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Engaging elephants
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WHEN we mention elephants, the first thing that comes to mind is
that, they're HUGE.
However, apart from their massive sizes, elephants are also
viewed as sacred creatures by a number of Asian races, among them,
the Thais.
The latest to explore this special bond between elephants and
humankind is Animal Planet's Kingdom of the Elephants.
Filmed entirely in South East Asia, the 60-minute documentary
chronicles this complex bond by training its lens on the Karen tribe
who re...
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 "The Sunday Independent (South Africa)")
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SA government is misusing science to turn elephants into commodities.(News)
The Sunday Independent (South Africa)
; This month, the South African government will put into effect a plan authorising the lethal management of elephants. After a 14-year moratorium, culling - systematic killing - will be allowed in the name of conservation. The decision claims justification from a 476-page report drafted by a group of
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A researcher in tune with the elephants
The Boston Globe
; SILENT THUNDER In the Presence of Elephants By Katy Payne Simon & Schuster, 288 pp., illustrated, $25 Katy Payne listens to elephants. An acoustic biologist at Cornell University, Payne had studied whale songs for 20 years when she turned her attention from the largest sea animals to the largest
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 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
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WRITER'S STUDY OF ELEPHANTS REFLECTS PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY ON FAMILIES.(Lifestyle)(Review)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
; Katy Payne listens to elephants. An acoustic biologist at Cornell University, Payne had studied whale songs for 20 years when she turned her attention from the largest sea animals to the largest land animals. Interested in elephant calls, Payne visited the Metro Washington Park Zoo in Portland,
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Mission to save underground elephants 'Mining' mountain herd uses tusks to scrape vital salt from cave walls
The Sunday Telegraph London
; THEY ARE the world's only underground elephants, a small, shy herd that retreats deep into the caves of Kenya at night. But with fewer than 100 of the subterranean animals remaining - and with poaching on the increase - conservationists have launched a project to help save them from extinction.
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They need a thick skin Our fascination with elephants is matched only by our brutality towards them, says John Preston
The Sunday Telegraph London
; Love, War & Circuses: The Age-Old Relationship Between Elephants and Humans by Eric Scigliano Bloomsbury, pounds 15.99, 358 pp pounds 13.99 ( pounds 2.25 p&p) 0870 155 7222 THE RELATIONSHIP between elephants and man has seldom been a happy one, at least as far as elephants are concerned. But just
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