Elephants as pets? Not on your nelly
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Government rejects petition to allow elephants to be kept as pets
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Forget the bulls. Ignore the bears. The week ahead was made for wolves, hogs, and forgetful elephants.
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West Bengal state in India is to begin a birth control programme for elephants because it lacks funds for their upkeep.
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By ARTHUR MAX  THE HAGUE, Netherlands - If you think the problem of endangered species is all about tigers, elephants and orangutans, ask a violinist where he gets his bow.
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Scientists led by Samuel Wasser of the University of Washington collected manure samples in areas inhabited by African elephants. The geneticists isolated DNA from the manure and transferred it into the database.
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BANGKOK, Oct 14 (IPS) - The enlarged European Union instead of being a  formidable ally to conservationists  involved in saving the  African elephant, has ironically become a stumbling block to the   survival of the endangered species.
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Herds growing: South African farmers say they are destructive and dangerous. In the West, they are perhaps the most beloved of the big game species. So a proposal to cull the expanding elephant population is controversial. A12  U.S. attorneys: One of eight U.S.
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Zoo elephants swaying back and forth,  polar bears swimming in endless circuits and manic monkeys  grooming themselves to baldness.
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South Africa needs to consider  restarting elephant culls because growing numbers of the mammal  now threaten local habitats, the WWF conservation group has  said.
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WASHINGTON -- An international effort to halt the illegal killing of elephants for their ivory tusks has all but collapsed in most of Africa, leaving officials and advocates alarmed about the survival of the species. A study to be released today estimates that as many as 23,000 animals were slaughtered last year.
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DETROIT - Two aging, arthritic elephants will live out their days in the foothills of California's Sierra Nevada mountains and away from the cramped, cold Detroit Zoo.
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Elephants kicking soccer balls, painting flowers with their trunks, or twirling a hula-hoop are a common sight in Thailand, where the sacred warrior beasts perform in tourist shows or peddle fruits on the streets of Bangkok.
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By ARTHUR MAX THE HAGUE, Netherlands - If you think the problem of endangered species is all about tigers, elephants and orangutans, ask a violinist where he gets his bow.
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SEOUL, South Korea - He's no Dumbo the Flying Elephant but with his ability to &quot;speak,&quot; perhaps as close to the Disney cartoon character as a real life elephant can get.
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An elephant in eastern India has sparked complaints from motorists who accuse it of blocking traffic and refusing to allow vehicles to pass unless drivers give it food, a newspaper reported on Monday.
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Wanda and Winky, the two Asian elephants that officials at the Detroit Zoo want to send from the northern cold to a southern sanctuary, must go to the Columbus Zoo instead, the accrediting association for the nation&#39;s zoos has decided.
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Some brainy animal species, besides humans, campaign across sophisticated and far-flung social networks.