http://www.elephant-news.com The latest news about elephants en http://www.elephant.se/logos/logo.gif http://www.elephant-news.com 144 84 death http://www.elephant-news.com//index.php?id=6024 http://www.elephant-news.com/index.php?id=6024 Cuando River - The largest elephant on record was an adult male African elephant hunted by Jose Fenykovi from Madrid in Angola in 1955. blog http://www.elephant-news.com//index.php?id=6115 http://www.elephant-news.com/index.php?id=6115 Pinnawala - Sri Lanka is an island with a land area of approximately 62,000 km2 situated in the Indian Ocean, 35 km from the southern end of the Indian Peninsula. The first-ever nationwide elephant census in August 2011 produced a total of 7,379 jumbos across the island: 5,879 of them were spotted near parks and sanctuaries, while another 1,500 were estimated to be living in other areas. abstract http://www.elephant-news.com//index.php?id=6114 http://www.elephant-news.com/index.php?id=6114 Bangkok - A new type of identity card should be issued for elephants, which should have embedded microchips, an updated photograph every six months and an updated record of every unique change, the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry said yesterday. The proposal will be taken to the Interior Ministry, and if it is okayed, permission for the movement of every elephant will have to come from provincial governors. This should make illegal movement or getting the pachyderms to beg more difficult, perma... abstract http://www.elephant-news.com//index.php?id=6113 http://www.elephant-news.com/index.php?id=6113 Kansas City - Fewer U.S. zoos of the future may have elephants but those that do would have happier animals under a new policy requiring American zoos with two elephants to add space for a third in case one dies. Starting in 2016, the Association of Zoos and Aquariums will require room for three elephants if a zoo wants to retain the AZA´s coveted accreditation. "Elephants are social creatures, they require other elephants," said AZA spokesman Steve Feldman. abstract http://www.elephant-news.com//index.php?id=6112 http://www.elephant-news.com/index.php?id=6112 Bangkok - A new type of identity card should be issued for elephants, which should have embedded microchips, an updated photograph every six months and an updated record of every unique change, the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry said yesterday. The proposal will be taken to the Interior Ministry, and if it is okayed, permission for the movement of every elephant will have to come from provincial governors. This should make illegal movement or getting the pachyderms to beg more difficult, perma... misc http://www.elephant-news.com//index.php?id=6111 http://www.elephant-news.com/index.php?id=6111 Tasmania - Australia should introduce elephants and allow dingoes to breed in packs as a radical, yet serious, solution to the country´s rampant bushfire and feral animal problems, University of Tasmania professor of environmental change biology, David Bowman, writes in an opinion piece for journal Nature today. Those animals are reconstructing ecosystems and destabilising the country´s food webs, he says. blog http://www.elephant-news.com//index.php?id=6109 http://www.elephant-news.com/index.php?id=6109 Pinnawala - Some notes about history of captive elephant breeding 1875-2011. The 20 most succesful captive elephant breeders. Thoughts for the future regarding subspecies, and a last hope for the elephants of Vietnam. death http://www.elephant-news.com//index.php?id=6107 http://www.elephant-news.com/index.php?id=6107 Jalpaiguri - A pregnant elephant was gored to death by a tusker at the Buxa Tiger Reserve (BTR) forest on Monday night, apparently when it refused to respond to the male´s mating call. The carcass was found on Tuesday morning.From the signs found at the spot, it is thought that the tusker suddenly approached the female elephant from behind. But being pregnant, she could not run and join its herd that had moved ahead by then. poaching http://www.elephant-news.com//index.php?id=6106 http://www.elephant-news.com/index.php?id=6106 Jamshedpur - A pair of elephant tusks, weighing approximately 32kg, were recovered late last night from Dalma sanctuary with the help of a sniffer dog and forest officials believe they have scuttled an attempt to smuggle out the ivory valued at Rs 40 lakh in the open market. Ranchi divisional forest officer (wildlife) Kamlesh Pandey said a massive search operation was launched after they heard about the dead elephant.