PETALING JAYA: A family experienced a terrifying ordeal when they ran into a herd of wild elephants on the East-West Highway. Nur Izzatie Zulkifli, 30, recalling the harrowing experience, said the car they were in was shaken “like a cradle,” when the elephants surrounded their car on Saturday (Jan 18). Nur Izzatie was travelling with … Read more
Bhopal: Samples collected in connection with the death of 10 elephants in a span of three days this week in Madhya Pradesh’s Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve are being sent to ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute in Uttar Pradesh and the forensic laboratory in Sagar, an official said on Friday. On Tuesday, four wild elephants were found dead … Read more
NEW DELHI: A genetic study has charted the migration history of elephants in India from north to south, revealing multiple bottlenecks encountered along the way that threatened their existence and likely caused a “dilution of genetic diversity”. Genetic diversity is important for a resilience to disease and long-term survival, including an ability to adapt to … Read more
The herd of elephants that escaped from the Kruger National Park on Wednesday have reportedly returned to the park. As reported by The South African website, six elephants escaped South Africa’s most famous park in the Mkhuhlu area outside Hazyview. Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency (MTPA) spokesperson Simphiwe Shingube said that attempts to push the … Read more
From a crucial Singapore-Malaysia link to the plight of Bali’s elephants, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to … Read more
“While elephants may be known for their strength and size, their backs are not naturally designed to carry weight, as their spines extend upwards,” Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand project director Tom Taylor said in a release featuring a 2007 photo of an elephant with a sunken spine that had been forced to carry tourists for … Read more
Reliance Industries and Reliance Foundation on Monday unveiled Vantara, an initiative for animal welfare in Gujarat. This project focuses on the rescue, treatment, and rehabilitation of injured and abused animals across India and abroad. What is Vantara? Vantara, which is a Hindi word, means ‘star of the forest’. This program is dedicated to the rescue, … Read more
Tara is one of 32 rescued elephants housed between India’s only elephant hospital, the Wildlife SOS Elephant Hospital Campus, and the nearby 20-acre Elephant Conservation and Care Centre, both on the outskirts of Mathura, a city three hours’ drive from India’s capital, New Delhi. Tara gets a manicure. Photo: Siddharth Khandelwal “Each of them has … Read more
The 300km journey from Francistown to Serowe, Botswana, is uneventful. The monotony of the terrain is broken once in a while. Livestock grazing at a distance is visible from here on the A1 national road. We encountered a roadblock before turning right at Palapye: a police officer waved the bus driver off soon after exchanging … Read more
The Cote d’Ivoire national football team, the Elephants, kicked off the 2023 AFCON tournament with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Equatorial Guinea. The two goals, one in each half, from Sekou Fofana and Jean-Philippe Krasso, ensured the hosts got off on the best possible footing. The 60,000-capacity Stade Alassane Ouattara was bedecked in orange as … Read more
