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Elephant to flip switch for 16th 'Zoolights' Nov 26, 2003
29, Chendra the Oregon Zoo's 10-year-old Asian elephant will flip the
ceremonial switch to kick off the 16th annual ZooLights festival. ... (Hillsboro Argus, OR)
National Zoo opens expanded yard for endangered Asian elephants Nov 25, 2003
Kandula was born at the zoo on Nov. 25, 2001, becoming the first captive
male Asian elephant conceived through artificial insemination. ... (WVEC.com (subscription), VA)
Confiscated elephant in sanctuary Nov 25, 2003
CHICAGO - Federal agriculture officials have moved an Asian elephant to a Tennessee
sanctuary after seizing the animal from a suburban Chicago circus-training ... (Knoxville News Sentinel, TN)
Elephant Seized From Suburban Farm Nov 25, 2003
CHICAGO (CBS/AP) Federal agriculture officials seized an Asian elephant from a suburban
Chicago circus training farm, saying the animal's health was in danger. ... (WBBM, IL)
US confiscates ailing elephant Nov 25, 2003
Saying an Asian elephant at a Richmond-area circus-training farm was in imminent
danger, federal authorities took the rare step of confiscating the animal and ... (Chicago Tribune (subscription), IL)
Wild World: Frans Lanting brings the big outdoors to a new indoor ... Nov 28, 2003
The endangered Asian Elephant is just one of the mountain and forest residents featured
in master photographer Frans Lanting’s slide presentation, "Wild India ... (Santa Cruz Sentinel, CA)
Holiday light shows open for viewing pleasure Nov 28, 2003
...diving penguins. Chendra is the 10-year-old Asian elephant at the zoo
in Portland. She will be available Saturday to do the same. The ... (Katu.com, OR)
National Zoo's Director Defends Recent Problems Dec 2, 2003
She says the zoo has turned the corner, investing about $90 million in the past four
years in improvements - including a new home for its baby Asian elephant. ... (KJLA, DC)
Slow down and save in Seminole County, Florida Dec 1, 2003
...the official photos and video of your family fun), suddenly the prospect of slipping
the zoo an extra $20 so the clan can feed an 9,000 pound Asian elephant ... (MSNBC)
Lots of holiday gift books available this season, for $6,000 US ... Nov 25, 2003
...of road signs at the intersection of three major highways in Breezewood, Pa.; and
a handler at a New Orleans zoo examining the huge foot of an Asian elephant. ... (CJAD, Canada)
Audubon Society throws wild festival Dec 1, 2003
...from the ceiling. The trunk in this case belonged to Rama, the Oregon
Zoo's 20-year-old, 6,850-pound Asian elephant. One of Rama's ... (Oregonian, OR)
Gangs link to animal trade Nov 28, 2003
...used in Chinese medicine and hunted for their skins; the black rhino, whose horns
are also used in Chinese medicine or as dagger handles; the Asian elephant ... (This is London, UK)
TBS's 'Lampoon's Thanksgiving' Nov 21, 2003
...pm, "Kandula: An Elephant Story," follows the first year of an elephant's life at
the National Zoo where Kandula was the first-ever captive Bull Asian elephant ... (Washington Post, DC)
Strategic hub for animal transit Nov 17, 2003
In Vietnam, 12 species – including the Asian elephant and the wild water buffalo
– have become virtually extinct in the last 40 years due to hunting and ... (The Star, Malaysia)
Vacation for Jumbos in India Hit by Controversy Nov 20, 2003
...cramps and arthritis. Dr KC Panikker, an expert on the Asian elephant,
claims he has examined all the elephants at the camp. He says ... (OneWorld, UK)
Best of the weekend Nov 14, 2003
...cake to the birthday card. They'll be in their best party gear, painted
up in traditional Asian elephant style. There's also a bit ... (New Zealand Herald, New Zealand)
Between Bush and a Lobotomy : Killing Endangered Species for ... Oct 25, 2003
They will be permitted to capture the endangered Asian elephant of India and Southeast
Asia who, American zoos and circuses believe, would be much happier ... (CounterPunch, CA)
An evening for young, old to remember Oct 25, 2003
...best view. "Pick me up," one little one shouted to his father as Asia
the Asian elephant lumbered around the center ring. Little ... (Cleveland Plain Dealer, OH)
message center Nov 8, 2003
...more dire. But successful efforts to reduce human-elephant conflict
and protect habitat give us hope for the Asian elephant. The ... (Washington Post, DC)
A real trunk show Nov 6, 2003
Peggy, for example, is one of the best trained and gentlest of the bunch. But
Scott says the 46-year-old Asian elephant can be difficult and annoying. ... (MSNBC)
Ringling Brothers’ Circus Claims to Promote Conservation Nov 1, 2003
...which also owns the Disney on Ice and Siegfried and Roy shows), established the
Center for Elephant Conservation (CEC), a $5 million, 200-acre Asian elephant ... (Environmental Magazine, CT)
Illegal wildlife trade is at a `dangerously high level' Nov 4, 2003
In Vietnam, 12 species -- including the Asian elephant and the wild water buffalo
-- have become virtually extinct in the last 40 years due to hunting and ... (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
A birthday to really trumpet about at the Zoo! Nov 5, 2003
...stickability to ride in the Grand Birthday Parade, when you will see the birthday
girls exquisitely painted for their big day in traditional Asian elephant ... (Scoop.co.nz (press release), New Zealand)
PETA, VAL protest circus visit Nov 6, 2003
USDA testimony in front of the Secretary of Agriculture stated that Ringling handlers
failed to handle an ill juvenile Asian elephant "in a manner that did not ... (Pitt News, PA)
Lion King: Roaring Disney success Oct 27, 2003
...spectacular bird and seal shows. A huge new enclosure, the Asian Elephant
Rainforest, is due to open next year. Sydney Aquarium in Darling ... (New Zealand Herald, New Zealand)
Multitusking with talented pachyderm painters Oct 30, 2003
That move put many elephants and their handlers out of a job, so to help them Komar
and Melamid founded the nonprofit Asian Elephant Art & Conservation Project ... (The Japan Times, Japan)
A History Worth Trumpeting About Oct 20, 2003
The Asian elephant, whose age and name have been lost over the past five centuries,
arrived in Moscow in the mid-16th century loaded with gifts for Ivan the ... (Moscow Times, Russia)
County commission assists animal rescue group Oct 28, 2003
In addition to showing off Betty, his Asian elephant, he also pointed out
sections of his land where he had at one time housed wild mustangs. ... (Harrison Daily Times, AR)
Zoo Chiefs in Court over Elephant Keeper ’ s Death Oct 20, 2003
...work at the zoo. It is believed that Mr Hughes was butted by the four-ton
Asian elephant as she was herded to an outside enclosure. (The Scotsman, UK)
Zoo Gives Elephants More Room to Roam Oct 20, 2003
...better living space. The Santa Barbara Zoo began renovating its Asian
elephant exhibit, the Elephant Barn, last week. The additions ... (Daily Nexus)
US Policy Change Threatens Endangered Animals Oct 16, 2003
Species involved would include the Asian elephant in India, Southeast Asia and China;
the Morelet's crocodile in Mexico; the Asian bony tongue fish in Indonesia ... (Animal News Center)
What an elephantile cruelty! Oct 21, 2003
Dr. Mohammad Ali Reza Khan: Former Member of Asian Elephant Specialist Group of
IUCN and current member of World Commission of Protected Areas -- the WORLD ... (The Daily Star, Bangladesh)
Northwest literary lights Oct 17, 2003
Clare Meeker - The Mercer Island resident is the award-winning author of eight
children's books, including "Hansa: The True Story of an Asian Elephant Baby ... (Tacoma News Tribune, WA)
Goodall assails Bush administration plan for Endangered Species ... Oct 17, 2003
Money spent on crocodile skins from Central America or the importation of the Asian
elephant, two of the examples included in the proposed changes, could be ... (Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA)
Zoo chiefs in court Oct 21, 2003
Richard Hughes, 34, from Werrington, Stoke-on-Trent, was attacked by a
four ton Asian elephant, Kumara, in her enclosure in February 2001. ... (icCheshireOnline, UK)
Between Bush and a Lobotomy : Killing Endangered Species for ... Oct 25, 2003
They will be permitted to capture the endangered Asian elephant of India and Southeast
Asia who, American zoos and circuses believe, would be much happier ... (CounterPunch, CA)
An evening for young, old to remember Oct 25, 2003
...best view. "Pick me up," one little one shouted to his father as Asia
the Asian elephant lumbered around the center ring. Little ... (Cleveland Plain Dealer, OH)
IFAW's Animal Action Week to Raise Awareness of Endangered ... 08 Oct 2003
Both the African and Asian Elephant are listed as "Endangered" under The 2000
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and are "facing a very high risk of ... (U.S. Newswire (press release), DC)
Extinction fears for the Asian elephant Sep 18, 2003
By Graham Tibbetts. The Asian elephant has suffered a 75 per cent population
decline and could die out completely, researchers warn today. ... (Telegraph.co.uk, UK)
Saving the Asian elephant Sep 19, 2003
By Frances Harrison, in Colombo. Farmers defending their crops have become
a bigger hazard to elephants than poachers in many Asian countries. ... (BBC News, UK)
Annual event honors Mona, raises money Oct 4, 2003
We are still trying to educate the public on what they eat and where they live,
but we are focusing on the endangered status of the Asian elephant," Rick ... (El Paso Times, TX)
AI programme aims for world's first calf Oct 6, 2003
The artificial insemination (AI), an experiment under a programme to help save the
Asian elephant from extinction, was done at Mae Sa elephant camp in Chiang ... (Bangkok Post, Thailand)
Onstage Attack Casts Pall Over Las Vegas Strip Oct 5, 2003
...at the Mirage's Siegfried & Roy's Secret Garden, a mini-zoo where animals are on
display, include the white tigers as well as white lions, an Asian elephant ... (New York Times)
Small, Isolated Elephants Follow Own Evolutionary Path Sep 29, 2003
Dr. Raman Sukumar, chairman of the World Conservation Union's Asian Elephant
Specialist Group, said in an e-mail message, "This paper is indeed very ... (New York Times)
Premature elephant calf is euthanized Sep 23, 2003
But Rasha, a 30-year-old Asian elephant at the Fort Worth Zoo, went into labor Friday
morning, 16 months into her pregnancy and six months before her due date. ... (Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX)
Science Notes Sep 25, 2003
Also Saturday, the zoo will celebrate Kali the Asian elephant's 58th birthday.
Kali is touted as the nation's second-oldest Asian elephant. ... (Salt Lake Tribune, UT)
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