An avocado farm located near a Kenyan wildlife reserve has lost a bid for its license to be renewed. The case sets an important precedent in the competing interests of conservation and agriculture.
Toxins in water produced by cyanobacteria killed more than 300 elephants in Botswana this year, officials said on Monday, announcing the result of an investigation into the deaths which had baffled and alarmed conservationists.
KOTA KINABALU: Four Bornean pygmy elephants were transferred to their new home at Bornean Elephant Sanctuary (BES) in Kinabatangan last week, a wildlife refuge with better facilities and bigger roaming space.
Elephants Shield Calf From Gaza Rockets at Israel Zoo
On 5/24/21 at 11:27 AM EDT
A group of female elephants at an Israeli zoo were filmed shielding a calf last week as air-raid alarms played overhead, amid the most recent conflict between Israel and Hamas.
The footage, shared to Facebook on Friday by the Ramat Gan Safari in Tel Aviv, Israel, showed five female elephants at the zoo huddling around a 14-month-old calf called Pele.
While the sirens sounded and explosions could be heard nearby, the five female elephants stayed in a huddled position around the calf, attempting to protect it from the possible danger.
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