2009-05-21 - Antwerp, Belgium.
In what was Belgium’s largest live streaming event on May 16-17, more than 30,000 concurrent online viewers, some as far away as New Zealand, Aruba and Argentina, witnessed the birth of Kai Mook, the first-ever elephant born at the Antwerp Zoo. The 42-hour non-stop live streaming was orchestrated by the cutting-edge Belgian content delivery network Rambla using Wowza Media Server® Pro for Amazon® EC2, which gave them the elastic capacity to manage the flood of global viewers.
2008-09-16 - Antwerp Zoo, Belgium.
The 25th EAZA Annual Conference will be hosted by Antwerp Zoo, Belgium from 16 to 20 September 2008. The conference will take place at the Flanders Congress & Concert Centre in the heart of Antwerp, conveniently located in the Zoo and next to Antwerp Central Station. For the majority of the participants, the conference will officially start with an ice-breaker in the evening of Tuesday 16 September 2008. The TAG chairs and the EEP coordinators, however, will already have their first meetings ear...
2007-04-23 - Antwerp, Belgium.
The Antwerp Zoo welcomed nine new elephants today, the wood and metal sculpture entitled "'You can buy my heart and my soul" that graced the beach at De Panne for six months last year as part of the Beaufort 2006 art project. The group will arrive at the Koningin Astridplein today, where they will point visitors the way to the zoo, as part of the zoo's "Year of the Elephant" theme. The sculpture will remain at that location until 30 September.
2004-12-19 - Brussels, Belgium. TRAFFIC
On 15 November 2004, the Minister of Environment of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) opened a four-day CITES training workshop in Kinshasa. It brought together 24 nationals including government officers, scientists and local wildlife trade stakeholders. The main aims of the workshop were to provide an overview of CITES and it mechanisms, explain in details the role and tasks of each authorities and increase awareness of wildlife trade issues in the context of CITES provisions. The w...
2001-08-06 - Brussel, Belgium. Colin Blane
Ivory is still highly prized in some parts of the world Fifteen Chinese doctors who had been working in West Africa have been charged with smuggling ivory after they were detained by police at Brussels airport. Customs officials intercepted a shipment of elephant tusks in a consignment disguised as personal effects.
2025-03-27 - Chiang Mai, Thailand.
In a united effort to prevent forest fires, a team of three elephants joined over 20 locals in constructing firebreaks in Chiang Mai’s Mae Taeng district on Wednesday. The initiative, led by Phra Kh...
2025-03-27 - Cholamunda, India.
A Wild tusker, known as Kasera Komban, was found dead in abandoned septic tank in Kerala Malappuram. The tusker used to be affectionately called "Kasera Komban" due to its remarkably long tusks, which...
2025-03-18 - Wichita, United States.
The Sedgwick County Zoo announced Monday that 29-year-old African elephant Simunye delivered a stillborn calf following a healthy, full-term pregnancy. This would have marked the first elephant born a...
2025-03-08 - Guwahati, India.
A female elephant calf took birth in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park. The newborn, named Gauri, is the offspring of an elephant named Phulmai, who resides within the protected area of Kaziranga.
2025-03-05 - Trichy, India.
A 60-year-old female elephant named Jaini, who was being cared for at the MR Palayam Government Elephant Rehabilitation Centre in Reserve Forest under the Trichy Forest Division, has passed away. The ...
2025-02-07 - Amboseli, Kenya.
We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Paolo, one of Amboseli’s most famous and cherished elephants. At 46 years old, Paolo’s death marks the loss of a true giant, not only in size but ...
