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Archipelago 4 years ago

Aceh court jails poachers over killing of 5 Sumatran elephants

Rampant deforestation has reduced the elephants' habitat and brought them into increasing conflict with humans, while their ivory tusks are prized in the illegal wildlife trade.

Environment 4 years ago

Rare twin baby elephants born in Kenya

An elephant in Kenya has given birth to twins, an extremely rare event, conservationists said Thursday.

Academia 4 years ago

Bali, elephants, and the spirit of ‘pawongan’

Zoos as a model of conservation, at least in Indonesia, is that, like local conservation programs, they too are chronically under-resourced and so cannot mimic the herd social structure that elephants need to thrive and survive.

Lifestyle 4 years ago

Sri Lanka bans 'drunk driving' of elephants in new protection law

Sri Lanka will issue captive elephants with their own biometric identity cards and ban their riders from drinking on the job under a wide-ranging new animal protection law.

Environment 4 years ago

China villagers learn to live with the elephant in the room

A wandering herd of Asian elephants has captivated China for more than a year with a remarkable trek northwards through farms and cities hundreds of kilometres from their normal range in Yunnan province.

Environment 4 years ago

Elephants in India enjoy fruit feast ahead of own world day

Most of the 28 elephants at the center suffer from chronic illness and various ailments ranging from abscesses, cataracts, blindness and joint pain, the result of years of abuse in captivity, said conservationists with Wildlife SOS, which operates the sanctuary.