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 transfer http://www.elephant-news.com//index.php?id=5421 http://www.elephant-news.com/index.php?id=5421 Hyderabad - The Environment, Forest, Science and Technology department has permitted the Andhra Pradesh Wild Life warden to provide an elephant from the Nehru Zoological Park for the Bonalu and Moharrum processions. However, the permission would be only for this year. facility http://www.elephant-news.com//index.php?id=5420 http://www.elephant-news.com/index.php?id=5420 Wellington - Elephant lovers who remember taking a ride on Kamala the elephant have until Sunday to make a sentimental journey to the Elephant House at Wellington Zoo´s. Although 1983 was the last year the zoo housed a living elephant, the demolition of its historic Elephant House will create mixed feelings in many who came to view the building as iconic. conflict http://www.elephant-news.com//index.php?id=5419 http://www.elephant-news.com/index.php?id=5419 Sonitpur - A couple and a child were trampled to death by wild elephants in the Biswanath Reserve Forest in northern Assam´s Sonitpur district late on Monday night. The incident occurred on the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border. From 2007 to 2009, Assam has recorded a total of 166 human deaths and 32 elephant deaths in incidents of man-elephant conflict. The figure shows an increasing trend, with 44 human deaths recorded in 2007, 52 in 2008 and 70 in 2009. conflict http://www.elephant-news.com//index.php?id=5418 http://www.elephant-news.com/index.php?id=5418 Rishikesh - A woman was today trampled to death by a wild elephant in Jim Corbett National Park, an official said here. The incident occurred in Jhirna range of Jim Corbett Reserve this morning when Tulsi Devi (45) along with other women went to the jungles to fetch fodder. She was suddenly attacked by the pachyderm, Warden of the Park Umesh Chandra Tiwari said. poaching http://www.elephant-news.com//index.php?id=5416 http://www.elephant-news.com/index.php?id=5416 Kobeiganei - Three men were arrested in the area of Kobeiganei yesterday by Baladora Police, whilst transporting on motorbike, the tusks of an elephant they had killed at the Wilapattu National Park. The three arrestees, residents of the Adampanei, Novichchiyagama area, who were taken into custody by a team of policemen led by the OIC of the Baldora Police Station Inspector Abeyratne, are to be produced before the Hettipola Court today. conflict http://www.elephant-news.com//index.php?id=5422 http://www.elephant-news.com/index.php?id=5422 Miyazaki - A trainer who was cleaning an elephant pen at Phoenix Zoo here suffered broken ribs and other injuries July 25 when Taiyo, a male Asian elephant, used his trunk to knock the trainer down and stepped on him. Police said the trainer is a 27-year-old Thai male, who has been in charge of Taiyo, 10, since he was introduced to the zoo around five years ago. misc http://www.elephant-news.com//index.php?id=5417 http://www.elephant-news.com/index.php?id=5417 Chikmagalur - Will the 8.3-feet-elephant tusk recently seized by the forest department in Chikmagalur find a mention in the Guinness Book of Records? "The tusk, which weighs an amazing 44 kg, found in Chikmagalur should easily make it to the Guinness Book of Records. The size and length of the tusk makes it a rare find," said a forest department official. death http://www.elephant-news.com//index.php?id=5415 http://www.elephant-news.com/index.php?id=5415 Dhaka - Bangladesh´s biggest zoo has declared three days of mourning following the death of a 100-year-old elephant which was its top attraction and "loyal servant", an official said on Saturday. Pabantara collapsed on Thursday after a heart attack and died hours later, plunging her fans into grief, AHM Shahidullah, head of the state-owned Dhaka Zoo, told AFP. The female Asian elephant had lived at the zoo since it was founded in 1957 and carried hundreds of thousands of children and adults on fun... conflict http://www.elephant-news.com//index.php?id=5414 http://www.elephant-news.com/index.php?id=5414 Gumla - A woman was trampled to death and another injured by an elephant in Gumla district of Jharkhand on Thursday. The 65-year-old woman and her neighbour were in a field at Gonmar village when the pachyderm attacked them, the police said. The elephant had strayed into the village earlier this week and efforts were on to drive it animal back to the forest.