There and back again: The epic adventures of China’s wandering elephants

After a mammoth journey across the country the pack of pachyderms are finally heading home.

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Giraffes have been misunderstood and are just as socially complex as elephants

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Wandering elephants are touching hearts in China. Humans may be reason they left home.

“It almost felt as if they had a holy aura around them,” said Adam Chang, who was hired to deliver corn and pineapples to the elephants.

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China’s herd of wandering elephants takes a rest after 500km trek

Group of pachyderms that has been criss-crossing the countryside photographed lying down outside a village in Xiyang township

China’s famous herd of wandering elephants has stopped for a rest after a 15-month journey far out of their natural habitat, an odyssey that has captivated the country.

Authorities have marshalled extraordinary resources to monitor the herd and keep it away from residential areas. According to Chinese media, the Yunnan forest fire brigade said a team of eight people were tracking the elephants, 24 hours a day, both on the ground and by drone from the air.

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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/08/chinas-herd-of-wandering-elephants-takes-a-rest-after-500km-trek
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Eighteen elephants found dead in Indian forest reserve

Lightning or poisoning cited as possible causes of deaths in protected area in Assam state

Authorities are trying to establish how 18 wild Asiatic elephants died in a remote corner of India’s north-east.

The elephants, including five calves, were found dead in the protected Kondali forest reserve in the state of Assam, Jayanta Goswami, a wildlife official, told Associated Press. The forest guard reached the area on Thursday and found 14 elephants dead atop a hill and four at its bottom.

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New Yorker runs secret footage of NRA chief Wayne LaPierre botching an elephant killing

In 2013, Wayne LaPierre, the head of the National Rifle Association decided the best way to make Americans forget about the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting would be to show how cool guns were by using them to kill elephants. — Read the rest

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African elephants face extinction amid poaching, habitat loss

Number of forest elephants – found mostly in Central Africa – has fallen by 86 percent over the last 30 years.

Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/26/african-elephants-now-critically-endangered
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Extinction: Elephants driven to the brink by poaching

The ivory trade and habitat loss combine to push Africa’s elephants closer to extinction.

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From poaching to avocados, Kenya’s elephants face new threat

Opponents of an avocado farm in Kenya say it obstructs free movement of elephants and clashes with traditional land use.

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Elephants counted from space for conservation

Satellite imagery is being used to count elephants in a breakthrough that could aid conservation.

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Shipwreck Filled With Treasure and Elephant Tusks Sheds Light on 16th-Century Ivory Trade

A trove of elephant tusks found in the cargo hold of an old Portuguese shipwreck is yielding new insights into the 16th-century ivory trade and lost African elephants.

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‘World’s loneliest elephant’ Kaavan starts trip to Cambodia

Kaavan, dubbed the “world’s loneliest elephant” after languishing alone for years in a Pakistani zoo, has been readied for his flight to a sanctuary in Cambodia and the much-needed company of other elephants

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Heartbreaking images show hungry elephants looking for food in landfill

Locals say some of the animals have died after consuming plastic and other waste from the landfill site in Ampara, Sri Lanka

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Elephant trapped in Indian well rescued in 12-hour crane operation

Animal fell into well covered with bushes in village in Tamil Nadu’s Dharmapuri district

Forest officials in India’s southern Tamil Nadu state said they used a crane to pull an elephant from a well after working for more than 12 hours to rescue the animal.

The elephant, which strayed into a village bordering a forest in Tamil Nadu’s Dharmapuri district, fell into the well that was covered with bushes and did not have a fence or wall around it, Rajkumar, the district forest officer, said.

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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/22/elephant-trapped-in-indian-well-rescued-in-12-hour-crane-operation
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Mysterious mass elephant die-off across Africa finally explained, but not everyone’s convinced by the answer

Officials in Botswana claim to have identified the culprit behind the mass die-off of elephants witnessed earlier this year between March and June: cyanobacteria poisoning. However, not everyone’s entirely convinced.

The die-off sparked major concerns among the wildlife conservation community as hundreds of pachyderms dropped dead in Botswana’s Okavango Delta earlier this year. The country boasts the world’s largest elephant population, comprising more than 130,000 animals, over 330 of which have so far died in mysterious circumstances.

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Not poisoned, not poached: Mystery surrounds death of 154 elephants in Botswana

“The deaths were caused by poisoning due to cyanobacteria which was growing in [salt] pans” or watering holes, the principal veterinary officer at the Department of Wildlife and National Parks, Dr Mmadi Reuben, revealed on Monday.

The elephant deaths dropped off near the end of June, as the pans and watering holes dried up and the species of cyanobacteria that produces neurotoxins died. 

Tests were conducted in laboratories in South Africa, Canada, Zimbabwe, and the United States, though local officials in Botswana declined to name specific labs or agencies. The same officials vowed to conduct more testing of waterholes for algal blooms ahead of future rainy seasons to prevent similar die-offs from reoccurring. 

These kinds of toxins were initially ruled out as the cause of the die-off, as only one other animal, a horse, died in close proximity to watering holes and in similar circumstances to the elephants. Scientists now suspect that prolonged exposure to the cyanobacteria due to bathing and additional drinking time among elephants may explain the discrepancy.

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However, conservationists such as Dr Niall McCann, director of conservation at UK-based charity National Park Rescue, have called for increased research into the algal blooms believed to be responsible so the wildlife community can better protect the pachyderms. 

McCann also decried a lack of more thorough testing of the elephant carcasses, which must be done in a highly specific and timely manner, to better narrow down and explain the die-off events.

“Just because cyanobacteria were found in the water that does not prove that the elephants died from exposure to those toxins. Without good samples from dead elephants, all hypotheses are just that: hypotheses,” said McCann, highlighting that correlation doesn’t equal causation, especially if there is to be any real hope of protecting the animals in future.

Meanwhile, more than 20 elephants died across the border in Zimbabwe in August, fuelling concerns the two die-off incidents might be linked. The remains of these animals are undergoing the aforementioned strict and necessary testing to determine their cause of death more accurately. 

One leading theory is that they were felled by a strain of a bacteria called pasteurella, which killed hundreds of thousands of Saiga antelope in Kazakhstan in 2015.

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Death of hundreds of elephants in Botswana blamed on toxic algae

“We have many questions still to be answered such as why the elephants only (died) and why that area only,” veterinary officer Mmadi Reuben said.

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Why are elephants dying? The race to solve the mystery of mass die-offs

Hundreds of animals perished in Botswana and new deaths are reported in Zimbabwe – now scientists are trying to find the cause

Earlier this year, more than 350 elephants mysteriously died in the Okavango delta in Botswana. Individuals of all ages and both sexes were affected, with many walking in circles before dying suddenly, collapsing on their faces. The mass die-off in May and June was described as a “conservation disaster”.

Three months later, most surviving elephants have fled. Last week a plane flew over the Okavango Panhandle, an area in the north-west of the delta where most of the deaths occurred, and eight elephants were spotted, when normally you would see hundreds, says Dr Niall McCann, director of conservation at UK-based charity National Park Rescue. “It is understandable, I’m sure you or I would flee if all our friends and relatives were dying, and that’s what the elephants appear to have done.”

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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/03/why-are-elephants-dying-the-race-to-solve-the-mystery-of-mass-die-offs-aoe
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Zimbabwe investigates mysterious death of 11 elephants

National park authorities rule out poaching and cyanide poisoning

Parks authorities in Zimbabwe are investigating the mysterious death of 11 elephants in a forest in the west of the country after ruling out cyanide poisoning and poaching.

The carcasses of the elephants were discovered on Friday in Pandamasue forest, located between Hwange national park and Victoria Falls.

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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/30/zimbabwe-investigates-mysterious-death-of-11-elephants
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'If we don't buy, they don't die': Tackling the global demand that's driving the illegal wildlife trade

Some endangered species are sought out as delicacies while others are coveted for their medicinal properties or decorative value

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'A global conservation disaster': Fury as Botswana sells 60 elephant shoot permits to trophy-hunters

‘The species will be more prone to disease and the risk of extinction is greater,’ says wildlife activist

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