RESOURCES DECEMBER 2016 & JANUARY 2017

Author(s)

GENERAL STORIES

Date Published
Ingham’s World: The young elephant celebrating second chance at life
John Ingham, Express
January 27, 2017
 
Botswana bans elephant-back rides
Don Pinnock, Independent Online
December 14, 2016
 

Curious elephant approaches tourists’ vehicles in Thailand

Ben Hooper, UPI
January 3, 2017
 
The Ethicist (Q & A on ethical choice of ivory necklace gift; scroll down)
Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times 

 

SA elephant conservation team plans the next expedition
Portia Cele, East Coast Radio
December 16, 2016

https://www.ecr.co.za/news/news/sa-elephant-conservation-team-plans-next-expedition/

The elephant and the bandicoot
Ratna Raman, Tribune India

 

P.E.I. students help Kenyan school after elephants raid garden
By Laura Meader, CBC News
January 18, 2017
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/elephant-p-e-i-garden-fundraising-kenya-1.3941281

 
Wildcat Foundation Awards Grant for Global Wildlife Whistleblower Program
Whistleblowers Protection Blog
January 26, 2017

Panicked Phuket elephant rampages into forest (Thailand)
Phuket Gazette
January 31, 2017
 
People Rush To Save Elephant Shot By Spear
Sarah Schweig, The Dodo
January 20, 2017


VIDEO & PHOTO
Adorable baby elephant newest member of herd who were all orphaned by cruel poachers
Warren Manger, Mirror
December 25, 2016
 

Must be a trunk road: Clever elephants stand in the middle of the road to stop the traffic and allow a baby to cross safely 

Paddy Dinham, Daily Mail
December 5, 2016
 
Elephants block traffic through game reserve with street brawl

Ben Hooper, UPI
January 17, 2017
 
Watch a Newborn Elephant Rescued and Reunited With Its Mother
Alexandra E. Petri, National Geographic
December 22, 2016
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/12/baby-elephant-rescued-from-waterhole-tsavo-east-kenya-video/


Work Hazards: Bornean Pygmy Elephants

Kevin McLean,  National Geographic Stories 
December 17, 2016
 
The elegant elephant! Seven ton beast strikes a delicate yoga pose as he reaches for food in Zimbabwe 
David Burke, The Daily Mail
January 3, 2017
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4083888/The-elegant-elephant-Seven-ton-beast-strikes-delicate-yoga-pose-reaches-food-Zimbabwe.html

 

Heartwarming Video of Keeper Playing With a Baby Elephant Reminds Us of a Sad Future for These Animals

Sean McCarthy, One Green Planet
January 23, 2017
 

Wild lives seen in Mole National Park of Ghana

Xinhua
December 27, 2016

Elephants trying to cross flooded river get carried away by current in South Africa
Ben Hooper, UPI
January 27, 2017
 
ARTS
 
Saving elephants through puppetry (South Africa)

MSN
January 31, 2017
 

Played on Ivory Keys, This Is What Elephant Extinction Sounds Like
NRDC
February 1, 2017
https://www.nrdc.org/onearth/played-ivory-keys-what-elephant-extinction-sounds

 

Kenya: Hakuna Matata Animals on Show
The East African
January 28, 2017
http://allafrica.com/stories/201701300396.html