltenen Schädel des Rüsseltiers. - 28.03.2011.
  • Gandhi zieht in die Jungbullen-WG ein - Der Neue in Heidelbergs berühmtester "Junggesellen-WG" heißt Gandhi, ist vier Jahre alt und wiegt schon stolze zwei Tonnen. Ende dieser Woche wird er aus dem fernen Kopenhagen an den Neckar kommen. - 28.03.2011.
  • Rare Sumatran Elephant Dies After Week-Long Standoff in Indonesia - After a week spent blocking an important local road in Indonesia, a female Sumatran elephant died on Sunday. Though the exact cause of death remains uncertain, the elephant's death highlights an increasing tension between villagers and wildlife. - 28.03.2011.
  • Five days across Tsavo’s skies counting elephants - At daybreak, a succession of light aircraft take off from the dusty runway into the skies of Tsavo — one of the world’s largest intact ecosystems. The pilots and accompanying observers will be spending the day airborne, counting elephants and other species in the Tsavo-Mkomazi ecosystem in Tanzania, which spans 46,437 square kilometres. Mkomazi abuts Tsavo on the northeastern side. - 28.03.2011.
  • Elephant herd kills man, grandson near Krishnagiri - KRISHNAGIRI: A herd of 13 wild elephants trampled to death an old man and his three-year-old grandson near Krishnagiri on Sunday. The incident happened at a mango orchard in Kuruparapalli near here. - 28.03.2011.

27. März 2011

  • Rare elephant found dead in Indonesia: official - JAKARTA — A rare Sumatran elephant has died in Indonesia after blocking a village street for a week, an official said Sunday. The female elephant was in a "weak condition" after becoming separated from its herd about a week ago in Bengkalis district, Riau province, conservation agency official Adit Gunawan told AFP. - 27.03.2011.

26. März 2011

  • Bob Barker Offers $100,000 to Save Elephant - A sick Asian elephant named “Lucy” in Canada’s Edmonton Valley Zoo could be the recipient of $100,000 grant offered by Bob Barker if officials there will permit second-opinion veterinarian elephant-experts to examine and diagnose Lucy’s respiratory and foot problems that have been plaguing her for years and threaten the future of her recovery. - 26.03.2011.
  • There's an elephant on my front lawn - Friday, March 11 and I'm on my way back home from the airport where I'd been picking up family. It's 5:20 am and I must have fallen briefly asleep as the car goes through the gates of my house in Lutyens' Delhi. Hand on the door handle, I freeze. Standing before me is a huge elephant, his gigantic contours clearly visible in the first light of day. - 26.03.2011.
  • Discover magic of Rajaji Park's jumbo haven - Visit Rajaji National Park where you can explore the wilderness in the company of some 400 wandering wild elephants.See these giant mammals up close that gulp down up to 200 litres of water daily, eat over 200 kg of food and wallow in the mud for hours in this sprawling reserve ensconced in the Shivalik foothills of the Himalayas in Uttarakhand. - 26.03.2011.

25. März 2011

  • Sputnik setzt Elefanten-Tour trotz Kritik fort - Trotz heftiger Kritik der Tierschutzorganisation PETA hat der Mitteldeutsche Rundfunk sein Elefanten-Gewinnspiel fortgesetzt. Am Freitagmittag war Halle (Saale) Station. Diesmal bekam Elefantendame Mala sogar Unterstützung von Kenia. Zwei Elefanten auf dem halleschen Markt. - 25.03.2011.
  • Two elephants electrocuted in Ganjam, 2 held - BERHAMPUR: Forest officials arrested two persons in connection with the death of two elephants inside a cashew garden at Buduli in Muzagda forest range in Ganjam district, divisional forest officer (Ghumusar-North) B B Behera said on Friday. - 25.03.2011.
  • Rourkela relieved as jumbo returns to reserve forest - ROURKELA: The elephant that strayed into Rourkela on Thursday moved from one part of the city to the other spreading panic. The animal crossed several residential areas, the busy ring road at least twice and damaged two houses on its way. The forest officials were forced to stay on their toes while keeping a watch on the animal till it returned to the forest in the wee hours of Friday. - 25.03.2011.
  • Knie feiert Premiere: Es lebe der Zirkus! - In Rapperswil-Jona feierte der Circus Knie gestern seine Premiere. Unter dem Motto «Vive le circe!» geht er danach auf Tournee. - Und der heimische Zirkus hielt bei der diesjährigen Premiere gestern in Rapperswil-Jona, was er verspricht. Ebenso lebhaft wie abwechslungsreich ist der Schweizer Nationalcircus in die neue Saison gestartet. - 25.03.2011.
  • Zoo authorities clueless on elephant's aggression - CHANDIGARH: Zoo authorities are clueless as to how to deal with the three-month-long period of aggression of Rajmangal, a 55-year-old male elephant at Chhatbir zoo. Wildlife lovers feel elephants should be shifted to forest and sanctuary areas in keeping with guidelines of CZA ( Central Zoo Authority). - 25.03.2011.
  • The Wild Elephant census in Sri Lanka - The former CEO, Serendib Leisure Management Ltd, Srilal Miththapala, a senior tourism professional and the Immediate Past President, Tourist Hotels Association of Sri Lanka is also a great wildlife enthusiast and an elephant lover. - 25.03.2011.

24. März 2011

  • MDR SPUTNIK: Elefantenquälerei als Major Promotion? - Radiosender in Deutschland zeigen bei ihren Major Promotions selten Kreativität. “Geheime Geräusche” bestimmten meist das Tagesgeschäft. Eines der beiden Jugendprogramme des Mitteldeutschen Rundfunks, MDR SPUTNIK, versucht es auf einem anderen Weg und schickt einen Elefanten vor. - 24.03.2011.
  • Mozambique: No Smoking! - Selbst jemand, der als Kettenraucher in den zauberhaften Norden von Mozambique reist, wird sich wohl bald keine Zigarette mehr anzünden: Dafür sorgt Ben, ein temperamentvoller Elefant. - 24.03.2011.
  • Gerüstet für die schwere Geburt - In Hellabrunn soll bald wieder ein Elefantenbaby zur Welt kommen. - Sie war der kleine Star des Tierparks, doch sie wurde nur sechs Monate alt: Jamuna Toni, das Hellabrunner Elefantenmädchen, musste im vergangenen Juni wegen einer seltenen Knochenerkrankung eingeschläfert werden. Das Jungtier war Münchens erster Baby-Elefant seit mehr als sechs Jahrzehnten. Zoodirektor Andreas Knieriem und sein Tierparkteam aber erwarten nun erneut Nachwuchs bei den Dickhäutern: Nach 22 Monaten Tragzeit nähert sich das Ende der Schwangerschaft von Elefantendame Temi. - 24.03.2011.
  • Debatte Tierrechte: Zoos gehören abgeschafft - (hpd) Eine Replik auf »Ein Plädoyer für Zoos«: Der Beitrag des Vet.med.Studenten Sören Schewe beruht auf eben den fragwürdigen Argumenten, die seit Jahren von der Zoo-Industrie vorgetragen werden, um die von tierschützerischer und vor allem tierrechtlicher Seite her zunehmend erhobene Kritik abzuwehren. - 24.03.2011.
  • PETA Inflating an Elephant in the Room - You may have noticed a rumbling in downtown D.C. Tuesday. That was nothing to worry about -- just the elephants parading their way through the streets to mark the arrival of the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus. But one group in particular isn’t too happy about the arrival of the circus. - 24.03.2011.
  • Stewart humbled by the elephant in the room - OAKLAND -- Tony Stewart never saw it coming Thursday. NASCAR’s Stewart, in the area to promote Infineon’s race in June, was standing a good 5 feet away from Osh, a 10,990-pound African elephant surrounded on four sides by metal and steel at the Oakland Zoo. Stewart was going to feed the animal when Osh without hint flicked his 150-pound trunk at Stewart, striking the two-time Sprint Cup champion in the chest. - 24.03.2011.
  • AZA report raises questions about Knoxville Zoo elephant's behavior - Knoxville Zoo sticking with protective contact for handlers. - KNOXVILLE - An independent review panel has determined the Jan. 14 death of Knoxville Zoo elephant keeper Stephanie James was an accident. In the aftermath of James' death, the zoo will continue to care for its African elephants through protective barriers. - 24.03.2011.
  • British royal wedding to aid elephants in Thailand - Charitable donations requested by Prince William and Kate Middleton instead of wedding gifts will help the London Zoological Society. It works in Thailand with the Elephant Conservation Network to reduce conflict between villagers and the animals in the western province of Kanchanaburi. - 24.03.2011.
  • Jumbo enters Rourkela, triggers panic - ROURKELA: Panic gripped the people of Rourkela on Thursday with an elephant entering the town from the Bondamunda reserve forest. The animal crossed a few residential areas before choosing to rest behind the Dsouza School in Sector 2 attracting many onlookers. Forest officials are keeping an eye on the jumbo's movement. - 24.03.2011.

23. März 2011

  • The Asian elephant making its last stand - War with humans leaves status in doubt. - JIA GABHARU, India – Every night when the rice is ripening in their fields, the young men climb into watchtowers to peer anxiously toward the Himalayan foothills from which the gray giants emerge. - 23.03.2011.
  • Ein Elefant, der MDR und Tierschützer - PETA kritisiert Radiosender Sputnik für Gewinnspiel. Mit einem außergewöhnlichen Gewinnspiel tour derzeit der MDR-Radiosender Sputnik durch die Region. Im Mittelpunkt steht dabei die aus Simbabwe stammende Elefantendame Mala. Mit ihr geht der Radiosender auf so genannte “Fotosafari”. - 23.03.2011.
  • New Jersey's Lucy the Elephant to Get New Tail - MARGATE, N.J.-- Repairs are under way on the world's largest elephant. Lucy the Elephant, a 65-feet tall National Historic Landmark in New Jersey, sustained wind damage to its 14-foot tail in 2009. - 23.03.2011.
  • Zoos: Do you think wild animals should be kept in captivity? - Former television game show host Bob Barker has offered $100,000 to the City of Edmonton if it will allow experts to examine Lucy, the lone elephant at the Edmonton Valley Zoo. "It seems like a win-win-win scenario to me," said Barker, in a news release. "The zoo wins, concerned citizens win, but most importantly of all, Lucy wins," said Barker. - 23.03.2011.
  • Fossil elephant tooth unearthed in Thai Nguyen - VietNamNet Bridge – Archaeologists found a fossil elephant tooth in early March in the northern province of Thai Nguyen. The fossil tooth is believed to be the tooth of an Asian elephant, with an age of 30,000-50,000 years. - 23.03.2011.

22. März 2011

  • Tierschutz: Peta kritisiert Sputnik-Aktion mit Elefanten - GERLINGEN/HALLE (SAALE)/DAPD. Die Tierrechtsorganisation Peta Deutschland kritisiert den MDR-Sender Sputnik wegen dessen Aktion mit einem Elefanten. Die Elefantendame Mala soll im Auftrag des Radiosenders in den nächsten Tagen in elf Städten für die Radiohörer posieren. «Der Stress durch die enorm hohe Reisefrequenz bedeutet eine hohe Belastung für die sensible Mala und ist schlichtweg Tierquälerei», sagte Petas Wildtier-Experte Peter Höffken am Dienstag. - 22.03.2011.
  • Actress Kristin Davis Honored for Work With Orphaned Elephants - "Sex and the City" actress and animal rights advocate Kristin Davis was honored over the weekend for her work on behalf of orphaned elephants. Davis was given the Wyler Award at Saturday's Genesis Awards, hosted by the Humane Society of New York City. - 22.03.2011.
  • Elephant March Returns This Afternoon - The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey touring circus finds its way back to the Verizon Center on Thursday (this year's theme: Barnum's Funundrum), so it's once again time for the annual Elephant Walk. - 22.03.2011.
  • Umbauarbeiten im Erfurter Zoopark - Derzeit wird im Thüringer Zoopark Erfurt wieder fleißig gewerkelt. Es werden Gehege neu oder umgebaut. Die größten Projekte sind dabei eine neue Gepardenanlage, der Lemurenwald und die Fertigstellung der Afrika-Savanne. Eröffnet werden sollen die Anlagen noch im Frühjahr, laut Zoodirektor Dr. Thomas Kölpin. Die alte Elefantenanlage, deren Umbau schon seit einiger Zeit zur Debatte steht, wird auch dieses Jahr wieder nicht mit einbezogen. - 22.03.2011.
  • Elephants Wander Into Riau Compound - Pekanbaru, Riau. A team of animal handlers has been sent to take charge of three wild elephants reportedly blocking a road next to a Chevron Pacific Indonesia compound in Riau’s Bengkalis district. - 22.03.2011.
  • Burma's buddy a horse, of course - Auckland Zoo's sole elephant Burma has been given a new friend - a horse - amid concerns for her psychological health since the death of her companion Kashin. - 22.03.2011.
  • New elephant orphanage in Ulankulama - Wildlife Department Director General Chandrawansa Pathirage, said that a new interim elephant orphanage was being constructed at Ulankulama in the North Central Province. The proposed elephant orphanage would be constructed under the guidance of Agrarian Services and Wildlife Minister S M Chandrasena. - 22.03.2011.
  • Lone elephant settles in Katunguru - UGANDA (eTN) - Tourists and Ugandan travelers alike are reportedly now able to greet a lone elephant who has made it a habit to come out of Queen Elizabeth National Park (QENP) and take strolls through Katunguru, a village located at the Kazinga Channel bridge and the turn off into the park’s Mweya Safari Lodge. - 22.03.2011.

21. März 2011

  • Endangered elephants - JIA GABHARU, India (AP) — Every night when the rice is ripening in their fields, the young men climb into watchtowers to peer anxiously toward the Himalayan foothills from which the gray giants emerge. - 21.03.2011.
  • African elephants victims of Thai trafficking - BANGKOK, Mar 21 - For many years Southeast Asia had a bountiful supply of elephants to satisfy Thailand's ivory traffickers, but the decimation of the species has seen them turn to Africa for their plunder. - 21.03.2011.
  • Ringling Brothers Elephant Walk Tomorow - If tomorrow afternoon you were to step onto a street in Penn Quarter, or down on 3rd Street in front of the Capitol, you might well see something a bit unique. The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus is parading their animals through town beginning at 2pm at South Capitol St and E Street, up past the Capitol and then ending up at the Verizon Center ahead of the four day run of “Funundrum“ at the Phone Booth. - 21.03.2011.
  • Jumbos unlikely be relocated from city zoo - HYDERABAD: The five elephants in Nehru Zoological Park may not be relocated to a sanctuary. Highly-placed sources said that Nehru Zoological Park was one among the zoos, which had written to Central Zoo Authority (CZA) requesting an inspection before the relocation is carried out. - 21.03.2011.

20. März 2011

  • Last stand of the Asian elephant - JIA GABHARU, India – Every night when the rice is ripening in their fields, the young men climb into watchtowers to peer anxiously toward the Himalayan foothills from which the gray giants emerge. - 20.03.2011.
  • Counting elephants, a jumbo task - The proposed elephant census to be conducted in a few months’ time by the Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWLC) has generated much interest. An elephant census is no simple activity. Although the elephant is a large animal, sightings can be quite difficult because of forest cover. Also by nature elephants are wary of humans and will retreat into denser habitat when approached. So, counting elephants and making a census, is a much more complex procedure. - 20.03.2011.
  • Rent an elephant for Rs.75,000 a day this season - Elephant owners in the state have increased the daily rentals of their elephants as temples in the state have ushered into this year’s festival season. They, however, justify the hike in rentals citing a variety of factors including the steep rise in the price of essential commodities and decreasing number of captive elephants. - 20.03.2011.

19. März 2011

  • Ein Elefant und der Wahlkampf - Am Sonntag ist Landtagswahl in Sachsen-Anhalt. Und Elefanten würden CDU wählen. Zumindest Elefantendame Moja. Doch die zeigte sich nicht etwa beeindruckt vom Wahlprogramm. Stattdessen hatten die Christdemokraten Äpfel auf dem Marktplatz verteilt. Und so ein Elefant hat eben immer Hunger. Da konnten die anderen Parteien wie SPD, Linke, Grüne, FDP, Piraten und MLPD, die allesamt ebenfalls ihre Stände in der Innenstadt hatten, nicht punkten. Einzig Stefan Will vom SPD-Stand hatte noch eine kleine Ration geschnittenes Obst und Gemüse dabei. - 19.03.2011.

18. März 2011

  • Villager killed by elephant - BUHERA CENTRAL - A local villager, Taada Njanji (81), was attacked and killed by two elephants which had strayed from Save Conservancy. The elephants also attacked a 10-year-old pupil who was on his way from Chirozva primary school, but the boy was lucky to survive after he was rushed to Buhera hospital. - 18.03.2011.
  • Elephant Calf Tragedy - Heart-broken zoo staff have told how they're powerless to save this tragic seven-day-old elephant from death after he was rejected by he mother. - 18.03.2011.

17. März 2011

  • Halle/Saalekreis: Rückkehr der Elefanten lässt auf sich warten - HALLE (SAALE)/BRAUNSBEDRA/MZ. Peter Luckner ist der Unmut anzusehen. Ein ganzes Jahr sei verloren, sagt der Vorsitzende des Fördervereins "Zentrum für Zukunftswissenschaft, Kunst und Design Zentralwerkstatt Pfännerhall". Die Mitglieder haben vor, eine faszinierende Idee umzusetzen: die riesigen Wald-Elefanten und andere Tiere, die vor etwa 200 000 Jahren im Geiseltal bei Braunsbedra lebten, an eben jener Stelle wieder auferstehen zu lassen. Doch der Weg dahin ist lang und steinig, hat schon viel Kraft und Zeit gekostet. - 17.03.2011.
  • Elephants never forget who's in charge, at least the female ones don't - Scientists studying the leadership habits of African Elephants have proved that Granny rules the roost and is the one that everyone looks to in times of trouble. The study printed in the journal 'Proceedings of the Royal Society B' shows that female matriarchs over the age of sixty showed more active responses in times of crisis than younger elephants or elephants of a different gender. - 17.03.2011.
  • A mammoth task: Rangers sedate and fit GPS tracking devices on migrating elephants - A group of men haul an elephant up, back on to his feet, having tranquillised the beast before sending him, and seven chums, on their way again. For the first time in 40 years the Kenya Wildlife Services undertook the project in Tsavo East National Park this week, as they want to track the elephants' migration routes. - 17.03.2011.
  • Alarm raised over loss of wild animals - Wildlife conservancies in the Upper Eastern region have expressed concern over rampant poaching. The private and community conservancies concentrated in Laikipia, Samburu and Isiolo called for stiffer penalties for those involved in the illegal trade in wildlife trophies if the war against poaching is to be won. “The rate at which we are losing the elephant and rhino populations means that in the near future we might not have any of them left in Kenya,” said Dr Antony King of the Laikipia Wildlife Forum. - 17.03.2011.
  • Elephant Ashok's grieving mate attracts crowds to zoo - AHMEDABAD: While cackling children and equally enthusiastic adults stand and adore the magnificence of Roopa, the pachyderm who lost her mate Ashok, she continues to gyrate around in her shackles seeming rather distant. - 17.03.2011.
  • Madikeri: Student, Tossed Away by Rogue Elephant, Dies - Madikeri, Mar 17: Supreeta (16), younger daughter of Indushekhar, an agriculturist from Neergunda village, and a student of Kirikodli Mutt in Kodlipet in Kodagu district, lost her life on Wednesday March 16, after a rogue elephant picked her up with its trunk and tossed her away. - 17.03.2011.

16. März 2011

  • Elefanten gewinnen im Alter an Führungsqualität - London (dpa) - Ältere Elefantendamen können Gefahren besser einschätzen und treffen bessere Entscheidungen zum Schutz ihrer Herde. Sie reagieren auch besonders sensibel auf das Gebrüll männlicher Löwen. Das berichtet ein internationales Forscherteam in den «Proceedings B» der britischen Royal Society. - 16.03.2011.
  • Gotcha! Elephant Caught Cheating - Call her lazy, call her a cheat, call her what you like, but she's one very clever elephant. On this page, I've got three videos. Together, they document an elephant intelligence test, administered in Lampang, Thailand by a young, highly regarded graduate student, Joshua Plotnik of Emory University. - 16.03.2011.
  • New Children’s Book Explores the Fascinating Science of Elephant Communication - MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On a hot day in the African savannah, a group of elephants searches for food. While foraging they often lose sight of one another. Yet at the end of the day the elephants suddenly regroup. How do the elephants make this coordinated movement happen? Elephant Talk: The Surprising Science of Elephant Communication, written by Ann Downer and published by Twenty-First Century Books, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, explores the complex systems elephants use to communicate with one another and with other species—including humans. - 16.03.2011.
  • Warum die Herdenältesten das Sagen haben - Reife Elefantendamen sind klügere Chefinnen als jüngere. - Weisheit kommt auch bei Elefanten mit dem Alter: Reife Leitkühe treffen bessere Entscheidungen für die Herde als junge Elefanten-Chefinnen. Das schließt ein internationales Forscherteam aus Beobachtungen von freilebenden Elefanten in Kenia. - 16.03.2011.

15. März 2011

  • Photo exhibit featuring residents of Elephant Sanctuary on display - HOHENWALD — The Welcome Center in downtown Hohenwald will feature two residents from The Elephant Sanctuary — Winkie and Sissy — during the month of March. A photo exhibit featuring Winkie, Sissy and the other residents is currently on display. - 15.03.2011.

14. März 2011

  • Woodland Park Zoo elephant artificially inseminated - Staff at Woodland Park Zoo has artificially inseminated Chai, the zoo’s 32-year-old Asian elephant. The procedure, which was conducted over the weekend, is to preserve the Asian elephant population in North American. - 14.03.2011.
  • ICC CWC: Tour Diary from Kandy - An orphanage that houses more than a thousand elephant to Buddha's tooth relic, Kandy is a place for the historically enchanted. - 14.03.2011.

13. März 2011

  • Explorers look to save elephants, end ivory trade - Two American explorers are heading to Africa today to begin an important expedition that could prove vital to the fight against the illegal ivory trade. Their five week long journey, dubbed the Elephant Ivory Project, may help to save herds of those creatures, which have come increasingly under attack from poachers in recent years. - 13.03.2011.
  • Melbourne's Thai elephants blessed - BUDDHIST monks have blessed Melbourne Zoo's Thai elephants to mark the national elephant festival in their native country. Monks chanted and sprinkled water over the three adult females and two calves during the blessing ceremony, which also marks eight years since the Trail of Elephants opened at Melbourne Zoo. - 13.03.2011.
  • Elephant herd cross highway, enter Shoolagiri town - A herd of 22 elephants from Anusonai, Udedurgam Reserve Forests in the southern side of the Krishangiri-Bangalore National Highway crossed the busy road on Sunday morning and entered into human habitations before reaching the Reserve Forests in Shoolagiri. - 13.03.2011.
  • Elephants, gaurs, deer spotted by census volunteers - COIMBATORE: After the human census in India, it's now time for wildlife census. Hundreds of volunteers went on a wild trail in the jungles of Coimbatore to count animals on Saturday. Lucky volunteers spotted a Makna elephant, herds of Gaurs, spotted deer and Sambhars. - 13.03.2011.

12. März 2011

11. März 2011

  • Celebrating Thailand's National Elephant Day At The Denver Zoo - The largest exhibit ever undertaken by the Denver Zoo is getting an encouraging push from some of its smallest benefactors--kids. A fundraising effort by the zoo called the Asian Tropics Kids Campaign launches this Sunday in celebration of Thailand's National Elephant Day and ends just in time for Elephant Appreciation Day in September. - 11.03.2011.
  • Elephant race at coffee festival - VietNamNet Bridge - The Dak Lak provincial People’s Committee opened a coffee exhibition on March 10 as part of the third Buon Ma Thuot coffee festival. There are 650 pavilions set up by more than 180 local businesses and 18 foreign enterprises from Europe and America to showcase different kinds of coffee products, assembly lines, technologies and processing equipment as well as scientific research works on coffee trees. - 11.03.2011.
  • Omaha elephant now in Cleveland - CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Shenga, the Henry Doorly Zoo's lone elephant, arrived safely at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo on Friday. Shenga was transported over the road from Nebraska to Cleveland in a specially equipped tractor-trailer. - 11.03.2011.
  • Oberlandesgericht: Circus Krone verliert gegen Tierschützer - Erfolg in zweiter Instanz: Die Tierschutzorganisation Peta darf Videoaufnahmen über die Haltung der Elefanten auch weiterhin verbreiten. Der Circus Krone hat in dieser Woche vor dem Oberlandesgericht eine Niederlage gegen die Tierschutzorganisation Peta erlitten. Die Tierschützer hatten heimlich Videos im öffentlichen Zoo-Bereich des Zirkus gedreht und die Aufnahmen auf einer DVD verbreitet. - 11.03.2011.
  • African elephants victims of Thai trafficking - BANGKOK, Friday 11 March 2011 (AFP) - For many years Southeast Asia had a bountiful supply of elephants to satisfy Thailand's ivory traffickers, but the decimation of the species has seen them turn to Africa for their plunder. - 11.03.2011.

10. März 2011

  • Kreisverwaltung unterstützt Forschung der Uni Mainz - Einen kapitalen Elefantenstoßzahn aus einer Einziehung übergab die Kreisverwaltung in Montabaur an einen Vertreter der Universität Mainz. Das gute Stück Elfenbein wird zukünftig in einem Forschungsprojekt Verwendung finden, das sich der "Ermittlung von Alter und geografischer Herkunft von Elfenbein des Afrikanischen Elefanten" widmet. - 10.03.2011.
  • Kids recruited to help the elephants - DENVER - It was more than 60 years ago when children raised money to help bring the first elephant to the Denver Zoo. Today, area kids are being recruited to help raise money for the zoo elephants' new home. - 10.03.2011.
  • Elephants a part of circus family - THE owners of the Stardust Circus make a number of detours to Dubbo every year. It is not because they necessarily love the Central Western city, but because that is where two former family members live – Arna and Gigi, the 55-year-old Asian elephants. - 10.03.2011.
  • Flying squad elephant gives birth to male calf - PEKANBARU: A female elephant gave birth to a healthy male calf (see photo) at the Flying Squad camp in Tesso Nilo National Park, Riau on Jan. 31. The elephant mother, Lisa, delivered the baby a month earlier than expected. The calf was named Imbo after the word rimbo, which means forest in the traditional Malayan language spoken by the people of central Sumatra. - 10.03.2011.

9. März 2011

  • „Asterix und Obelix“-Stars leben nun im Zoo Osnabrück - Die zwei Elefanten-Damen, „Miry“ (30 Jahre) und „Betty“ (26 Jahre), sind am Samstagmorgen in den Zoo Osnabrück eingezogen. Sie stammen vom kleinen, aber feinen Circus Crocofant. Zirkusdirektor Francois Meise hielt die Tiere seit über 20 Jahren in engem Kontakt. - 09.03.2011.
  • Nach Zoobrand in Karlsruhe: Elefantenhaus wieder geöffnet - Karlsruhe (mda) - Das Elefantenhaus im Karlsruher Zoo ist wieder für Besucher geöffnet. Die Unterkunft der Dickhäuter wurde im November 2010 durch einen Großbrand teilweise zerstört. Der durch die Flammen entstandenen Schaden konnte zwar noch nicht behoben werden, aber die warmen Temperaturen machten eine Wiedereröffnung möglich. Nur zur Behandlung der Tiere wird das Elefantenhaus am Nachmittag für kurze Zeit geschlossen. - 09.03.2011.
  • Bad Herrenalb: Die Herde wächst mit jeder Reise - Erich Seufer (81) aus Bad Herrenalb sagt von sich: "Schon als Zehnjähriger habe ich mich für Afrika und Elefanten interessiert. Seither habe ich einen Vogel."Einen Vogel findet man nicht in seiner Wohnung. Aber rund 800 Elefantenfiguren. Der rüstige Rentner sammelte sie – in jeder Form. - 09.03.2011.
  • Von Elefanten und Büchern umgeben - Jutta Blatzheim-Roegler möchte am 27. März in den Landtag einziehen. Der TV hat sie in ihrem Haus besucht, von dem sie einen tollen Blick auf die Mosel hat. In Stresssituationen genießt sie das besonders. Andel. Das Erste, was beim Betreten des Grundstücks von Jutta Blatzheim-Roegler ins Auge fällt, ist der steinerne Elefant im Vorgarten. - 09.03.2011.
  • Help, Elephants Need Somebody - In pull-together tests, pachyderms on par with chimps. - In a test of cooperation, elephants know when two trunks are better than one. Working in pairs, elephants learned to pull on the same rope at the same time to haul tasty corn within reach, says comparative psychologist Joshua Plotnik, now at the University of Cambridge in England. - 09.03.2011.
  • The power of one: Sydney's 'miracle' baby jumbo celebrates first birthday - Australia's most miraculous elephant has shuffled his way to his first birthday despite his difficult journey into the world. Mr Shuffles became a national icon when he was born alive after he went into a coma in his mother's womb during a long and difficult labour that lasted several days, and experts had assumed he was dead. - 09.03.2011.
  • Failed attempt to chase elephants - The Gaja Mituro Team, in charge of chasing the herd of about 15 wild elephants including calves that roamed into the human habitats in Mailankulama and destroyed paddy fields, said that the raid was a failure. The residents of the area pointed out that a wild elephant that roamed into the village at dusk caused much havoc destroying paddy fields and home garden crops. - 09.03.2011.

8. März 2011

  • Dallas Zoo improves quality of life for its biggest residents - DALLAS — The Dallas Zoo was heavily criticized for having elephants live in cramped and outdated enclosures. But now the zoo is riding high on the huge success of its new exhibit, Giants of the Savanna, where elephants have lots of room to roam. - 08.03.2011.
  • Ein helfender Rüssel - Zoologie.- Elefanten haben oftmals ein gutes Gedächtnis und gelten allgemein als intelligent. Jetzt haben Wissenschaftler erstmals experimentell überprüft, wie gut die Dickhäuter in der Lage sind, mit Artgenossen zu kooperieren und gemeinsam Aufgaben zu lösen. - 08.03.2011.
  • Elephants Trump Magic Goldfish - A few weeks ago, millions of Chinese television viewers watched in disbelief how a magician's goldfish swam in tight formation. Goldfish are not known for compact schools, but here they moved like fighter planes in perfect synchrony seemingly guided by the magician's hands. - 08.03.2011.
  • Slump in Kaziranga jumbo count: Census - JORHAT: The 2011 elephant census brought poor news for the Kaziranga National Park with a decrease in 128 jumbos from 2008's count. The number of elephants in the park stands at 1165 at present. - 08.03.2011.
  • SPOT Partners With Epicocity Conservation Team on Elephant Ivory Project - COVINGTON, La., March 8, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Spot LLC, a leader in satellite messaging and emergency notification technology today announced its partnership with international explorers and conservationists Epicocity Project, on their upcoming Elephant Ivory Project, (EIP) expedition. The team aims to identify the locations and types of elephants being poached in the Democratic Republic of Congo while raising global awareness on the growing illegal ivory trade through social media and a feature documentary. - 08.03.2011.
  • Elephant Responsible For Rubber Tapper's Death Traced - KOTA BAHARU, March 8 (Bernama) -- The Kelantan Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) has traced the female elephant believed to be responsible for the death of a rubber tapper at a forest area in Kampung Serian, Gua Musang, not far from where the incident took place on Friday. - 08.03.2011.
  • Elephant Exhibit At OKC Zoo Reopens This Week - OKLAHOMA CITY -- After a year and a half of construction, the elephants at the Oklahoma City Zoo finally have a new home. The new elephant habitat covers more than nine and a half acres at the zoo. - 08.03.2011.
  • Protection of Elephants - Estimated population of wild elephants in the country is in the range of 27669 – 27719 (Mid value 27694). An all India enumeration was undertaken during the financial year 2007-08. State-wise details are given at the annexure. The population estimation for December 2010 has not been undertaken. - 08.03.2011.

7. März 2011

  • Painted by Elephants -- a new band? No, guitars being readied for Ronnie James Dio-affiliated charity auction - Now here’s the instrument for the heavy rock aficionado with almost everything: a one-of-a-kind electric guitar custom painted by hand … er, trunk … by Asian elephants. In a collaboration that would seem to be a no-brainer, Wendy Dio, the widow of Black Sabbath and Dio singer Ronnie James Dio, who died last year of cancer, has partnered the Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund set up in her husband’s memory with the Asian Elephant Art & Conservation Project (AEACP) to create guitars to be auctioned off for the benefit of both organizations. - 07.03.2011.
  • Wenn Dickhäuter am selben Strang ziehen - Elefanten sind nicht nur stark, sondern auch ziemlich clever: Die Dickhäuter kooperieren miteinander, wenn sie ein gemeinsames Ziel verfolgen. - 07.03.2011.
  • Familienreisen: Auf Elefanten durch den Dschungel - Erlebnisreisen für Familien: Sobald Nachwuchs da ist, verbringen ehemalige Weltenbummler ihre Ferien oft nur noch alles inklusive am Strand. Doch auch mit Kindern muss man auf spannende und aktive Ferien in fernen Ländern nicht verzichten. Fünf tolle Beispiel. - 07.03.2011.
  • Elephants know when to lend helping trunk - Elephants naturally understand when to lend a helping trunk much as people know when to lend a helping hand, displaying a complex level of cooperation confirmed only in humans and our closest relatives until now. - 07.03.2011.
  • Elephant Sanctuary looks past suit, moves ahead - Unlike an elephant, some want to forget. The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tenn., embroiled in a lawsuit with its dismissed co-founder, is looking at its future, not its past, as it pushes to be a global leader in caring for the mammoth animals. - 07.03.2011.

6. März 2011

  • A haven for elephants - The lost, orphaned and injured are well taken care of at the Uda Walawe Elephant Transit Home. The largest land animal on the planet, the elephant, is loved and adored by many of us. However, during the recent past with the increase of the population, many elephants have lost their habitats ( living spaces) and food sources. Therefore, they come to villages looking for food. - 06.03.2011.
  • BBC sobs for elephants as NGOs for children pack their bags - (March 06, London, Sri Lanka Guardian) Two recent reports show the contradictions that beset our island nation. Charles Havilland of the BBC bemoans that elephants and wild boars are being killed inhumanely. Amnesty International is calling the international community to bring the government to account for war crimes. - 06.03.2011.

5. März 2011

  • Man Killed In Elephants Attack - GUA MUSANG, March 5 (Bernama) -- A rubber tapper who set off firecrackers to scare a herd of wild elephants in Kampung Serian, Batu 11, near here yesterday, was killed when one of the elephants attacked him. - 05.03.2011.
  • Third-graders raise money for Niabi elephants - They were inspired. That's how 9-year-olds Camry Dillie and Kameryn "Kami" Seago of Davenport describe what happened after they read a story in their third-grade textbook about a girl their age who raised $600,000 to help a California zoo. - 05.03.2011.
  • Riesen-Elefant im Treppenhaus des Rheinischen Landesmuseums - Bonn. Hoher Besuch für den Neandertaler. Das kann man ruhig wörtlich nehmen. Denn das, was gerade im Rheinischen Landesmuseum aufgebaut wird, toppt alle Dimensionen, die das Haus an der Colmantstraße bislang zu bewältigen hatte: Die Elefanten kommen. - 05.03.2011.

4. März 2011

  • Clowning around - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus held an animal training clinic and pre-show Friday at which patrons could ask questions about the animals, see them perform tricks and interact with circus show members. - 04.03.2011.
  • Elephant, Earliest mammal with Gestation - From all the species of existing mammals, elephants have the longest gestation period. Animal friendly giant who was pregnant for more than 18 months. - 04.03.2011.
  • Krefeld: Elefanten-Orakel vor dem Derby - Krefeld (RP) Am Freitag (4. März) steigt in der Fußball-Niederrheinliga das große Krefeld-Derby zwischen dem KFC Uerdingen und Fischeln. Wir ließen beim "Elefanten-Orakel" Elefantendame Rhena im Zoo das Ergebnis voraussagen. Zwei Töpfe mit Futter standen vor ihr – Rhena entschied sich für das Fischeln-Futter. - 04.03.2011.

3. März 2011

  • Bergzoo Halle: Die Freiheit der Elefanten - HALLE (SAALE)/MZ. Mittagszeit - das heißt für die vier Elefantenkühe im Zoo Halle nicht bloß fressen. Auf dem Programm stehen auch Fußpflege und Zahn-Kontrolle. Deshalb müssen Mafuta, Bibi, Tana und Panya zunächst brav ihre Füße auf eine Strebe des schweren Stahlgitters stellen. Wenn alles in Ordnung ist und Pfleger Axel Boas bei den Tieren keine Verletzungen findet, gibt es eine erste Banane. - 03.03.2011.
  • Elephant Feeding Held At The Circus - Augusta, GA -- The circus is in town. The Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey are camped out at the James Brown Arena. To kick off opening night, three elephants from the show made an appearance for a late lunch Thursday afternoon. - 03.03.2011.
  • Elephant's tale puts the pachyderm in the 'packie' state - If it weren't for Patti Cassidy, a writer, filmmaker, photographer, independent scholar and self-described "elephanteer" from Jamestown, Rhode Islanders might know little or nothing about the various pachyderms that have visited or lived in the Ocean State. - 03.03.2011.
  • Zambia: Elephant kills woman - A woman believed to be in her early 40s has been killed by an elephant in Chieftainess Chiawa’s area in Kafue district. The woman was killed when she was guarding her maize field against the jumbos which have invaded the area. - 03.03.2011.
  • Zoo Miami welcomes new elephant - SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, Fla. (WSVN) -- A new elephant has made her debut appearance in a South Florida zoo. Maude, the new Asian elephant who is approximately 37 years old, arrived at Zoo Miami from the Central Florida Zoo in Orlando on Feb. 21. - 03.03.2011.

2. März 2011

  • Elephant Zuri is growing her first tusk - SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - Parents, you know what it is like when your baby is teething. Well, think about breaking in a new tusk. That's exactly what Zuri the elephant is doing, she's growing her very first tusk. - 02.03.2011.

1. März 2011

  • Filmstars in der Osnabrücker Elefanten-Herde - Zehn Jahre sind die beiden Elefantendamen Miry und Betty mit dem Zirkus Crocofant durchs Land gezogen und standen sogar an der Seite von Gérard Depardieu für den Film "Asterix und Obelix" vor der Kamera. Jetzt haben die beiden Dickhäuter ein neues Zuhause im Osnabrücker Zoo. - 01.03.2011.
  • Robert Pattinson liebt einen Elefanten - Robert Pattinson wird das Cover der April-Ausgabe der amerikanischen Zeitschrift Vanity Fair zieren. Im Innern gibt der Twilight-Star auch ein Interview, aus dem jetzt bereits Auszüge zu lesen sind. Das Gespräch dreht sich natürlich vor allem um Twilight und seinen neuen Film Warter for Elephants, in dem er an der Seite von Reese Witherspoon und Christoph Waltz spielt. Aber am liebsten war Pattinson eine andere Schauspielerin im Film: der indische Elefant Tai. - 01.03.2011.
  • Größere Elefanten-Schutzgebiete im Süden Afrikas - Der größte und auch der bekannteste Nationalpark in Südafrika ist der Krügerpark, der bereits seit 1898 existiert und somit einen der ältesten Nationalparks in ganz Afrika darstellt. In ihm wurden lange Jahre, von Mitte der 1960er Jahre bis in die 1990er Jahre hinein, Elefanten abgeschossen. - 01.03.2011.
  • Sandy’s Serengeti: elephant country - Proposed elephant sanctuary deemed critical to endangered species. The Oregon Zoo is at a crossroads, especially for its herd of Asian elephants, an endangered species — even though protected in zoos. - 01.03.2011.
  • Jumbos kill 116 in Chhattisgarh in five years - Raipur, March 1 (IANS) As many as 116 people were killed by elephants in Chhattisgarh in the past five years and government paid Rs.1.40 crore (Rs.14 million) compensation to their families, state's forest minister Vikram Usendi told the state assembly Tuesday. - 01.03.2011.
  • Elephant runs amok at Nileshwaram temple - Tension prevailed at the Tali Nilakanteshwara temple as an elephant ran amok as large number of devotees assembled to witness the culmination of a four-day long festival here. - 01.03.2011.
  • Temple elephant goes berserk, creates panic - TIRUPATI: A young temple elephant, which was apparently scared by a few boisterous goats playing before it, went berserk creating panic at Srinivasamangapuram, 15 km from here, today, during the ongoing Brahmotsavams of Kalyana Venkateswara Swamy. - 01.03.2011.
  • Miry und Betty sind Filmstars - Miry und Betty sind Filmstars. Die beiden Elefanten haben an der Seite von Schauspieler Gerard Depardieu in "Asterix und Obelix" mitgespielt. Nun leben sie im Zoo in Osnabrück. Dort haben sie ein neues Zuhause gefunden. - 01.03.2011.

Februar

28. Februar 2011

  • Neuzugang im Osnabrücker Zoo - Elefanten Miry und Betty haben schon in „Asterix und Obelix“ gespielt - Osnabrück. Zaghaftes Berüsseln im Elefantengehege: Am Samstag sind die Elefantendamen Miry und Betty in den Osnabrücker Zoo eingezogen. Sie hatten schon tragende Rollen im Spielfilm „Asterix und Obelix“ und sind jahrelang mit einem Zirkus durch Süddeutschland gezogen. Nun sollen sie mit Matibi, Sabi und dem Bullen Tutume eine richtige Herde bilden – damit es in naher Zukunft auch mit dem Nachwuchs klappt. - 28.02.2011.
  • Plakatwettbewerb zum Elefanten-Tag - SELMIGERHEIDE ▪ Für den dritten Elefanten-Familientag, der am Sonntag, 11. September, von 14 bis 18 Uhr in Selmigerheide stattfindet, hat sich das Organisationsteam um Jörg Stefan etwas besonderes einfallen lassen: „Alle Schulklassen, Vereine und Künstler sowie interessierte Bürger sind eingeladen, im Vorfeld des Festes ein Plakat für die Veranstaltung zu gestalten“, erklärt Jörg Stefan. - 28.02.2011.
  • ARTENSCHUTZ: Neue Verfahren zur Altersbestimmung von Elfenbein - Deutsches Projekt soll neue Analysemethoden zur eindeutigen Datierung von Elefanten-Stoßzähnen entwickeln. Die internationale Staatengemeinschaft hat mit dem Washingtoner Artenschutzabkommen verbindliche Vereinbarungen zum Schutz gefährdeter Tierarten getroffen. Dazu gehören auch der afrikanische Elefant und natürlich das Elfenbein in den Stoßzähnen der Tiere. Eine klare Unterscheidung zwischen legal handelbarem und illegalem Elfenbein ist dabei an den Zeitpunkt geknüpft, an dem der Tod des Tieres eingetreten ist. - 28.02.2011.

27. Februar 2011

  • Phuket Opinion: Bull elephants should be banned from Thai tourism - PHUKET: The terrible stomping death of a Swiss tourist by a berserk male elephant last week once again underscores the need to restrict tourism work to female elephants, as many operators who provide these services already do. (See story, current issue of the Phuket Gazette. Digital subscribers click here to download the full issue.) - 27.02.2011.

26. Februar 2011

  • Mamata mum on jumbo deaths - GUWAHATI: Even as Mamata Banerjee declared 2011-12 as Year of Green Energy for the Railways, conservationists are unhappy as her budget was silent on measures to avoid death of elephants on tracks. - 26.02.2011.

25. Februar 2011

  • State Investigating Commissioner's Elephant Ride - Elephant Rides Are Illegal In Georgia. - ATLANTA -- The Department of Natural Resources is investigating Clayton County Commissioner Eldrin Bell's ride on an elephant. In Georgia, riding an elephant is illegal. The DNR is investigating Universoul Circus, as well as the elephant's owner. - 25.02.2011.
  • Circus president, former employee, illegally bought & sold Asian elephants - WASINGTON, D.C. - From U.S. Attorney's Office - John Pugh, Wilbur Davenport, and Cole Brothers Circus Inc., entered plea agreements yesterday in U.S. District Court in Beaumont, Texas to resolve Endangered Species Act (ESA) violations related to the purchase and sale of two Asian elephants named “Tina” and “Jewel.” - 25.02.2011.
  • "Ein Elefant trampelte meine Freundin tot" - Einen Traumurlaub wollten drei Schweizer aus Neuchâtel in Thailand verbringen. Ein Ausritt auf Elefanten machte aus den wunderschönen Tagen einen Horror. - 25.02.2011.
  • Hilfe für Waisenkinder mit Rüssel - Borghorst - Die Formalien sind abgehakt. Die eigentliche Arbeit kann beginnen. Rudolf Spenneberg und seine Mitstreiter haben sich ein strammes Pensum vor die Brust genommen. Klinkenputzen. Spendengelder sammeln. Briefe schreiben. Einige Tausend Euro müssen es werden, sollen die Aktivitäten des frisch gegründeten Vereins Wirkung zeigen. - 25.02.2011.
  • Cole Bros. Circus settles illegal elephant sale case - Children may dream of running away to join the circus, but Tina and Jewel have escaped that life. The two Asian elephants have traded the big top for the Los Angeles Zoo after federal authorities intervened on their behalf. - 25.02.2011.
  • Phuket Elephant Rampages: Time to Ban the Big Boys - ELEPHANT moments on Phuket can be touching or terror-filled. Most of us can only imagine the horror of being on the back of a rampaging elephant, at risk of being brushed off by low-hanging branches, or trampled underfoot with one or two stamps. - 25.02.2011.
  • Will Canadian Zoo Elephants Get A New Home? - Barker has been lending his support to various zoo animal related causes for years now, and has been voicing his support for the release of Lucy from the Edmonton Valley Zoo for some time. - 25.02.2011.

24. Februar 2011

  • Halle/Saalekreis: Eine Attraktion geht auf Reisen - HALLE (SAALE)/MZ. Der Star hat die Ohren angelegt. Aber nicht freiwillig - ein Gurtband verläuft um den mächtigen Elefanten-Kopf, der auf der Erde liegt. Traurig sieht der stolze Bulle aus. Vor allem, weil seine meterlangen Stoßzähne fehlen. Jeden Moment, so meint man, müssen aus den braunen Augen dicke Tränen laufen. - 24.02.2011.
  • Amanshausers Welt: 228 Sri Lanka - Touristische Begegnungen sind voller Missverständnisse. Daha alia, only relax! Über einen Elefantenritt mit Haken. Ich bestieg den Elefanten Kumari, 31, weiblich, von oben, von einem Holzgerüst aus. Ich trat mit dem Schuh auf den borstigen Rücken und setzte mich breitbeinig auf sie. - 24.02.2011.
  • Tourist Killed By Elephant in Thailand - An angry elephant threw a 63-year-old Swiss tourist to the ground and trampled her to death during an eco-tour in Thailand. Four other tourists were also injured. The incident happened during a jungle trek in Khao Sok National Park about 100 miles from the resort of Phuket. - 24.02.2011.
  • Wild Male Elephant Caught After Three Years Hiding In Forest - KUALA KAWANG, Feb 24 (Bernama) -- A wild male Asian elephant, weighing over three tonnes and known among the villagers in Kampung Gagu, Kuala Kawang here as "Buyung Gagu", has been caught by the Wildlife and National Parks Departement (Perhiltan) today after he escaped their first attempt three years ago. - 24.02.2011.
  • Elephant attacks man in game reserve - Mbombela - A man has been attacked and seriously injured by an elephant he had been trying to chase away from a private camp in the Timbavati Game Reserve. - 24.02.2011.
  • Elusive jumbo finally captured - JELEBU: A 30-year-old male Asian elephant was captured after the elusive pachyderm was seen foraging for food in a village near here. Villagers spotted the three-metre tall elephant in Kampung Gagu and reported it to National Parks and Wildlife Department (Perhilitan) officers on Sunday. - 24.02.2011.
  • Elephant delivers at Bannerghatta - BANGALORE: Bannerghatta Biological Park has a new attraction now. Elephant Veda became a proud mother to another female elephant calf on Tuesday. - 24.02.2011.

23. Februar 2011

  • Denver Zoo's new elephant exhibit, Asian Tropics, is halfway finished (PHOTOS) - Asian Tropics, the Denver Zoo's biggest-ever project, is halfway finished. When it's fully completed in the spring of 2012, it will be home to several species, including up to eight male Asian elephants -- a necessity for captive breeding, but an intimidating feat that brings certain challenges. Among them: green weenie. - 23.02.2011.
  • Pachyderm Art - Sri Lanka elephant paintings on sale at national carrier. - Sri Lanka's state-run national carrier SriLankan airlines said it will sell paintings by an elephant through the in flight duty free sales collection. - 23.02.2011.

22. Februar 2011

  • Zoo-Brand: Neuer Streichelzoo, genesende Elefanten - KARLSRUHE. Die Besucher des Karlsruher Zoos können sich freuen: In den kommenden zwei Wochen wird ein provisorischer Streichelzoo aufgestellt. Dort sollen kleine und große Zoogäste zumindest Shetlandponys und Schafe streicheln können. Der reguläre Streichelzoo war bei einem Feuer am 14. November in Flammen aufgegangen, alle 26 Tiere verbrannten. - 22.02.2011.
  • Elefanten-Wilderei hört nicht auf - Wie jetzt bekannt wurde, sind in den letzten zwei Wochen mindestens zwanzig Elefanten im Tschad gewildert worden. Dies berichtet Stéphanie Vergniault, Präsidentin der Organisation SOS Elefanten im Tschad. "Diese zwanzig Elefanten mussten wegen ihres Elfenbeins sterben," erläutert Céline Sissler-Bienvenue, Elefantenexpertin des Internationaler Tierschutz-Fonds (IFAW). - 22.02.2011.
  • Die Wuppertaler Rüsselbande - Für die beiden Elefantenbabys ist jeder neue Tag ein einziges Abenteuer. - Wuppertal. Von Elefantenbaby Uli ist an diesem Vormittag nicht viel mehr zu sehen, als sein großer, grauer Popo. Den streckt er weit in die Luft. Sein Stummelschwänzchen wedelt dabei aufgeregt hin und her, während sein kleiner Rüssel ungelenk über den Boden des Geheges wischt. - 22.02.2011.
  • Packy the Ore. Zoo elephant star of book - PORTLAND, Ore. -- In 1962, civil rights marches were underway, Johnny Carson took over the Tonight show, and John F. Kennedy was president. But in Portland, the big story that spring was the arrival of a baby elephant at the zoo. - 22.02.2011.
  • Car flipped by randy elephant bull - Johannesburg - A Rustenburg man has described how his life flashed before his eyes as an aggressive bull elephant flipped his car over with him and a friend inside last Thursday. - 22.02.2011.
  • Shenga The Elephant To Join Pachyderm Buddies - Omaha, NE - Shenga, whose longtime elephant buddy Maliaka died last fall, will soon make some new pachyderm buddies. She's moving to the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo this spring. - 22.02.2011.
  • Borneo Pygmy elephant Rocco suddenly sickens and dies - KOTA KINABALU: An endangered Borneo Pygmy elephant, Rocco, has died in captivity at the Lok Kawi Wildlife Park here. Rocco, reportedly about 27 years old, died at 3.30am on Monday, hardly 24-hours after it showed signs of weakness that was treated with emergency intravenous and subcutaneous fluid therapy. - 22.02.2011.
  • Jumbos kill 26 in Chhattisgarh in one year - Raipur, Feb 22 (IANS) As many as 26 people were trampled to death by wild elephants in the past one year in Chhattisgarh's northern forest region, the epicentre of man-elephant conflict for about a decade, Forest Minister Vikram Usendi told the state assembly Tuesday. - 22.02.2011.
  • A local voice for the Asian elephant - Nearly 6 thousand miles from their home, one Guernsey charity worker is hoping she can change the plight of dozens of elephants in Thailand. Asian elephants are often used in tourist attractions in the country - and can be over worked and subject to abuse. Sam Evans has been working with some of the endangered animals and is trying to persuade islanders visiting Thailand to help change that. - 22.02.2011.
  • Mystery death of pygmy elephant at Sabah zoo - KOTA KINABALU: A 25-year-old male pygmy elephant that was rescued from a palm-oil plantation in the east-coast of Sabah seven years ago, died Saturday at the Sabah Zoological and Botanical Park in Lok Kawi, 25 km from here. - 22.02.2011.

21. Februar 2011

  • Elephant census in North-East begins - Kaziranga (Assam), Feb 21 (PTI) The exercise of elephant census have started in North East and Assam to determine the number of the pachyderms in the wild. - 21.02.2011.
  • Elephant tied to 2009 TB outbreak at sanctuary - A tuberculosis outbreak among workers at a Tennessee elephant sanctuary in 2009 is being blamed on one of the pachyderms, even though some of the employees didn't have close contact with the animal. - 21.02.2011.
  • The Killing of Elephants and Their Lands is Spiraling Out of Control - Elephants, are the largest mammals on land and are now on the endangered species list. Pouched for their ivory tusks and the continual tearing down of their natural habitat are the reasons for the dwindling number. In the 1970’s there were over 1.3 million. As of 2007 less than 470,000, no one knows how many are left four years later. - 21.02.2011.
  • Amber incident raises questions on jumbo upkeep - JAIPUR: Elephant rides at Amber Fort is once again under the scanner. The narrow escape of the South Korean couple --- Doil Kwon and Kim Jung Sook--- on Sunday after they fell from an elephant that was attacked by another has drawn attention to the oft-repeated demand of animal protection groups for a complete ban on elephant rides at the fort. - 21.02.2011.
  • Elephant census begins in Assam - jorhat: The Assam forest department on Sunday launched the elephant census operation across the state. Principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife), Suresh Chand, told The Telegraph that the exercise would be conducted across the state till February 24. The census will be conducted by the staff on foot and also on elephant back in some places, he added. The last elephant census in Assam was done in 2008 and the total population of jumbos in the forest and its surrounding areas was found to be 5,284. - 21.02.2011.

20. Februar 2011

  • Callee Newest Elephant at the Birmingham Zoo - Callee (CQ) , a 10-year old African bull elephant, gives himself a dust bath while in quarantine in a holding pen at The Birmingham Zoo on his first day in Birmingham Sunday, February 19, 2011 after being transported from Pittsburgh on Saturday. (Christine Prichard - Special to the Birmingham News). - 20.02.2011.
  • The story of Callee, the shunned elephant - I wonder about things sometimes. Unfortunately for you, the things that I wonder about often get put into this column. This week I am wondering about how the little 10-year-old African elephant, Callee, from the Pittsburgh Zoo, came to be leaving town. - 20.02.2011.

19. Februar 2011

  • Magdeburger Zoo: Tierschützer kritisieren geplante Elefanten-Importe - Der Magdeburger Zoo ist in die Kritik von Tierschützern geraten. Hintergrund sind Pläne des Zoos, wilde Elefanten aus Afrika ins Land zu holen. Die Tierschutzorganisation Pro Wildlife nannte das Ansinnen völlig inakzeptabel. Sprecherin Daniela Freyer sagte, damit werde der Tier- und Artenschutz missachtet. - 19.02.2011.
  • Elephant spread TB to workers at Tenn. sanctuary - ATLANTA (AP) — A tuberculosis outbreak among workers at a Tennessee elephant sanctuary in 2009 is being blamed on one of the pachyderms, even though some of the employees didn't have close contact with the animal. - 19.02.2011.
  • PETA Protests Royal Hanneford Circus at County Center - The Royal Hanneford Circus came to White Plains Saturday, complete with horses, elephants and animal rights protesters. The small group of protesters carried signs and handed out literature about the mistreatment of circus animals to people entering the Westchester County Center to see the performance. - 19.02.2011.
  • Deanna S. Devaul: Circus elephants should be a thing of the past - Elephants in circuses suffer tremendously, not only physically, but emotionally. Being whipped, chained and shocked are techniques that may be used to force elephants into performing unnatural acts such as standing on top of a rolling ball. Elephants do not perform because they want to, but because they are afraid not to. - 19.02.2011.

18. Februar 2011

  • Artenschutz: Magdeburger Elefanten-Jagd - HALLE (SAALE)/MAGDEBURG/DPA/MZ. Dem Magdeburger Zoo steht Ärger ins Haus: Weil für die im Bau befindliche große Elefantenanlage noch Tiere fehlen, will man wild lebende Dickhäuter aus Afrika nach Deutschland holen - in anderen Einrichtungen wurde man nicht fündig. Die Pläne stoßen auf erbitterten Widerstand von Tierschützern. Auch im Zoo in Halle werden Bedenken gegen das Vorhaben aus der Landeshauptstadt laut. - 18.02.2011.
  • Tierpark Hellabrunn München: Elefanten müssen in Ersatzbau umziehen - Die Dämpfe von Elefantendung haben dem 100-jährigen Elefantenhaus im Tierpark Hellabrunn stark zugesetzt. Sie haben in den Jahrzehnten dem Armierungsstahl in dem Haus so zugesetzt, dass jetzt eine Generalsanierung ansteht. Dazu müssen Elefanten, Giraffen und Pinselohrschweine aus bis Ende April dem denkmalgeschützten Bau ausziehen. Für die Elefanten wird jetzt hinter dem Elefantenhaus ein Ersatzbau errichtet. - 18.02.2011.
  • Elefant innert "Sekunden" aufgefressen - Ein ausgewachsener Elefant wiegt mehrere Tonnen. Doch wenn er in der Wildnis stirbt, verschlingen ihn Aasfresser innert kürzester Zeit und lassen nur einen Haufen Knochen zurück. - 18.02.2011.
  • Bonje in olifantenkudde Emmen - EMMEN - Het is onrustig in de kudde olifanten van Dierenpark Emmen sinds de geboorte van olifantje Mong Tine. De puberende olifant Unt Bwe is het slachtoffer. Hij wordt niet geaccepteerd door de rest van de kudde en moet daarom verhuizen naar een andere dierentuin, meldde een woordvoerder van de dierentuin. - 18.02.2011.
  • Puberende olifant maakt zich onmogelijk - EMMEN - Het ene moment was 'ie nog dat schattige en lieve olifantje, dat er bij wijze van spreken tegen op zag de vertrouwde basisschool te moeten verruilen voor de brugklas. Maar sinds de geboorte van Mong Tine, op 6 februari, is voor Unt Bwe (zie ‘jeugd'foto) de wereld plotsklaps totaal veranderd. Unt Bwe is ineens Puber. - 18.02.2011.
  • Zoo seeks answers in death of Coco - Tissue samples from the body of Coco the Asian bull elephant were shipped to labs throughout the country yesterday after the animal's unexpected death Wednesday at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. - 18.02.2011.
  • Things get elephant for families living near parks - The elephant population in Kenya is rising steadily, setting the stage for a fiercer human-wildlife conflict, results from an aerial census in the Tsavo-Mkomazi ecosystem show. The elephant population in the Tsavo ecosystem now stands at 12,572, up from 11,696 in 2008 and representing a two per cent increase. - 18.02.2011.
  • Elefantenkot zersetzt Stahl - München. Die Ausdünstungen von Elefantenkot haben Stahl und Beton im Münchner Elefantenhaus ruiniert. Wegen der ammoniakhaltigen Dämpfe, die seit knapp 100 Jahren auf das denkmalgeschützte Haus im Tierpark Hellabrunn einwirken, sind Stahl und Beton porös geworden. - 18.02.2011.
  • RÜSSEL-PARADE! Hier knotet Uli fröhlich an seine Mama - Wuppertal/Münster/Duisburg – Süße Rüsselparade, XXL-Schwangerschaft, Babyglück und Trauer – in unseren Zoos geht es rund! Wuppertals Minielefant „Uli“ packt energisch mit seinem kleinen Rüssel zu und knotet sich ganz fest an den Schwanz seiner 3,2 Tonnen schweren Mama „Sabie“ (18). „Uli“ und sein Halbbruder „Shawu“ sind die kleinen Stars im Elefantenhaus. - 18.02.2011.

17. Februar 2011

  • Nachwuchs kommt: Zoo freut sich auf das 5. Elefäntchen - Der Zoo erwartet die nächste Attraktion. Bisher waren es nur Vermutungen, inzwischen ist klar: Das fünfte Elefantenbaby wird in absehbarer Zeit geboren. Möglicherweise steht sogar die Geburt eines sechsten Elefantenbabys an. - 17.02.2011.
  • Elephant behind TB outbreak at Tennessee sanctuary - (Reuters) - Liz, an African elephant housed at a sanctuary for the animals, was the source of tuberculosis infections among eight workers at the refuge, an author of a report on the 2009 outbreak said on Thursday. - 17.02.2011.
  • Elephant dies at Columbus Zoo - COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Coco, an elephant who had been at the Columbus Zoo in Ohio since 1974, died 8 hours after keepers found him collapsed in his enclosure. - 17.02.2011.
  • Clashes prompt elephant census - Worries over clashes between elephants and villagers have led the authorities to conduct a comprehensive census of the animals. - 17.02.2011.
  • Now, wandering jumbo enters MP - LUCKNOW: This jumbo is surely out on one marathon of a stroll. Starting from Chattisgarh it has now reached Madhya Pradesh -- a fact that has not made life any easier for Mirzapur forest officials. - 17.02.2011.

16. Februar 2011

  • Deutsches Projekt will Afrikanische Elefanten schützen - Eine weltweite Datenbank soll verhindern, dass illegales Elfenbein gehandelt wird. - BERLIN. Mit einer weltweit einzigartigen Datenbank und einer neuen und präziseren Methode zur Altersbestimmung von Elfenbein soll künftig verhindert werden, dass gewildertes oder nicht legales Elfenbein auf die internationalen Märkte gelangt. - 16.02.2011.
  • Columbus Zoo Stunned At The Death Of An Elephant - Columbus -- Another sad day at the Columbus Zoo as officials say Coco, the patriarch of the Zoo’s elephant herd suddenly died. Staff members found the animal unable to get up Wednesday morning. The zoo says the staff worked non-stop for almost 8 hours in an attempt to save him but he died just before 3 in the afternoon. - 16.02.2011.
  • Elephant's actions 'not an attack' on zoo worker - Intentional, yes. Evil, no. That's the point Tennessee wildlife officials say they wanted to get across in their final report on the elephant's actions that killed handler Stephanie Elaine James at the Knoxville Zoo last month. - 16.02.2011.
  • Engineer killed after his car hits elephant in forest - A 47-year-old telecommunications engineer died on Tuesday night in a freak accident when his car rammed an elephant at Nkunga forest on the Meru-Nanyuki road. Mr Dalton Mwachenga, who was travelling from Uganda, hit the elephant that then fell on his car. - 16.02.2011.
  • Cambodian killer elephant dies in new home - PHNOM PENH, Wednesday 16 February 2011 (AFP) - An elephant that killed its owner and then went on a 10-day rampage in the Cambodian countryside before being taken in by an animal rescue centre has died unexpectedly, officials said Wednesday. The five-tonne bull elephant, named Sambo, terrorised villagers in southwest Cambodia and destroyed their crops before he was subdued by wildlife workers in December and moved to the centre on the outskirts of Phnom Penh. - 16.02.2011.
  • Maude, the African elephant, gets ready to move to Miami - Life at the zoo just wasn't quite the same for Maude, the African elephant, after her long-time companion, Mary, died last year at the estimated age of 63. Since that time, the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens staff has worked diligently to keep Maude socialized, as the two elephants had lived side by side for nearly 30 years. - 16.02.2011.
  • "Elefanten-Runde" in Südafrika: Perret will drei bis vier Dickhäuter für Zoo - Magdeburg. Delegation der Stadt sollte Weg für späteren Tiertransfer ebnen / Die Visitenkarte des Zoo-Chefs und eine lange Warteliste - Die für die hiesige Afrikaanlage II geplante Aufstockung der Elefantenherde auf vier bis fünf Dickhäuter könnte sich direkt aus der Savanne rekrutieren. Zoo-Chef Dr. Kai Perret hat der Magdeburger Südafrika-Delegation die dringliche Bitte mit auf den Weg gegeben, Kontakte für einen Tier-Transfer zu knüpfen. - 16.02.2011.
  • Three more elephant deaths in Similipal reserve - Eight months after Similipal Tiger Reserve shot to infamy over burning of elephant carcasses by its field staff to erase evidence of poaching, three more elephants were found dead inside the reserve — suspected to have been poisoned by poachers. - 16.02.2011.

15. Februar 2011

  • Chris Selley: The elephant in the zoo - Among less famous people, Councillor Shelley Carroll and Bob Barker — yeah, that’s right, Bob Barker — want the Toronto Zoo to send its elephants to a more suitable setting in a more suitable climate. Just about anywhere south of 401 and Meadowvale Road would seem to fit the bill, but a sanctuary in California is Ms. Carroll’s preferred destination. I’m inclined to agree with her. - 15.02.2011.
  • Report: Elephant trainer's death not zoo's fault - KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee wildlife agency report says the Jan. 14 death of an elephant trainer at the Knoxville Zoo was likely due to an unprovoked but "intentional" blow by the animal. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency incident report said there is no reason to believe any zoo procedures contributed to the death of the trainer, 33-year-old Stephanie Elaine James. - 15.02.2011.
  • Elephants Find a Place in Cricket Cup - HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka, Feb 15, 2011 (IPS) - Sri Lanka goes into a frenzy this month as it plays co-host to the 2011 Cricket World Cup. Conservationists hope the national pasttime will share national and international media attention with an endangered Sri Lankan resident: the elephant. - 15.02.2011.
  • Wild life group writes to Ramesh over jumbo killings - Bhubaneswar, Feb 15 (IANS) Concerned over the continuing deaths of elephants and other animals, mainly due to poaching, in Orissa's Simlipal National Park, a wild life organisation Tuesday sought the intervention of union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh in the matter. - 15.02.2011.
  • Toronto Zoo to decide what to do with its elephants - A newly released survey of Toronto Zoo visitors has found that even without elephants, 85 per cent of respondents would still attend. The survey of 800 visitors last summer comes as the zoo grapples with declining attendance and what to do with its three remaining elephants. - 15.02.2011.

14. Februar 2011

  • Olifantje heet Mong Tine - Emmen - Het olifantje dat op 6 februari in Dierenpark Emmen is geboren, heeft een naam. Hij heet Mong Tine, Birmaans voor “Storm”. De naam verwijst naar het stormachtige weer op het moment dat de kleine in het buitenverblijf ter wereld kwam. De naam werd zondagavond bekend gemaakt in het NCRV-programma Willem Wever. - 14.02.2011.
  • Cambodia's Elephants Lose Fight Against Mine -- For Now - Our fight against the titanium mine began in June. Villagers stumbled upon construction workers and bulldozers in a remote part of the forest and started to ask questions. They found out a private mining group, United Khmer Group (UKG), was involved. The development threatened more than 50,000 acres of land that was vital to the elephant corridor, to more than 70 endangered and vulnerable species as well as one of the last untouched rainforests in all of Asia. - 14.02.2011.
  • Elephant deaths: MoEF panel for amending Act - A committee of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), which inquired into the deaths of scores of elephants by electrocution, has recommended amendment of the Wildlife Protection (WP) Act, 1972, so that power distribution company officials and train drivers who mow down elephants can be punished for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. - 14.02.2011.

13. Februar 2011

  • Angst vor dem Tierarzt - Döhren (dapd-lsa). Einen Großeinsatz von Polizei und Feuerwehr hat ein verletzter Elefant in Döhren (Landkreis Börde) ausgelöst. Wie die Polizei am Sonntag mitteilte, sollte die auf einem Privatgelände lebende afrikanische Elefantenkuh wegen einer Verletzung am Knie behandelt werden und geriet deshalb in Panik. - 13.02.2011.
  • Kenyan conservationists worried over rising ivory demand - TSAVO NATIONAL PARK, Kenya — A slowdown in the increase of Kenya's elephant numbers is raising fears among conservationists that hard-fought gains in saving the animals may be reversed amid growing demand for ivory. - 13.02.2011.
  • Flood-trapped elephants escape - Around 70 elephants trapped in the Menik Farm area due to floods have now moved out. The elephants trapped in the area moved out after the waters receded. The floods have not had a bad effect on the elephant population, according to the Wildlife Director. Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) Director Chandrawansa Pathiraja told The Nation that in comparison to last year, the harm to the elephant population due to floods was not serious. - 13.02.2011.

12. Februar 2011

  • Helmstedt: Feuerwehr half Elefanten auf die Beine - Da hatten die Graslebener Feuerwehrleute bei der abendlichen Versammlung aber viel zu erzählen: Am Samstagmorgen kurz nach 5 Uhr wurde die Feuerwehr Grasleben zu einem Einsatz besonderer Art alarmiert. Ein Elefant eines kleinen Zirkus’, der in Döhren Winterquartier bezogen hatte, fiel aus unbekannten Gründen zu Boden und konnte nicht mehr selbstständig aufstehen. - 12.02.2011.
  • Kenya sees rise in elephant population despite poaching - TSAVO NATIONAL PARK, Kenya — Despite increased poaching and a recent severe drought, Kenya has recorded a rise in elephant population in its flagship park, wildlife authorities announced Saturday. Elephant population in the expansive Tsavo ecosystem in the south of the country rose to 12,572 from 11,696 three years ago according to the preliminary results of a census released Saturday. - 12.02.2011.
  • Unforgettable rescue for elephant - Firefighters faced a challenge of jumbo proportions when they assisted an elephant that had become trapped on its side in Kent. African elephant Umna collapsed after becoming ill with colic at Howletts Wild Animal Park, near Canterbury, Kent. As colic is a life-threatening condition for elephants, the park's keepers desperately sought to get Umna up on her feet and moving again. - 12.02.2011.
  • 3 tea garden labourers trampled to death by tusker - JORHAT: Three tea garden labourers, including a woman, were trampled to death by an elephant from Gibbon Wildlife Sanctury in upper Assam's Jorhat district, a senior Forest Department said here on Saturday. - 12.02.2011.
  • Govt bends rules for elephant swap - BANGALORE: When the Karnataka government got a request from a temple in Puducherry seeking exchange of elephants, it went out of its way to oblige. Though there is a ban on gifting elephants, it treated this as a special case. - 12.02.2011.
  • The elephant express - High in his sedan chair, Ewen Bell makes gentle progress through forests and remote villages. Once known as the Land of a Million Elephants, Laos is today home to little more than 1000. Half roam wild in the forests, half work in the logging industry and a select few carry travellers looking for the path less travelled. - 12.02.2011.

11. Februar 2011

  • Complex insurance claims process proving costly for Lucy the Elephant - MARGATE CITY - A complex insurance claims process has become a pain in the tail for Lucy the Elephant. The federally recognized National Historic Landmark has sported a protective seal and scaffolding around its tail since September 2009, when a wind storm sent a party tent slamming into Lucy's posterior. - 11.02.2011.
  • PETA asks Kasim Reed to stop Ringling elephant dance - The circus is coming to town. In more ways than one. Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus is scheduled to hit Atlanta next Thursday. Which means members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are in town, too. The group announced it will send a troupe of demonstrators down to City Hall on Monday, asking Mayor Kasim Reed to intervene on behalf of two Ringling elephants, allegedly named Nicole and Sara. - 11.02.2011.
  • Kent fire crews rescue sick elephant at Howletts - A sick elephant that had collapsed on its side at a Kent animal park had to be winched upright by fire crews. Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to Howletts Wild Animal Park near Canterbury at 0930 GMT. - 11.02.2011.
  • Tame Elephants Face Extinction - DAK LAK, Vietnam , Feb 11 (Bernama) -- Central Highlands Dak Lak Province's famed tame elephants may become extinct in the next 20-25 years unless conservation project receives Government funding, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) quoted experts as saying. - 11.02.2011.

10. Februar 2011

  • Schulkinowochen NRW 2011 - Kreis Paderborn (krpb). Ein Elefant im Kino. Gibt's nicht? Gibt es doch: auf der Leinwand im Cineplex in der Westernstraße in Paderborn. Das Elefantenkalb Kandula und seine 17-jährige Besitzerin Chandani stehen im Mittelpunkt des Leinwandgeschehens "Chandani und ihr Elefant". Im Kinosaal lernten rund 140 Schülerinnen und Schüler das Mädchen aus Sri Lanka und ihr Elefantenkalb kennen, begleiteten es auf ihrem Weg, wurden Zeugen ihres Mutes und ihrer Entschlossenheit. - 10.02.2011.
  • First elephant to be born in Turkey - 'Begümcan' and 'Winner', an Indian race elephant ‘couple’, had their first baby in Turkey, still unnamed. The baby elephant is also the first to be born in Turkey... The 110-kg-weighed baby elephant was delivered at İzmir Wild Life Park in western Turkey. - 10.02.2011.
  • ABQ BioPark Elephant to be Treated for Tuberculosis - ABQ BioPark Elephant to be Treated for Tuberculosis Zoo Staff Feel Confident About Successful Treatment Dr. Ralph Zimmerman has confirmed the presence of tuberculosis in Alice, a 37-year-old elephant. - 10.02.2011.
  • Chester Zoo's oldest Asian elephant dies - An Asian elephant which had lived at a Cheshire zoo for 46 years has died. Chester Zoo said Sheba, who was the zoo's oldest elephant, had been ill for a short time and despite the best efforts of staff died on Wednesday. - 10.02.2011.
  • Chester Zoo’s oldest elephant Sheba has died - THE matriarch of Chester Zoo’s Asian elephant herd, Sheba, has died after a short illness. Sheba, 56, has been at the zoo for 46 years and was the zoo’s oldest elephant. Affectionately known as Madam Sheba by the team who looked after her, she had been at the zoo longer than any other elephant. - 10.02.2011.
  • Karnataka female calf in exchange for Tirunallar temple elephant - The famous Lord Saneeswara temple at Tirunallar in Karaikal district has got a female elephant calf from Karnataka in exchange for its fierce male elephant.The male elephant 'Ganesan',gifted as a calf by a Tiruchi-based textiles baron in 2003, started behaving abnormally a few months back and remained restless, temple officials said. - 10.02.2011.
  • Elephants kill 3 women plantation workers - Valparai: Three women workers of TANTEA, a tea plantation corporation of Tamil Nadu, were trampled and gored to death by a herd of three elephants at Range II of TANTEA at Periyakallar, about 20 km from Valparai, on Wednesday afternoon. Valparai is a hill station 90 km from Coimbatore. - 10.02.2011.
  • China's ivory demand skyrockets - CHINA is driving demand for smuggled ivory from Africa, leading to a surge in the killing of endangered elephants. An international ivory trafficking operation saw a Beijing-based smuggler offering undercover reporters three pairs of recently-arrived tusks with a price tag of $64,000. - 10.02.2011.
  • Jumbo threat for Mirzapur locals - LUCKNOW: The Mirzapur forest division is facing threat from an elephant. While, residents of Madihaan range of Mirzapur are living under fear, forest officials, on the other hand, are trying to track the wandering elephant. A team from the Centre is also expected to join the jumbo-tracking mission in a day or two. - 10.02.2011.

9. Februar 2011

  • Elefanten im Zolli vermehren sich nicht - Die Zucht afrikanischer Elefanten ist schwierig - im Zoo Basel gabs seit 19 Jahren keinen Nachwuchs mehr. Doch der Zolli gibt nicht auf und arrangiert seit fünf Jahren Treffen des zeugungswilligen Bullen mit zwei Jungkühen. Genau beobachtet wird dabei deren Hormonzyklus. - 09.02.2011.
  • Albuquerque zoo treating elephant for tuberculosis - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque's zoo is reporting that one of its elephants has tuberculosis. The ABQ BioPark Zoo says that veterinary staff is actively monitoring 37-year-old Alice. Throughout Alice's year-long treatment, the staff will watch her progress by washing her trunk, and monitoring her liver, blood levels, and appetite. - 09.02.2011.
  • China Ivory Demand Spurs Elephant Slaughter - A Sky News special investigation has shown how China is driving demand for smuggled ivory from Africa, leading to a surge in the slaughter of endangered elephants. An undercover Sky film crew made contact with a man in Beijing who revealed his family runs an international ivory trafficking operation. - 09.02.2011.
  • Wild elephants trapped by floods - Chandrawansa Pathiraja, the director general of the Wildlife Conservation Department, said that 72 wild elephants had been detected marooned in flood affected areas in the North and East . He said that 70 of them were stranded in the Menik Farm and Settikulam areas of Vavuniya. - 09.02.2011.

8. Februar 2011

  • Willem Wever zoekt naam olifantje - EMMEN - Het kinderprogramma Willem Wever is op zoek naar een naam voor het afgelopen zondag geboren olifantje in Emmen. - 08.02.2011.
  • Zoo packing trunks for Sandy ? - The former Roslyn Lake and surrounding land could become an elephant reserve. If Metro’s plans continue as they have for the past two years, an Asian elephant reserve could be developed in the Sandy area. - 08.02.2011.
  • Poachers strike in Andhiyur, kill jumbo for tusks - COIMBATORE: A tusker, estimated to be of 18 years age, was found dead with bullet wounds in Ennamangalam area of Andhiyur forests. Though the animal was killed 10 days ago, the body was spotted only on Sunday. This is the second elephant to be killed by poachers in the last two months. - 08.02.2011.

7. Februar 2011

  • Lionel Richie hatte eine Heidenangst vor Hochzeits-Elefanten - Los Angeles. Lionel Richie (61) war nicht begeistert von dem Elefanten, den er für die Trauung seiner Tochter Nicole organisiert hatte. Der Sänger (‘Hello’) richtete die Hochzeit seiner Tochter mit dem ‘Good Charlotte’-Rocker Joel Madden auf seinem Anwesen in Los Angeles aus. - 07.02.2011.
  • Landminen: Das besondere Gespür der Dickhäuter - In Angola ist der Bürgerkrieg seit mehr als acht Jahren vorbei. Trotzdem gibt es noch unzählige unentschärfte Landminen. Sie sind nicht nur eine Gefahr für den Menschen, sondern auch für die Tiere. Der Elefant scheint nun ein besonderes Gespür dafür entwickelt zu haben. - 07.02.2011.
  • Children join quest to move Edmonton's Lucy the elephant - Edmonton city council will be flooded with Valentine’s Day cards this week, but they won’t be filled with greetings of love. As part of its ongoing campaign to have Lucy the elephant moved from Edmonton’s Valley Zoo to a warmer climate, members of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) young adult division are sending cards that read “Have a heart for Lucy this Valentine’s Day.” - 07.02.2011.
  • Pafuri Camp and its pachyderms - I Arrived and jumped straight into the tent’s fancy outside shower, then ran out again on hearing an elephant splashing in the river below. Excited, I watched three of the beasts through my binoculars. Then saw one get even more excited than I was, and it certainly showed: he seemed to grow a fifth leg. - 07.02.2011.
  • Mammutzahn ist Prunkstück im Alfterer Museum - Alfter. Ein geheimnisvolles Objekt wird zum ältesten Ausstellungsstück im Haus der Alfterer Geschichte: der Stoßzahn eines Mammuts. Damit stöberte der Elefant der Eiszeit vor mehr als 10 000 Jahren unter der dicken Schneedecke nach Nahrung. - 07.02.2011.
  • Tusker triggers panic, lockdown at IIT-Kharagpur - KHARAGPUR: One of the two tuskers that have terrorised Kharagpur for the last two days entered IIT-Kharagpur on Sunday evening, triggering panic and a lockdown the institute has never seen in its history. - 07.02.2011.
  • Baby-sitting - Sangduen Chailert finds herself locked in a playful embrace just as she is trying to put this elephant calf to sleep, which she does daily, by crooning songs. She is quite good doing it, as you can see in the small picture. - 07.02.2011.

6. Februar 2011

  • Move zoo's elephants to sanctuary: Councillor - A councillor never forgets. Coun. Shelley Carroll will ask Toronto Zoo board members to let the attraction’s three remaining elephants live out their lives at a California sanctuary. The former budget chief, tried to deliver the plea and the petitions in person last fall but couldn’t because not enough members of the zoo board showed up. - 06.02.2011.
  • Olifantje geboren in Dierenpark Emmen - EMMEN - In Dierenpark Emmen is rond het middaguur een olifantje geboren. Het publiek was getuige van de bevalling, want die had plaats in het buitenverblijf van de olifanten. Dat maakte het dierenpark bekend. - 06.02.2011.
  • Wo kommen die kleinen Elefanten her? - Wenn's bei seltenen Tieren mit dem Sex nicht klappt, hilft ihnen ein Berliner Tierarzt auf die Sprünge. Wenn seltenes Getier sich schwertut beim Sex, kennt die Natur kein Pardon: Erst sind Nashörner, Pandas oder Faultiere bedroht - und irgendwann später gibt es sie einfach nicht mehr. Weltweit hilft der Berliner Tierarzt Thomas Hildebrandt vom Leibniz-Institut in Berlin seltenen wilden Tieren aus der Sexfalle - mit den Tricks und Methoden moderner Befruchtungsmedizin. - 06.02.2011.
  • Wooly mammoths to live, again? - Scientists are confident they can perform this mammoth feat: Will the wooly mammoth which is now extinct walk the Earth once more, taking the limelight away from the Asian and African elephants - the largest animals on land at present? According to scientists, it is a strong possibility. - 06.02.2011.

5. Februar 2011

  • ARMER THABO: Zoo ignoriert 5.Geburtstag - ANGEBLICH WILL NIEMAND MEHR IN DRESDEN EIN FEST MIT IHM FEIERN. Dresden – Es ist sein traurigster Geburtstag. Thabo Umasai, der kleine Elefantenbulle des Dresdner Zoos, steht allein im großen Gehege, knabbert an einem dürren Zweiglein. - 05.02.2011.
  • Tiergarten: Badefreuden für Tuluba - Der kleine Elefant Tuluba im Tiergarten Schönbrunn hat ein neues Lieblingsspielzeug: sein kleines, schwarzes Badebecken. Darin plantscht der Elefanten-Nachwuchs mit den Vorderbeinen ausgelassen, ehe er einen kräftigen Schluck mit seinem Rüssel nimmt. Am Sonntag wird Tuluba ein halbes Jahr alt. - 05.02.2011.
  • Taronga Zoo elephant diagnosed with TB - One of the stars of Sydney's Taronga Zoo, an 18-year-old Asian elephant, has been diagnosed with Tuberculosis. The Asian elephant, named Pak Boon, has been diagnosed with the illness which keepers believe she bought with her when she came from Thailand four years ago. - 05.02.2011.
  • Zoo says no risk to visitors after elephant diagnosed with tuberculosis - ONE of Taronga Zoo's elephants, Pak Boon, which gave birth to a calf three months ago, has been diagnosed with tuberculosis. The zoo's senior vet, Larry Vogelnest, said the 19-year-old Asian elephant had no symptoms but tested positive in a routine, three-monthly laboratory screen for the bacterial disease, which is relatively common in elephants. - 05.02.2011.

4. Februar 2011

  • Happy Hour im Elefantenhotel - Eigentlich ist es ein Luxusresort für Elefanten, mit Rundum-Wellnessprogramm für die Tiere. Menschen dürfen hier aber auch wohnen, vorausgesetzt, sie halten sich an die Regeln. Und die lauten: Du musst deinen Elefanten hegen und pflegen. Dadurch entstehen dicke Freundschaften. - 04.02.2011.
  • Tulubas Lieblingsbeschäftigung ist Baden - Der Babyelefant Tuluba wird am Sonntag ein halbes Jahr alt. Die Lieblingsbeschäftigung des kleinen Elefanten im Tiergarten Schönbrunn ist derzeit das Baden in einem Wasserzuber, der für ihn eigentlich schon zu klein ist. - 04.02.2011.
  • Elefantenbaby Tuluba planscht im Tiergarten Schönbrunn - Wird am Sonntag ein halbes Jahr und hat schon fast 300 Kilogramm. Zuerst baden und sich dann in Sägespäne wälzen: Dieses Wellnessprogramm hat sich Baby-Elefant Tuluba im Tiergarten Schönbrunn ausgedacht. Ein kleiner Wasserzuber ist derzeit das Lieblingsspielzeug des kleinen Dickhäuters, teilte der Wiener Zoo am Freitag in einer Aussendung mit. Am Sonntag wird er genau ein halbes Jahr alt. - 04.02.2011.
  • Elephant owner fined - Erode, Feb 4 (PTI) Forest Department officials has imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on a man for misusing his elephant for alms-seeking on the streets here, officials sources said. Forest Department officials said the 73-year-old man took the elephant to streets here yesterday for seeking alams from shops and establishments, which was against the Wildlife Protection Act. - 04.02.2011.
  • Elephant calves moved to Manas - alah, Feb 4 – Five elephant calves relocated from the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) for reintegration with wild herds in the Manas National Park have been released inside the park. The calves, one female and four males between the age of three and five years, were rescued under various circumstances from different parts of Assam. - 04.02.2011.

3. Februar 2011

  • Genesung der Karlsruher Elefanten macht gute Fortschritte - Karlsruhe (ps) - Die Genesung der vier Elefanten, die beim Brand im Karlsruher Zoo Mitte November verletzt wurden, macht insgesamt gute Fortschritte. Dabei wird mit einer Wärmebildkamera der Hochschule Karlsruhe der Heilungsprozess dokumentiert. - 03.02.2011.
  • Kristin Davis Loves Elephants, Gets An Award - Admittedly, I don’t watch Sex and the City (though I do make a point of telling people they’re “such a Samantha”), but SATC star Kristin Davis just earned some major brownie points. The actress is set to receive the Wyler Award, an honor given out by the Humane Society of the United States during their annual Genesis Awards. - 03.02.2011.
  • Maude the elephant on the move - The Central Florida & Botanical Gardens is transferring Maude, the Asian elephant to Zoo Miami this month. Maude will share a home at Zoo Miami with two other Asian elephants and will become part of that elephant herd. “We have an obligation to all of our animals, and especially to Maude, to select what is in her best interest,” zoo CEO Joe Montisano said. - 03.02.2011.
  • Don Village’s elephants in danger - VietNamNet Bridge – Tamed elephants are exhausted serving tourists, the living space for wild elephants is shrinking while the elephant preservation project is still on papers only. The number of elephants in Don Village, Dak Lak province, famous for hunting and taming wild elephants, is going down. According to research, only 0.6 percent of tamed elephants have been reproductive in the last 30 years. - 03.02.2011.

2. Februar 2011

  • OPEL-ZOO: Elefanten-WG im Taunus - Ein neues Elefantenhaus und Löffelhunde aus Afrika - damit will der Opel-Zoo bei Kronberg künftig wieder mehr Tierfreunde ködern. Eis und Schnee haben 2010 für einen Einbruch bei den Besucherzahlen gesorgt. - 02.02.2011.
  • Elefanten wurden gescannt – Heilung geht voran - Karlsruhe (pas). Den Elefanten, die beim Brand im Karlsruher Zoo teils schwere Verbrennungen erlitten hatten, geht es von Tag zu Tag besser, teilte Zoo-Direktorin Gisela von Hegel bei einem Ortstermin am gestrigen Dienstag mit. Unterstützt werden die tierärtzlichen Untersuchungen derzeit durch Professor Klaus Wolfrum von der Hochschule Karlsruhe, der die Tiere am Dienstag zum zweiten Mal mit einer Wärmebildkamera aufgenommen hat. - 02.02.2011.
  • Polish man sues travel agency for lack of elephants to shoot - Last week, when a U.S. Congressman sued a congressional cafeteria because he bit into a sandwich and hurt his tooth on an olive pit, we thought it would take a while to find another story so ridiculous — but, alas, one was not far away: A Polish hunter — identified only as Waldemar I — is suing a German travel firm that plans hunting trips, because there were no elephants for him to shoot when he arrived in the area of Zimbabwe they sent him to. - 02.02.2011.
  • Herd of elephants strays into village, tramples upon fields - TIRUPATI: A herd of around two dozen elephants created havoc have strayed into Lakshmipuram village in Kuppam mandal of Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh and caused damage to fields. They had strayed into the State from Karnataka through the Gudupalle-Kuppam route. - 02.02.2011.

1. Februar 2011

  • Elephant Gives Birth to Twins - Keepers at Howletts Wild Animal Park are celebrating the safe arrival of an African elephant calf. After a 22 month pregnancy the male calf finally arrived for mother Masa, who is the matriarch of the herd, late in the night of 25th January. Unusually, the as yet unnamed male was one of a pair of twins but unfortunately the other calf did not survive. - 01.02.2011.
  • Sechster Elefant auf Okambara Lodge geboren - Erneut hat die Okambara Lodge, zirka 1,5 Stunden von Windhoek entfernt in Richtung Gobabis gelegen, Elefanten-Zuwachs bekommen. Mit der Geburt eines weiteren Kalbs Anfang Januar ist es nun der sechste Zuwachs, der innerhalb von sieben Jahren das Licht der Welt erblickt hat. Dies ist eine kleine Sensation, zumal die Vermehrung von Elefanten in einem geschlossenen Gebiet als problematisch gilt. - 01.02.2011.
  • Animal activists doubt logic of translocating elephants - GUWAHATI: Wildlife activists in the state are raising questions over the decision to translocate Deepa, the six-year-old rescued female elephant who died during her translocation to Manas National Park on Sunday, after they came to know that she was dropped from a similar exercise in 2008 because of her health condition. - 01.02.2011.
  • Lucy the elephant appeal postponed - An elephant-sized court appeal over Lucy the embattled zoo creature has been postponed. The PETA appeal was scheduled to happen Wednesday after a judge last year dismissed arguments Lucy should be moved. Controversy over the 35-year-old Asian elephant's fate has been brewing for years. - 01.02.2011.
  • Elephant found dead in Jim Corbett park - Carcass of an eight-year-old elephant, suspected to have been killed by a tiger, was found in the Jim Corbett National Park, forest officials said in Dehradun today. - 01.02.2011.
  • Excitement over twin elephant calf - A baby elephant whose twin died has been causing excitement at the Kent wild animal park where he was born. The as-yet-unnamed male was born to mother Masa following a 22-month pregnancy at Howletts, near Canterbury. - 01.02.2011.
  • Amboseli, Kenya: where elephants have the right of way - After 40 years, Richard Madden returns to the Amboseli and is inspired by an improved balance between man and animal. It is September 1972. A 15-year-old English schoolboy gazes wide-eyed over the lush savannah lands of Kenya's Amboseli Reserve. This is his first trip abroad, to visit an elder brother working in Africa. Large herds of zebra, wildebeest and buffalo are moving peacefully through a landscape of acacia bushes and elephant grass as giraffe feed daintily on the elegant, outstretched branches of fever trees. - 01.02.2011.

Januar

31. Januar

  • Manas National Park in Assam Gets Six New Elephant Calves - Six elephant calves named Soni, Tikla, Deepa, Sikom, Hamren, and Tinku have been relocated at Manas National Park from the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation at the Kaziranga National Park. The six calves hand raised at the conservation are the first initiative by the Assam Forest Department, the International Fund for Animal Welfare and the Wildlife Trust of India, with the support of the Bodoland Territorial Council (the Manas National Park falls under BTC) to translocate the elephant calves. - 31.01.2011.
  • At Dallas Zoo, Jenny the Elephant stomps Steelers, picks Packers to win Super Bowl - The Steelers got stomped Monday — not by the Packers but by a pachyderm. Jenny, the most famous of the Dallas Zoo’s six elephants, was called on to pick the winner of Super Bowl XLV at the Giants of the Savanna exhibit. The 10,250-pound pachyderm was given the choice between two watermelons painted with logos for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers. - 31.01.2011.
  • Jumbo calf dies in transit - Jorhat, Jan. 31: A six-year-old elephant calf, which was supposed to be relocated at Manas National Park from the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) along with five others, died while being loaded into a truck at the centre late last evening. Only five elephant calves were taken to Manas last night on three trucks. - 31.01.2011.
  • Howletts staff hail success of elephant mother and calf - Keepers at a Kent wild animal park have said it is a "great success" an elephant has survived after giving birth to twins. Staff at Howletts, near Canterbury, said the birth of twins in the wild would often result in the death of both mother and calves. - 31.01.2011.

30. Januar 2011

  • 98500 Besucher bei Elefanten-Ausstellung in Halle - Halle/Bonn - Die Ausstellung «Elefantenreich - Eine Fossilwelt in Europa» ist nach ihrem Abschluss in Halle ab dem Frühjahr in Bonn zu sehen. Die erfolgreiche Schau hat 98 500 Besucher ins Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte in Halle gelockt.« Wir sind richtig zufrieden», sagte Andreas Reichenberger vom Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie zum Abschluss am Sonntag. - 30.01.2011.
  • Elephant refuge starts anew after founder's firing - HOHENWALD, Tenn. -- Nestled on a secluded tract in the wooded hills of rural Tennessee is a sight that would likely startle an outsider, if outsiders were permitted to see it: the nation's largest sanctuary for old, sick and rescued elephants. - 30.01.2011.
  • Elephant found dead in West Bengal - An elephant was found dead by locals and regional officials in a forested area near West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Sunday. No signs of any external injury were found in the preliminary examination conducted by experts. - 30.01.2011.
  • Dallas Zoo elephant to pick Super Bowl winner - DALLAS — If you can't decide who you think is going to win the Super Bowl, leave it to Jenny. The elephant at the Dallas Zoo is a big sports fan. She will reveal whether the Green Bay Packers or the Pittsburgh Steelers will win the big game. - 30.01.2011.
  • Houston Zoo Hosted Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpes Virus (EEHV) Conference - Houston, TX - Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV) is the leading cause of death in Asian elephants under the age of 8 in the care of humans. Since 1978, 60 cases of EEHV in North America and Europe, as well as 20 EEHV deaths in Asia among wild and managed elephants, have been confirmed. - 30.01.2011.
  • Trunk road underpass: How elephant herds were reunited - Zebra crossings are easy but how does an elephant get from one side of the road to another? Answer: it simply walks underneath. At least, they can now, thanks to Africa's first dedicated elephant underpass – a new solution to the increasing problem of animal-human conflict in Africa. - 30.01.2011.
  • Elephant found dead in Jalpaiguri district - Jalpaiguri(WB), Jan 30 (PTI) An elephant was found dead at a field near Dhupguri in Jalpaiguri district this morning, Forest department officials said. The carcass of the 15-year-old tusker was spotted by villagers at the potato field at Garkuta and they informed the Department. - 30.01.2011.
  • Jungle jumbos block traffic near Coimbatore - COIMBATORE: It was a jumbo dharna on the Coimbatore-Mannarkad road that confounded forest department personnel and the police. On Saturday, a herd of wild elephants strayed from the nearby jungle and blocked traffic at Somaianur village near the city. - 30.01.2011.

29. Januar 2011

  • Elephant electrocuted - Erode, Jan 29 (PTI) A 30-year-old female elephant was electrocuted in Thalawady forest range near here. Investigation into the incident by forest department officials revealed that a nearby garden land owner had erected electric fencing to scare away elephants and other animals from entering into his property without permission from officials. - 29.01.2011.
  • Conservationists trumpet success of Kenyan elephant underpass - How did the elephants cross the road? They went underneath it. A $250,000 (£158,000) tunnel - built with donor funds - has connected two wilderness areas on Mount Kenya and two distinct elephant populations separated for years by human development. Elephants can now cross a major road without endangering themselves or motorists, and without damaging crops or scaring nearby villagers. - 29.01.2011.
  • Tiger kills elephant in Corbett Reserve - A 20-year-old female elephant has been killed by a tiger in the Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR), a forest official said. The half-eaten body of the pachyderm was found by a forest patrolling team on Friday morning, Uttarakhand Chief Wildlife Warden Srikant Chandola said. - 29.01.2011.

28. Januar 2011

  • Poachers kill '95 per cent of Liberian elephants' - Illegal trade in ivory has decimated the elephant population in Liberia, according to a prominent African wildlife expert. Only 1,000 of the 20,000 elephants which roamed the West African country in the 1980's are estimated to be alive today, according to Patrick Omondi, senior assistant director at the Kenyan Wildlife Service. - 28.01.2011.

27. Januar 2011

  • Zirkus-Elefanten aus Europa müssen in Marokko auf Rückkehr warten - Für vier in Afrika festsitzende Zirkus-Elefanten aus Europa ist die Rückkehr in die EU ungewiss. Da sie mehr als sechs Monate außerhalb der Europäischen Union (EU) gewesen seien, hätten sie "gewissermaßen die 'Nationalität' des Landes, in dem sie sich befinden," angenommen, erläuterte ein Sprecher der EU-Kommission am Donnerstag in Brüssel. - 27.01.2011.
  • Elefanten vom Ministerium leasen - Eigentümer der Erindi Ranch kämpft seit Jahren, um 200 Dickhäuter zu bekommen. Seit sechs Jahren versucht Gert Joubert, 200 Elefanten auf der Erindi Game Ranch anzusiedeln - ein Vorhaben, das vom Ministerium für Umwelt und Tourismus verhindert wird. Nun soll Joubert die Elefanten von der Regierung leasen, obwohl ihm zuvor erlaubt wurde, Dickhäuter bei Tsumkwe zu fangen. - 27.01.2011.
  • San Diego Zoo Safari Park bashed for elephant breeding - Last year, four baby African elephants were born at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. That was four too many, argues In Defense of Animals. All the calves were males, which the animal rights group claims are hard to keep in zoos once they reach adulthood because of their strength and size. - 27.01.2011.
  • Two power board personnel arrested for pachyderms' death (ELEPHANT-POWER) - Keonjhar (Orissa), Jan 27 (PTI) A day after electrocution of two elephants in Orissa's Keonjhar district,two personnel of Northern Electricity Supply Company (NESCO)were arrested today in connection with the incident, official sources said. Junior Engineer Sthitapragyan Mohanty and lineman Indramani Biswal were arrested under the provision of wildlifeprotection act and forwarded to court, the sources said. - 27.01.2011.
  • Poachers kill elephant in Orissa forest reserve - Rourkela (Orissa), Jan 27 (PTI) A decomposed carcassof an elephant was found today at Kunjur reserve forest in Sundergarh district. The dead elephant's tusk is missing, DFO Arun Mishrasaid adding that it is suspected that poachers have killed the elephant and escaped with the tusk. - 27.01.2011.
  • Edmonton's elephant offered free health care - Imagine having all kinds of groups lining to pay for your health care. Such is life for Lucy the Elephant. This time, Zoocheck Canada thinks it's come up with an offer Edmonton's Valley Zoo cannot refuse: we bring in the best veterinarians money can buy, and we'll cover the cost. - 27.01.2011.
  • Bamboo in bloom triggers famine fears - MUTHANGA (WAYANAD): In a rare phenomenon that comes once in decades, bamboo groves have blossomed en masse in Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, making for a spectacular view. However, the phenomenon has led to fears among environmentalists and forest officials that it may cause a famine in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, the largest congregation of Asiatic elephants. - 27.01.2011.
  • Elephant soccer scoring goals for tourism in Nepal - Tourism authorities in Nepal are hoping that ‘elephant soccer’ will boost visitor numbers to its country. Elephant soccer, part of the annual International Elephant Festival, draws thousands of domestic and international tourists every year, NTDTV reported. - 27.01.2011.

26. Januar 2011

  • Elefantenbaby Shawu trinkt jetzt alleine - Wuppertal (dpa/lnw) - Die Tierpfleger im Wuppertaler Zoo atmen auf: Der neugeborene Elefant Shawu trinkt jetzt selbstständig bei seiner Mutter, wie der Zoo am Mittwoch mitteilte. - 26.01.2011.
  • Aufatmen im Wuppertaler Zoo: Shawu trinkt! - Wuppertal. Fünf Tage und fünf Nächte haben sich die Tierpfleger und der Tierarzt im Elefantenhaus um Shawu gesorgt. Das Elefantenbaby wollte einfach nicht an den Zitzen von Mutter Punda saugen. Nun ist bei ihm offenbar der Groschen gefallen: Wie der Zoo am heutigen Mittwoch mitteilte, trinkt Shawu inzwischen selbstständig bei seiner Mutter. - 26.01.2011.
  • 'Er sah aus wie ein Stein und war ganz schön schwer', erzählt der Vierjährige. Die Spur des Urzeit-Elefanten - Wie zwei Kindergartenkinder im Luitpoldpark einen Mammutzahn entdecken. Paul und Niki haben Piraten gespielt. Vergangenen Herbst im Luitpoldpark. Mit offenen Augen erkunden sie das Gelände - wie immer, wenn sie mit den anderen Mädchen und Buben aus dem Schwabinger Kindergarten 'Arbeitskreis neue Erziehung' (ANE) die Grünanlage besuchen. Nur dieses Mal ist alles anders, denn die Kinder entdecken etwas Außergewöhnliches: einen 'großen, dicken Klotz', an einen Baumstamm gelehnt, der im Gras thront. - 26.01.2011.
  • Woodstock Academy class adopts pair of elephants - Students raise $500 to care for orphaned babies. Though there are more than 7,000 miles between them, a class of Woodstock Academy students is caring for two orphaned elephants in Kenya. - 26.01.2011.
  • New photo of baby elephant at Disney's Animal Kingdom - Walt Disney World released a photo Tuesday of one of its baby elephants at Disney's Animal Kingdom. Luna was born in May 2010, the fifth elephant baby to be born at the park. She made her debut along the Kilimanjaro Safaris route a short time later. - 26.01.2011.
  • Three wild elephants drown in Dak Lak - VietNamNet Bridge – Three baby elephants were reported drown in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak. This is the first case in Vietnam. At 11pm, January 3, people in a hamlet in La R’ve commune in Ea Sup district heard theheart-wrenching bawling of an elephant. They fired torches and ran to the place where the elephant was bawling, around 500m from the village. When they arrived, the mother elephant had just left. - 26.01.2011.
  • Hier trööötet Babyfant „Uli“ mit seiner Mutti - Wuppertal – Fröhlich hebt die 3,2 Tonnen schwere „Sabie“ (18) ihr linkes Bein. Währendessen kuschelt sich ihr neugeborener Sohn „Uli“ mit dem Kopf an Mamas mächtigen Fuß, streckt den kleinen Rüssel in die Höhe. Der süße Minifant kam um 3 Uhr morgens im Wuppertaler Zoo zur Welt – es war eine Bilderbuchgeburt! - 26.01.2011.
  • 'Review decision to scrap elephant park' - BILASPUR: Expressing shock at Chhattisgarh government's decision to quietly scrap an elephant reserve, environment minister Jairam Ramesh wrote to chief minister Raman Singh, requesting him to review the decision. Jairam reminded the CM that his government itself had asked for two elephant reserves in the state. - 26.01.2011.
  • Elephant link - An Indian elephant, which died recently in a zoo in the country, inspires El Salvador to seek closer ties with India. SOME stories begin with no indication of the end. The story of Manjula is one such. This Asian elephant, who began her voyage to El Salvador, the smallest Central American country, in 1955 and became a national icon ever since she made the country's national zoo her home, died of ill health in September 2010. The emotions her death evoked among El Salvadorians have been a huge revelation. - 26.01.2011.

25. Januar 2011

  • Tamil Nadu in Indien: Segen vom heiligen Elefant - Frisches Baguette, typisches Landleben und jede Menge Götter - im Bundesstaat Tamil Nadu zeigt sich Indien von seiner vielfältigsten Seite. Der Südzipfel des Landes ist berühmt für riesige Tempelanlagen und aufwendige Prozessionen - und für einen ungewöhnlichen Elefant. - 25.01.2011.
  • Guinness-Buch streicht Elefantenpolo-Rekorde - London — Nach Protesten von Tierschützern streicht das Guinness-Buch der Rekorde alle Einträge aus der Welt des Elefantenpolos. Der Sport könne schädlich für die Elefanten sein, teilte der Herausgeber in London mit. Es sei aber eine Vorgabe des Verlags, in dem Buch keine Rekorde abzudrucken, die möglicherweise mit dem Tod oder der Schädigung von Tieren einhergingen. So würden auch keine Rekorde über Fuchsjagden oder Stierkämpfe angenommen. - 25.01.2011.
  • Elephant walk heralds return of circus to Birmingham - A parade of elephants from the the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus troops through downtown Birmingham along Richard Arrington Jr. Boulevard on its way today from a rail yard in Tarrant to the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex. - 25.01.2011.
  • German zoo welcomes baby elephants - Within the space of just four days, elephant Sabi gave birth to Uli and Shawu at Germany’s Wuppertal Zoo. They were proudly presented to the public on Monday. - 25.01.2011.
  • Meghalaya to have another elephant reserve - SHILLONG, Jan 25 – As man-elephant conflicts are on the increase in Meghalaya, the State Government has decided to create another elephant reserve in an effort to cut down the incidents. “On an average, four to five people are killed in the State by elephants every year apart from their attacks on humans, their property and crop land. The man-elephant conflict in the State is quite intense,” Principal Chief Conservator of Forests V K Nautiyal said. - 25.01.2011.
  • Sorge um Wuppertaler Elefantenbaby Shawu - Der kleine Elefantenbulle Shawu ist der Liebling der Wuppertaler Zoobesucher. Seit Samstag können sie miterleben, wie Shawu mit seinem vier Tage älteren, aber deutlich kleineren Halbbruder Uli spielt. Doch in die Freude über die Doppelgeburt im Elefantenhaus mischt sich Sorge um die Zukunft des Rüsseltiers: Shawu trinkt nicht bei seiner Mutter. - 25.01.2011.
  • Guinness Records drops elephant polo statistics - LONDON — Guinness World Records said Monday it had decided to remove all references to elephant polo, following complaints from animal-rights campaigners. The London-based global authority on records said the move brought its policy into line with other records that are potentially harmful to animals. - 25.01.2011.
  • Zoo welcomes two newborn elephants - Two new elephant babies have been welcomed into the herd of African elephants at the zoo of Wuppertal, Germany. The little elephant bulls, Uli and Shamu, were born in the space of only four days. While the birth of Uli went relatively smoothly, there were complications with Shawu. - 25.01.2011.
  • HUMAN-ELEPHANT CRISIS: Anatomy of a conflict - Farmers invest on electric fencing for crop protection. But a few of them connect fences with wires drawn from 220-volt lines and sometimes even high-voltage distribution lines. These act as death knells to elephants killing them instantly when they come in contact with such fences, observes Sanjay Gubbi. - 25.01.2011.

24. Januar 2011

  • Elefantenbaby Shawu ist noch ein Sorgenkind - Wuppertal. Noch wirkt er etwas tolpatschig auf dem Weg zu seinem ersten Pressetermin. Zwischen den Beinen seiner Mutter Punda und der großen Schwester Bongi torkelt Shawu unter Blitzlichtgewitter und den neugierigen Blicken zahlreicher Kindergartenkinder den Journalisten, Fotografen und Kameramännern entgegen. - 24.01.2011.
  • Chester Zoo celebrates birth of elephant calf - CHESTER Zoo has celebrated its second elephant calf birth in the past six months. Asian Elephant Thi gave birth just before midnight on Saturday. Thi, 28, is mum to Sithami, 13, who had her own calf, Nayan, in July. The father of both calves is Upali, 16. - 24.01.2011.
  • Mehr Platz für wilde Elefanten - Im Süden Afrikas sollen Schutzgebiete miteinander verbunden werden. Im Südlichen Afrika gibt es heute in vielen Regionen wieder zahlreiche Elefanten. Allein in Botswana leben etwa 120 000. Mancherorts sind die grauen Dickhäuter zur Belastung geworden. In den Nationalparks ist die Zahl der Elefanten so hoch, dass über eine Reduzierung durch Abschuss nachgedacht wird. - 24.01.2011.
  • Congo arrests Chinese ivory poacher - BRAZZAVILLE — Officials in Congo were on Sunday holding a Chinese national as he tried to smuggle 10 kilos (22 pounds) of ivory -- including five large elephant tusks -- out of Congo, a wildlife group said. The 35-year old was arrested Saturday at Maya-Maya airport, in the capital Brazzaville, said Naftali Honig, coordinator of the Project to Apply the Law on Fauna (PALF). - 24.01.2011.

23. Januar 2011

  • Macht es Elefanten im Zirkus Spaß, Kunststücke vorzuführen? - Cochem-Zell. Man könne Tierschutz auch übertreiben, Peter Bleser, CDU-Bundestagsabgeordneter aus Brachtendorf (Kreis Cochem-Zell) und verbraucherschutzpolitischer Sprecher seiner Fraktion echauffiert sich beim Thema Wildtierverbot in Zirkussen. Die in den Manegen vorgeführten Elefanten, Nashörner und Tiger seien doch gar keine echten Wildtiere. "Die haben die Wildnis noch nie gesehen", sagt Bleser. - 23.01.2011.
  • Oldest elephant in North America dies - The oldest elephant in North America, Taj, died at a theme park in California. Taj was 71 years old, and died after years of performing for crowds and even painting on canvas. - 23.01.2011.
  • Suspects of elephant killing in Sri Lanka remanded - Jan 23, Kegalle: A Sri Lankan magistrate has ordered to remand four persons suspected of inflicting injuries that led to the death of a tamed elephant in Sri Lanka's elephant orphanage in Pinnawela. - 23.01.2011.
  • Love shack for angry elephant - Wildlife Alliance plans to invest US$70,000 to build two new cages to facilitate the breeding of a recently captured renegade elephant named Sambo and three potential mates at Phnom Tamao Zoo. Nhem Thy, vice-director and animal technical expert at the Phnom Tamao Zoo, said plans had been made to build one cage for Sambo and another for three female elephants named Narann, Lucky and Chamroeun. - 23.01.2011.
  • How elephants got hauled over the coals - Imagine 450 square kilometres of uninhabited and dense jungle — almost the size of Mumbai. It exists. In North Chhattisgarh. It's called Hasdeo Arand and is, by definition, a rare virgin forest. Within it, the Lemru elephant reserve would have been an equally rare quantity - India's only elephant reserve sans a human settlement within its boundaries. - 23.01.2011.
  • How a girl from the bush caught the elephant bug - THE day is one of obliterating brightness and tropical heat, when even in the shade you are compelled to squint. And then comes a rumbling roar that opens the eyes so wide they could well leave their sockets. What follows is a moment of quietness, of the sort you get when a gun goes off in the dark. - 23.01.2011.

22. Januar 2011

  • Reese Witherspoon arbeitet gerne mit Elefant - Reese Witherspoon behauptet, dass es eine der besten Erfahrungen ihrer Karriere war, mit einem Elefanten zu arbeiten. Reese Witherspoons Lieblingskollege war ein Elefant. Die Schauspielerin liebte es, mit dem Tier für ihren neuen Film 'Water for Elephants' vor der Kamera zu stehen, weil es sowohl gefährlich als auch herausfordernd war. - 22.01.2011.

21. Januar 2011

  • Wuppertaler Zoo: Erneuter Nachwuchs bei den Elefanten - Im Wuppertaler Zoo hat es, nur vier Tage nach der Geburt des kleinen Elefantenbabys "Uli", erneut Nachwuchs bei den Dickhäutern gegeben. Mutter Punda brachte nach schwieriger Geburt ihr Baby "Shawu" zur Welt. - 21.01.2011.
  • Elefantenbaby Nr. 2: Shawu ist da - Nur vier Tage nach der Geburt von Uli ist in der Nacht zu Freitag im Wuppertaler Zoo ein zweites Elefantenkalb gesund zur Welt gekommen. Die Mutter ist Punda, der Vater - wie bei allen 6 Kälbern, die im in Wuppertal bisher geboren wurden - Tusker. - 21.01.2011.
  • Der Baby-Elefant am Strand - Sicher, man könnte das Ganze entzaubern und ernsthaft fragen, was dieser kleine Dickhäuter eigentlich am Meer zu suchen hat, aber im Grunde genommen ist der Baby-Elefant am Strand einfach nur niedlich. - Video. - 21.01.2011.
  • Elephant fences: Nearly Rs 300 m allocated - The Government has allocated nearly Rs 300 million to put up elephant fences in areas where the human-elephant conflict is deemed severe, Agrarian Services and Wildlife Minister S M Chandrasena said yesterday. President Mahinda Rajapaksa has reportedly instructed Minister Chandrasena to fully activate the safety and protection systems in all National Parks. - 21.01.2011.

20. Januar 2011

  • Landesmuseum Halle: Großer Erfolg für Elefanten-Ausstellung - HALLE (SAALE)/DPA. Besonders der mächtige Koloss im glasüberdachten Innenhof des Landesmuseums für Vorgeschichte in Halle zieht die Besucher an. Die täuschend echte Nachbildung eines lebensgroßen Waldelefanten aus der Steinzeit vor rund 200 000 Jahren macht besonders auf die jüngeren Besucher großen Eindruck. Sie gehört zur Ausstellung «Elefantenreich - Eine Fossilwelt in Europa», die am 30. Januar zu Ende geht. Etwa 100 000 Menschen werden sie dann gesehen haben, sagt Landesarchäologe Harald Meller. «Wir sind mit der Resonanz sehr zufrieden.» - 20.01.2011.
  • Nach Elefanten im Glück nun Gorillas im Pech - Wuppertal (dpa/lnw) - Die Freude über den am Wochenende im Wuppertaler Zoo geborenen Elefanten Uli ist getrübt, denn jetzt hat eine andere Tier-Dame, Gorilla Ukiwa, ein totes Baby zur Welt gebracht. - 20.01.2011.
  • Macht es Zirkustieren Spaß, Kunststücke vorzuführen? - Man könne Tierschutz auch übertreiben, echauffiert sich Peter Bleser, CDU-Bundestagsabgeordneter aus Cochem und verbraucherschutzpolitischer Sprecher seiner Fraktion, beim Thema Wildtierverbot in Zirkussen. Die in den Manegen vorgeführten Elefanten, Nashörner und Tiger seien doch gar keine echten Wildtiere. „Die haben die Wildnis noch nie gesehen“, begründet Bleser. - 20.01.2011.
  • CSU-Stadträtin Menges will sich mit dem Erreichten nicht zufriedengeben. Platzverweis für Elefanten und Tiger - Die Stadt schränkt Auftritte von Wildtieren im Zirkus ein - für ein generelles Verbot fehlt die rechtliche Grundlage. Wenn es nach dem Willen der Stadtpolitiker gegangen wäre, hätte es in München bald deutlich weniger Zirkusshows mit Wildtier-Nummern gegeben. Der Circus Krone zum Beispiel gastiert jedes Frühjahr auf der Theresienwiese. Seine Dompteure führen Tiger vor, die auf zwei Beinen gehen, Löwen, die wie Hauskatzen mit sich kuscheln lassen, und Elefanten, die ihre gewaltigen Füße auf kleine Podeste zwängen und sich dabei im Kreis drehen. - 20.01.2011.
  • Tierschutzverein animal public begrüßt Münchner Beschluss gegen Wildtierhaltung im Zirkus - Hunderte Wildtiere werden in deutschen Zirkusunternehmen gehalten. Hunderte Wildtiere werden in deutschen Zirkusunternehmen gehalten. Dabei ist aus Sicht von Experten eine artgerechte Haltung dieser Tiere in reisenden Unternehmen nicht möglich. Der Münchner Verwaltungsausschuss hat am Mittwoch einstimmig beschlossen Auftritte von 20 Arten wie Bären, Elefanten, Tiger, Löwen oder Nashörner in Teilen der Stadt zu verbieten. - 20.01.2011.
  • Zoo elephant handler's death spurs outpouring of support across US - The sympathy and support keep coming in - from Pennsylvania, from Ohio, and from brothers and sisters in zookeeping everywhere. Stephanie Elaine James, 33, died Jan. 14 from internal injuries suffered when Edie, a 26-year-old African elephant, pushed her into the bars of a stall in the Stokely African Elephant Preserve barn at the Knoxville Zoo during evening feeding. Her death made her the first person killed by an elephant at a zoo in Tennessee history, authorities said. - 20.01.2011.
  • Elephants Parade Through Nashville Streets - Circus Celebrates P.T. Barnum's 200th Birthday. NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Elephants walked down Broadway on Thursday morning because the circus is in town. The Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey are in Nashville for the weekend. As part of a tradition that dates back decades, nine Asian elephants paraded, trunks to tails, from the train tracks in the Gulch to Broadway and into Bridgestone Arena. - 20.01.2011.
  • Taj the painting pachyderm, oldest living elephant in North America, dies at age 71 - A beloved show elephant that created beautiful paintings holding a brush with her trunk and saw 13 U.S. Presidents in office has died at age 71. Taj, an Asian elephant, was the oldest elephant in North America and for her last 33 years lived at the Six Flags Discovery Kingdom theme park in Vallejo, Calif., near San Francisco. She died on Monday. - 20.01.2011.
  • Extinct Woolly Mammoth May Be Resurrected by Scientists - Scientists Hope to Impregnate an Elephant With Woolly Mammoth Cell Nuclei. It has been 10,000 years since prehistoric elephants roamed the earth. Now an audacious band of scientists hopes to recreate a living, breathing woolly mammoth. - 20.01.2011.
  • Elephant menace: Karnataka to seek Central aid - Delegation to submit list of rogue jumbos. The State government will seek the Centre’s assistance in tackling the elephant menace in the Malnad region, particularly in Hassan and Kodagu districts. A delegation from the State will submit a “list of rogue elephants” to the Union government for it to take appropriate action to avoid man-elephant encounters in Karnataka. - 20.01.2011.
  • Meghalaya to have another elephant reserve - Shillong, Jan 20 (PTI) As man-elephant conflicts are onthe increase in Meghalaya, the state government has decided tocreate another elephant reserve in an effort to cut down theincidents. "On an average, four to five people are killed in thestate by elephants every year apart from their attacks onhumans, their property and crop land. The man-elephantconflict in the state is quite intense," Principal ChiefConservator of Forests V K Nautiyal said. - 20.01.2011.
  • Lukewarm approval for Lucy’s care at zoo - It’s a lukewarm thumbs-up from the Edmonton Humane Society in the ongoing debate over whether our zoo is good for Lucy the elephant. In a letter sent to the Edmonton Valley Zoo following a review of Lucy’s care, the Society said it is “satisfied at this time that the zoo is consulting with various experts in the field to ensure they are providing adequate care.” - 20.01.2011.
  • Chained Phuket Elephant Lucy Tugs at Emotions - COCERNS about the care of a young elephant on Phuket, left chained for long periods to attract tourists, were dismissed by the owner of the animal today. The elephant, Lucy, is three years old. One Phuket resident who passes Lucy regularly said: It makes me so upset and sad. She always looks so miserable. - 20.01.2011.

19. Januar 2011

  • Reese Witherspoon: verliebt in einen Elefanten - Los Angeles - Reese Witherspoon hat geweint, als die Dreharbeiten zu "Wasser für Elefanten" beendet waren. Die Schauspielerin hatte sich nämlich ein bisschen in Elefantendame Tai verliebt. Die 34-Jährige sagte laut "JustJared.com": "An dem Tag, an dem ich mich von ihr verabschieden musste, weinte ich den ganzen Tag." - 19.01.2011.
  • MAMMUT-KLON: "Ein unmöglicher Blödsinn!" - Eine Elefantenmutter soll ein Mammutbaby austragen. Schweizer Forscher zweifeln am Erfolg des Vorhabens. Vor allem aber an dessen Wert. Eine japanische Forschergruppe will mit Mammut-Genmaterial den pelzigen Vorfahren der Elefanten wieder zum Leben erwecken. Für die Zukunft fassen die Forscher gar einen Eiszeit-Themenpark in Sibirien mit geklonten Mammuts, Säbelzahntigern und Wollnashörnern ins Auge. - 19.01.2011.
  • Oldest elephant in North America dies - VALLEJO, Calif., Jan. 19 (UPI) -- The oldest Asian elephant in North America has died at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, Calif., at age 71, officials said. Taj the elephant had been with Discovery Kingdom since 1978 when the entertainment venue was known as Marine World, KGO-TV, San Francisco, reported Tuesday. - 19.01.2011.
  • 2 killed in elephant attack - MADIKERI: Siddu, (22), a labourer was killed in an elephant attack in Marapala Cheenihadlu near Thithimathi on Wednesday. Siddu, a bachelor, was attacked by the elephant when he went to a nearby forest area to fetch firewood, according to DFO Vijayaranjan. - 19.01.2011.
  • Elephant dies while raiding village - SANKRAIL (West Midnapore): An elephant died in Sankrail's Beratera village in West Midnapore late on Monday. Forest officials suspect that the jumbo was eating sugarcane from a tree which had chemical fertiliser sprinkled at its base. The officials said the elephant's trunk may have somehow touched the base of the tree, after which it put the sugarcane it plucked from the treetop into its mouth. - 19.01.2011.
  • Guruvayur elephant dies in captivity, probe begins - KOCHI: A 30-year old elephant died in the temple town of Guruvayur in Kerala on Monday. Activists claimed it died due to ill-treatment prior to being tranquilized after it ran amok on January 10 while in heat' when it needs to mate. However, veterinarians refuted the charge. - 19.01.2011.

18. Januar 2011

  • Japanische Forscher: Geklontes Mammut schon in vier Jahren möglich - Kyoto/ Japan - Japanische Wissenschaftler zeigen sich zuversichtlich, schon in wenigen Jahren mittels Klonen ein lebendiges Mammut präsentieren zu können. Frühere Versuche, die Eiszeit-Elefanten wieder zum Leben zu erwecken, waren an technischen Problemen immer wieder gescheitert. Diese seien nun überwunden. - 18.01.2011.
  • Ein Elefantenmädchen startet im Zoo Hannover durch - Der jüngste Minifant im Zoo Hannover erweist sich als besonders pfiffig und guckt viel von seinen vier Geschwistern ab. Zwei der Geschwister nehmen bereits an leichtem Training mit den Pflegern teil. - 18.01.2011.
  • Baby-Boom bei den Wuppertaler Elefanten - Bulle Tusker legt sich seit 2005 kräftig ins Zeug. Schon bald kommt sein sechstes Rüssel-Kind zur Welt. - Wuppertal. Er wiegt schon jetzt 100 Kilo, stolpert noch gelegentlich über seinen Rüssel, ist aber „fit wie ein Turnschuh und zieht sich die Milch literweise“, wie Tierpfleger Filipe von Gilsa stolz erklärt. Uli ist der jüngste Star im Wuppertaler Elefantenhaus. - 18.01.2011.
  • Elefantenjunge Uli im Wuppertaler Zoo geboren - Wuppertal. Der Wuppertaler Zoo freut sich über den neugeborenen Elefantenjungen Uli. Mutter Sabie brachte ihn nach einer Tragzeit von 670 Tagen zur Welt, wie der Zoo mitteilte. Benannt wurde der kleine afrikanische Elefant Uli nach Zoodirektor Ulrich Schürer. Der erwartet nun ein stärkeres Interesse der Zoobesucher zur bevorstehenden Frühjahrssaison. - 18.01.2011.
  • Six Flags Discovery Kingdom's oldest elephant dies at 71 - Taj, the oldest Asian elephant in North America and an alumnus of Circus Vargas, has died at Vallejo's Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, it was announced Tuesday. She was 71. Over the past several weeks, the quality of life for the pachyderm had declined significantly, according to a news release the park issued Tuesday morning. - 18.01.2011.
  • Edmonton's Valley Zoo makes activist group's 10-worst list for elephant issues - EDMONTON - Edmonton's Valley Zoo has taken second place on an American animal rights organization's list of the 10 worst zoos for elephants. In Defence of Animals cites the zoos on the list for lack of space, unsuitably cold climates and impoverished social groupings. The Valley Zoo has come under criticism from a wide range of animal rights activists over living conditions for Lucy. - 18.01.2011.
  • Zoos Are No Fun for Elephants - The Los Angeles Zoo has just opened a new $42 million, 3.8 acre “Elephants of Asia” habitat. Animal activists like Bob Barker claim that this Pachyderm Forest is too small… meanwhile, the two elephants at the Santa Barbara Zoo, Suzie and Little Mac, remain in a 13,000-square-foot exhibit, which is less than a third of an acre. - 18.01.2011.
  • Funeral services set for elephant trainer - Funeral services for a young zookeeper killed last week by one of the elephants she cared for, will be held in Indianapolis. Stephanie James died from internal injuries Friday after an elephant pushed her into the heavy metal bars of a stall at the Knoxville, Tennessee Zoo. - 18.01.2011.
  • Tallest Pinnawala elephant dies - ‘Neelagiri’ a 32 year-old male elephant in the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage died yesterday morning due to severe injuries caused by stabbing with elephant goads by three mahouts. The dead elephant was the tallest of the Pinnawala herd, “Neelagiri” was caught in the Lahugala Forest and brought to the Pinnawala elephant orphanage in 1986. - 18.01.2011.

17. Januar 2011

  • Mahout’s spear kills elephant - An elephant at the Pinnawela elephant orphanage died under tragic circumstances, allegedly due to injuries caused by its caretakers’ spear, an official said today. Two mahouts and an Animal Protection Officer at the Orphanage were suspended from service following the death of the elephant at the orphanage, Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage Director S. Gunaratne said. - 17.01.2011.
  • Elefantenbaby in Wuppertal geboren - Im Wuppertaler Zoo gibt es Nachwuchs bei den afrikanischen Elefanten. Nach 670 Tagen Tragzeit brachte die Leitkuh „Sabie“ am Wochenende ein männliches Jungtier zur Welt. - 17.01.2011.
  • Freude im Elefantenhaus: Uli ist da - Wuppertal. Lange wurde er erwartet, am Sonntag um 3 Uhr nachts war es dann soweit: Elefantendame Sabie brachte nach 670 Tagen Tagzeit ein gesundes männliches Baby zur Welt. Der Nachwuchs im Elefantengehege hat den Namen Uli erhalten - nach einstimmigem Beschluss der Tierpfleger, wie es heißt. - 17.01.2011.
  • Mammute: Auferstehung aus dem Eis - Japanische Forscher wollen einen fossilen Dickhäuter klonen. Der Weimarer Eiszeitforscher Ralf-Dietrich Kahlke stellt dagegen die Sinnfrage. Tokio/Weimar. Jurassic Park in Fernost: Japanische Wissenschaftler um Akira Iritani, Emeritus der Kyoto-Universität, wollen ein fossiles Mammut klonen und durch eine afrikanische Elefantenkuh als "Leihmutter" austragen lassen. - 17.01.2011.
  • 5 min 2 sec response time to 'trampled trainer' - Responders arrived at Knoxville Zoo in under 10 minutes in response to 911 call about trainer being "trampled by an elephant." The death of a Knoxville Zoo keeper has left some with questions. Zoo officials say elephant trainer, Stephanie James was following protocol last Friday when she was pushed into a wall by an elephant. - 17.01.2011.
  • Four baby elephants perish in Sri Lanka floods - COLOMBO - AT LEAST four baby elephants perished in Sri Lanka's devastating floods which killed 40 people and left a million villagers displaced, an official said on Monday. Wildlife Conservation director Chandrawansa Pathiraja said the four elephants drowned in the north-central and eastern regions, which were the worst affected after unusually heavy monsoon rains last week. - 17.01.2011.
  • ‘Raman govt’s move to scrap elephant reserve a mistake’ - RAIPUR: Project Elephant officers are dismayed by Chhattisgarh government's scrapping of an elephant reserve in Korba for coal mining, saying it is a mistake. The project is a central government scheme that supports elephant habitat in the country. - 17.01.2011.

16. Januar 2011

  • TRAGISCHER ZOO-UNFALL IN US-STADT KNOXVILLE: Elefanten-Bulle tötet Trainerin - Knoxville (USA) – Tragischer Zoo-Unfall in Knoxville (US-Bundesstaat Tennessee): Eine Tiertrainerin († 33) wurde bei der täglichen Reinigung des Geheges von einem Elefanten-Bullen zu Tode gedrückt. Wie die britische Tageszeitung „Daily Mail“ berichtet, hat der mehr als 3500 Kilogramm schwere und 2,5 Meter große Afrikanische Elefant Edie seine Trainerin Stephanie James ohne ersichtlichen Grund gegen eine Wand gepresst. - 16.01.2011.
  • 50 wild elephants killed in Sri Lanka floods - Colombo, Jan 16 (PTI) Some 50 wild elephants have beenkilled due to the devastating Sri Lankan floods, which hasdisplaced over a million people, according to the countrysWildlife Conservation Department. Chandrawansa Pathiraja, the Director General of SriLanka Wildlife Conservation Department, said around 50 wildelephants have been reported killed due to floods. - 16.01.2011.
  • Mastering the zoo plan: What you should know about the future - NEW BEDFORD — The draft master plan for the Buttonwood Park Zoo — and the zoo's proposed expansion — have generated no shortage of controversy. Fliers have been distributed, public meetings held and no fewer than a dozen letters to the editor published in this newspaper. - 16.01.2011.

15. Januar 2011

  • Purdue grad killed in elephant accident - NEW PALESTINE, Ind. (WISH) - An Indianapolis native died doing what she loved... working with animals. 33 year-old Stephanie James was a zookeeper at the Knoxville Zoo. She was fatally injured Friday inside the Zoo's Elephant Exhibit. - 15.01.2011.
  • Elephant Footie Draws In Crowds In Nepal - An elephant football match has drawn large crowds as part of an international festival in Nepal. Guided by their trainers sitting on their shoulders, the animals dribble the ball and score goals to the delight of onlookers. - 15.01.2011.
  • Science: Woolly Mammoth Could Walk the Earth Again in 4 Years - A researcher from Japan plans to use a new cloning technique to make this happen. If you thought "Jurassic Park" and the large, reconstructed skeletons seen in museums were the closest we'd ever come to seeing extinct creatures come to life, you might want to think again. - 15.01.2011.
  • Around 50 wild elephants killed in Sri Lanka floods - Jan 15, Colombo: The Director General of Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Department Chandrawansa Pathiraja says around 50 deaths of wild elephants due to floods have been reported. He said that a survey has been commenced in wildlife parks to ascertain the exact number of deaths of the wild elephants and other animals. - 15.01.2011.
  • Tennessee zookeeper dies after being pushed by elephant - female trainer was killed by an elephant Friday afternoon at Knoxville Zoo in Tennessee. Stephanie James was working in the elephant barn when an elephant pushed her into the wall, WBIR-TV reported. James was taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center where she died of internal injuries. - 15.01.2011.

14. Januar 2011

  • Klimaforschung: Wetterdaten erklären Geheimnisse der Geschichte - Wissenschaftler haben in einem einzigartigen Projekt die Klimageschichte der vergangenen 2500 Jahre erforscht - und bieten überraschende Einblicke in die Kulturgeschichte Deutschlands und Europas. Warum überlebten Hannibals Elefanten in den Alpen, wie gelang der Bau der Regensburger Donaubrücke? Oft wurde die Geschichte von Hannibals Alpenüberquerung erzählt - aber stimmt sie auch? 218 vor Christus zog der Feldherr aus Karthago mit 37 Elefanten, Tausenden Reitern und Zehntausenden Soldaten übers Hochgebirge gegen Rom, so steht es in jedem Geschichtsbuch. - 14.01.2011.
  • Forget Dancing With Wolves; He Runs Up Elephants - “Ong Bak 3” begins with a recap of the events of “Ong Bak 2,” which means that the best moment of “2” — when the star, the Thai martial-arts god Tony Jaa, runs up the face of an elephant — is also the best moment of “3.” The current film, promised to be the final installment in a trilogy, also has plenty of elephant fu, or, to use the name Mr. Jaa invented for his new art form, muay kotchasarn (Thai for elephant boxing). - 14.01.2011.
  • Ex-TP member among 3 injured in elephant attack - MYSORE: Three persons, including a former taluk panchayat member, were injured in two separate elephant attacks in Mysore on Friday. Puttaswamygowda sustained injuries on his ear when a pachyderm attacked him near Kalabochanahalli in Hunsur taluk around 9.30 am. - 14.01.2011.
  • Elephant run over by train - AGARTALA, Jan 14 – An elephant was killed when it was hit by a running train at Atharamura hill range, about 70 km from here, Forest department sources said today. Sources said the incident occurred last evening, when a female elephant with three calves were crossing the railway track, and an Agartala-bound train from Silchar hit the elephant when the calves had crossed the track. - 14.01.2011.
  • Calls for elephants to be banned in New Delhi - Elephants on the road could soon be a thing of the past in New Delhi following a series of incidents in which the animals have gone on the rampage. Last year in a town just outside of New Delhi, two elephants attacked passers-by and crushed 20 cars at the lavish wedding of two members of parliament. The male elephant was in heat and his 'mahout' had forgotten to administer drugs to control its aggression. - 14.01.2011.
  • Mammoths: Should extinct species be revived? - The long-extinct woolly mammoth could be resurrected in as little as four years, Japanese scientists estimate. Using a breakthrough technique first tested in 2008 to clone a mouse from another mouse that had been frozen for 16 years, a team from Kyoto University hopes to revive the mammoth from a preserved mammoth carcass. - 14.01.2011.
  • Female elephant killed by cement tanker - GERIK, MALAYSIA: A female elephant was killed when it was hit by a cement tanker along the East-West Highway here early yesterday. The animal was in a herd of three, crossing the road from the jungle near Tasik Banding at Km32 when the accident occurred about 1am. - 14.01.2011.
  • Mammoth tusk used to try to unravel mysteries - LONDON, Ont. — Researchers hope a relic from the past will help patients in the future, that a bit of pre-history will help them make history. They're using a 30,000-year-old mammoth tusk recently found in the Yukon to try to unravel the mysteries surrounding osteoporosis, other bone diseases and the spread of certain kinds of cancer. - 14.01.2011.
  • From Elephants to People: A Veterinary Scientist's Unique Career Path - In 1995, Laura Richman was working as a veterinary pathology resident at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C., when she and her colleagues faced an unusual case. A 16-month-old elephant named Kumari had died mysteriously after a 5-day illness. Richman and Richard Montali, one of the zoo's veterinary pathologists, did a detailed necropsy and noticed swelling, signs of pain, and a strangely purple tongue. When they looked at heart, liver, and tongue tissues under a microscope, they saw signs of severe bleeding and telltale blotches that pointed to an unknown virus. - 14.01.2011.

13. Januar 2011

  • Zoopark Erfurt: Späte Weihnachtsleckerbissen für Elefanten - Auf dem Winterspeiseplan der drei Elefantendamen im Erfurter Zoo stehen zurzeit ganz besondere Leckerbissen. Die zentnerschweren Elefantenkühe bekommen bereits seit Mitte Dezember etwa jeden zweiten Tag Fichtenbäume serviert. Die Bäume sind die ausrangierten, naturbelassenen Weihnachtsbäume des Erfurter Weihnachtsmarktes. - 13.01.2011.
  • CHANDANI UND IHR ELEFANT ist Kinderfilm des Monats Februar - Dieser Film öffnet ein Fenster in eine fremde Welt! Seit sie denken kann, hat die 17-jährige Chandani aus Sri Lanka einen Traum: Sie will eine Mahout, eine Elefantenführerin, werden. Doch dazu muss sie jahrhundertealte Traditionen durchbrechen, denn noch niemals durfte eine Frau diesen Beruf ergreifen. Da Chandani keinen Bruder hat, beschließt ihr Vater, der als Chef-Mahout in einem Waisenhaus für Elefanten arbeitet, ihr eine Chance zu geben. Er schenkt ihr den kleinen Elefanten Kandula. - 13.01.2011.
  • Vuvuzela now takes on the elephant - WINDHOEK – The popular vuvuzela plastic horn popularized by the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, could be the latest weapon in the armoury to mitigate human wildlife conflict in Namibia, particularly against elephants. A warden of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism in the Omusati Region, reportedly, coincidently chased away some elephants by simply blowing his vuvuzela that he had in the car. - 13.01.2011.
  • Flood-hit Sri Lankan elephant calf found dead in tree - An image has emerged from Sri Lanka of a dead elephant calf stuck high in a tree after getting caught up in the country's fast-flowing floods. The animal was found near the Kaloya river in northern Sri Lanka, which rose 18ft (5.5m) above its normal height. - 13.01.2011.

12. Januar 2011

  • Hannover: Wie soll der Minifant heißen? - Cinderella ist ein zumindest in der Märchenwelt geläufiger Name, Kekka Fuza eher nicht. In der Zen-Meditation wird so der „volle Lotussitz“ genannt. Cinderella, Kekka Fuza oder Aung San Suu Kyi (nach der Friedensnobelpreisträgerin aus Birma) – das sind nur drei von rund 1500 Namensvorschlägen für den jüngsten Minifanten im Erlebniszoo Hannover. - 12.01.2011.
  • Elephants demolish a dozen houses in Chhattisgarh village - Raipur, Jan 12 (IANS) In the second such incident within a fortnight, a herd of nine wild jumbos demolished 12 houses in a village in Surguja district, forcing 50 residents to flee in panic, officials said Wednesday. 'Wild elephants sneaked into Damali village Tuesday night and brought down 12 mud-built houses,' Ramchandra Barai, a local forest official, told IANS. - 12.01.2011.
  • Elephant found dead - Dehra Dun, Jan 12 (PTI) Carcass of a female elephant wasfound in Chilla range of Rajaji Park near here, the parkofficials said. The body of the 42-year-old elephant was noticed by parkguards during a routine patrolling yesterday. A postmortemof the pachyderm has revealed that it died due to an injury inits neck, they said. - 12.01.2011.
  • Relief camps displaced in Assam by elephants - Guwahati, January 12 2011: Ethnic cleansing, communal hatred and militancy have together displaced more than eight million people in Assam since 1960. For the first time, elephants have forced some 1,000 people to flee their homes and take refuge in relief camps. From Monday, residents of 25 villages in Hojai sub-division of central Assam's Nagaon district have moved to three relief camps the district authorities set up to check man-elephant conflicts. - 12.01.2011.
  • Rescued jumbo dies in zoo - DHENKANAL: A two-year-old elephant named Ganesh died in Kapilas zoo in Dhenkanal on Wednesday. The jumbo was rescued from Kaniha in Angul district a year ago. According to forest officials, the elephant had been suffering from abdomen pain since last Thursday. The local veterinary surgeon was treating the animal, which was was unable to move for few days because of another pain on its leg. - 12.01.2011.
  • ALKOHOLISMUS: Besoffene Tiere - Gespräch mit dem Biologen Dr. Mario Ludwig über Alkoholprobleme bei Tieren. Besoffene Elefanten, trinkfeste Singvögel - Alkoholismus im Tierreich! Und es ranken sich viele Halbwahrheiten um gewisse durstige Artgenossen. - 12.01.2011.

11. Januar 2011

  • Simons MünchenKeine Harten mehr im Garten - Leben im Münchner Tierpark eigentlich nur noch verweichlichte Tiere? Gleich nach dem ersten Schnee gab Hellabrunn bekannt, dass die Giraffen und Zebras nicht mehr ins Freie dürften. Glatteis, Unfallgefahr, Ausgangssperre. Gut, so ein Huf ist schnell verknackst - doch zur selben Zeit war in einer dpa-Meldung zu lesen, wie schön die Tiere im Nürnberger Tiergarten durch den Schnee toben, wie sich die Elefanten mit dem Rüssel Eisblöcke angeln, um daran zu lutschen. - 11.01.2011.
  • Oprah Rides an Elephant (1995) - Oprah's made some pretty grand entrances on her show before, but few compare to the one she made on her 1995 "Spring Training Finale" show. - 11.01.2011.
  • US seeks forfeiture of ivory, elephant foot - MIAMI -- Federal prosecutors are seeking the forfeiture of several ivory products and an elephant foot found earlier this year aboard a South Florida yacht. Prosecutors say the ivory and foot were brought into the U.S. without proper permits and not using a designated port. They were found in June aboard the yacht "Betty" last summer by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agents. - 11.01.2011.
  • North American Zoos Support Worldwide Elephant Conservation - 2011 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 18 elephant conservation projects for 2011. - 11.01.2011.
  • Rebecca, 50, dies at PAWS sanctuary - Rebecca, a 50 year-old Asian elephant with the Performing Animal Welfare Society, died Saturday. She had been at PAWS for 11 years. - 11.01.2011.
  • Child trampled by tusker in Dhenkanal district - DHENKANAL: A three-year-old child was trampled by an elephant in Dhenkanal district in the wee hours of Monday. She has been identified as Surekha Munda. The incident took place when the tusker entered Muktapasi village in Kamakshyanagar sub-division. - 11.01.2011.
  • CDA yet to take in mahout: Elephant forcing itself loose - ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) Member Environment Mian Waheed Ud Din seems unwilling to appoint a mahout in Marghazar Zoo as a file seeking the appointment has been lying on his table for long time in a situation when its is feared that the male elephant might create problems for the zoo management, said the sources. - 11.01.2011.
  • Rescued elephant calf dies of loneliness at zoo - CHENNAI: An elephant calf, rescued from near Mettupalayam on December 13, 2010, and brought to the Arignar Anna Zoological Park in Vandalur the next day, died on Saturday. Lack of mother's milk was said to be the cause of the death. - 11.01.2011.

10. Januar 2011

  • Weihnachtsbaum vor dem Schloss wurde Elefanten-Futter - Holz-Koloss vor dem Schloss in der Früh gefällt und in Tiergarten gebracht. Ein verspäteter Weihnachts-Snack ist den Elefanten im Wiener Tiergarten Schönbrunn am Montag serviert worden: Die Dickhäuter verspeisten den Christbaum, der zuvor vor dem Schloss gefällt worden war. Elefanten-Mama Numbi samt Baby Tuluba sowie dessen Bruder Kibo machten sich über das Nadelholz her, sobald es in ihrem Gehege gelandet war. - 10.01.2011.
  • Neuer Elefant in Leipzig - Leipzig, 10.01.2011 (newsropa.de) - Das denkmalgeschützte Elefantenhaus im Münchener Tierpark Hellabrunn muss dringend saniert werden. Deshalb baten die Münchener Kollegen verschiedene Zoos um Unterstützung bei der Unterbringung der Tiere. Um schnellstmöglich mit dem Umbau beginnen zu können, wurde Elefantenbulle Gajendra (17 Jahre) deshalb heute in den Zoo Leipzig gebracht. Der Elefantentempel „Ganesha Mandir“ verfügt über ausreichend Platz und nimmt das 4,7 Tonnen schwere Tier vorerst auf. - 10.01.2011.
  • Elephant unchained after nine years in TN - After being kept in chains for nearly nine years at a temple in Tamil Nadu, a 22-year-old male elephant would finally be moved to the zoo here following the intervention of forest officials. 'Mariappan', kept with all his four legs chained at the famous Mariamman temple at Samayapuram near Tiruchirappalli since 2002, was being brought to the Arignar Anna Zoological Park at suburban Vandalur where he can finally walk around freely, People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) said today. - 10.01.2011.
  • Factory buzz in 200-jumbo frenzy - Nagaon, Jan. 10: A herd of 200-odd elephants has been on the rampage for a week over a large tract of central Assam and has killed three people and destroyed 200 dwellings, but forest officials are clueless how to drive them away. - 10.01.2011.
  • Orphaned elephants to be sent to Mullaiththeevu - Sri Lanka’s Wild Life Department has proposed to release several orphaned elephants now kept in the Uda Walawe Elephant Transit Camp to the new wild life sanctuary located in Mullaiththeevu jungle, according to a news report by the Daily News, a state-run English daily newspaper. - 10.01.2011.

9. Januar 2011

  • Leipziger Zoo nimmt vorübergehend Elefantenbullen Gajendra auf - Leipzig. Der Leipziger Zoo nimmt vorübergehend einen neuen Elefanten auf. Der 17-jährige Bulle Gajendra kommt aus dem Münchner Tierpark Hellabrunn, hieß es in einer Mitteilung. Weil das denkmalgeschützte Elefantenhaus dort umgebaut werden muss, baten die Pfleger aus Bayern verschiedene Zoos um Unterstützung. - 09.01.2011.
  • Schwertransport nach Leipzig: Elefant Gajendra aus Tierpark München ausquartiert - Ein Schwergewicht wurde am Wochenende aus dem Tierpark Hellabrunn in München zum Zoo nach Leipzig transportiert. Der 4,7 Tonnen schwere Elefantenbulle Gajendra musste ausquartiert werden, damit in Thalkirchen möglichst schnell mit der Sanierung des denkmalgeschützten Elefantenhauses begonnen werden kann. - 09.01.2011.
  • Abused elephants to get help from N.B. volunteer - A Hampton, N.B., university student is travelling to Thailand to volunteer with abused elephants and monkeys. Alex Donovan, travelling with the non-profit group International Student Volunteers, will spend two weeks rehabilitating rescued gibbons and monkeys affected by the country's smuggling trade, and will assist abused elephants now living in a conservation nature park. - 09.01.2011.
  • Coimbatore to have kumki elephant camp soon - Coimbatore: A kumki elephant (trained and tamed elephants of the forest department) camp is likely to be set up in Coimbatore and it will have two elephants as a standby reinforcement to combat any problem when elephants stray into human habitation. - 09.01.2011.

8. Januar 2011

  • FL is home to elephants that miss the circus cut - POLK CITY, Fla. -- Angelica, the pregnant one, is grabbing the lock of her paddock with her trunk. Fortysomething Sid, the diva, is hanging with Aree, the young one who can't concentrate. A few pens over, Mala is ready to make babies, so she's been put together with Romeo. - 08.01.2011.
  • Kenya arrests three suspected ivory poachers - NAIROBI — Three suspected poachers were arrested Saturday in northern Kenya and found with 80 pieces of elephant ivory worth 2.5 million shillings (30,900 dollars), the Kenyan wildlife service said. - 08.01.2011.
  • 2010 Was Oregon Zoo's Year of the Elephant - Portland, OR - It’s been a big year for Oregon Zoo elephants –– even the smallest among them. Samudra, the zoo’s 2-year-old, 2,380-pound “baby,” continued to grow and mature throughout 2010, inspiring both zoo visitors and the rest of the elephant herd, and making a weighty contribution toward the zoo’s renowned Asian elephant program. - 08.01.2011.
  • When an elephant with health card was given eardrops - NEW DELHI: Dusky and decorated, Champa winces and shuts her eyes as Dr N V K Ashraf cleans the pus oozing out of her ears. He wants her to lie down sideways to administer the eardrops. But that's easier said than done. Champa can be moody too. - 08.01.2011.
  • Terry Nutkins: my Saturday job - Wildlife expert Terry Nutkins recalls how helping to put the elephants to bed at London Zoo confirmed his love of animals. The first Saturday job I had was done for love, not money, at London Zoo when I was nine. I was working with elephants, learning about them and, along with the keepers, I was allowed to help put them to bed at night. - 08.01.2011.

7. Januar 2011

  • Schwangerschaftsgymnastik für Elefanten - Wuppertal. Im Wuppertaler Zoo ist schwer was los: Die beiden Elefantendamen Punda und Sabie erwarten Nachwuchs. Es kann jederzeit so weit sein. - 07.01.2011.
  • Geld für den Zoo: Bezirksregierung prüft - Münster - Die Bezirksregierung Münster hat die Stadt Münster aufgefordert, zu der finanziellen Unterstützung des neuen Elefanten-Parks Stellung zu beziehen. Das erklärte gestern GAL-Fraktionschef Hery Klas auf Anfrage. In einem Schreiben vom 13. Dezember hatten die Grünen das Vorgehen beanstandet und eine Prüfung beantragt. - 07.01.2011.
  • A jumbo discovery - If you ask people how many living elephant species there are, most will say two: Asian and African. In fact, there are three. Genetic analysis shows that African elephants comprise two distinct species: the huge savanna elephant and the smaller forest elephant. - 07.01.2011.
  • Free health camp in Delhi for captive elephants - NEW DELHI: A free health camp for captive elephants was organised here Thursday by the government's Project Elephant to evaluate the health status of the animals. Special reflectors to be fitted on to the elephants to reduce the chances of road accidents were distributed in the camp organised in Sangam Vihar area of south Delhi. - 07.01.2011.
  • Indonesian Safari Park Welcomes a Baby Sumatran Elephant - Indonesia Safari Park in West Java Province welcomed a new addition to its herd of Sumatran elephants on Monday, with the arrival of a baby boy. The birth of the baby elephant is a success for the zoo and conservation activists. Sumatran elephants’ natural habitat is shrinking due to deforestation. The park started with 20 elephants in 1985 but the number has more than doubled now to 45. - 07.01.2011.
  • Thai temple butchers carcasses of 3 elephants, sold their meat - THAILAND - Following news that a Maha Sarakham temple butchered the carcasses of three elephants and sold the meat, skulls and tusks for Bt2 million ($85,619), elephant conservationists yesterday called on the government to rescue the remaining beasts and do something before tourism was affected. - 07.01.2011.
  • No takers for two ageing elephants at Byculla zoo - A year after the central zoo authority had asked all 26 zoos in the country to relocate their elephants to national parks or sanctuaries, the two female elephants at Byculla zoo are still waiting for a new home. Following the circular, teams from Solapur and Chhattisgarh forest reserves had visited the Byculla zoo but rejected Laxmi, 53, and Anarkali, 46, because they are too old to patrol the jungles. - 07.01.2011.

6. Januar 2011

  • Elfenbeinschmuggel in Thailand aufgedeckt - Der Zoll in Thailand hat ein Riesengeschäft mit illegalem Elfenbein verhindert. Unbekannte hatten 73 Elefantenstosszähne aus Mosambik geschmuggelt. Die Beamten beschlagnahmten die Fracht in einem Lagerhaus der Fluggesellschaft Thai Airways am Flughafen in Bangkok, berichtete der Direktor der Zollbehörde, Prasong Poontaneh, am Donnerstag. - 06.01.2011.
  • Illicit liquor attracting wild elephants - CHIKMAGALUR: Illicit liquor has become the main cause for wild elephants to stray into villages, damage property, crops and threaten the lives of people in Mudigere taluk, said chief conservator of forest, Mysore division, Ajay Mishra. - 06.01.2011.
  • Elephant tusks worth Bt10 mln seized at Suvarnabhumi Airport - BANGKOK, Jan 6 – The Thai authorities seized 69 elephant tusks and four other pieces of ivory, worth about Bt10 million (US$330,000) at Suvarnabhumi Airport, according to Prasong Poontaneat, Director-General of the Customs Department. - 06.01.2011.
  • 2 elephants calves found dead - HASSAN: Two elephant calves -- a 5-month-old female and a one-and-half-year-old male, were found dead in the paddy fields here in Vatapura village of Alur taluk. - 06.01.2011.
  • Baby Elephant Rescued in Eastern India - Local authorities and residents rescued a one-year-old elephant calf from an open well at a village in Jharkhand state on Wednesday. The elephant calf seemed to be a brave jumbo since it struggled to survive after it fell in the well on Tuesday. - 06.01.2011.
  • Experience life's rhythm - A Hoysala king on a hunting expedition captured a gorgeous white baby elephant that got separated from its mother. The elephants of noble breed belonged to the king of the neighbouring region. - 06.01.2011.

5. Januar 2011

  • Hort der weissen Elefanten und feldgrünen Könige - Besuch in Burmas unfertiger Hauptstadt Naypyidaw. Vor fünf Jahren überraschte Burmas enigmatische Militärjunta mit der Ankündigung, im dünn besiedelten Landesinnern eine neue Hauptstadt zu bauen. Entstanden ist ein steriles Nebeneinander von Ministerien, Hotels und Wohnblöcken. - 05.01.2011.
  • Elephant lock to green gym: Science talent to the fore - Chennai, Jan 5 (IANS) Ever thought of locking the legs of a rampaging elephant? Or shedding extra kilos at a 'green gym' that produces power? Or generating power from plants? These are some of the innovative ideas of over 3,000 students at the Children's Science Congress near here. - 05.01.2011.
  • Conservationists hope to avoid teenage kicks over elephant's false leg - Handlers face daunting task of fitting a powerful and dangerous male Cambodian elephant with a new and larger false leg. When English wildlife rescuer Nick Marx found three-legged baby elephant Chhouk wandering through the Cambodian jungle, he thought the injured youngster would never survive the snare injuries that cost him his front foot. But after a UK-based prosthetic charity's groundbreaking intervention to fit Chhouk with a false leg two years ago, the little elephant has gone from strength to strength. - 05.01.2011.
  • Elephant corridor being considered for upper Assam - JORHAT, Jan 5 – A herd of wild elephants roaming over the chaporis of river Brahamaputra has lost one of its males inside the Panidihing Birds’ Sanctuary a few days ago. It was a rather premature death for the 20-year-old pachyderm. The forest department suspects that the elephant died due to poisoning, but the real cause will come to the light only after the forensic report is received. - 05.01.2011.
  • Meghalaya to create new elephant reserve - SHILLONG, Jan 5 – With more than 2,000 elephants in Meghalaya facing an acute shortage of space and food especially in East Garo Hills district and a few areas bordering West Khasi Hills district, the State Forest department is planning to adopt the areas as elephant reserve. - 05.01.2011.
  • Lucy the elephant deserves better: PETA official - Dear Editor: It's a shame that it takes a lawsuit to try to compel Edmonton officials to move Lucy, the ailing elephant at the Valley Zoo, to a sanctuary. Winter is raging in Alberta, and that means Lucy will spend most of the next six months in a cramped, barren barn. Even on those "moderate" days when she's allowed a bit of fresh air, she's restricted to an enclosure that is smaller than a Wal-Mart parking lot. - 05.01.2011.
  • Anantara’s Lord of the Elephants - It’s six o’ clock in the evening on the outskirts of the northern Thailand town of Chiang Rai. The sunset over the mountains bordering Thailand, Myanmar and Laos once again puts on another spectacular show with hues of bright orange and reds. A slight mist has started to form on the mighty Mekong as the temperature starts to drop. As if on cue the insects, animals and birds start their nightly song. But tonight there’s another song that drifts through the mountains, each verse being occasionally punctuated by the sounds of loud trumpeting. Meet Khun Lord and Lychee. - 05.01.2011.
  • Abandoned elephant calf rescued - A new born elephant calf believed to be about three days old was found stranded by a villager near the Thuruwila Wewa in Anuradhapura. The elephant calf that had been found at the reservoir in a weak condition was reported to have been carried away by the villager to his village and the Department of Wild Life was informed thereafter. - 05.01.2011.

4. Januar 2011

  • Alarm over elephant on border - After wandering in no man's land, It returned to India. A truant elephant, found pacing in the no man's land along the India-Bangladesh border in the dead of night, created an alarm near Balurghat in Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal in the wee hours of Monday. - 04.01.2011.
  • Herd of wild jumbos kill two in Jharkhand - Ranchi, Jan 4 (IANS) Two people were trampled upon by a herd of wild elephants in Jharkhand's Gumla district, officials said Tuesday. 'A herd of elephant trampled two people in Barnanga village of Gumla district Monday. The herd of elephants also destroyed one house and standing crops,' a forest official told IANS. Gumla is around 130 km from Ranchi. - 04.01.2011.
  • Lucy the elephant suffering - It's a shame that it takes a lawsuit to try to compel Edmonton officials to move Lucy, the ailing elephant at the Valley Zoo, to a sanctuary. Winter is raging in Alberta, and that means Lucy will spend most of the next six months in a cramped, barren barn. Even on those moderate days when she's allowed a bit of fresh air, she's restricted to an enclosure that is smaller than a Walmart parking lot. - 04.01.2011.
  • Elephant in no-man’s land leaves officials in a fix - An elephant wandering in no-man’s land — between the Indian and Bangladeshi border — in the dead of the night left the forest authorities and Border Security Force (BSF) in a fix in South Dinajpur district of Bengal. As the forest authorities received the news of the wandering male elephant at 1.45 am on Monday, they had no choice but to wait. In the morning the forest officials informed the BSF officials and a flag meeting with the Bangladeshi counterparts was held. - 04.01.2011.

3. Januar 2011

  • Attorney suing zoo to shut down elephant exhibit to launch refuge in Cambodia - During the holidays, the new Elephants of Asia exhibit at the Los Angeles Zoo drew big crowds. Zoo officials say they’ve greeted as many 10,000 visitors a day. However, one opponent eager to shut down the exhibit that opened in mid-December has his own plans for an elephant sanctuary this year. - 03.01.2011.
  • Abhimanyu wields the stick on wild tuskers - TUMKUR: Named after the brave character of the Mahabharata, 30-year-old Abhimanyu is popular in the state for catching wild tuskers. Abhimanyu is no human, but an elephant himself. - 03.01.2011.

2. Januar 2011

  • Lions of Tower of London recalled - An elephant that drank a gallon of wine a day was among the menagerie at Britain's first zoo - and their story is to be told in a new exhibition. Many centuries before animals were kept at London Zoo in Regent's Park, they were kept in the Tower of London. - 02.01.2011.
  • 'Rebirth' for Vimala at Sanjay Gandhi park - MUMBAI: An 80-year-old dead elephant brought to the city from Gadchiroli will be remembered forever, as she has had a rebirth of sorts. The elephant has been stuffed and made into a trophy at the taxidermy centre at Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP). - 02.01.2011.
  • Well, hello, Dolly ... - MUSCATINE, Iowa — They say elephants never forget. Well, neither do their fans. Just ask anyone old enough to remember the Pearl City’s favorite pachyderm, Dolly, who was housed at the Weed Park Zoo for more than a decade. - 02.01.2011.
  • Best Bet: Pachyderm population up by one at SD Zoo Safari Park - SAN PASQUAL VALLEY ---- There's certainly no thinning of the herd at San Diego Zoo Safari Park when it comes to the elephants. The birth of a male African elephant calf Monday morning ---- weighing in at 230 pounds ---- capped a productive year for the park's African elephant contingent. The days-old pachyderm was the fourth calf born at the park in 2010, bringing the overall population to 17 ---- eight adults and nine calves. - 02.01.2011.

1. Januar 2011

  • Oklahoma: Where the deer and the elephants roam - In 1930, schoolchildren across Oklahoma City attended a huge parade of dignitaries, led by a marching band, as the city turned out to welcome a 2-year-old elephant named Luna. In the years to come, the playful pachyderm became a star attraction at the Oklahoma City Zoo. - 01.01.2011.

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