2 Elephants Escape From Circus in Russian City
Russia is said to be the place where bears roam the streets — but for a short while it was a free-for-all for elephants.
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Elephants in Thailand ‘Broken’ for Lucrative Animal Tourism
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.
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Scientists Develop Elephant DNA Database to Thwart Ivory Poaching
An international team of researchers has developed a new online tool to help law enforcement officials track down the original locations of poached elephant tusks, which they unveiled in a study published Friday in Journal of Heredity.
Read moreElephant to Stay in Bronx Zoo During Fight Over Her Rights
Happy the elephant, whether she’s actually happy or not, will remain in the Bronx Zoo at least for the next few months.
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Dozens of Elephants Die in Zimbabwe Drought
At least 55 elephants have died in a month in Zimbabwe due to a lack of food and water, its wildlife agency said Monday, as the country faces one of the worst droughts in its history.
Read moreBorneo Pygmy Elephant Found Dead in Malaysia
A pygmy elephant has been found dead in a river on the Malaysian part of Borneo island, an official said Friday, the latest of the endangered creatures to perish.
Read moreJudge Nixes Bid to Free Elderly Zoo Elephants
America’s oldest zoo-kept elephants can stay right where they are in Massachusetts, a federal judge ruled, rejecting a push to have the prodigious pachyderms moved to a roaming Tennessee sanctuary.
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Elephant at Center of Rights Battle Dies at 54
An elephant at the center of a legal battle has died. The Eastern States Exposition on Wednesday confirmed that Beulah, one of three elephants an animal rights group was seeking to free, has died at 54.
Read moreCITES Agrees on Near-Total Ban on Sending Wild Elephants to Zoos
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.
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A Connecticut appeals court affirmed dismissal of a habeas petition from the Nonhuman Rights Project on behalf of three elephants confined in a zoo, as “the court reasonably found that elephants are not persons and lack standing to file a habeas petition.”
Read moreBotswana Lifts Ban on Elephant Hunting, to Some Anger
Botswana has lifted its ban on elephant hunting in a country with the world’s highest number of the animals, a decision that has brought anger from some wildlife protection groups.
Read moreResearchers Find ‘Tipping Point’ for Asian Elephants
Conservation efforts narrowly focused on species risk of extinction are likely to miss other important road signs along the way. This is especially true of large animals, which reproduce and rebound slowly, argues a study focused on Asian elephants published Friday.
Read moreFight to Free Zoo’s Elephants Stumbles in Connecticut Court
An activist group fighting to free three elephants from a Connecticut petting zoo urged an appeals court Monday to revive their case.
Read moreRangers Free 6 Trapped Baby Elephants in Thailand
Rangers at a national park in northeastern Thailand have rescued six baby elephants that were trapped in a mud pit.
Read moreAfrica Is Divided Over Ivory Trade Ahead of Wildlife Meeting
Several African countries with some of the world’s largest elephant populations will push this year for looser controls on legal ivory trade, while another group of countries on the continent says more restrictions are the best way to curb the illegal killing of elephants for their tusks.
Read moreZoo Elephants Eat Berlin’s Leftover Christmas Trees
Berlin’s unwanted Christmas trees have ended their days as a festive snack for zoo elephants and stocking fillers for some of their fellow residents.
Read moreNY Judge Grants Habeas Order for Bronx Zoo Elephant
Celebrating the advancement of its effort to make the Bronx Zoo free one of its Asian elephants, the Nonhuman Rights Project said Monday that Happy is the world’s first elephant to secure a habeas corpus order.
Read moreLawyer Revs Up Habeas Battle Over Bronx Zoo Elephant
Fighting to end the 41-year captivity at the Bronx Zoo of an Asian elephant named Happy, a nonprofit says the legal battle it started has been languishing in a court west of Rochester for over a month.
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