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Elephant protection project remains on paper

Dong Nai police examined the remains of three elephants found dead in a local forest yard in early July 2009

2009-08-18 - , United States.

Central and local agencies have passed the buck in implementing a project to protect endangered elephants in the southern Dong Nai Province while the mysterious death of five elephants remains unsolved. The protection project envisaged setting up an elephant reserve in the province, 35 kilometers to the northeast of Ho Chi Minh City.


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Sick baby elephant dies in West Bengal

2009-08-16 - Kolkata, India.

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. According to officials, the baby elephant, believed to be separated from its herd, was unfed and sick when it was first spotted near a riverside. Aranya was ...


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Elephant electrocuted at army cantonment in West Bengal

2009-08-15 - Kolkata, India.

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. The elephant came from Chapramari forest area in Dooars region and entered a village Friday night in search of food. It died on the spot. The army personnel found the elephant lying dead this morning and informed us, Jalpaiguri district’s divisional forest officer-2 Biman Biswas told IANS.


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Elephant calves lose mother; visit burial site daily

2009-08-11 - Madurai, India.

Despite becoming part of a new herd, love and affection for their mother simply refuses to die, as two elephant calves, including a new born, have been visiting daily the place, where their mother was buried in a forest area in neighboring Virudhunagar district. The female elephant had given birth to a calf on August 5 in Shenbagathoppu forest area near Srivilliputhur, about 80 km from here, but died later following dehydration.


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Elephant found dead in Indonesia"s park, tusks missing

2009-08-11 - Jakarta, Indonesia. Li Xianzhi

A male elephant has been found dead at a national park in Lampung province of Indonesia, and both of its tusks went missing, the provincial World Wild Fund (WWF) said on Tuesday. The two-year-old animal may have been killed by those on purpose to steal its tusks, Afrizal Khaidir a senior official of the WWF said. The elephant was found dead at its cage at the Way Kambas National Park on Friday, he said.


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Only 98 domesticated elephants now in Sri Lanka

2009-08-10 - Kadugannawa, Sri Lanka.

The Forum of the Basnayake Nialmes (BN) of Sri Lanka revealed that there are only 98 domesticated elephants now in Sri Lanka following the death of the she elephant at Kadugannawa on Friday. The number of tamed elephants dwindled fast during the part few years as they died due to old age. There were more than 120 of them a few years and the number decreased as 60 per cent of them were over 70 years, the Forum said. The she elephant which died while returning to her master at Hemmathagama after p...


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Biblical Zoo"s elephant Abigail loses tug-of-war with death

2009-08-01 - Jersualem, Israel. Jonathan Lis

Jerusalem's Biblical Zoo last week lost two elephants, an unborn calf and its mother, who died from complications of pregnancy. Abigail, 32, died on Friday evening at the zoo's intensive care veterinary ward despite an international effort to deliver the dead calf she was carrying in her womb. After Abigail went into labor but could not give birth, the zoo's veterinary staff called Dr. Thomas Bernd Hildebrandt from the Institute for Zoo Biology and Wildlife Research, Berlin, and another expert o...


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Pang Kamlai dies

2009-07-29 - Ta Phraya, Thailand.

Pang Kamlai, a female elephant seriously injured in a road accident in Sa Kaeo two months ago, died on Wednesday despite extensive efforts to save her. The medical team tried in vain to revive her with cardio pulmonary respiration for 30 minutes, but could not fight off death. One of the veterinarians broke down, sobbing and placing Plang Kamlai's trunk on his shoulder after he learned that she was gone. The 10-year-old female elephant suffered severe injuries to her front legs and head when hit...


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Memphis Zoo"s baby elephant accidentally killed by its mother

2009-07-08 - Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Linda Moore

The jubilance at the Memphis Zoo following the Monday night birth of an African elephant calf was snatched away on Wednesday after the new baby was accidentally killed by its mother. At about 10 a.m. Wednesday, the calf stumbled in the enclosure. As Asali tried to right the baby with her trunk, she used too much pressure and critically injured it with her tusk, said Chuck Brady, zoo president and CEO. Zoo staffers immediately moved Asali away from the female calf, but the facility’s medical te...


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Gentlest elephant dies at Toronto Zoo

2009-06-14 - Toronto, Canada. Katherine Laidlaw

An African elephant living at the Toronto Zoo died Saturday after another elephant knocked her over as the herd scrambled for its hay at feeding time. Tessa, the 40-year-old elephant who lived at the zoo since its opening in 1974, lived with four other elephants in the five-acre enclosure. On Saturday afternoon, the elephants were outside being fed when Tessa fell to the ground and couldn’t stand up again.


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