2007-03-04 - Sofia, Bulgaria.
The cow elephant of the Sofia Zoo will have a bed by the months end, Dr. Ivan Ivanov, director of the zoo, told FOCUS News Agency. “The bed is in fact a wall, alongside which sand will be piled at a 45 degree angle and 65 degrees at some places. The elephant will lean upon the sand to rest”, Ivanov explained. At present the elephant doesn’t have a bed.
2007-03-04 - Erwin, United States. FIONA SOLTES, The TENNESSEAN
Mary, the circus elephant who was notoriously hanged for murder in 1916 after trampling her caretaker Red Eldridge of St. Paul, became a black eye for the Sparks Traveling Circus and the town of Erwin, Tenn. But now, there's more to her story. In the hands of playwright Matthew Carlton, her hanging represents injustice, cruelty and discrimination of all sorts the kind that the thousands who stood and watched might not have considered.
2007-03-02 - KAUFMAN, Texas, United States.
After a tiger mauling and the discovery of dead and mangled livestock, this East Texas gateway is reconsidering its historically relaxed approach to regulating exotic, and some say dangerous animals. Such a ban would force Doug Terranova and dozens of exotic animals off his ranch, where his elephants and camels are visible from the road winding in front of his property. The menagerie includes the University of Houston's official cougar mascot, an elderly timberwolf that appeared in "Walker, Texa...
2007-02-28 - ST. LOUIS, United States.
St. Louis Zoos new Asian elephant mother, Rani, is experiencing difficulty adjusting to the role, according to a news release Tuesday. This kind of behavior is not uncommon with first-time mothers, said Martha Fischer, the zoos curator of animals. This is also similar to the situation we had when our male elephant Raja was born 14 years ago. His mother Pearl did not allow him to nurse for five days but became an excellent mother after he began nursing on a regular basis.
2007-02-27 - St. Louis, United States.
St. Louis Zoo's new Asian elephant mother, Rani, is experiencing difficulty adjusting to the role, according to a news release today, on Monday evening Rani appeared less comfortable around the baby elephant than she had been on Sunday. She The mother and calf were temporarily separated. This kind of behavior is not uncommon with first-time mothers, said Martha Fischer, the zoo's curator of animals.
2007-02-24 - Guwahati, India.
Elephants are known for their ability to work hard. But, when they have no work they are out to beg to appease their belly. According to Sahara Samay report, as cutting of trees has been banned in Assam, elephants which take logs of wood from one place to another have become jobless. Sujata Chaudhary, owner of one of the elephants, told the channel that they are compelled to go out to beg as they have no work to do. This is irony that this useful animal has suddenly turned a white elephant.
2007-02-16 - KOZHIKODE, India.
This time it was the turn of people of Cheliya in Chengottukavu panchayat near Koyilandy to get terrorised by ‘elephants on run’. Vikhnaraj, the tusker which ran amok, created panic in the area for almost an hour on Thursday morning before getting tranquillised by Dr K C Panicker, an expert in tranquillising raging elephants. The pachyderm had started showing symptoms of musth on Wednesday. Fortunately, no one was hurt and no loss of property was reported. The elephant, owned by K P Raveendr...
2007-02-14 - KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Davina Quarterman
Being female can be a risky business, especially if you are a Marula tree in Africa receiving the attention of elephants. The tasty, nutritious and vitamin C-rich Marula fruits are much sought after by both man and animals. It is a stable "wild food" and base for the popular Amarula liquor. But Marula has separate male and female trees so fruiting females attract browsing elephants, which cause damage to branches and bark.
2007-02-06 - Twycross, United Kingdom.
Two major Leicestershire attractions have joined forces this week in a mutually beneficial arrangement of quite an unusual nature. Snibston Country Park rangers were approached by staff from Twycross Zoo with a problem that they are happily able to solve. The rangers have been asked to help feed the giraffes and elephants at the zoo with the leftover cuttings from their land management of the park.
2007-02-06 - Amer Fort, India. Lokendra Singh
The hugely popular elephant rides at a centuries-old Amer Fort in Rajasthan are turning into a prime foreign exchange earner for the state. At a hefty US 12.5 per dollar ride according to local standards, it's actually too little a price to pay for something so uniquely Indian. At least, hoards of foreign tourists, who arrive at the Amer Fort, seem to think so.
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