USA

US to legalise importation of elephant trophies from Zimbabwe

Conservation groups have been left outraged at the move, which they say will increase poaching

16 November 2017

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Elephants help mark year since Thai kings' death

Elephants help mark year since Thai kings' death

13 October 2017

Nepal

Elephants rescue tourists in flood-hit Nepal

Some 250 people have died in India, Bangladesh and Nepal which has suffered its worst rains in more than a decade

16 August 2017

Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan navy saves two elephants washed out to sea

Two wild elephants were rescued by the Sri Lankan navy after becoming trapped at sea.

24 July 2017

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Elephant rescued from ocean eight miles off Sri Lankan coast

The distressed pachyderm had been dragged out to sea by strong currents before it was spotted by a navy patrol boat.

12 July 2017

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Mudslide fun: baby elephant filmed sliding down hill

2 July 2017

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[Watch] Endangered baby elephant takes his first steps

28 May 2017

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Elephants "excited" by banana-toting Queen Elizabeth

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip fed an elephant bananas to the apparent delight of the herd.

13 April 2017

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Elephants make a splash ahead of Thai New Year

Elephants in Thailand’s ancient capital of Ayutthaya sprayed water from their trunks at people on Tuesday (April 11), ahead of the start of Thailand’s traditional New…

12 April 2017

Thailand

Thailand: March 13 – Elephant Day!

Around 60 elephants at Ayutthaya in Thailand enjoy a fruit buffet to mark Elephant Day, which raises awareness to end their exploitation.

13 March 2017

Thailand

Watch: Thai baby elephant gets water-based treatment for injured foot

A baby elephant took a tentative dip in a swimming pool in Thailand on Thursday as part of a lengthy rehabilitation process to heal her injured foot.

5 January 2017

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Hindu devotees parade through Paris to celebrate the elephant god Ganesh

More than 4,000 Hindu devotees and others celebrated the birth of the elephant god Ganesh in Paris as they paraded through the streets of the French capital in a festival held each year for the past 2

29 August 2016

Kenya

Kenya burns over a hundred tons of elephant tusks and calls for a worldwide ban on ivory sales

Kenyan authorities were preparing to burn a stockpile of over a hundred tons of elephant tusks on Saturday as a message to the world over the threat

30 April 2016