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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 »

Hong Kong seizes largest ivory haul in 30 years

Reuters
Posted at Jul 07 02:03 PM

Authorities in Hong Kong this week made their largest haul of contraband ivory in more than 30 years, amid surging illegal wildlife seizures fueled by lax regulations and buoyant demand from mainland China. Read more »

Snooze news: Elephants may sleep less than any other mammal

Reuters
Posted at Mar 03 03:26 PM

WASHINGTON - There's an old saying that elephants never forget. You also can say they almost never sleep. Read more »

Mga elepante, rumampa sa pageant sa Sri Lanka

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 11 05:30 AM

Rumampa ang mga elepante sa Sri Lanka sa makulay na Buddhist pageant. Read more »