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Criminal Science 

Scientists Develop Elephant DNA Database to Thwart Ivory Poaching

November 1, 2019November 1, 2019 CARSON McCULLOUGH
Africa, DNA, Elephants, Law Enforcement, poaching, Research

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.

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Civil Rights Law National 

Elephant to Stay in Bronx Zoo During Fight Over Her Rights

October 21, 2019 AMANDA OTTAWAY
animal rights, Elephants, NYC, zoo

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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Environment International 

Dozens of Elephants Die in Zimbabwe Drought

October 21, 2019October 22, 2019 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Africa, animals, Drought, Elephants, Env2, wildlife

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.

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Environment International 

Borneo Pygmy Elephant Found Dead in Malaysia

September 27, 2019September 27, 2019 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
AP3, Asia, Elephants, endangered species, 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.

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Entertainment Environment 

Elephants

September 25, 2019September 26, 2019 BRIEF
dbrief5, Elephants, Endangered Species Act, Massachusetts, zoo

A federal court in Massachusetts ruled that a zoo’s treatments of two geriatric Asian elephants did not violate the Endangered Species Act. The court found that the “pace of change” at the zoo was “commensurate with the evolution of elephant husbandry.”

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Entertainment Environment Government 

Judge Nixes Bid to Free Elderly Zoo Elephants

September 25, 2019 ZACK HUFFMAN
Elephants, Endangered Species Act, Massachusetts, zoo

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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Appeals 

Elephant at Center of Rights Battle Dies at 54

September 19, 2019September 19, 2019 CHRISTINE STUART
animal rights, Elephants

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.

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Entertainment Environment International 

CITES Agrees on Near-Total Ban on Sending Wild Elephants to Zoos

August 27, 2019 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Africa, Elephants, Trade, wildlife, zoo

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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Appeals Civil Rights Law 

Elephants

August 23, 2019August 23, 2019 BRIEF
dbrief1, Elephants, Habeas, zoo

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.”

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Environment Government International 

Botswana Lifts Ban on Elephant Hunting, to Some Anger

May 23, 2019May 23, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Africa, Elephants, Hunting, poaching, wildlife

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.

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Environment Science 

Researchers Find ‘Tipping Point’ for Asian Elephants

May 16, 2019May 22, 2019 AMANDA PAMPURO
conservationists, Elephants, extinction, Research, wildlife

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.

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Civil Rights Entertainment 

Fight to Free Zoo’s Elephants Stumbles in Connecticut Court

April 22, 2019April 29, 2019 CHRISTINE STUART
animals, Connecticut, eldStories, Elephants, Habeas, wildlife, zoo

An activist group fighting to free three elephants from a Connecticut petting zoo urged an appeals court Monday to revive their case.

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Environment Government International 

Rangers Free 6 Trapped Baby Elephants in Thailand

March 29, 2019March 29, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Elephants, national parks, rescue, Thailand, wildlife

Rangers at a national park in northeastern Thailand have rescued six baby elephants that were trapped in a mud pit.

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Uncategorized 

Smuggling

January 31, 2019February 1, 2019 BRIEF
Africa, Brief4, Elephants, poaching, smuggling, Uganda, wildlife

In one of the largest seizures of wildlife contraband in Uganda, authorities announced the interception Thursday of thousands of pangolin scales and 750 pieces of ivory being smuggled from South Sudan.

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Environment International 

Africa Is Divided Over Ivory Trade Ahead of Wildlife Meeting

January 7, 2019January 7, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Africa, Elephants, poaching

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.

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Entertainment International 

Zoo Elephants Eat Berlin’s Leftover Christmas Trees

January 4, 2019January 4, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Christmas, Elephants, food, plants, primates, recycling, zoo

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.

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Civil Rights Entertainment 

NY Judge Grants Habeas Order for Bronx Zoo Elephant

November 19, 2018 CHRISTINE STUART
Elephants, human rights, NYC, zoo

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.

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Civil Rights Entertainment Environment 

Lawyer Revs Up Habeas Battle Over Bronx Zoo Elephant

November 6, 2018 CHRISTINE STUART
Elephants, Habeas, NYC, zoo

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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Entertainment 

Elephant Supporters Hurdle Zoo’s Motion to Dismiss

September 26, 2018September 26, 2018 ZACK HUFFMAN
animals, Elephants, Endangered Species Act, Massachusetts, standing

A Massachusetts zoo must face Endangered Species Act claims over its treatment of two Asian elephants in the collection, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

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Environment Government International Law Politics 

Botswana, Long an Elephant Refuge, Faces Poaching Threat

September 4, 2018September 4, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Africa, animals, Elephants, poaching

Botswana, long viewed as a rare refuge for African elephants, is coming under increasing threat from poachers.

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