Elephant tramples sleeping woman
KUALA LUMPUR: A woman was killed, believed to have been trampled by an elephant in Kampung Simoi Baru, Pos Betau in Kuala Lipis, early today. Lipis district police chief Supt Azli Mohd Noor said the police were alerted of the incident at 4.40 am. He identified the victim, an Orang Asli (Maly for native people), […]
[Indonesia Report] Endangered Sumatran elephant gives birth to a female baby
An endanger Sumatran Elephant gave birth to a female calf on early morning of Tuesday (Sept. 28) at Conservation Response Unit Sampoiniet in Aceh Jaya, Aceh. Suci, a trained Sumatran Elephant, 20 years old, did not show any sign of labor, Wahdi Azmi, field manager for the Aceh branch of Flora & Fauna International, a […]
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A dressed-up elephant enters the Rambagh Polo Ground in Jaipur, capital of the north India state Rajasthan, during the Elephant Festival on March 7, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Li Yigang> news@theasian.asia
“Bring’em on, I’m the Incarnation of Pele”
Elephants take part in a football game during the three-day 8th International Elephant Festival held at the edge of Chitwan National Park, Nepal, Dec. 26, 2011. The festival aims to attract more foreign and domestic tourists and promote the harmony between human and animals. (Xinhua/Zhou Shengping) (msq)