Articles: Elephant Issues
'Unite' to save the elephant
The director of Dusit Zoo yesterday commemorated Thai Elephant Day with an urgent call for a united effort to protect the giant mammals before it is too late.
Elephant lovers slam export to Australia
"We do not want the elephants transferred to man-made living places because wild animals belong in the wild," said Soraida Salwala, founding director of the Friends of the Asian Elephant group.
Food sources for 100 wild elephants at risk
Loei - More than 100 wild elephants in Phu Luang Wildlife Sanctuary in Loei could end up hungry as drought and forest fires ravage their natural food sources.
Thinnakorn Pathor, of the Food Sources for Elephants in Phu Luang Project, said the drought was taking a heavy toll on wild animals, particularly elephants in the sanctuary covering several districts including Phu Luang as many brooks which were major water sources for the animals were running dry.
Roving jumbo lodged in hole for five hours
A cow elephant broke through the cover of a sewer yesterday and spent almost five hours jammed in a four-metre-deep drain before being rescued.
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