Elephants escape from park in Uganda, kill two people
KAMPALA (Uganda): A group of elephants have escaped from a park in Uganda and killed two people before destroying crops. According to police, the incident took place in Queen Elizabeth National Park, located in the western district of Kasese, around 278 kilometres (172 miles) from the capital Kampala. “The elephants moved from the park to […]
Wild elephant kills elderly woman in Tawau
TAWAU: A wild elephant is believed to have trampled an elderly woman to death near the Dumpas area, in Jalan Merota-Kalabakan, near here this morning. The incident is believed to have occurred at 7.30 am while the victim Samsiah Arshad, 67, and her husband Tahir Salleh, were headed to Kongsi 4 of the Cenderamata oil […]
Thriving on Elephant Ground
By WWF Malaysia This year, the world grieved as they learned about the tragic death of a pregnant Asian elephant in Kerala, India who ate a firecracker-filled pineapple. The jumbo died in unimaginable pain as the firecracker exploded in her mouth — a poignant photograph of the dark realities of human-elephant conflict and the devastating […]
Today is World Elephant Day
KUCHING: World Elephant Day is an international annual event on August 12, dedicated to the preservation and protection of the world’s elephants. Here are the 20 facts about these gentle giants and the steps and research being carried out for humans and elephants to coexist. 1. There are three living species of elephants: the Asian […]
There’s hope for Thailand’s starving and ‘jobless’ elephants
BY LINDA KHOO HUI LI BANGKOK: Gai Na and To-Me – two female elephants aged 60 years and 56 years, respectively – frolic by the riverbank under the scorching sun at Elephants World in the western province of Kanchanaburi, located about 200km from Bangkok. Nearby, a 24-year-old mahout named Ehdar sat under a tree, closely […]
Caring India landowner bequeaths land to pachyderms
PATNA, India: An Indian landowner has willed most of his land to two elephants he said saved his life from gun-toting criminals, a decision that has upset his wife and children. Akhtar Imam, from a village in the eastern state of Bihar, said he changed his will to bequeath 2.5 hectares (6.2 acres) to gentle […]
