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.
2010-04-09 - Fazana, Croatia.
Sony, the elephant gifted by Indira Gandhi to former Yugoslavias socialist leader Tito, recently passed away unexpectedly at the Brijuni National Park in Croatia. The 42-year-old elephant was one of the parks best-known residents. Together with his partner, the female elephant Lanka, he arrived in 1970, at the age of two, as a gift from Indias then-Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi. Since then, he was seen by more than four million visitors.
2010-04-09 - Dak Lak, Vietnam.
A mature elephant was found dead Wednesday near a lake and a stream in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak. Local residents found the elephant when catching fish in the stream in Ea Sup District. The body was stinking and its bones were broken into pieces, they said. Officials surmised that the elephant had been trampled on and killed by others in the herd, making it hard to identify the animals gender.
2010-03-28 - Pekanbaru, Indonesia.
Two Sumatran elephants (Elephas Maximus Sumatranus) were found dead in the Tesso Nilo National Park, Riau province. "The two elephants are predicted to have died about a week ago and found in the national park," head of the Tesso Nilo national park Suprahman said here, Sunday. He said that the wild elephants were found dead in Air Hitam village, Pelalawan regency, Riau
2010-03-27 - Cooch Behar, India.
Wildlife wardens have found the carcass of an adult cow elephant in the Chilpata Forest Range of West Bengals Cooch Behar District. Bania Range forest officials were patrolling the area, when they discovered the dead elephant. A divisional forest officer and veterinarians were called in to determine the exact cause of death.
2010-03-21 - Balasore, India.
An elephant died of prenatal complications in Kuldiha sanctuary of Balasore district yesterday while giving birth to a stillborn calf. Sources said, the calf was in an upside-down position never seen by vets and Forest officials, which made the birth complicated. “We couldnt do a caesarean section on the elephant as we dont have any facility here,” said forest ranger Sarat Behera.
2010-03-16 - Khuti, India.
Two elephants were electrocuted Monday when they bumped into high tension wires in Jharkhands Khuti district, an official said Monday. The incident took place near Nimidin village, some 60 km from here. District forest officer Manel Tudu said elephants come regularly to the area in search of wheat crops. It seems one elephant hit an electric pole and snapped the high tension wires.
2010-03-09 - Paignton, United Kingdom.
A four-tonne Asian elephant which has spent more than 30 years at a zoo in Devon has been put down because of abscesses on her feet. Gay joined Paignton Zoo Environmental Park in 1977 and, with African elephant Duchess, proved popular with visitors.
2010-03-08 - Sydney, Australia.
The matriarch of the zoos elephant herd, Porntip, showed on March 1 she was ready to give birth to a 100kg calf, after having been artificially inseminated about 22 months before. But by Sunday night ultrasound scans made it clear the calf had rotated inside its mothers womb and was lying upside down.
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