2008-03-14 - Chiang Mai , Thailand.
Doung, an11-year-old autistic boy, enjoys playing and touching an elephant’s trunk. The occupational therapists said it was miraculous because he used to isolate himself from others. Doung was among four autistic children who participated in a three-week elephant therapy programme, created by the Occupation Therapy department of Chiang Mai University and the Elephant Conservation Centre in northern Lampang province.
2008-03-09 - Pahang, Malaysia.
Next stop on my tour of “Wildlife Reserves That Are Located Conveniently Close To Places Where You Can Get A Decent Cocktail”, was the elephant sanctuary at Kuala Gandah, a couple of hours outside the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. These critically endangered giants have been rescued from around Malaysia. After a bit of training, they’re re-released into one of the country’s national parks — an operation which apparently involves not just a very big truck, but also a man whose job it ...
2008-03-09 - Anchorage, United States. William J. Tobin
Don't know if the folks at the Alaska Zoo noticed, but the government of South Africa says it will start killing elephants because their herds have so increased in size that the land can't support the burgeoning numbers. Well, now. Isn't this the perfect opportunity to save a couple of baby African elephants from slaughter by offering them a home in Anchorage? When Maggie was removed to an animal park in California a few months ago, one of the rallying cries was that she was lonely — the only ...
2008-03-08 - Colombo, Sri Lanka. John Mackie, Canwest News Service
A catchy name is a key ingredient to success. As is a unique product. Mr. Ellie Pooh has both. Mr. Ellie Pooh is called Mr. Ellie Pooh because it offers paper products made of elephant dung in Sri Lanka. Honest. "It's about 70 per cent dung," explains company founder Karl Wald over the phone from frigid Grand Forks, North Dakota.
2008-03-06 - Arbroath, United Kingdom.
A trio of white elephants has found shelter in Arbroath. Miami-based sculptor Billie Grace Lynn has created three inflatable life-size elephants during her term as artist in residence at Hospitalfield House. Made from white rip-stop nylon, the display features two standing elephants mourning their dead family member. Ms Lynn has been working at the arts foundation and artists' residency for the past month. She said: "All art is political, in some context, and in the past my work has been concern...
2008-03-06 - Bangkok, Thailand.
A Bangkok restaurant is treating its biggest spenders to a 300,000-dollar meal prepared by Michelin-starred chefs, but only after they have jetted to an elephant camp to see how the other half live. "We're taking these people to Surin, to see how the poor people actually are living and are managing their elephants. They cannot even manage themselves and they cannot manage their elephants," he told AFP. After seeing the dwindling number of pachyderms and the impoverished lives of their handlers, ...
2008-03-03 - Pretoria, United States.
The Elephant Tourism Association (ETA) has welcomed the environmental affairs and tourism minister's terms of the norms and standards of elephant management, it said on Friday. "The ETA applauds the minister and his department on the exhaustive public process they recently completed leading to the issuing of the norms and standards for elephant management in South Africa," the association said in a statement.
2008-03-02 - Chambéry, France. Wikipedia
The Fontaine des Éléphants ("Elephants Fountain") is surely the most famous landmark in Chambéry. It was built in 1838 to honour Benoît de Boigne's feats when he was in India. This statue, which represents the forelimbs of four elephants truncated in a column in the shape of the savoyan (savoyarde) cross was first hooted by the inhabitants, annoyed to see elephants in their city, but it appears that now, most of them have accepted. Witness of the previous dislike, the statue kept its nicknam...
2008-02-28 - Colombo, Sri Lanka. Wasantha Ramanayake
"Asokamala" was born and bred in captivity and therefore could not be released to the wilderness, Wildlife Director General Ananda Weerasuriya stated in his objections to a Fundamental Rights Application before the Supreme Court. The Director General added that the elephant was born in the Elephant Orphanage in Pinnawala and rared in captivity. The rights application was filed by petitioner Vijitha Fernando of Mt. Lavinia, the treasurer of the organisation, Society for the Protection of Animal R...
2008-02-28 - Ayutthaya, Thailand. Jocelyn Ford
Tomorrow's going to be a big day in Thailand. Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is expected to return to Bangkok from exile. He was ousted in a coup two years ago, amid accusations of corruption. Out in the Thai jungles, a business tycoon is trying to bring back domesticated elephants. For generations they were used to haul timber, but they were left essentially unemployed when Thailand banned logging twenty years ago. Jocelyn Ford reports on how to make elephants relevant in a modern-day...
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