elephants

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Thailand Leads the Pack For Asia’s Abused Tourist Elephants

Twice as many elephants work in Thailand's tourism industry as the rest of Asia combined, with the vast majority kept...

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Skin Cure Fad Driving Myanmar Elephant Poaching Surge

Myanmar's wild elephants are being poached in record numbers with at least 20 killed this year due to surging demand...

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China Rejects Uganda Ivory Trafficking Claims Against Diplomats

China on Thursday rejected allegations that two of its diplomats working in Uganda were involved in the trafficking of...

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Elephant Crushes S.African Hunter To Death

A South African big-game hunter was crushed to death when an elephant picked him up and then fell on him after being...

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Sri Lanka Overturns Ban On Adopting Elephants

Sri Lanka said Wednesday it would allow rich individuals and temples to adopt baby elephants, overturning a ban put in...

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Sri Lanka Stops Jumbo Flying To New Zealand

A Sri Lankan baby elephant gifted to New Zealand has been prevented from leaving the South Asian island after animal...

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Wild Elephants Rescued From Muddy Bomb Crater In Cambodia

Eleven wild elephants, including a baby, were rescued from a mud-filled bomb crater in Cambodia on Saturday after...

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Poachers Kill Rare Giant Elephant In Kenya

One of Africa's oldest and largest elephants was killed by poachers in Kenya on Monday, according to a conservation...

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Gabon’s Forest Elephants Slain For Ivory At Alarming Rate

Poachers are killing elephants for their ivory at an alarming rate in the central African nation of Gabon, leading to a...

Opinion

Can An Elephant Live Under An Umbrella? (Part I)

If my intellect serves me right, then I would authoritatively profess that; elephants are generally known to be the...

Top Stories

Farmers Threaten To Burn Kakum National Park

Farmers at communities along the Kakum National Park in the Central Region have threatened to burn the tropical...

Politics

Farmers Threaten To Burn Kakum National Park If…

Farmers at communities along the Kakum National Park in the Central Region have threatened to burn the tropical...

Opinion

Three-Year African Elephant Census Reveals Dramatic Decline

Nairobi (AFP) - The results of a three-year aerial survey of Africa's elephants published Thursday revealed a dramatic...

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High Demand for Ivory In China Is Threatening Elephants in Africa

Over that period alone an estimated 6.8% of the continent's elephant population was wiped out by the illegal ivory...