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Sri Lankan Department of National Zoological Gardens Sees Record Income During 2011
Year 2011 has been a propitious year for the Department of National Zoological Gardens. It earned Rs. 651 million as income during last year. How People Arrived Here: made in sri lanka rhinoceros place zoo news, organogram for business development...
Angry Elephant Kills Hunter in Western Grand Cape Mount County
Reports reaching the Liberian capital Monrovia suggest that an angry elephant has killed a hunter in western grand Cape Mount County after it was apparently provoked.
Indian Task Force Recommends Creating Elephant Conservation Authority
The Task Force on Project Elephant constituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests in 2010 has recommended in its report that Project Elephant should be converted into a statutory agency on the lines of National Tiger Conservation Authority for...
Police in Zanzibar Seize 1,041 Elephant Tusks Hidden in Shipment Heading for Malaysia
Police in Zanzibar have seized 1,041 elephant tusks hidden in a shipment heading for Malaysia, according to media reports. The ivory was hidden in a container of anchovies, where the strong smell would have discouraged an investigation of its contents....
Elephant Loose in Space
NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, captured this image of a star-forming cloud of dust and gas, called Sh2-284, located in the constellation of Monoceros. Lining up along the edges of a cosmic hole are several “elephant...
Six-day Aerial Census of Elephants And Other Large Mammals Underway in the Tsavo-Mkomazi Ecosystem
A 6-day aerial census of elephants together with other big mammals is underway within the Tsavo-Mkomazi ecosystem with greater than 100 contributors pulled from 4 nations. Geared towards establishing the actual populations, trends and distribution of...
Ivory Stockpile in Zimbabwe Rises to 42,000kg As CITES Trade Ban Bites
Zimbabwe’s wildlife body said Sunday it is sitting on an ivory stockpile of more than 42,000Kg and called for the lifting of a ban on trade in elephant products to allow it to dispose of the tusks.
Elephants Trample on Former Internally Displaced Persons Livelihoods in Northern Uganda
Former internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in northern Ugandan regions bordering the Murchison Falls National Park are struggling to resettle because persistent elephant incursions into their fields are threatening their livelihoods, and sometimes,...
