Thailand has nearly 3,800 domesticated elephants, most kept in camps. There are fears that many will suffer during what is expected to be a time of prolonged severe economic hardship.(Image credit: Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP via Getty Images) via In Thailand, Growing Concern For Elephants As Coronavirus Pummels Tourism — News : NPR
Why Botswana Is Lifting Its Ban On Elephant Trophy Hunting — News : NPR
The government is revoking a ban on elephant hunting. Some say that's good news for the tourist business and local farmers who say the animals trampled their crops. Others aren't so sure.(Image credit: Greg Du Toit/Barcroft Images/Barcroft Media/Getty Images) via Why Botswana Is Lifting Its Ban On Elephant Trophy Hunting — News : NPR
Review of No Entry: Young-Adult Novel about Elephant Conservation — The Jaguar
No Entry is a young adult novel about Yael: a 17-year-old girl who enrolls in a conservation-training program in South Africa’s Kruger National Park. Yael learns that one of the rangers in her training program is involved in an elephant-poaching ring, which turns her world upside-down. via Review of No Entry: Young-Adult Novel about Elephant Conservation …
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Two youngest elephants at Indianapolis Zoo die days apart — NBC News Top Stories
"Words cannot describe the emotional impact this is having on our Zoo family." via Two youngest elephants at Indianapolis Zoo die days apart — NBC News Top Stories
Trafficking, Poaching & Illegal Trade Must Stop!
The next target in the struggle to stamp out ivory trade and its debilitating effect on elephant populations across Africa is the European Union (EU). A petition signed by 32 African leaders has called on the EU—the world’s largest exporter of legal ivory—to close its thriving market. Advocacy groups suggest that while ivory trade is… via …
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