2009-12-06 - Copenhagen, Denmark
you can appreciate it at the Norman Foster-designed elephant house, where I arrive after a 20-minute bus ride and a 10-minute stroll past wolves and polar bears. The building undulates with the terrain and is the colour of Africa, topped off with two curved glass cupolas that make me think of the Eden Project. It smells strongly of - what else? - elephant. It is overlooked by the old Elefanthus, home to the zoos pachyderms between 1914 and 2008, which surmounts a neighbouring hill like a ...
2009-09-15 - Copenhagen, Denmark
The 26th Annual Conference of EAZA will be hosted by Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark from 15 to 19 September 2009. The Conference will take place at the Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel located near the city centre and close to many of Copenhagens attractions. Coordinators, however, will already have their first meetings earlier that day. After two conference days, a much-needed break in the full conference programme will be offered on Thursday (late) afternoon and evening, when all participants will be...
2009-02-26 - Copenhagen, Denmark
Evaristtis labels show pink-coloured weapons whose combustible parts have been ´castrated and rendered harmless, then replaced with elephant trunks symbolising ´peace and harmony. The mascot for the project is a pink elephant. And conveniently enough, the elephant has also been Carlsbergs leading symbol since 1901, when the famous granite elephants were built on the brewerys Valby site.
2008-09-21 - copenhagen, Denmark
This might seem odd, but elephants are being used to help with the gardening at a nature reserve in Denmark. Apparently theyre great at pulling out unwanted trees and bushes, without leaving big holes. Its part of an experiment to see if the animals could work as a more environmentally-friendly alternative to machinery like tractors and diggers. If its a success, elephants will be called in help to maintain the Danish countryside for three months each year.
2008-06-11 - Copenhagen, Denmark
Holding on tight to the hand of his grandfather Prince Henrik and with an elephant soft toy clutched in the other, little Christian of Denmark headed off to Copenhagen Zoo on Tuesday to help inaugurate its new elephant house. Once there, the two-year-old son of Crown Prince Frederik and his Australia-born wife Mary stuck close to his animal-loving grandpa - Henrik is honorary president of the Danish Dachshund Club - as they made their way to two glass-domed enclosures which house the pachyderms.
The new Elephant House at Copenhagen Zoo opened today following an official ceremony attended by His Royal Highness the Prince Consort of Denmark and his grandson, Prince Christian. This new Elephant House provides these magnificent animals with a stimulating environment, including easily accessible spaces for the public to enjoy them, and restores the visual relationship between the zoo and the park. The project has been driven by research into the behavioural patterns of elephants. The tendenc...
2008-03-12 - Copenhagen, Denmark
Today the breeding bull Chiang Mai in Copenhagen were transfered to the newbuilt facility. Tomorrow the cows will be transfered. Visitors will be welcome in the new house from 10th of June. watch the film when the bull takes the first steps into his new stable.
2008-03-02 - Aalborg, Denmark
The african bull elephant Tembo in Ahlborg, Denmark, was euthanised on wednesday 27 february. He has been ill for some time, but until now, it was impossible to make a diagnosis, until postmortum. Decision to euthanise was taken on ethical reasosn since he was in poor condition, and could hardly walk or stand on his legs. Tembo was imported from Southafrica 1985 together with the females Bibi, Tanja and Mai.
2007-08-03 - Givskud, Denmark
BonsRee died on friday 13th of June, probably of Cerebral hemorrhage during anesthesia for a foot operation. Bons Ree was Denmarks oldest elephant, and the last animal with origin from Vejle Zoo, from where the founder of Givskude Zoo Jacob Hansen, moved his animal collection in 1971. The oldest danish elephant in Denmark is now the 48 year old breeding bull Chieng Mai in Copenhagen Zoo.
2007-02-22 - Copenhagen, Denmark
Poulakakis and colleagues (Poulakakis et al. 2006: Biol. Lett. 2, 451-454), report the recovery of authentic mammoth DNA from an 800,000-year-old fragment of bone excavated on the island of Crete. In light of results from other ancient DNA studies that indicate how DNA survival is unlikely in samples, which are recovered from warm environments and are relatively old (e.g. more than 100,000 years), these findings come as a great surprise.
