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Pregnant elephant 'poisoned' in Indonesian palm plantation

Banda Aceh - Arab Today

A pregnant elephant has been found dead in a palm oil plantation on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, in what authorities suspect was a deliberate poisoning, an official said Wednesday. The animal's body was found near the remote Seuneubok Bayu village in Aceh on December 22, after authorities received a tip off from locals, Aceh conservation centre head Sapto Aji Prabowo toldRead more

Celebrity elephant kills owner in Thailand

Thailand - Arab Today

An elephant that has starred in feature films and commercials crushed its owner to death in Thailand, zoo officials said Tuesday, sparking fresh debate over the kingdom's animal tourism industry. The accident took place Monday morning in the northern city of Chiang Mai, just after owner Somsak Riengngen unchained the five-tonne elephant Ekasit. With a mahout, or handler, on hisRead more

Elephant poaching in Africa falls but ivory seizures up

Geneva - Arab Today

Elephant poaching in Africa declined for a fifth straight year in 2016 but seizures of illegal ivory hit records highs, the CITES monitor said Tuesday, calling it a "conflicting phenomena". In its latest report, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species also noted that despite the overall fall in poaching, Africa's elephant population has continued to drop "due toRead more

Shoot-to-kill: India hunts serial killer elephant

New Delhi - AFP

India's top hunter on Friday led a shoot-to-kill pursuit of an elephant whose murderous rampage through villages has left 15 people dead. The government has turned to sharpshooter Nawab Shafat Ali Khan ahead of World Elephant Day on Saturday to hunt the animal who crushed four victims in the eastern state of Bihar in March before crossing into neighbouring JharkhandRead more

South African man trampled to death by elephant

Cape Town - Arab Today

A South African man was trampled to death by an elephant last week, authorities said on Monday. The incident occurred at a village near the Kruger National Park (KNP), one of Africa's biggest game reserves in northeastern South Africa, the South African National Parks (SANParks) said. The victim's body was found by KNP rangers on patrol. The rangers saw aRead more

Bangladesh rescues elephant that traveled 1000 km

Dhaka - Arab Today

An elephant thought to have traveled 1,000 kilometers from India into Bangladesh after becoming separated from its herd by floods was stopped in its tracks Thursday in a dramatic rescue that nearly ended in disaster. The distressed female ran amok after it was hit by a tranquillizer dart and charged into a pond, where it was only saved from drowningRead more

Mammoth effort to save flood-stranded elephant

Dhaka - Arab Today

Huge crowds of villagers following a wild elephant stranded in Bangladesh for more than a month by floods are hampering efforts to rescue it, forest officials said Saturday. Severe floods in the northeastern Indian state of Assam separated the four-ton female elephant from its herd as strong currents in the Brahmaputra river washed it across the border to northern BangladeshRead more

Kenya's ivory burn to re-energize wildlife protection

Nairobi - XINHUA

The historic torching of 105 tonnes of elephant tusks and 1.3 tonnes of rhino horns on April 30 will reaffirm Kenya's commitment to protect its iconic wildlife species, an official said on Monday. Dr. Richard Leakey, an acclaimed conservationist and Chairman of Kenya Wildlife Service(KWS), told Xinhua during an interview in Nairobi the east African nation will raise the barRead more