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The role of tourism in wildlife conservation is well known. Armed with cameras, tourists are now shooting Sri Lanka’s elephants and bringing them back from the verge of extinction.
The elephant orphanage at Pinnawela in Sri Lanka is breeding...
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When illustrating America’s close ties to Asia, never forget the elephants.
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South Africa lifted a 13-year ban on killing elephants Thursday, a move conservationists warn could encourage poachers to slaughter the animals for ivory and threaten...
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South Africa has lifted a 13-year ban on elephant culling.Once on the verge of extinction in some parts of South Africa, elephant numbers in that country have recently...
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Borneo’s pygmy elephants may be descendants of an extinct Javan elephant race, saved by chance by an 18th century ruler, according to a new study released...
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Connie Speight has swayed on elephant-back through unforgiving jungle and has adopted nine of the high-maintenance beasts. At 83, the retired American teacher is back...
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South Africa says it will reverse a ban on elephant culls because the population now needs controlling.
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South Africa said it will allow elephants to be killed to control their population, reversing a 1994 ban and immediately drawing criticism from animal rights...
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South Africa says it will allow the culling of elephants for the first time since 1994.A cautiously worded government statement given to reporters Monday says culling...
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Ol Pejeta:
A man on a motorbike waits for an elephant to cross the road, Friday, Sept. 26, 2008 in the Ol Pejeta conservancy near Mt. Kenya. Save the Elephants has set up a project where they placed a mobile phone SIM card in an elephants collar, then set up a...
