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Thailand celebrates Elephant Day, hopes tourists will return

Vorasit Satienlerk and Juarawee Kittisilpa, Reuters
Posted at Mar 13 09:43 PM

Thailand held a fruit banquet for dozens of elephants in the ancient capital Ayutthaya on Saturday, continuing an annual event which has been a big draw for foreign tourists in the hope they will return soon and revive the key tourism industry. Read more »

Elephants or avocados: A Kenyan dilemma

Jackson Njehia and Nazanine Moshiri, Reuters
Posted at Mar 03 09:40 PM

The free movement of some 2,000 Amboseli elephants, along with two dozen other wildlife species plus cows owned by local Maasai people, may be under threat - from avocados. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 23, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 24 01:35 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Namibia to sell 170 live elephants

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 03 11:36 PM

Environment Minister Pohamba Shifeta told AFP that the government backed the policy of selling live animals after being criticized for shooting elephants to control overpopulation. Read more »

Asian elephant baby makes public debut at Tokyo zoo

Kyodo News
Posted at Dec 01 01:52 PM

An Asian elephant calf excited visitors at a Tokyo zoo on Tuesday as he made his public debut as the first elephant born at the zoo since its opening in 1882. Read more »

Mga nase-stress na elepante sa Warsaw Zoo bibigyan ng medical marijuana

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 27 06:00 PM

WARSAW, Poland - Sisimulan ng Warsaw Zoo ang pamimigay ng medical marijuana sa kanilang mga elepante, bilang parte ng kanilang pilot project na masuri kung gaano nito napapababa ang stress sa mga naturang hayop.  Read more »

Singapore crushes massive ivory haul on eve of World Elephant Day

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 11 05:21 PM

Singapore began destroying nine tonnes of seized ivory Tuesday, the largest such action globally in recent years, including contraband tusks that came from more than 300 African elephants. Read more »

356 elephants died suddenly; the cause is a mystery

Rachel Nuwer, The New York Times
Posted at Jul 14 07:44 AM

On May 25, conservationists were flying over Botswana’s Okavango Panhandle when they counted something disturbing: 169 dead elephants. A second flight in June revealed more carcasses, bringing the total to 356. Some of the animals appeared to have died suddenly, collapsing chest-first while walking or running. No tusks were removed, suggesting that poaching for ivory might not have been to blame.   Read more »

Botswana investigating mystery deaths of 275 elephants

Reuters
Posted at Jul 03 12:28 AM

The number of elephants found dead in Botswana's Okavango Panhandle has risen to 275 from 154 reported two weeks ago, the government said on Thursday. Read more »

Switzerland continues to ease lockdown measures

Arnd Wiegmann, Reuters
Posted at Jun 06 06:08 PM

People watch elephants at the re-opened Zoo Zurich, as Switzerland continues to ease the lockdown measures during the COVID-19 outbreak on Saturday. Read more »

Monkeys, elephants and dogs reclaim India's streets in virus lockdown

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 08 11:06 PM

Hundreds of monkeys have taken over the streets around India's presidential palace, leading an animal offensive taking advantage of deserted streets as the country remains under a coronavirus lockdown. Read more »

Big love: Thai students, elephants send Valentines to virus-hit China

Jiraporn Kuhakan, Reuters
Posted at Feb 14 04:37 PM

BANGKOK - Some 3,000 students gathered on Friday in Thailand's Ayutthaya province to send Valentine's Day well-wishes to China, which is facing an ongoing coronavirus epidemic. Read more »

Elephants in Thailand 'broken' for lucrative animal tourism

Sophie Deviller and Jonathan Klein, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 23 12:58 PM

Separated from their mothers, jabbed with metal hooks, and sometimes deprived of food -- many Thai elephants are tamed by force before being sold to lucrative tourism sites increasingly advertised as 'sanctuaries' to cruelty-conscious travelers.   Read more »

Drought-hit Zimbabwe to transfer thousands of animals

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 12 04:45 AM

HARARE, Zimbabwe—Zimbabwe’s wildlife agency said Monday it would move hundreds of elephants and other animals in a dramatic bid to save them from a lethal drought. Read more »

More than 100 elephants die in Botswana in suspected anthrax outbreak

Reuters
Posted at Oct 23 04:19 AM

GABORONE, Botswana—More than 100 elephants have died in Botswana in the past 2 months partly because of a suspected anthrax outbreak, the government said Tuesday. Read more »

11 wild elephants found dead in Thai waterfall

Kyodo News
Posted at Oct 09 04:28 AM

Five more wild elephants have been found dead at the bottom of a steep waterfall in Thailand's Khao Yai National Park, bringing the total to 11, authorities said Tuesday.   Read more »

Sri Lanka elephants run amok, 17 injured

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 10 08:24 PM

Seventeen people were injured in Sri Lanka when two elephants ran amok at a religious festival, police said. Read more »

CITES agrees on near-total ban on sending wild elephants to zoos

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 28 07:26 AM

The regulator of global wildlife trade will impose a near-total ban on sending African elephants captured from the wild to zoos after a final vote on the issue on Tuesday.  Read more »