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An animal rights group on Friday asked a U.S. Department of Agriculture agency to look into an owner's treatment of a circus elephant that escaped and was hit by a sport utility vehicle on a northwestern Oklahoma highway.
It's not unusual to see a deer or a cow crossing Oklahoma's rural highways. But an elephant? A couple driving home from church nearly slammed into a giant pachyderm that had escaped from a nearby circus late Wednesday.
The BBC says that a British guide working on a children's television show in Tanzania was killed after being charged by an elephant.
A firefighters union says a New York City engine company had to close its firehouse for 30 minutes to bathe a circus elephant on city orders.
A fire union says a Brooklyn engine company had to close its firehouse for 30 minutes to go bathe a circus elephant, on city orders. The Uniformed Firefighters Association said Engine 245 did not want to partake in the photo opportunity with Suzie, a circus elephant for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey.
Silicon Valley billionaire Tom Siebel says he's recovering from broken ribs and legs after an elephant charged at him and a tour guide in the Serengeti a month ago.
An elephant fitted with an artificial limb 10 years after stepping on a land mine has had a minor setback, damaging the device attached to her left front leg.
An animal rights group says the Los Angeles Zoo was fined $3,281 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for failing to provide adequate veterinary care in the 2006 death of Gita the elephant.
A 265-pound (120-kilogram), big-eared and long-nosed bundle of joy was welcomed in Australia as an important step in helping to save the endangered Asian elephant.
Elephants idling outside discos or lumbering through traffic have been part of Bangkok's colorful nightlife for nearly two decades. Now authorities want to send them back to the jungle.
A rampaging elephant stomped three rubber tappers to death in southern Thailand on Wednesday after it was left to wander freely by its handler, police said.
Indonesian scientists are reconstructing the largest, most complete skeleton of a prehistoric giant elephant ever found in the tropics, a finding that may offer new clues into the largely mysterious origins of its modern Asian cousin.
An endangered Sumatran elephant found dead with its tusks removed in northwestern Indonesia may have been killed by poachers using poisoned pineapples, conservationists said Monday.
After almost nine years of claims and counterclaims, a ruling is finally expected soon in a lawsuit accusing Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus of abusing endangered Asian elephants.
Susi, the only elephant at the Barcelona zoo, lives in a small pen, has lost her best friend, and is said to be depressed. But now someone has come to her aid — not a fairy godmother or even a princess, but a queen.
Two men pleaded guilty in a Kenyan court Monday to illegally possessing 1,500 pounds (700 kilograms) of elephant tusks in what was believed to be the largest seizure of illegal ivory in recent years, a Kenyan official said.
A wild elephant trampled to death a 60-year-old Dutch tourist who was on a safari at a national park in northeastern India on Tuesday.
The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is ready to show off its latest addition, a baby Asian elephant born last week.
An African elephant has been born at the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park.
Zoo elephants don't live as long as those in the wild, according to a study sure to stir debate about keeping the giant animals on display. Researchers compared the life spans of elephants in European zoos with those living in Amboseli National Park in Kenya and others working on a timber enterprise in Myanmar. Animals in the wild or in natural working conditions had life spans twice that or more of their relatives in zoos.
An inquisitive Asian elephant known for being the largest of its kind born in captivity in the United States died at the Houston Zoo this week after suddenly contracting an incurable disease.
A City Council committee has rejected a move to stop work on a $40 million elephant enclosure at the Los Angeles Zoo.
Comedian and animal rights advocate Lily Tomlin says Jenny the elephant has worked 22 years for the Dallas Zoo and it's time for the aging pachyderm to retire.
Mexico has seized 12 animals from a circus a day after one of its elephants wandered onto a highway and was struck and killed by a bus.
A five-ton elephant escaped from a circus and wandered onto a busy highway, where it was hit by a bus and died on Tuesday.
SUV hits elephant that escaped from Okla. circusENID, Okla. — An Oklahoma couple driving home from church hit an animal — a really big one. An elephant that escaped from a nearby circus collided with the couple's SUV Wednesday night when it ran across a rural highway in Enid, about 100 miles north of Oklahoma City.
A mother's life: Giving BirthOnce in a long while, I come across some powerful scenes that etch themselves in some special place in my memory. This video represents one of them.
Police teargas residents who wants to eat elephant and hippo stuck in mudNyahururu town residents were on Tuesday treated to a rare spectacle after an elephant and a hippo got stuck in River Ewaso Nyiro as they searched for scarce water due to the prevailing drought.
Religious nuts 0, Sanity 1 - Dancing elephant statue stays, says Calgary ZooThe Calgary Zoo said it has no plans to remove a dancing elephant statue after a complaint from a Christian group that it's an inappropriate religious icon.
The Amazing Moment an Elephant Perched on a "Ledge" to Grab Food from a Toddler Visiting the ZooAs an elephant took food from a toddler, an amazing photograph was taken "by amateur photographer Tobias Haase, during a visit to Hamburg Zoo in Germany."
New York City firefighters 'forced' to bathe elephant The city and the firefighter's union have been at odds for years, but now the war of words is turning into a bit of a circus with an elephant at the center of the controversy"
Landmined Baby Elephant Fitted With Artificial Leg A 3-year-old elephant who had lost her right front leg when she stepped on a landmine is successfully fitted with a new prosthetic limb. This is a video of the elephant at a "Frineds of the Asian Elephant" sanctuary being fitted with her new limb.
Motola the elephant is fitted with artificial leg Motola, a female elephant who stepped on a land mine 10 years ago, is due to be fitted with an artificial leg.
Elephant learns to play the harmonicaA music-loving elephant called Five has been serenading its keepers at West Midlands Safari Park, after learning to play the harmonica.
Baby elephant trapped in manhole The incident happened when the elephant was out in the street, walking with his owner in Rayong province, eastern Thailand, before it lost its footing.
Elephants Are Self-AwareResearchers (Plotnik, et al, reporting in the Proceeding of the National Academy of Science ) working with Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) at the Bronx zoo, conducted an MSR test.
New evidence of Ringling Bros. elephant abuse - SFBG Politics BlogElephants being hit in Ringling Bros. circus. It was done by secret undercover. I had just been reading a comment by someone who didn't believe it on the article I wrote. It does look like them.
Columbian Mammoth: State Fossil of WashingtonThe Columbian Mammoth, the official state fossil of Washington, crossed the Bering Land Bridge into North America some one million years ago and made a home roaming the vast grasslands that stretched from Alaska to Mexico, mirroring the great Rocky Mountains, and munching down ab …
Elephant carwash raises zoo cashAdvertisement A wildlife safari in Oregon, USA, has come up with an unusual way to raise money in the tough economic climate. For $20, visitors can have their car washed by the zoo's elephants, who scrub with sponges and rinse with their trunks.
Western Springs library adopts African elephantEmployees at the the Thomas Ford Memorial Library in Western Springs recently pooled some of their personal finances, and donated $100 to the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, and African organization, dedicated to saving orphaned elephants in the area.
Officially the Worst Job Ever"I will not complain about my job. I will not whine nor will I express my personal disdain to my associates, affiliates or supervisor. Today, I will be thankful for every irritation, distraction, and challenge."
Polish zoo visitors flock to catch glimpse of 'gay' elephantVisitors have been flocking to a zoo in the western Polish city of Poznan to catch a glimpse of an elephant, who it is claimed is homosexual, Polish media said.
Mystery woman looked after elephant in back yard Belfast Zoo has launched a bid to identify a mystery woman who looked after one of its elephants in her backyard to save it from German bombs during the Second World War.
It's March 21, 2009; Yesterday, an article seeded three months ago (by Karl) surfaced in the Vine's Conversation Tracker.
includes cute video: Pachyderm reads copy of Diane Hammond elephant rescue novelI don't think that elephant is named Hannah however.
New prosthetics for Mosha, a mine blast she-elephant An elephant in Thailand has been fitted with a new false leg, after outgrowing her original prosthetic. Mosha, 3, lost part of her right front leg as a seven-month-old when she stepped on a landmine.
Mosha the elephant gets prosthetic leg Mosha the elephant has been fitted with an prosthetic leg in Lampang, Thailand, after losing a limb when she stepped on a landmine.
Complex Clues in a KissA man's saliva has a "cocktail of chemicals" hinting at his fertility and evolutionary fitness, they said at a conference in Chicago...
if animals can do it, what is our excuse (video)This is a wonderful heart warming video of a friendship between an elephant and a dog. At the end host says ''If animals can do it, what is our excuse'' If you're an animal lover, you'll love this video.
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