Uttar Pradesh spends more on elephants statues than live onesSeptember 13th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Scores of elephants statues are to come up in a memorial park here in the Uttar Pradesh capital city at a cost of tens of crores of rupees. But for creation and maintenance of a special elephant reserve, the state government can spare only Rs.50 lakh.
Elephant kills youth in BiharSeptember 1st, 2009 PATNA - An elephant Wednesday trampled a young man to death in a village in Saran district of Bihar, police said. Madan Thakur, in his 20s, was killed by the elephant near Chamrahiya village in Saran.
Smuggled elephant tusks hidden under snail shellsAugust 24th, 2009 DPA
HANOI - Vietnamese customs inspectors have discovered more than two tonnes of elephant tusks hidden in a shipping container full of snail shells from Kenya, an official said Monday. Bui Hoang Duong, head of the customs inspection department at the northern port of Haiphong, said inspectors opened the container Friday as part of enhanced scrutiny of shipping from Tanzania, due to recent cases of ivory smuggling.
Thai elephant maimed by land mine a decade ago damages newly fitted artificial limbAugust 20th, 2009 Thai elephant damages newly fitted artificial limbBANGKOK — An elephant fitted with an artificial limb 10 years after stepping on a land mine has had a minor setback, damaging the device attached to her left front leg. Soraida Salwala of the private group Friends of the Asian Elephant said Thursday that 48-year-old Motola bent the prothesis when she lay down on it.
Sick baby elephant dies in West BengalAugust 16th, 2009 KOLKATA - A four-month-old sick elephant calf, which was rescued from a riverside in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district last month, died Sunday at a wildlife camp, a senior state forest department official said. "The young pachyderm, named as Aranya by the forest department officials, died early Sunday," a senior state forest department official said.
Elephant electrocuted at army cantonment in West BengalAugust 15th, 2009 KOLKATA - An adult female elephant was killed after getting entangled in electified fencing at an army cantonment in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district late Friday night, a forest department official said Saturday. "An elephant was electrocuted when it entered an army cantonment near Binnaguri forest area and got entangled in electrified fencing.
Tony Blair, wife slammed for taking elephant rides during Bali holidayAugust 14th, 2009 LONDON - Tony and Cherie Blair have incurred the wrath of an animal welfare charity after being snapped taking elephant rides while on holiday in Bali. The former British Prime Minister and his family faced the cameras as they watched elephants play football and paint with their trunks.
Mice, anyone? In Malawi, cooked, salted or dried mice on a stick is a popular delicacyAugust 8th, 2009 Mice, anyone? Making a meal out of mice in MalawiLILONGWE, Malawi —Cooked, salted or dried, field mice strung on sticks are sold as a popular delicacy in Malawi markets and roadside stalls. The mice are hunted in corn fields after the harvest when they have grown plump on a diet of grains, fruits, grass and the odd insect.
Six houses damaged by wild elephant in DarjeelingJuly 23rd, 2009 SILIGURI - At least six houses were damaged by a wild elephant Wednesday night in West Bengal's Darjeeling district, a forest official said Thursday. "An elephant went berserk, and moving out of the forest in Kurseong forest division damaged at least six houses in that area.
Enraged elephant stomps 3 Thai rubber plantation workers to deathJuly 1st, 2009 Enraged elephant stomps 3 Thai workers to deathBANGKOK — A rampaging elephant stomped three rubber tappers to death in southern Thailand on Wednesday after it was left to wander freely by its handler, police said. The 38-year-old domesticated elephant is believed to have attacked the workers in three separate plantations in Trang province before it was recaptured.
Malawi begins 'epic' rescue to save African elephantsJune 11th, 2009 CAPE TOWN - A massive relocation of elephants has begun in the southern African nation of Malawi, as part of a move that experts say would help protect some 60 pachyderms from human persecution. The elephants will be transported by trucks, about six hours journey from the conflict-prone Phirilongwe region to Majete Wildlife Reserve, over the next few days.
Court order stops relocation of elephants that clashed with farmers in MalawiJune 10th, 2009 Court order stops elephant relocation in MalawiJOHANNESBURG — A court in Malawi has stopped the evacuation of more than 60 elephants from a rural area where they were getting into deadly battles with farmers. Christina Pretorius of the International Fund for Animal Welfare said Wednesday the order came after residents said it would make more sense to create a local national park for the elephants that have raided farm fields.
Elephants being moved from rural area of Malawi to end deadly feud with local farmersJune 8th, 2009 Evacuation of 60 elephants begins in MalawiJOHANNESBURG — Efforts are under way to end a deadly battle between farmers and elephants in a rural area of Malawi. An international organization says it is doing that by moving more than 60 elephants in the southern African country.
Malawi begins swearing in of new parliamentJune 1st, 2009 LILONGWE - Malawi Monday began the swearing in process for its parliamentary members who emerged victorious in the May 19 polls. The process will end Tuesday when all the 191 legislators would complete their oath of office before Chief Justice Lovemore Munlo.
Chhattisgarh planning 'Elephant Villages' to counter tusker terrorMay 30th, 2009 RAIPUR - Worried over the increasing incidences of man-elephant conflict, the Chhattisgarh government is planning to set up villages for wild elephants in areas hit hard by jumbo attacks, an official said Saturday. Such villages are proposed to be set up in the state's northern region where jumbo attacks have claimed the lives of dozens of people in the past two decades.
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