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| Articles about Elephants |
| Baby Elephants tortured mercilessly in Thailand | | 2008-04-15 02:26:15 | | In Thailand, approximately 3,800 of the country's estimated 5,000 endangered Asian elephants are in private hands. Most are used as tourist attractions in elephant camps where they are forced to perform circus tricks and give rides. PETA U.S. has uncovered the horrific torture that is routine in Thailand's secret "training" camps. Still-nursing baby elephants are literally dragged from their mothers, kicking and screaming. They are immobilized, beaten mercilessly, and gouged with nails for days at a time. These ritualized "training" sessions leave the elephants badly injured, traumatized, or even dead.In a village, deep in the jungles of Thailand, a baby elephant is offered a piece of fruit. Born into captivity, she has lived in the village with elephant trainers, called mahouts, since she first came into the world only two years ago. She is trusting of the villagers, the only humans she has ever known.Delicately, she reaches for the fruit with her tiny, wrinkled, grey trunk. Her large | | By: Vegetarian Bloggers | | |
| | | Alcoholic Elephants on the Rampage | | 2007-12-06 18:46:00 | | This Sri Lankan elephant definitely appears to be ticked, as you can plainly see as he takes out his anger on this mini-bus. Sadly, elephants on the rampage like this are becoming a rather common phenomenon in Asia.
The situation plays something like this: Man encroaches on traditional pachyderm territory, so the elephants move further into the jungle to avoid contact with man. Well, you can | | By: McCafferty's Pub | | |
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| Guruvayoorappan Sriveli (Kerala Elephants) | | 2007-11-16 04:15:00 | | Materials RequiredVelvet ClothGold BeadsGlueCardboardWool -various coloursGold laceWooden elephantsPhoto of some godHanging lacePaperCut one piece of velvet cloth in 'U' Shape for the front portion to cover the trunk. Cut another piece for the side cloth. Measurements vary with the size of the elephant.To the side portion, stitch golden lace in all four sides and attach hanging lace to the two sides. Stick golden beads throughout the 'U' shaped piece and stick small pieces of wool to the back side of the cloth. Also tie together around 10 small bits of wool and stick it to the center of the 'U' shape. Stick the 'U' shaped cloth first on the elephant and then the side piece. Allow it to dry well. Make two more such pieces.You can use other colour velvet cloth too. For the center elephant carrying the god, cut a square piece in cardboard and velvet cloth. Stick the velvet to the cardboard and stick the photo of god on it.Roll some paper and cover it with golden lace (as in the umbrella). Cut a semicircle piece in velvet and stick the corner to form a cone. Now trim the edges to get a umbrella like shape. Decorate with lace and attach the rolled paper to it. Stitch the same to the back cloth of the elephant firmly.Sriveli is ready. This is how the elephants in Kerala are decorated in temples during the procession of God and during festivals.Affiliate of Ideas money, Inspirations for life, Easy indian food, Earn a Crore, Time Pass | | By: Easy crafts | | |
| | Paris to help Binge drinking elephants in India? WTF? | | 2007-11-13 19:44:05 | | PARIS Hilton has taken time out from saving the world to deny reports that she was helping raise the plight of binge-drinking elephants in India.The 26-year-old American socialite, whose plan to do charity work in Rwanda has been postponed until next year, was reportedly concerned about elephants getting drunk on farmers' homemade rice beer before going on rampages."The elephants get drunk all the time," the World Entertainment News Network quoted Hilton, who was jailed this year in an alcohol-related driving case, as saying."It is becoming really dangerous. We need to stop making alcohol available to them."Lori Berk, a publicist for Hilton, said she never made any comments about helping drunken elephants.Last month, six wild elephants that broke into a farm in the state of Meghalaya were electrocuted after drinking the potent brew and then uprooting a power pole."There would have been more casualties if the villagers hadn't chased them away. And four elephants died in a similar way | | By: Celebrity Rag | | |
| | Indonesia seeks ways to save Sumatran elephants, tigers from extinction | | 2007-08-31 17:39:00 | | "There is a very real danger that Sumatran elephants (and tigers) could become extinct in our lifetime if we don't come to agreement at this workshop," said Christy Williams of the World Wildlife Fund. Satellite images show that 8 million hectares of Sumatra island's remaining lowland tropical forest - the animals' primary habitat - were lost to development from 1990 to 2000, conservationists say. They estimate that there are only 2,400 to 2,800 Sumatran elephants left in the world, and no more than 400 tigers.
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| Tuskers and Timber Elephants | | 2007-03-27 06:26:00 | | Great civilisations to flourished here, in Sri Lanka, over a thousand years ago. But it might never have happened - without the help of elephants. Their feet pounded the foundations of the cities. Their strength hauled millions of tons of stone for the dams and temples. They harvested timber from the forests.In Sri Lanka only a very few male elephants carry tusks - and they're usually larger than other males. The bright red patches near his eyes show he's in musth, the male breeding condition, when his testosterone level soars to sixty times normal.Some of these youngsters may be his offspring from earlier visits. Now, the large groups of elephants which come here (Uda Walawe National Park) to feed include females who are ready to breed. He's probably mated already, and now he's keeping other males at bay by guarding the herd. But soon he'll leave them, perhaps for many months.Males take no part in rearing their offspring - their youngsters are raised in the stable matriarchal socie | | By: NHNZ Images | | |
| | Nicanor, Master Of Elephants | | 2007-02-28 22:25:00 | | ×™' ב×דר תשס"×–Usually the fast of Esther is on Adar 13. However, this year Adar 13 falls on shabbat, so the fast day is observed on Thursday, Adar 11 (this year). With the fast of Esther moved to Thursday, Nicanor Day, a feast day, can be observed Adar 13 if one so chooses.Nicanor Day celebrates the beheading of Nicanor, the master of elephants, who fought against Judah and the Maccabees.And Judah hung the head of Nicanor from the citadel as clear and evident proof of the help of the Lord. (Second Book of the Maccabees) Think so? Wasn't the Temple destroyed 231 years later? 231 has a digit sum of 6. Six is the value of the truth of the matter.David Holzel writes:Nicanor was a Syrian general of the Hellenistic persuasion who battled Judah and the Maccabees at Beit Horon in 161 BCE. That was three years after the Jewish victory over King Antiochus that brought us Chanukah. The battle against Nicanor took place of the 13th day of Adar — the day before Purim.From wiki:In 66 CE, | | By: Walking On Fire | | |
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