African Elephant
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Outdoors: Dog days drag along - 19 Aug 2007
Bowling Green Daily News,...for quite some time, and the old girl has even taken a liking to wallowing in the fine, gray dust like an African elephant roaming the Serengeti.
The blues are back in town - 19 Aug 2007
Ventura County Star (subscription),A blue whale's tongue alone can weigh six tons, or about as much as an African elephant. Even dinosaurs cower — a Tyrannosaurus rex and a brontosaurus (now
Texas zoo elephant dies at age 49 - Aug 13, 2007
International Herald Tribune,Tanzy was believed to have been the second oldest African elephant in North America, the Abilene Reporter-News reported. An elephant's average lifespan is
Circus elephant died from heart attack after being 'hassled by dogs' - Aug 7, 2007
Belfast Telegraph,It is understood Kenya, an African elephant, died from a heart attack after being harassed by dogs recently. A spokesman for the USPCA, David Wilson,
Texas Zoo Elephant Dies - Aug 13, 2007
KWTX,They say an elephant's average lifespan is 33 years and that they believed Tanzy to have been the second oldest African elephant in North America.
Scientists map elephant evolution - Jul 24, 2007
BBC News,The African elephant is much bigger than its Asian counterpart. It is known for its large, floppy ears, and both sexes have great ivory tusks,
Kenya: Why Ban On Ivory Was Extended - Aug 6, 2007
AllAfrica.com,Thus in May 1989, Kenya along with other nations, proposed the listing of the African elephant on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in
A ‘wobbling’ ride on Laura the African elephant - Jul 25, 2007
Ludington Daily News,But dangerous was not the adjective that came to mind as Laura, the African elephant gave kids rides on her back and performed tricks for the crowd.
Zoo hires its president's husband - Aug 13, 2007
Pittsburgh Post Gazette,Zoo officials said they appreciated the irony of turning the ranch into a preserve for a much-hunted species like the African elephant.
Alaska Zoo postpones Maggie's move until spring - Aug 10, 2007
KTUU,Animal rights groups had hoped the African elephant would be out of the state by winter. Zoo Board President Dick Thwaites said the zoo has received
Zoos cleared of cruelty - Aug 14, 2007
Sydney Morning Herald,The investigation was ordered in June, after the deaths of a greater one-horned rhinoceros and a female African elephant. The RSPCA's chief inspector,
A long-running fantasy - Aug 18, 2007
News Today,Shirts had collars that in darkness could be mistaken for the ears of an African elephant. Every collar, by a conservative estimate, required the rough
Senate and House Move Quickly to Reauthorize Programs for ... - Aug 1, 2007
Earthtimes.orgGrants from the African Elephant Conservation Fund have been made since 1990 to provide protection from poachers and for surveys of elephant populations and
LET'S TALK ANTIQUES - Aug 2, 2007
Columbia Daily Tribune,First, know that the act that made trading in and importing African elephant ivory into the United States an illegal activity was enacted in 1988.
Elephants get Photo IDs for Protection - Aug 15, 2007
Mongabay.comAsian elephants don’t carry photo identification, so scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and India’s Nature Conservation Foundation are
Riverbanks Zoo keeping animals cool in record heat - Aug 8, 2007
South Carolina Now,By Robert Kittle You might think an African elephant would be right at home in 104 degree heat. But the high temperature during the hottest month in Kenya
Little Master's big escape - Aug 1, 2007
Electric New Paper,Although smaller and less aggressive than an African elephant, Chooti is not the only one of his kind to get into trouble in the past few months.
RSPCA finds no wrongdoing in zoo deaths - Aug 13, 2007
ABC Online,The RSPCA will not be taking any action against two New South Wales zoos over the deaths of an African elephant and pregnant rhinoceros.
Louisville Zoo grants girl's wish - Aug 7, 2007
Louisville Courier-Journal,13-year-old Elaney Pickering of Eudora, Kan., whose wish was to meet Scotty, the Louisville Zoo's baby African elephant and be a zoo keeper for the day.
If you go - Jul 24, 2007
Cleveland Plain Dealer,Zoo Director Steve Taylor will lead information sessions about African Elephant Crossing, set to open in 2010. Cost: $10 for those 12 and older; $5,
Media invite: Aberdeen takes delivery of new £1.5m MRI scanner - Jul 24, 2007
PressZoom (press release),The new £1.5M magnet - which is heavier than an African elephant - will be installed by Philips Medical Systems, the international engineering company.
Zoo not ready for Maggie's send-off - Jul 24, 2007
Anchorage Daily News (subscription),...vice president of the group Friends of Maggie, says he is resting easier since the board decided earlier this summer to move the African elephant.
Creature comforts - Aug 13, 2007
Columbia Daily Tribune,Of course, as an African elephant, Bud is genetically built to handle 100-degree temperatures. Bud resides at Grant’s Farm, where four times a day he
Original: Pauline E Lagan's acrylic elephant dung and paper piece ... - Aug 6, 2007
News & Star,THE work of more than 80 artists is on display in Carlisle Cathedral’s Fratry as part of the 39th Carlisle and Cumbria Artists Exhibition, but only Pauline
Fish and Wildlife Service Announces International Conservation Grants - Aug 5, 2007
NewsBlaze,The grants are awarded through the Service's Wildlife Without Borders Program and the African Elephant, Asian Elephant, Great Apes, Marine Turtle and
Anne: last of the circus elephants all alone at 54 - Jul 28, 2007
Guardian Unlimited,In 1882, Jumbo, an African elephant, was one of the most popular attractions at London Zoo. It became troublesome, and was sold to American showman Phineas
• Breakfast, a bath and a pedicure with the elephants at the ... - Jul 24, 2007
Cleveland Plain Dealer,The $25 million, five-acre facility, to be called the African Elephant Crossing, will also have an education center and Africa-indigenous animals new to the
Suit alleges elephant abuse at LA Zoo - Aug 2, 2007
Daily Breeze,In May, Ruby, a 46-year-old African elephant, was moved to the Performing Animal Welfare Society Elephant Sanctuary in Northern California, where she and
Remains of German Flying Ace Recovered - Aug 14, 2007
Forbes,The dig also yielded a number of artifacts, including a wallet with money, documents and images of the Virgin Mary and an African elephant.
EarthTalk: Africa's Endangered Wildlife - Jul 30, 2007
Kansas City infoZine,The population of the continent's biggest mammal, the African elephant, has declined by more than 99 percent since the 1930s, when as many as 10 million of
Training the wild - Aug 5, 2007
Anchorage Daily News (subscription),It had an Asian camel and an African elephant but not a single Alaska wolf. Which was odd. Because the gray wolf, Canis lupus -- reclusive, cunning -- is
AP Top Missouri News at 3:58 am CDT - Aug 13, 2007
Hays Daily News,Of course, as an African elephant, Bud is genetically built to handle 100-degree temperatures. Bud resides at Grant's Farm, where four times a day he
Beetle battles! - Aug 16, 2007
Deccan Herald,A huge African elephant can only carry up to 25% of its own weight on its back. The rhinoceros beetle can carry 850 times its own weight!
Cancer research to draw on £1.5m magnet - Jul 24, 2007
Scotsman,IT WEIGHS more than an African elephant, has travelled from the Netherlands and took six hours to move into its new home. Scientists now hope that a £1.5
A ‘wonderful’ fair - Jul 30, 2007
Ludington Daily News,...“Attendance was up, animal auctions were up, the weather was decent and Laura (the African elephant) was a big hit.� Everything was busting at the seams.
Animals at the Montgomery Zoo try to stay cool - Aug 10, 2007
Montgomery Advertiser,AUGUST 10, 2007 - An African elephant sprays itself with water to cool off in the afternoon heat at the Montgomery Zoo in Montgomery, Ala. on Friday August
Last Chance To Get Out Of Town - Aug 15, 2007
Rocktown Weekly,Asha, the African elephant, offers rides on his back on the weekends and sometimes during the week. Hours are 9 am-6 pm Monday-Friday and 9 am-7 pm
Learning to listen to elephants - Jul 24, 2007
Denver Post,...do anything and just let the elephant go extinct," said the zoo's curator of large mammals, a guy with an African elephant tattooed on his leg.
Star treatment - Aug 10, 2007
Telegraph.co.uk,Martin Pearson visits her sanctuary in California A nine-ton African elephant was silhouetted against a hazy horizon, partly hidden by billowing plumes of
Fliqz Brings Online Video to Broad Spectrum of Travel Sites - Aug 15, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),An African elephant crosses the dusty road 20 feet away from where you stand. BootsnAll.com, TravelBlog.org, Travellerspoint Travel Community, Ker & Downey,
A girl's wish: Baby (Scotty) Love - Aug 8, 2007
Louisville Courier-Journal,...of Kentucky and Southern Indiana helped fulfill her wish of taking care of animals -- and visiting Louisville's new baby African elephant, Scotty.
Zoo Montana: Zoo objective becomes conservation - Aug 4, 2007
Billings Gazette,The thrill to see an African elephant, black rhino or Siberian tiger. Then the thrill waned, and many zoos have found themselves struggling for funds to
Death of rhino not Taronga Zoo's fault - Aug 14, 2007
Daily Telegraph,The RSPCA also cleared Western Plains Zoo at Dubbo of any responsibility in the death of an aged African elephant, which occurred a week after Kua died.
Cancer doctors see attraction of seven-tonne, GBP 1.5m magnet - Jul 25, 2007
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release),IT WEIGHS more than an African elephant, has travelled from Holland and took six hours to move into its new home. Scientists now hope that a GBP 1.5 million
UNIVERSITY GETS £1.5M SCANNER - Jul 25, 2007
This is Aberdeen,Shaped like a Polo Mint, it is heavier than a fully-grown African elephant. Department head Professor Fiona Gilbert said the MRI scanner would allow the
So You Think You Can Dance: Rumors About the Top 4 - Aug 10, 2007
BuddyTVGiven the popularity of people messing with Wikipedia, as famous by Stephen Colbert's African elephant insanity, it's difficult to determine if any of that
Up close and animal - Aug 7, 2007
Waterbury Republican American,Visitors (only if they're 150 pounds or less) can ride a wrinkly African elephant. The gem of the zoo, though, is the deer forest, and anyone who makes the
Frances Cecilia Bacher, RN - Aug 6, 2007
Daily Mining Gazette,Her most memorable adventures were riding an African elephant and a camel in Morocco. She is survived by her two children, John H. Bacher and wife, Beth;
Teacher is eager to share the joys of travel with students - Aug 5, 2007
The Herald-Times (subscription),They’ll even stop at a hunting, fishing and camping store that’s about the size of their school — complete with displays of an African elephant, lions,
Daily Calendar for Sunday, July 29, 2007 - Jul 29, 2007
Maryville Daily Times,Or that Tonka, the zoo’s bull African elephant, weighs about 15000 pounds and is one of only a few mature bull elephants on exhibit in the country?
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