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NEWS ABOUT: elephant habitat

elephant habitat stories: 6 news summaries

Queen of Spain Pleads for Grief-Stricken Zoo Elephant

Barcelona Zoo urged to move bereaved elephant to more suitable habitat

May 15, 09 3:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Spain's Queen Sofia has intervened to help save an elephant campaigners say is dying of grief, the Independent reports. Susi, Barcelona Zoo's only elephant, lives alone in a concrete compound and has exhibited behavior experts say shows anxiety and deep depression since her companion died last year. The queen has... More »

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Spain • zoo • animal rights • elephant • elephant habitat • Queen Sofia

(Newser) - Elephants in the wild live up to three times longer as those in zoos, a new study says. The six-year report by British and Canadian scientists is sure to fire up the debate between animal rights activists and zoos over the well-being of the animals. African and Asian elephants tend... More »

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zoo • animal rights • elephant • elephant habitat • animal

 Numbers
 Soaring,
 S. Africa Mulls
 Elephant Cull

In 13 years since killing ban, overpopulation posing serious threat

Aug 21, 08 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - South Africa's 1995 ban on culling elephants has proven wildly successful—perhaps too successful, writes Karen Lange in National Geographic. As the population has skyrocketed from 8,000 to 13,000 in the years since, starving elephants are now ravaging vegetation and taxing the nation's ecosystem, forcing experts to consider... More »

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endangered species • conservation • South Africa • ivory • poaching • elephant • elephant habitat

Elephant Squad Keeps the Peace

Indonesia using novel solution to rampages 

Dec 6, 07 2:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Conflicts between elephant and man are common in Indonesia, fueled by the establishment of plantations ever-deeper into the Sumatran jungle. Since 2002, 42 people and 100 elephants have died in clashes, the Wall Street Journal reports. Enter the “Flying Squad,” four trained elephants and their keepers who patrol... More »

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Indonesia • elephant • elephant habitat • World Wildlife Fund

Elephants Know Who to Trust

Oct 21, 07 7:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Elephants apparently never forget a smell or clothing, at least when it comes to spotting their human hunters, researchers have discovered. Pachyderms in a study remained calm near members of an African community who had not harmed them, but instantly shied from those in a tribe who hunted them. It's... More »

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Africa • elephant • elephant habitat

Crazed Elephants Ravage Village

Oct 14, 07 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - A marauding herd of some 100 elephants has run amok on an Indian island, destroying homes and crushing fields as they feast on sugarcane. Panicky villagers were using firecrackers and bonfires in a bid to drive off the animals. Some 50 families have moved to a school for shelter.  More »

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conservation • India • elephant • elephant habitat

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