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South Korea requests elephants

2010-02-10 - , Cambodia

CAMBODIA is considering donating an elephant to a South Korean zoo that is short of fertile females, officials confirmed Monday. But conservationists are also alarmed at the prospect of sending a member of an already endangered species out of the country. South Korean authorities have requested that Cambodia donate fertile females between the ages of 5 and 7 for breeding purposes, said Ty Sokhun, director of forestry and wildlife with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. But Ty S...



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Elephants are losing their natural habitats, becoming a tourist attraction

Cambodia villagers save elephants

2009-10-13 - Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Conservationists in Cambodia have brokered an agreement which should see elephants living more peacefully alongside their human neighbours. Villagers living near elephant habitats have promised not to harm the animals - or disturb their environment.



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Chhouk the baby elephant

An elephants tale

2009-08-20 - Phnompenh, Cambodia

The story behind how Chhouk the baby elephant gained his artificial foot is one of hope and salvation following the desperate years of his troubled homeland. It is also a story of how Cambodian medical students found themselves using techniques developed to create prosthetic limbs for mine victims to help a wild animal. Cambodia is now politically stable and tourism a major growth industry, but the legacy of war, genocide and political upheaval has left the country as one of the poorest of the d...



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Tigers, Elephants Returning to War-Torn Cambodia Forest

2008-05-27 - Mereuch, Cambodia

For years wildlife poacher Lean Kha had prowled the war-ravaged forests of Mondulkiri Province in eastern Cambodia looking for meat. A former teenage soldier for the Khmer Rouge political party, he estimates that he killed a thousand animals, including ten tigers, after the fall of the brutal Pol Pot regime in 1979. Now, with Cambodia finally at peace, small but growing populations of animals-including Indochinese tigers, Asian elephants, and critically endangered species such as the giant ibis-...



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Tourists and children line up to take rides on Sambo (below) at the Wat Phnom temple in Phnom Penh.

Phnom Penh"s totem elephant - Sambo - The speckle-eared pachyderm escaped machetes and famine, and now rests as Phnom Penh"s totem of good things.

2008-04-09 - Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Once plentiful in the Cambodian countryside, elephants like Sambo were historically fixtures at the royal palace. While the animals still evoke the nations ancient legacy of kings and warriors, Sambo also represents a more recent piece of Cambodian history. Having survived the machetes of the Khmer Rouge she has become one of the capital citys most visible cultural icons - a magnet for tourists, children, and those who venerate her as a sacred beast. For Sin Son, a fourth-generation elephant ha...



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Suspects in Elephant"s Death Arrested

2008-03-26 - Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Two Cambodian men have been arrested for allegedly poisoning an elephant and sawing off its tusks to sell on the black market, officials said Wednesday. The male elephant, which was chained to a tree by its owner in Rattanakiri province, about 200 miles northeast of the capital Phnom Penh, was found dead in March 2007. Police at the time said the alleged killers had doused jack fruit, a tropical fruit eaten by elephants, with rat poison. The tusks of the 62-year-old elephant, measuring almost 3 ...



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A member of a village guard group lights an anti-elephant flare to protect crops from wild elephants as he patrols Prey Proseth village, in southwest Cambodia, January 8, 2008. Loud, explosive flares which scare elephants away are a key defence against a

Small skirmishes mark Asia battle to save elephants

2008-03-16 - Kompong Speu, Cambodia

From nightfall until 3 a.m. the villagers of Trang Troyeung commune, in Cambodias southwest Kompong Speu province, battled to protect their banana grove from attacks by elephants. Camped in a field that backs onto Kirirom National Park, where some of Cambodias last 250 wild elephants roam, they repelled the animals by banging pots and patrolling frontlines. But not for long.



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Give ELIE a chance

2008-02-07 - Phnom Penh, Cambodia

The domestic elephant population of Mondulkiri province is facing an array of threats ranging from habitat destruction, physical abuses, and a widespread lack of facilities providing proper medical supervision and treatment, so an Englishman by the name of Jack Highworth has stepped in to fill the void. He has formed an environmental NGO called ELIE (Elephant Livelihood Initiative Environment), with the primary aim of improving the medical and welfare condition of domesticated elephants, most of...



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Cambodian thieves poison elephant

2007-03-27 - PHNOM PENH, Cambodia

Thieves in Cambodia poisoned a 62-year-old domesticated elephant and sawed off its tusks to sell on the black market, officials said Tuesday. The male elephant was found dead Saturday, where its owner had left the animal chained to a tree near his home in Rattanakiri province, said Lee Sam Ol, a district police chief.



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Tourism official proposes elephant ban at Angkor

2006-09-20 - Angkor, Cambodia

A tourism official proposed to prohibit elephants from entering Cambodias Angkor Park, right after the government enforced a ban of dog at the heritage last week to ensure its peace and cleanness, local media said on Wednesday. Moeung Sonn, managing director of Eurasie Travel and president of the National Association of Tourism Enterprises, was quoted by the Cambodia Daily as saying that the pachyderms carrying visitors to the temples might be a hazard to the daily 2,000 to 3,000 walking tourist...



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13 Headlines about Elephants from Cambodia2010-02-10 - , Cambodia - South Korea requests elephants 2009-10-13 - Phnom penh, Cambodia - Cambodia villagers save elephants 2009-08-20 - Phnompenh, Cambodia - An elephants tale 2008-05-27 - Mereuch, Cambodia - Tigers, Elephants Returning to War-Torn Cambodia Forest 2008-04-09 - Phnom penh, Cambodia - Phnom Penh"s totem elephant - Sambo - The speckle-eared pachyderm escaped machetes and famine, and now rests as Phnom Penh"s totem of good things. 2008-03-26 - Phnom penh, Cambodia - Suspects in Elephant"s Death Arrested 2008-03-16 - Kompong speu, Cambodia - Small skirmishes mark Asia battle to save elephants 2008-02-07 - Phnom penh, Cambodia - Give ELIE a chance 2007-03-27 - Phnom penh, Cambodia - Cambodian thieves poison elephant 2006-09-20 - Angkor, Cambodia - Tourism official proposes elephant ban at Angkor 2006-08-01 - Pnohm phen, Cambodia - Magic Elephant Believed To Cure The Sick In Cambodia 2005-09-03 - Phnom penh, Cambodia - Cambodia"s most wanted tiger and elephant hunter is jailed 2004-07-03 - Ratanakiri, Cambodia - Elephant tramples South Korean tourist in Cambodia


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South Korea requests elephants
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Cambodia villagers save elephants
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An elephants tale
2008-05-27-Mereuch
Tigers, Elephants Returning to War-Torn Cambodia Forest
2008-04-09-Phnom penh
Phnom Penh"s totem elephant - Sambo - The speckle-eared pachyderm escaped machetes and famine, and now rests as Phnom Penh"s totem of good things.
2008-03-26-Phnom penh
Suspects in Elephant"s Death Arrested
2008-03-16-Kompong speu
Small skirmishes mark Asia battle to save elephants
2008-02-07-Phnom penh
Give ELIE a chance
2007-03-27-Phnom penh
Cambodian thieves poison elephant
2006-09-20-Angkor
Tourism official proposes elephant ban at Angkor
2006-08-01-Pnohm phen
Magic Elephant Believed To Cure The Sick In Cambodia
2005-09-03-Phnom penh
Cambodia"s most wanted tiger and elephant hunter is jailed
2004-07-03-Ratanakiri
Elephant tramples South Korean tourist in Cambodia
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