2008-05-02 - Washington, United States.
An upsurge of elephant poaching in the Democratic Republic of Congo has resulted in the killing of 14 elephants in the past two weeks by militias, the military, and local villagers. Four were felled ...
2008-05-01 - Maun, Botswana. Kate Evans,
Once in camp I caught up with all the news from Peter (my research assistant) over a cup of tea and then on our way to drop of things at my tent we saw the elephant Mafunyane. Mafunyane was the first ...
2008-04-30 - Guwahati, India.
A 22-year-old female elephant recently dislocated its hip joint after falling 30 feet into a swampy pit in Assams Karbi Anglong district. In agony for five days after being pulled out, it finally succ...
2008-04-30 - Tesso Nilo, Indonesia.
The Flying Squad, a conservation team that escorts stray wild elephants back to the safety of Central Sumatras forests, searches for pachyderms in Tesso Nilo. Shrinking forest habitat on the Indonesia...
2008-04-30 - Portland, United States. ERIC MORTENSON
The polar bears are pacing, the elephants need more elbow room and the chimps are treated like chumps, with no running water, no forest canopy and no neighboring wildlife to screech at in their steril...
2008-04-30 - Johannesburg, South Africa.
South Africas 13-year moratorium on elephant culling was set to be lifted on Thursday to combat a surge in population numbers, despite an outcry from animal rights activists. The South African governm...
2008-04-30 - Leipzig, Germany. Prof. K. Eulenberger and Dr. A. Bernhard
The congress will be held in Leipzig from 30 April until 4 May 2008 - and we are delighted to have this opportunity to make such a valuable contribution to the important scientific debate among veteri...
2008-04-29 - Dowa, Malawi. DICKSON KASHOTI
Elephants have killed two people in Dowa leaving another person critically injured and battling with life at Dowa District Hospital. The development has forced the Department of National Parks and Wil...
2008-04-29 - Oakland , United States. Kristin Bender
Eating, sleeping, mating and showing off for their fans. Thats an elephants life in a nutshell. On Saturday, the Oakland Zoo offers visitors a once-a-year, behind-the-scenes tour of the elephant barn ...
2008-04-29 - Malappuram, India.
A 10-month-old baby was crushed to death by a wild elephant that strayed into a tribal colony, Munderi, in Kerala early on Tuesday. The parents said the elephant rammed into their hut and crushed the ...
