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Elephants at Hanoi zoo unchained after electric fence replacement

2023-08-18 - Hanoi, Vietnam.

Two elephants at the Hanoi Zoo have been unchained after electric fences have been replaced anew. Le Si Dung, general director of the Hanoi Zoological Garden company, on Thursday said the two elephants of the zoo have been unchained and are now free to roam within their enclosure. "We just replaced the electric fences, so they can now be unchained," he said.


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Vietnam strives to conserve elephants

2022-08-21 - Hanoi, Vietnam.

A national action plan on elephant conservation in Vietnam for 2023-2032 with a vision for 2050 is being developed. According to the summary report of the General Department of Forestry, the number of elephants in Vietnam has reduced by 95%.In Dak Lak province alone, at least 23 wild elephants died in the period 2009-2016, accounting for about 25% of the total current herd. The central highlands and southern region are the habitat of most elephants in Vietnam.


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Vietnam seizes smuggled ivory hidden in timber

2016-11-30 - Hanoi, Vietnam.

Vietnamese authorities have seized nearly a tonne of ivory smuggled from Africa after locating nearly five tons in five previous shipments to the same port in the past two months. Ho Chi Minh City´s deputy customs chief, Le Dinh Loi, said the ivory seized Monday and Tuesday was hidden inside timber in two containers that arrived at Cat Lai port and was en route to neighboring Cambodia.


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Vietnamese government cracks down on ivory trade ahead of global conference

2016-11-14 - Hanoi, Vietnam.

Vietnam has destroyed seized ivory and rhino horn, wildlife products derived from species threatened with extinction. The public display of destruction comes ahead of a global conference to combat the illicit trade.


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Smuggled elephant tusks are confiscated at Cat Lai Port in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnam a port for smuggled elephant tusks

2016-10-31 - Hanoi, Vietnam.

According to the Vietnam Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), during the 2010-15 period, customs officers uncovered a total of 116 cases of animal smuggling and trading, confiscating over 22 tonnes of ivory and 457 ivory bracelets.


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Vietnam seizes 100kg of ivory at Hanoi airport

2016-04-23 - Hanoi, Vietnam.

More than 100 pieces of tusks were seized as customs officers checked a suspicious cargo in Noi Bai International Airport on Friday. The shipment was held on suspicion of being elephant tusks upon its arrival to the Hanoi airport from the Turkish Airline flight TK 6562 on April 6, according to the airport customs.


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The governments of South Africa and Viet Nam have signed an MoU to improve co-operation on tackling illegal wildlife trafficking, such as illegal trade in rhino horns

New agreement between South Africa and Viet Nam - A turning point in tackling rhino poaching crisis, say WWF, TRAFFIC

2012-12-29 - Hanoi, Vietnam.

A pivotal moment in efforts to tackle the current rhino poaching crisis took place today as the governments of South Africa and Vietnam signed a Memorandum of Understanding to improve co-operation between the two states on biodiversity conservation and protection including tackling illegal wildlife trafficking.


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Elephant conservation projects remain on… paper

2012-03-06 - Hanoi, Vietnam.

An action plan to conserve elephants in Nghe An, Dak Lak and Dong Nai was approved by the Prime Minister six years ago, in 2006. However, no considerable progress has been made so far. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) said that the elephant conservation plan has been going slowly, because localities have not have money to implement the plan. Therefore, the ministry has asked the Prime Minister to extend the elephant conservation plan until 2020 with the name: “Emergency...


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Vietnam confiscates 1 ton of elephant tusks

2011-10-23 - Hanoi, 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.


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Tourists enjoy an elaphant ride in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak. In an attempt to protect elephants, a centre has been set up tasked with increasing the number of tame elephants through artificial insemination.

Vietnam Nation"s elephants under threat

2011-10-04 - Hanoi, Vietnam.

With the death of a large number of tame elephants recently concerns have risen regarding the threat of extinction in the absence of measures to safeguard the animals. Dan Nang Long, an elephant keeper from Central Highland Dak Lak Province, had one of his elephants killed and three others injured in a poaching attack. Long said that while he had reported the incident to local police, very little existed in terms of concrete evidence in confirming the crime.


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Vietnam charges four with cutting off elephant tails, tusks

2010-10-06 - Hanoi, Vietnam.

Four men in Vietnam´s Central Highlands have been charged with cutting off the tusks and tails of captive elephants at tourist sites, a police official said Tuesday. The men allegedly shocked the elephants unconscious with a car battery, then sawed off their tusks and tails to sell for ornamental and medicinal purposes.


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2010-10-01 - Hanoi, Vietnam.

Five people have been arrested on charges they ran the largest rare animal-parts trafficking ring ever uncovered in Hanoi, a police official said Wednesday.
The suspects allegedly bought and processed rare animal remains, including tiger and elephant bones, for use in traditional medicine. Police arrested the five suspects on Tuesday, said Colonel Nguyen Van Nong, Head of Hanoi Police´s department for economic crime investigation.


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Elephants endangered: a shop owner displays carved ivory items at his antique shop in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Ivory trade could make Vietnam"s elephants extinct within a decade. Country"s wild Asian elephant population further endangered as rich get a taste for home-produced ivory

2010-09-21 - Hanoi, Vietnam.

Huong´s dank shop provides some brief respite from the waves of horn-blaring luxury SUVs bullying pedestrians on the pavements of Hanoi. But more crucially, it offers a final resting place, of sorts, for some of Vietnam´s wild elephants. Huong is the beaming owner of Artcen Company, an "import-export" outfit specialising in crafted ivory products.


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Famous elephant calf dies in captivity in Hanoi

2010-08-13 - Hanoi, Vietnam.

A juvenile elephant that won renown after appearing in a documentary died in Hanoi Wednesday of an infection it had been carrying for years. Kham Bun, a six-year-old male Asiatic elephant belonging to the Vietnam Circus Federation, suffered a foreleg injury four years ago and veterinarians were unable to cure it. The infection got into his bone and proved fatal, according to the federation.


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Preservation project comes too late for Vietnamese elephants

2010-06-02 - Hanoi, Vietnam.

An "emergency action plan" to protect elephants announced in 2006 has yet to get off the ground, a Vietnamese provincial forest official said Wednesday.
In the meantime, seven of the 15 elephants in his province of Dong Nai have died, he said. "I don´t understand why they are responding with the project so late," said Le Viet Dung, deputy director of the Dong Nai forest management department. "If they don´t do it quick, there will be no elephants to preserve." Le Viet Dung sai...


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Vietnam to create elephant hospital

2009-12-16 - Hanoi , Vietnam.

Vietnam plans to build an elephant hospital as part of a new reservation for the animals in the country's central highlands, a government official said Wednesday. Y Rit Buon Ya, deputy director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in the province of Dak Lak, said the project would be developed between 2010-14.


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80 wild elephants left in Vietnam

2009-11-27 - Hanoi, Vietnam.

There are only 80 elephants left in the wild in Vietnam, and they are in danger due to illegal hunting and deforestation, state media reported Friday. The state-run newspaper Lao Dong quoted experts at a Vietnam Forest Management Agency workshop on elephant preservation as saying the population was dropping fast.


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Vietnam police seize elephant tusks

2009-08-21 - Hanoi, Vietnam. Sahil Nagpal

Police in Vietnam have seized nearly 100 kilograms of elephant tusks concealed in a car headed for Hanoi, state media reported Friday. The state-run newspaper Lao Dong reported police in the central province of Thanh Hoa stopped a car Thursday for driving in the wrong lane. The police found sixteen elephant tusks weighing 94 kilograms hidden in the boot and under the chassis. Police arrested the driver on suspicion of smuggling, and seized the car and the tusks as evidence.


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Vietnamese officials inspect illegal elephant tusks found in a shipment from Tanzania.

Vietnam finds 200kg of illegal elephant tusks

2009-07-29 - Hanoi, Vietnam.

Vietnamese customs officials have uncovered 200 kilogrammes (440 pounds) of elephant ivory tusks illegally imported from Kenya, official media reported on Wednesday. The tusks were found hidden in timber inside a container at the northern Hai Phong port, said Cong An Nhan Dan (People's Police) newspaper. Authorities are seeking the owner of the container, who did not turn up to receive the goods when they arrived in April, the newspaper said. It did not say who was listed as the receiver or giv...


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Vietnam customs officials have uncovered up to five tonnes of elephant tusks smuggled from Tanzania

Tonnes of elephant tusks smuggled into Vietnam: reports

2009-03-07 - Hanoi, Vietnam.

Vietnam customs officials have uncovered up to five tonnes of elephant tusks smuggled in from Tanzania, state media said Saturday. The tusks were found Friday hidden in around 114 boxes of plastic waste after being transported from Africa through Malaysia to Vietnam's northern Hai Phong port, said the Tuoi Tre newspaper. The Thanh Nien newspaper quoted Dang Tat The, a national wild animal expert, as saying the tusks were from African elephants. It was not yet clear if the tusks were for selling ...


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Vietnam"s illegal ivory prices could be world"s highest: report

2009-02-22 - Hanoi, Vietnam.

Soaring demand for ivory from local and foreign consumers and a restriction of supply sent the prices of illegal ivory skyrocketing in Vietnam last year, an international survey released Monday said. The survey, An assessment of the illegal ivory trade in Vietnam, conducted by the wildlife trade monitoring organization TRAFFIC, said illegal ivory prices in Vietnam could be the world's highest with tusks reportedly selling for up to US$1,500 per kilogram and small, cut pieces selling for up to $1...


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Vietnam officials seek permission to shoot killer elephant

2007-10-24 - Hanoi, Vietnam.

Authorities in a northern Vietnamese province are seeking government permission to shoot a domesticated elephant that has killed two handlers this year, an official said Wednesday. The Forestry Department of Thanh Hoa province sent a request to the Ministry of Agriculture last week asking for the go-ahead to kill the rare Asian elephant, which is more than 30 years old, according to Le Quoc Viet with the department. The elephant is very angry now and it may kill anyone getting close to it, Viet ...


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Three elephants walk around, 17 May 2003, Yok Don National Park near Buon Don in the central highland province of Dak Lak. An elephant in northern Vietnam has killed two handlers who had worked with the animal for almost 20 years, a local official said M

Vietnam elephant kills two handlers

2007-05-21 - Hanoi, Vietnam.

An elephant in northern Vietnam has killed two handlers who had worked with the animal for almost 20 years, a local official said Monday. Ha Van Hoang, 46, was killed on the spot and 42-year-old Le Van Lanh died in hospital after the elephant gored both of them with his tusks Saturday, said Ngan Van Thiep, chairman of the Son Ha commune in Thanh Hoa province.


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Stories about Vietnamese circus

2007-04-29 - Hanoi, Vietnam.

50 years after its birth, Vietnamese circus seems to have come to a cul-de-sac. Old items, which used to be popular but are now unable to keep audiences awake are still being performed. The animal stock of the biggest circus troupe in the south isn’t very impressive either. There are only an old elephant, 4 skinny and tiny monkeys, and 5 or 6 dogs. It is yet an impossible dream to own such animals as tigers, lions or crocodiles.


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Dac Lac: Pet elephant tramples tourists.

2007-01-23 - HANOI, Vietnam.

Two young men drove motorbikes to the Lac Lake tourism area from Lam Dong Province on the morning of January 23. The guides there showed them how to ride elephants and instructed them on how to behave around the elephants. However, forgetting the instructions, one of the tourists, Tri, 22, ran toward an elephant after he had finished taking a picture and handed the camera to his friend who was sitting on the back of the elephant. At that moment, the elephant threw Tri to the ground and trampled ...


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Keeping Viet Nam’s Asian elephants secure

2006-07-23 - Hanoi, Vietnam.

Vietnamese authorities are establishing reserves for the country’s wild elephant population, which has been left without a stable source of food and shelter due to the destruction of their natural habitats. Nguyen Anh Tuan reports.


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Trumpeting the plight of elephants in Vietnam

2006-05-02 - Hanoi, Vietnam.

Just 76 wild elephants roam in Vietnam now, and scientists warn that if harsh measures are not taken, Vietnamese forests will have none of the beasts within 30 years. From 1975-1980, Vietnam had an estimated herd of 1,500-2,000 wild elephants, living in various regions of the country. These majestic beasts contributed not only to human endeavours, but to the biodiversity of Vietnam’s natural environment. Since 1980, the number of wild elephants has fallen rapidly as thousands of hectares of fo...


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Vietnamese police uncovers big haul of smuggled elephant tusks

2004-12-11 - Hanoi, Vietnam. Channel News Asia

Vietnamese police have found some 730 kilogrammes of smuggled elephant
tusks, which is banned for trading in the country.

It was from a warehouse in Hanoi's Long Bien district that 276 elephant
tusks were recovered. They had been chopped up and packed into 40 sacks, alongside dried fish, for easy transport.

The haul is reportedly worth over 7.3 billion Vietnamese Dong, or about
US$463,000. Police say it's the largest amount of smuggled tusks to ...


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28 Headlines about Elephants from Hanoi2023-08-18 - Hanoi, Vietnam - Elephants at Hanoi zoo unchained after electric fence replacement 2022-08-21 - Hanoi, Vietnam - Vietnam strives to conserve elephants 2016-11-30 - Hanoi, Vietnam - Vietnam seizes smuggled ivory hidden in timber 2016-11-14 - Hanoi, Vietnam - Vietnamese government cracks down on ivory trade ahead of global conference 2016-10-31 - Hanoi, Vietnam - Vietnam a port for smuggled elephant tusks 2016-04-23 - Hanoi, Vietnam - Vietnam seizes 100kg of ivory at Hanoi airport 2012-12-29 - Hanoi, Vietnam - New agreement between South Africa and Viet Nam - A turning point in tackling rhino poaching crisis, say WWF, TRAFFIC 2012-03-06 - Hanoi, Vietnam - Elephant conservation projects remain on… paper 2011-10-23 - Hanoi, Vietnam - Vietnam confiscates 1 ton of elephant tusks 2011-10-04 - Hanoi, Vietnam - Vietnam Nation"s elephants under threat 2010-10-06 - Hanoi, Vietnam - Vietnam charges four with cutting off elephant tails, tusks 2010-10-01 - Hanoi, Vietnam - 2010-09-21 - Hanoi, Vietnam - Ivory trade could make Vietnam"s elephants extinct within a decade. Country"s wild Asian elephant population further endangered as rich get a taste for home-produced ivory 2010-08-13 - Hanoi, Vietnam - Famous elephant calf dies in captivity in Hanoi 2010-06-02 - Hanoi, Vietnam - Preservation project comes too late for Vietnamese elephants 2009-12-16 - Hanoi , Vietnam - Vietnam to create elephant hospital 2009-11-27 - Hanoi, Vietnam - 80 wild elephants left in Vietnam 2009-08-21 - Hanoi, Vietnam - Vietnam police seize elephant tusks 2009-07-29 - Hanoi, Vietnam - Vietnam finds 200kg of illegal elephant tusks 2009-03-07 - Hanoi, Vietnam - Tonnes of elephant tusks smuggled into Vietnam: reports 2009-02-22 - Hanoi, Vietnam - Vietnam"s illegal ivory prices could be world"s highest: report 2007-10-24 - Hanoi, Vietnam - Vietnam officials seek permission to shoot killer elephant 2007-05-21 - Hanoi, Vietnam - Vietnam elephant kills two handlers 2007-04-29 - Hanoi, Vietnam - Stories about Vietnamese circus 2007-01-23 - HANOI, Vietnam - Dac Lac: Pet elephant tramples tourists. 2006-07-23 - Hanoi, Vietnam - Keeping Viet Nam’s Asian elephants secure 2006-05-02 - Hanoi, Vietnam - Trumpeting the plight of elephants in Vietnam 2004-12-11 - Hanoi, Vietnam - Vietnamese police uncovers big haul of smuggled elephant tusks

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Toledo Zoo Shares the Name of Precious New Baby Elephant

2024-03-15 - , United States.

After weeks of voting and thousands of submissions, the Toledo Zoo has officially chosen the name of their precious baby elephant and we're personally thrilled about the news! Ladies and gentleman, Ki...


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Reid Park Zoo welcomes new baby elephant

2024-03-09 - Tucson, United States.

A baby elephant was born at Reid Park Zoo. The zoo said Semba, the facility’s African elephant matriarch, gave birth to a 265-pound calf around 3:31 a.m. Friday, March 8. Reid Park Zoo said the calf...


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Baby elephant in Copenhagen named after Thai river

2024-03-04 - Copenhagen, Denmark.

A female baby elephant in Copenhagen Zoo has been named Chin after the Tha Chin river in central Thailand. The elephant was born last week in the Danish zoo. The zookeepers, who take care of the young...


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This elephant misses his mahout, authorities seek police help

2024-02-29 - Alappuzha, India.

Evoor Kannan, the elephant known for his murderous rage and with a history of killing two mahouts is in a bad mood these days. He had been gentle under the care of his former Mahout Sharath Parippally...


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Third elephant calf born in Beekse Bergen

2024-02-20 - Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands.

African elephant Punda has become the mother of a healthy elephant calf after a 22-month pregnancy. This is the third calf born in the Safari Park Beekse Bergen k in four months. Never before have thr...


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Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium’s elephant calf dies at age 2

2024-02-15 - Pittsburgh, United States.

The zoo said Tsuni died Thursday after a sudden, brief battle with elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV). Her EEHV was detected through routine blood testing on Feb. 8, even though she presente...


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Farewell to Seoul"s oldest elephant passing at age of 59

2024-02-15 - Seoul, South Korea.

The oldest female elephant in South Korea passed away Tuesday at a zoo in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, at the age of 59, zoo officials said Thursday. The female elephant, named Sakura, had suffered fr...


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A star is born: Baby elephant debuts

2024-01-30 - Bangalore, India.

The Bannerghatta Biological Park is brimming with excitement as it welcomes a delightful new addition—a baby boy elephant calf. This adorable arrival brings the elephant count in the Bannerghatta zo...


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Guruvayur Kannan, nine-time winner of elephant race, dies at 62

2024-01-27 - Guruvayur, India.

Elephant Kannan, of the Guruvayur Devaswom Elephant Camp, a nine-time winner of the festival-related elephant race, has passed away. His demise was around 5:30 pm on Saturday. The tusker's age at the ...


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A baby elephant is found dead

2024-01-27 - Koh Nhek, Cambodia.

Villagers found a baby elephant dead in Koh Nhek district, Mondulkiri province in the middle of the forest​ on January 26, 2024, suspected of being shot. Mondulkiri Provincial department of environm...


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Discoveries: The Evolutionary Edge of Elephant Trunks and Ancient Giants

2024-01-13 - Beijing, China.

A recent study published in the journal eLife has uncovered new findings on the development of dextrous trunks by indigenous elephants. According to Dr. Shi-Qi Wang, a senior author of the research, t...


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Alleged poaching kills 46-year-old Sumatran elephant in Riau park

2024-01-13 - Pekanbaru, Indonesia.

The Tesso Nilo National Park in Pelalawan District, Riau Province, again lost one of its Sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus sumatranus) after a poacher allegedly killed it for its tusks. The 46-year...


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Celebration of Elephants: A Must-see New Exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History

2024-01-11 - New York, United States.

In a narrow but sprawling curatorial space at the uptown museum, The Secret World of Elephants, now opened, tells the story of elephant species and their relatives through life-size models, videos, gr...


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Workshop On Handling Human-Wildlife Conflicts

2024-01-11 - Mysore, India.

In response to the escalating threat posed by leopards, elephants and other wild animals in the Mysuru region, specialised task forces have been established to address the situation. A dedicated Leopa...


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Los Angeles Zoo mourns loss of 53-year-old Asian elephant Shaunzi

2024-01-04 - Los Angeles, United States.

The Los Angeles Zoo is grieving the death of 53-year-old Asian elephant Shaunzi. Zoo staff observed that Shaunzi was unable to stand up in her exhibit at around 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday night, according t...


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