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First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

5 things to know in Florida for May 23

POCKET-DIALING 911 LEADS TO FLORIDA MURDER CHARGEAuthorities in South Florida say a man is charged with murder because he was overheard discussing the killing when his cellphone pocket-dialed 911. The Broward Sheriff's Office says 24-year-old Scott Simon ... [Published MyFox Orlando - 19 hours ago]

Entities: African Elephant, Surgeon, John Brady, Scott Simon

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 1 reports

Swedish zoo celebrates rare elephant birth

The Borås Zoo in western Sweden has welcomed a rare new elephant calf as African elephant Dudu gave birth after two years of pregnancy.Swedish zoo cheers rare Siberian tiger cubs (16 Apr 13)Zookeeper suspended in dead animal scandal (19 Oct 12)World's ... [Published The Local Sweden - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Zookeeper, Siberian Tiger, African Elephant, UDDER

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 22 hours ago - 3 reports

United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Man charged with selling African elephant tusks

PENSACOLA, Fla. --A New Mexico man is facing federal charges in the Florida Panhandle after authorities say he sold two African elephant tusks.The U.S. Department of Justice reports that a grand jury in Pensacola indicted Charles Kokesh Tuesday on three ... [Published South Carolina Enquirer-Herald - 22 hours ago]

Entities: African Elephant, Endangered Species, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Namibia, US Department of Justice

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 reports

It's Clarkson... again

NEWSWATCH: Jeremy Clarkson done it again, this time on the subject of babies and aircraft, reports IOL, and we have a couple of YouTube videos, one courtesy The Citizen, for you on close encounters of a different kind - including a demonstration that ... [Published Biz Community - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Jeremy Clarkson, African Elephant, Publisher, Abuse

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

African Elephant Action Plan

Reduce the illegal killing of elephants The was approved at the 15th Conference of Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Qatar in 2010. The plan calls for states to:1. Reduce the illegal ... [Published Gulf News - May 22 2013]

Entities: African Elephant, Action, Illegal, Endangered Species, International Trade

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

News story: Stopping wildlife crime at the border

The event was held at St James’s Palace and hosted by Their Royal Highnesses, The Prince of Wales and The Duke of Cambridge.PoachingIn recent months, poaching of elephants and rhinos has reached epidemic levels. Wildlife experts indicate the losses have ... [Published Cabinet Office - May 21 2013]

Entities: Endangered Species, Crime, African Elephant

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Jebel Ali

UAE- Smuggled ivory tusks seized

(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) A shipment of 259 smuggled ivory tusks has been seized in Jebel Ali, while en route from an African country, ... [Published MENAFN - May 22 2013]

Entities: Smuggling, United Arab Emirates, UAE Ministry of Environment & Water, African Elephant, Jebel Ali

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Kakapo tops world's favourite species poll

New Zealand's kakapo has taken out top honours in a global poll as the world's favourite species, ahead of the tiger and the African elephant.More than 160 countries took part with 14,000 votes cast in the a website dedicated to the world's endangered ... [Published ONE News - May 22 2013]

Entities: Kakapo, Species, African Elephant, Parrot, Endangered Species

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

Global action against illegal wildlife trade is welcome

Traditional ties between Kenya and Great Britain go back a long, long way. Kenya borrowed the UK’s Westminster-style government, attached her currency to the British pound, borrowed dressing and various aspects of British culture.Fifty years on after ... [Published East African Standard - May 21 2013]

Entities: Kenya, Illegal, United Kingdom, Thailand, African Elephant

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Tusker research goes social

Conservation-minded folk can participate in the Amarula Elephant Research Programme (AERP) through a new Facebook app that allows them to track their favourite jumbo, learn more about its habits, and share its movements with others, thereby raising awareness ... [Published Biz Community - May 21 2013]

Entities: World Wide Fund For Nature, African Elephant, University of KwaZulu-Natal, International Union for Conservation of Nature

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

African elephants face extinction 'within a decade'

African elephant populations face possible extinction within a decade because of ivory poaching, campaigners have warned.The WWF said that both black and white rhino are under unprecedented attack for their horn, which is being traded as a lifestyle drug, ... [Published itv.com - May 21 2013]

Entities: African Elephant, Owen Paterson, Illegal

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Rev. Susan Baller-Shepard: Wild And Precious Lives: Godspeed Graduates!

When our oldest was in pre-school, we moved out to the country, and with all this space, he begged us to get an elephant."I'm taking good care of Froggy!" our earnest child would say, because care of an African clawed frog and care of an African elephant ... [Published Huffington Post - May 19 2013]

Entities: Range Rover, Alex Cullen, African Clawed Frog, Ben Austin, African Elephant

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"Even the older sibling can be very protective against people they don't know, so they will maybe also benefit from the calm" the blog stated, adding that the viewing area should be open again on Thursday

Swedish zoo celebrates rare elephant birth [Published The Local Sweden - 19 hours ago]

" The Ministry of Environment and Water is committed to implement the agreement" Alwan stressed, saying poaching to get ivory tusks had dramatically reduced the number of elephants

UAE- Smuggled ivory tusks seized [Published MENAFN - May 22 2013]

"We have a growing network of people keen to assist us, from vets and bird nutritionists to artists wishing to help spread the kakapo story."

Kakapo tops world's favourite species poll [Published ONE News - May 22 2013]

...Research showed that the animals move faster and forage less when near a boundary. "This means that adverse effects on indigenous vegetation are not marked around fencing but concentrated deeper into the reserves" said Slotow. "It's probably because elephants associate fences with risk."

Tusker research goes social [Published Biz Community - May 21 2013]

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Ready, Jetset, Go [Published SingaporeTatler.com - 9 hours ago]
5 things to know in Florida for May 23 [Published MyFox Orlando - 19 hours ago]
Swedish zoo celebrates rare elephant birth [Published The Local Sweden - 19 hours ago]
Man charged with selling African elephant tusks [Published South Carolina Enquirer-Herald - 22 hours ago]
It's Clarkson... again [Published Biz Community - 23 hours ago]
USDOJ: African Trophy Hunter Indicted for Viola... [Published 7thSpace - May 22 2013]
New Mexico man indicted for allegedly selling e... [Published PensacolaNewsJournal.com - May 22 2013]
African Elephant Action Plan [Published Gulf News - May 22 2013]
UAE- Smuggled ivory tusks seized [Published MENAFN - May 22 2013]
Kakapo tops world's favourite species poll [Published ONE News - May 22 2013]
WildAid Joins Prince Charles and Prince William... [Published WildAid - May 22 2013]
Global action against illegal wildlife trade is... [Published East African Standard - May 21 2013]
259 pieces of elephant ivory seized in UAE [Published Gulf News - May 21 2013]
259 ivory pieces seized at Jebel Ali Port [Published Emirates247 - May 21 2013]
News story: Stopping wildlife crime at the border [Published Cabinet Office - May 21 2013]
Hundreds of elephant ivory seized in Dubai [Published Abu Dhabi National - May 21 2013]
Tusker research goes social [Published Biz Community - May 21 2013]
Kakapo named world's favourite species [Published 3 News - May 21 2013]
Royal warning on illegal trade in wildlife [Published itv.com - May 21 2013]
African elephants face extinction 'within a dec... [Published itv.com - May 21 2013]
Rev. Susan Baller-Shepard: Wild And Precious Li... [Published Huffington Post - May 19 2013]
Treat and reuse oil and gas wastewater? Yes [Published Denver Post - May 19 2013]
Elephant tusk-smuggling through Dubai tackled [Published Gulf News - May 17 2013]
Emily MacDonagh: 'Going on safari with Peter ma... [Published Reveal.co.uk - May 17 2013]
Prince Charles and Prince William call for acti... [Published WWF UK - May 17 2013]
5 Reasons You Should Protest Marineland This Sa... [Published Huffington Post Canada - May 16 2013]
Dulary to celebrate 50th birthday [Published Columbia Daily Herald - May 16 2013]
Wildlife Safari's elephant car wash features Al... [Published Oregonian - May 16 2013]
Beauty of the Beasts [Published New Mexico Magazine - May 16 2013]
Topeka Zoo lets kids back in the petting zoo pen [Published Topeka Capital-Journal - May 15 2013]

Blogs

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Genome research: discovery as an everyday event... [Published Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - Mar 29 2013] The study of DNA is a fast-moving adventure that becomes more astonishing with every passing discovery On Tuesday, US researchers confirmed the mixed ancestry of that icon of the American range, the Texas longhorn : its DNA came from cattle from Europe ...
Feds Waste $3.8 Million to ‘Decrease Human-Elep... [Published MuskegonPundit - Mar 28 2013] Feds Waste $3.8 Million to ‘Decrease Human-Elephant Conflict’ \|Wizbang :"The federal government is looking into the serious issue of the “conflict” between humans and elephants.To help out on that important issue, the government generously gave $3.8 ...
Feds Waste $3.8 Million to ‘Decrease Human-Elep... [Published Right Wing News blog - Mar 23 2013] The federal government is looking into the serious issue of the “conflict” between humans and elephants. To help out on that important issue, the government generously gave $3.8 million of your tax dollars to study the matter.The princely sum was awarded ...
Green Diary Rescue: State Dept. concealed consu... [Published Daily Kos - Mar 23 2013] Every week Daily Kos diarists write scores of environmentally related posts. Many of these don't get the readership they deserve. Helping improve the odds is the motivation behind the Green Diary Rescue. In the past seven years, there have been 218 of ...
California sanctuary wants Toronto elephants fl... [Published National Post \| News » Posted Toronto - Mar 22 2013] Representatives of the California sanctuary that will take in Toronto’s three African elephants are hoping Defence Minister Peter MacKay will allow a C-17 military aircraft to fly the animals there by the end of June. Department of National Defence ...

Audio/Video

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VIDEO: African elephant extinction fears [Published BBC News Video - Science and Environment - Jan 15 2013]
Clinton calls on leaders to stop epic African e... [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - Dec 05 2012]

Press Releases

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Thai ivory ban needed to save elephants [Published CisionWire - English - Jan 15 2013]
Exclusive Pongamia Investment in Brazil [Published PR.com Press Releases - Jan 10 2013]