2010-06-28 - River Cess, Liberia. Abednego N. Davis
At least three logging companies in Rivercess County have been given a two-week ultimatum to construct good road networks and provide jobs for the youths in Morweh District or else elephants will destroy their efforts. A local government official from the southeast was in Monrovia last week, pleading with some logging companies not to sit down supinely and allow traditional chiefs to send elephants to destroy their efforts if they fail to heed the advice to provide social services. At least thre...
2006-10-12 - Monrovia, Liberia.
Reports emanating from Lofa County speak of elephants invading villages and farms, as well as destroying crops before returning into the forest. Although the situation is being investigated, several aid workers and residents of the county who claim to have returned from some of the affected villages and towns, told The Analyst in Monrovia that the repeated attacks on crops by the animals have caused massive displacement of villagers in several villages around the provincial city of Voinjama.
2005-08-31 - MONROVIA, Liberia. Katharine Houreld (Reuters)
Thousands of squatters who were hunting elephants and mining gold in a Liberian national park have left under a scheme to save one of the country's few wildlife sanctuaries, conservationists said on Wednesday. Gunmen who ran riot during 14 years of civil war have fought for control of resources from iron ore to rubber, often turning their guns on wild animals for food and invading reserves such as Sapo National Park in search of gold.
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 ...
