2006-09-17 - London, United Kingdom.
NO. Elephants are used to mice both in captivity and in the wild. Full-grown, healthy elephants face few pre dators, with the exception of man, and fear only unfamiliar sights and sounds. This is thought to be the cause of the myth. In Roman times, when elephants were used in war, they fled squealing pigs. This gave rise to the legend of the mouse that roared.
2006-09-15 - Calcutta, India. Subir Bhaumik
Elephants in the Indian state of West Bengal are to undergo a birth control scheme due to a lack of funds for their upkeep, the state government says. Of West Bengal's 400 elephants, nearly 70 are tame and in service to private owners or the state forest department. Forest guards use them to patrol the many wildlife sanctuaries. But wildlife conservation groups have been angered by the proposed introduction of such birth control methods for the elephants.
2006-09-14 - seoul, South Korea. Helen Long
The 15-year-old Asian elephant called Koshick began mimicking words used everyday by his South Korean keeper. Over the past two years, the elephant's diction has improved to the point that he can reproduce discernible phrases and words. Scientists are now hoping to establish whether Koshick can actually understand language.
2006-08-21 - Jagiroad, Assam, India.
Captive elephants in Assam, which literally turned to begging for a living on the roads, are back at work, with scores of them engaged in timber transport. As part of the four-lane express highway project in Assam, we are first clearing forests and cutting down trees before actual construction work begins. The elephants do the job of clearing the felled trees really fast. Manually it would have taken hours and there would have been a severe traffic jam, a contractor said.
2006-08-19 - Bangkok, Thailand. ROGER CRUTCHLEY
The popular King's Cup Elephant Polo Tournament is moving north to the Golden Triangle in Chiang Rai this year and promises to be the most entertaining and competitive contest so far. After being held the past five years in Hua Hin, chief organiser of the tournament and vice president of Anantara, Christopher Stafford, felt the time had come to hold the event on the northern border in Chiang Rai ''the home of elephants''.
2006-08-08 - NEW YORK, United States.
In the summerheat, tourists head north to cooler climes. This year, a manatee has joined the crowd, cruising past the nightclubs of Manhattan and continuing north, spotted in the Hudson River at least three times in the last week, first off the Chelsea and Harlem sections of Manhattan, then north. ''When we saw it surface, its back was just mammoth", said Randy Shull, Last month, trackers saw the manatee as it swam north, first near Delaware, then Maryland, then New Jersey. By Saturday, it was s...
2006-08-06 - Chiang Mai, Thailand. Lek Chailert
By Medo has been at the park since July 2006 and the young female elephant took a time to find her feet and adjust herself to her new home. Medo was familiar with loneliness for more than ten years and she will often walk away from the herd and long periods alone by the river. Some times she lets herself float and sleep in the river for many hours.
2006-08-01 - Phnom Penh, United States.
In rural Cambodia where doctors and hospitals are scarce, poor villagers are turning to a magic elephant which is believed to cure illnesses ranging from typhoid to high blood pressure. A few times a month, Yey Proheu, a 70-year-old female elephant goes around to villages to offer relief to the sick with mahout, Pang Hy, and his assistants.
2006-08-01 - Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
2006-07-25 - Madison, Wisconsin, United States. SUSAN LAMPERT SMITH
Some kids are scared of clowns, but I grew up fearing elephants. I'm sure I'm not the only one who vividly recalls the death of little Ruth Ellen Freedman, the 3-year-old girl who ducked under the fence at Vilas Zoo to feed Winkie the elephant some marshmallows. Winkie grabbed the little girl, pulled her through the bars and stomped her to death. It happened in 1966, but I remember it like yesterday.
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