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• Indonesians threaten to poison elephants

  - 2008-08-05

  JAKARTA AFP — Indonesian villagers threatened Tuesday to poison rare wild elephants that are destroying their palmoil plantations in search of food. "The residents are so angry and have said they will put poison around the plantation areas to kill the elephants unless officials take quick action," said Jambo...

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• Sri Lanka returns orphaned baby elephants to the wild

  - 2008-06-14

  UDAWALAWE, Sri Lanka AFP — Sri Lanka on Saturday released eight orphaned baby elephants into the jungle after rescuing them from near certain death, wildlife officials said. The eight baby jumbos were freed from the Elephant Transit Home where they had been cared for inside the sprawling Udawalawe wildlife...

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• Nellie the Elephant, final call for boarding

  - 2008-04-11

  FRANKFURT AFP — Complete with a chill-out area for exhausted elephant keepers and a resuscitation room for distressed tropical fish, Frankfurt Airport's new Animal Lounge opened its doors on Friday. The new 3,750-square-metre (40,000-square-feet) hangar has 42 stalls for large animals like the huge number of polo ponies and...

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• Wild elephants hold up Sri Lanka vote: police

  - 2008-03-10

  COLOMBO AFP — Security forces armed with loud hailers were deployed in eastern Sri Lanka Monday to drive away wild elephants blocking access to polling booths, police said. Villagers in Wellaveli told the authorities that they were unable to vote at the first local elections in 14 years because...

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• Bangkok restaurant to give big spenders a taste of poverty

  - 2008-03-05

  BANGKOK AFP — A Bangkok restaurant is treating its biggest spenders to a 300,000-dollar meal prepared by Michelin-starred chefs -- but only after they have jetted to an elephant camp to see how the other half live. Lebua hotels, which last year put on a sumptuous dinner with a...

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• South Africa to resume elephant culling after 13 years

  - 2008-02-25

  JOHANNESBURG AFP — South Africa is to resume elephant culling for the first time in 13 years, lifting a moratorium on the practice to bring ballooning populations under control, the government said on Monday. After months of emotive public debate over government plans to reduce elephant numbers, Environment Minister...

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• by Andrew Thompson

  - 2008-02-03

  SEKONDI, Ghana AFP — Ivory Coast overwhelmed Guinea in the closing stages to triumph 5-0 in an African Nations Cup quarter-final Sunday and equal the record winning margin for the tournament. The 'Elephants' led 1-0 at half-time thanks to a Kader Keita goal and captain Didier Drogba, Salomon Kalou...

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• Ivorian 'Elephants' set to put Benin 'Squirrels' to flight

  - 2008-01-25

  SEKONDI, Ghana AFP — Mighty Ivory Coast face minnows Benin Friday in potentially the greatest mismatch of the 2008 African Nations Cup. Morocco overwhelmed Namibia 5-1 three days ago in the most one-sided match so far of the biennial tournament, but the Ivorian 'Elephants' are capable of inflicting even...

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• Paper giant illegally clearing Indonesian forests: environmentalists

  - 2008-01-08

  JAKARTA AFP — Rare elephants, tigers and orangutans are under threat from illegal land clearing on Indonesia's Sumatra island by one of Asia's biggest pulp and paper companies, environmentalists said Tuesday. Regional giant Asia Pulp and Paper APP and affiliates are clearing land and building an access road outside...

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• SierraLeone report upsurge in elephant poaching

  - 2007-10-18

  FREETOWN AFP — Authorities in Sierra Leone on Thursday expressed concern at the upsurge in elephant poaching after at least 10 jumbos were killed in the past two months in the west African country for meat and illicit ivory trade. Senior wildlife official Kailie Bangura said the animals were...

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