2010-07-08 - Forest Park, United States.
The Saint Louis Zoo´s has announced that Ellie, a pregnant Asian elephant, experienced an early pregnancy loss overnight. Keepers, curators, and veterinarians have been monitoring her closely since Monday due to a discharge and changes in her blood progesterone levels. She was 36 weeks into a 22-month pregnancy and due to deliver her calf in late summer of 2011.
2010-06-01 - Bhubaneswar, India.
A dozen elephants were found killed in Simlipal forest during a recent census, shocking officials and underscoring the threat to the animals from organised poaching gangs. The needle of suspicion also points towards some forest officials, who may be hand in glove with the poachers. Regional chief conservator of forests (RCCF) Ajit Bhartuar, who spoke to TOI from Baripada, admitted the deaths had taken place but did not agree with the number.
2010-06-01 - Cuttack, India.
The Wildlife Society of Orissa (WSO) has demanded a CBI probe into the recent mass killings of elephants in Simlipal Tiger Reserve. WSO has put forward its request in a letter to Union minister for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh. A CBI investigation is required to know the role of field forest officers as to whether they connived with the poachers in at least four cases, there was an effort to destroy evidence by burning or burying the bones, WSO secretary Biswajit Mohanty said today.
2010-06-01 - Thekkady, India.
A hunt is underway for a rogue bull elephant accused of killing at least 10 female elephants during a testosterone-induced sex rampage in Kerela. A task force has been formed consisting of 15 experts to track the killer elephant through the Periyar forest. Eight females were killed last year, before another two gored corpses were found last month.
2010-05-31 - Dong Nai, Vietnam.
A baby elephant found dead in the southern province of Dong Nai on Thursday was very likely poisoned, a forensic expert said Friday. The male elephant, weighing one ton, was found dead with its tongue sticking out, and tests found bleeding in its heart and liver.
2010-05-29 - Dong Nai, Vietnam.
A three-year-old elephant was found dead on Thursday in a local residents mango orchard 100m from the edge of the Vinh Cuu Natural Reserve in southern Dong Nai Province. Rangers said that the 800-kilogramme animals carcass had been sent for an autopsy and the remains of some jackfruits, cassava, and mangoes had been found in its stomach.
2010-05-13 - Louisville, United States. Stephanie Crosby
Life goes on at the Louisville Zoo, though director John Walczak says the loss of three-year-old elephant Scotty has been hard on employees there. Scotty was euthanized last night after a week-long gastrointestinal illness. Walczak says Scotty was beloved by the community and by his keepers, and his loss has been difficult to deal with.
2010-05-12 - Louisville, Kentucky, United States.
Scotty, a three-year-old elephant at the Louisville Zoo has died. Scotty had been experiencing severe gastric and intestinal problems. He had been under close surveillance, and Wednesday night he took a turn for the worse and he had to be put down. His condition, known as colic, is not uncommon in elephants. Visitors have already made a makeshift memorial spot in his remembrance. One zoo visitor, Jessie Fife, tells Fox 41 News, "He was cute. I remember when he was born, and I was here when the...
2010-04-28 - Kiev, Ukraine.
UKRAINE prosecutors are probing the suspected poisoning of a 40-year-old Asian elephant called Boy who dropped dead at Kiev zoo. "Boy was poisoned, theres no doubt," veterinary official Oleg Melnik told Kievskie Vedomosti daily after taking part in the autopsy. "We will know what poison was used in a few days."
2010-04-26 - Kiev, Ukraine.
The only elephant in Kievs zoo, 39-year-old Boy, died Monday in his enclosure, apparently after being poisoned, the zoos director said. This morning at 10.45 a.m. he let out a terrible cry and fell. I have the conclusions of veterinarians ... It was a poisoning," zoo director Svitlana Berzina told Reuters.
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