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Dottie the elephant had acute pneumonia - Nov 6, 2008 Atlanta Journal Constitution,By Leon Stafford Zoo Atlanta’s African elephant Dottie, who died suddenly last week in the third trimester of her pregnancy, suffered from acute pneumonia, The real-life Mowgli who grew up with Africa's wild animals - Nov 12, 2008 Telegraph.co.uk,Using her innocence and imagination, the young 'Mowgli' befriended one of the giants of the animal kingdom, Abu the African elephant. The Big Question: Is it right to sell ivory, or does it just ... - Oct 28, 2008 Independent,And in Kenya, which opposes the current auction, a number of Chinese nationals were convicted of smuggling in 22 out of 37 African elephant-range states. Zoo hopes fourth attempt to artificially inseminate elephant Edie ... - Nov 12, 2008 Knoxville News Sentinel,Maybe the fourth try will be the charm for Knoxville Zoo African elephant Edie. This week zoo elephant keepers and a veterinary reproductive specialist are Ivory Auctions In Southern Africa Raise More Than $15 Million - Nov 7, 2008 Voice of AmericaThe organization says the money will go for African elephant conservation and to support local communities. Lisa Schlein reports from Geneva. Wildlife group applauds EBay's global ban on ivory sales - Oct 22, 2008 Los Angeles Times,Today, the total African elephant population is less than 470000. The team was led by Samuel Wasser, a University of Washington conservation biologist, Atlanta zoo's African elephant dies - Oct 28, 2008 Live 5 News,ATLANTA (WCSC) - Zoo Atlanta is reporting that their 26-year-old African elephant Dottie died Monday night. Zoo officials say all of the animals' health and Elephant’s death a double loss - Oct 29, 2008 Atlanta Journal Constitution,...lions to ruffed lemurs to a panda cub —- the zoo lost 26-year-old Dottie and her unborn calf overnight Monday when the popular African elephant died. Tuskers strike gold - Nov 12, 2008 Dispatch Online,...“We will make world history by having an African elephant literally striking a coin celebrating its own species.� — Sapa. Zoo Atlanta Elephant Dies - Oct 29, 2008 News/Talk 750 WSB,Dottie, the zoo's pregnant African elephant, died late Monday of unknown causes. The elephant, which was in the third trimester of her 24 month pregnancy, Roads Bring Death And Fear To Forest Elephants - Oct 28, 2008 Science Daily (press release)WCS elephant conservation efforts have been supported by the US Fish and Wildlife Service's African Elephant Conservation Fund, Save the Elephants, Former owner says Ned the elephant just a picky eater - Nov 14, 2008 Tampabay.com,...gave up his license to exhibit animals to avoid prosecution for violating the Animal Welfare Act. The problems started when his African elephant, Kenya, Tuskers to mint own gold coins - Nov 11, 2008 The South African Star,..."We will make world history by having an African elephant literally striking a coin, celebrating its own species." The coins will be struck on Friday. Ohio Judge Hands Ivory Smuggler Five Year Prison Term - Oct 22, 2008 NBC Chicago,The $100000 fine will be given to the African Elephant Conservation Fund which supports projects that enhance sustainable conservation programs for African Elephants Get Annual Pumpkin Treat - Nov 3, 2008 WOWT,Shenga, a 25-year-old female African elephant headed straight to the giant pumpkin. She made quick work of the treat with her foot and trunk. Animals have to be neighborly too - Oct 26, 2008 Los Angeles Times,...she's chronicled the Oakland Zoo's attempts to hand-raise a baby African elephant; followed the Los Angeles Zoo's LA-born gorilla Caesar on his trek to Maggie celebrates a year in California - Nov 2, 2008 KTUU,The 8000- pound African elephant left the Alaska Zoo and moved to a warmer home at the PAWS sanctuary in San Andreas, Calif., last year. Carousels get a conservation bent - Nov 12, 2008 Los Angeles Times,Aside from the Bengal tiger, seal and zebra pictured here, the merry-go-round's lineup of 33 animals includes a giant panda, African elephant, cheetah, Mammoth fossil found after Ike, returned to owner - Oct 22, 2008 Sault Star,The second tooth, from an African elephant, was discovered Oct. 4 on the beach by a reporter doing a story on the original find. Eventually, the teeth made Elephants star in educational exhibit a fair - Oct 31, 2008 Live 5 News,..."They are going to see something that they can't see hardly anywhere else because we show them the difference between the Asian and African elephant. National Museums of Scotland puts on display of unusual exhibits - Nov 14, 2008 stv.tv,From a Sumatran tiger to a baby African elephant; a Napoleonic tea set to a Sri Lankan snake demon mask, visitors will be spoilt for choice at the Wise elephants avoid 'danger roads' - Oct 28, 2008 International Animal Rescue,While some scientists consider the forest elephant its own species, others say it is one of two sub-species of the African elephant, along with the savanna. Dallas council member Vonciel Jones Hill: City should organize big ... - Nov 5, 2008 Dallas Morning News,...make that a business endeavor," she said. This suggestion came as the council gazed upon a photo of a massive African elephant taken on the trade mission. Les Schobert dies at 61; Los Angeles Zoo's former general curator - Oct 22, 2008 Los Angeles Times,Last year, Schobert helped arrange for Ruby, a female African elephant at the LA Zoo, to be relocated to an animal sanctuary in Northern California. Alaska zoo expatriate thriving in elephant 'heaven' - Nov 9, 2008 Monterey County Herald,By MEGAN HOLLAND Pat Derby, a founder and director of the Performing Animal Welfare Society, walks alongside an African elephant at the organization's Ark Yes, he can be good for Israel - Nov 8, 2008 Mail & Guardian Online,The German went to Africa, returned after 10 years and composed a five-volume "Foreword to a General Introduction to the Origins of the African Elephant". Ivory sale earns $1.1m from China, Japan - Oct 28, 2008 AFPWINDHOEK (AFP) — Namibia sold more than seven tonnes of ivory for 1.1 million dollars on Tuesday, in the first legal auction of elephant tusks in nearly a Trained experts know what elephants need - Nov 6, 2008 Los Angeles Daily News,In the past 25 years, the wild African elephant population has fallen from 1.6million to less than 500000 - a decline of more than 100 elephants each day. Fewer species big and small - Nov 8, 2008 Inquirer.net,The population of the formerly vulnerable African Elephant has also increased. It is now classified as near threatened. Opportunities for the next US president - Nov 1, 2008 Jamaica Gleaner,Valerie, a 26-year-old female African elephant picks Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama, picture over Republican presidential candidate Siam's a big star - Nov 7, 2008 Sunshine Coast Daily,Siam, an African elephant that weighs more than 500kg, resides at Australia Zoo and has recently finished filming a role in Network Ten's upcoming The Big Question: Will scientists ever be able to resurrect long ... - Nov 4, 2008 Independent,For the mammoth, the African elephant might be the best choice, although there may be important biological differences that pose insuperable barriers. Tusky business - Chobe's elephants - Nov 3, 2008 Easier (press release),...of elephant in Africa, largely escaping the massive illegal poaching that decimated other African elephant populations in the 1970s and 80s. Animals turn traitor to their political parties - Nov 1, 2008 Daily Democrat,..."Valerie," a 26-year-old African elephant, on the other hand, wasn't as deliberating. The 7400 pounder wrapped her trunk around Odin. Zoo offers exotic animal ringtones - Oct 23, 2008 The Press AssociationAnimal Park near Ashford - means that customers can choose from an assortment of different animal sounds, from an African elephant to a Malaysian tapir. "World's Ugliest Dog" dies - Nov 10, 2008 Los Angeles Times,...she's chronicled the Oakland Zoo's attempts to hand-raise a baby African elephant; followed the Los Angeles Zoo's LA-born gorilla Caesar on his trek to When mammals are threatened, we are threatened - Oct 21, 2008 Arrow Lakes News,But who cares about the black-footed ferret, or the wild horse, or the African elephant? We humans are not in danger of extinction, are we? Extinction Stalks One in Four of the World's Mammals - Oct 25, 2008 NBC Sandiego.com,The African elephant, Loxodonta africana, moved from Vulnerable to Near Threatened, although its status varies considerably across its range. Zimmer Custom Tailors Sales Style - Nov 3, 2008 NewsFactor Network,Twenty-five years ago, after seeing a picture of a large male African elephant bending down to get into its cement night house, Zimmer was disturbed to Violinist Oliveira to perform at church Sunday - Nov 6, 2008 TCPalm,The centerpiece of the action-adventure story is the world of the African elephant and its battle against man’s greed and arrogance. Hunter donations treat zoo animals to natural foods - Oct 27, 2008 Anchorage Daily News (subscription),In a time when the zoo is repositioning itself as a cold-climate conservation park after years of controversy housing an African elephant, the food is Drumming toward cultural understanding - Nov 4, 2008 Oneida Dispatch,As a lover of the African elephant, she said she is very into learning about that region and its culture and being a part of this club helps her to do so. Close-up - Nov 4, 2008 So Md News,It was an Indiana-Jones kind of job that included work on the iconic African elephant on display in the US National Museum of Natural History rotunda and The Goldilocks genome - Nov 2, 2008 ScienceAlert,In all, around 25 species of mammals have now been sequenced including the cat, dog, horse, cow, human and African elephant. While costs are coming down, VOCATIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS PRESENTED - Oct 25, 2008 Star of Mysore,The four recipients from Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens are Sannaiah, the man who takes care of African Elephant, Narasamma, Gardener, who also takes Caption Only - Oct 25, 2008 StarPhoenix,AROUND THE WORLD IN PHOTOS: PECKING ORDER: Two orpington hens pick corn under the surveillance of an African elephant Friday at a zoo in Duisburg, Germany. Selling elephant ivory a tricky business - Oct 22, 2008 Phoenixville News,The African elephant population in 1900 was about 10 million. By 2004, the population had dropped to approximately 400000. CITES prepared a comprehensive A new home where the elephants and giraffes can roam - Oct 22, 2008 Providence Journal,By Philip Marcelo An African elephant explores its newly designed digs in Providence’s Roger Williams Park Zoo. The overhauled Africa area includes the IFAW: Controversial ivory sales close today in South Africa - Nov 6, 2008 Politics.co.uk,In 1989, CITES Parties listed the African elephant on Appendix I, effectively prohibiting all international trade in elephant products, including ivory. Where is the Israeli Obama? - Nov 1, 2008 MWC News,...returns after ten years and composes a five-volume tome: "A Foreword to a General Introduction to the Origins of the African Elephant". [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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