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Mar

Photo of the day: Shanti the Asian elephant kicks up dust in new LEED-certified home Shanti, an endangered Asian elephant living at Smithsonian’s National Zoo, plays with the sand inside the new, state-of-the-art Elephant Community Center, which is slated to open to the public on March 23. Dubbed “Elephant Trails,” the LEED-Gold certified facility includes an Elephant Barn, an Elephant Community Center, four spacious outdoor animal living spaces and filtered bathing pools. With a total of 8,943 square meters of space, the exhibit is large enough to accommodate up to three separate groups of elephants, including a natural, matriarchal herd and individual bulls.

Photo of the day: Shanti the Asian elephant kicks up dust in new LEED-certified home

Shanti, an endangered Asian elephant living at Smithsonian’s National Zoo, plays with the sand inside the new, state-of-the-art Elephant Community Center, which is slated to open to the public on March 23.

Dubbed “Elephant Trails,” the LEED-Gold certified facility includes an Elephant Barn, an Elephant Community Center, four spacious outdoor animal living spaces and filtered bathing pools. With a total of 8,943 square meters of space, the exhibit is large enough to accommodate up to three separate groups of elephants, including a natural, matriarchal herd and individual bulls.

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02

Mar

Elephants vanish in Congo reserve The Okapi Faunal Reserve is considering one of the most secure in the Congo, but recent political instability puts the elephants at risk.

Elephants vanish in Congo reserve

The Okapi Faunal Reserve is considering one of the most secure in the Congo, but recent political instability puts the elephants at risk.

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04

Jan

Cutest way to recycle leftover Christmas trees? Elephants An elephant herd enjoys a post-holiday treat of Christmas trees on Jan. 4 at Berlin’s Zoologischer Garten. It is annual tradition at the zoo to gift leftover Christmas trees to elephants during the first week of the new year.

Cutest way to recycle leftover Christmas trees? Elephants
An elephant herd enjoys a post-holiday treat of Christmas trees on Jan. 4 at Berlin’s Zoologischer Garten. It is annual tradition at the zoo to gift leftover Christmas trees to elephants during the first week of the new year.

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28

Dec

Los Angeles considers ban on circus elephants The move would block the Ringling Brothers circus from bringing their popular pachyderms to the city.

Los Angeles considers ban on circus elephants
The move would block the Ringling Brothers circus from bringing their popular pachyderms to the city.

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11

Dec

Elephant relocation scheme fails to prevent deathsAttempt to relocate elephants in Sri Lanka has resulted in deaths of elephants and humans alike.

Elephant relocation scheme fails to prevent deaths
Attempt to relocate elephants in Sri Lanka has resulted in deaths of elephants and humans alike.

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06

Sep

6 ways to help elephantsWith the elephant poaching epidemic in Africa running rampant — and renewed ivory lust growing worldwide — experts fear the survival of the species is at stake.

6 ways to help elephants
With the elephant poaching epidemic in Africa running rampant — and renewed ivory lust growing worldwide — experts fear the survival of the species is at stake.

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15

Aug

Photo of the day: Arrival of baby Asian elephant prompts joy and worryA baby Asian elephant named Anchali stands next to her mother Pang Pha at the Berlin Zoo. Anchali was born to Pang Pha and father Victor on Aug. 12, measuring a little over 3 feet high and weighing in at 353 pounds. Fingers are crossed for the survival of the young calf, whose siblings all died young due to the highly fatal elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus that currently infects the entire Asian elephant herd at the zoo. Although adult elephants who contract the virus later in life are typically not affected, approximately 80 percent of infected young elephants up to the age of 8 are killed due to internal hemorrhaging.

Photo of the day: Arrival of baby Asian elephant prompts joy and worry
A baby Asian elephant named Anchali stands next to her mother Pang Pha at the Berlin Zoo. Anchali was born to Pang Pha and father Victor on Aug. 12, measuring a little over 3 feet high and weighing in at 353 pounds. Fingers are crossed for the survival of the young calf, whose siblings all died young due to the highly fatal elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus that currently infects the entire Asian elephant herd at the zoo. Although adult elephants who contract the virus later in life are typically not affected, approximately 80 percent of infected young elephants up to the age of 8 are killed due to internal hemorrhaging.

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13

Aug

Elephant impregnated with frozen sperm from wild maleIn a world first, an African elephant in the Vienna Zoo has been impregnated using frozen sperm from a male living in the wild.

Elephant impregnated with frozen sperm from wild male
In a world first, an African elephant in the Vienna Zoo has been impregnated using frozen sperm from a male living in the wild.

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03

Aug

Why an elephant’s roar and a cat’s purr are differentThe same method that produces high-pitched bat noises and glass-shattering opera arias can make elephants’ roars thunder.

Why an elephant’s roar and a cat’s purr are different
The same method that produces high-pitched bat noises and glass-shattering opera arias can make elephants’ roars thunder.

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27

Jul

Judge rules elephants at Los Angeles Zoo not happy or healthyThe ruling stems from a 2007 lawsuit originally filed by the actor Robert Culp, who passed away in 2010.

Judge rules elephants at Los Angeles Zoo not happy or healthy
The ruling stems from a 2007 lawsuit originally filed by the actor Robert Culp, who passed away in 2010.

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