Sentences with phrase «wild elephants»

The illegal ivory trade threatens the persistence of stable wild elephant populations.

Our country is now in the position to make a real and lasting difference for wild elephants.

The governor's office says entertainment elephants live half as long as wild elephants due to abusive treatments.

What we are also observing is how wild elephants are dying.

Part proceeds of every Wild Tusker product goes towards a great cause of taking care of displaced wild Elephants in Sri Lanka.

Yet in the best - run camps the once - wild elephants go on to establish what is sometimes a beautiful working relationship with their riders, the mahouts — though visitors are warned not to go close, unless the mahout is present.

On our half - day safari in Udawalawe, we saw herds of wild elephants, water buffalo, crocodiles, monkeys, peacocks and eagles.

According to a commemorative book by the Airports of Thailand, the Don Mueang area at the turn of the 20th century was surrounded by ricefields, isolated farms and wetlands where wild elephants roam.

This farmer - owned co-op practices jaiva krishi, a sustainable farming method that mimics virgin rainforest, where many crops grow harmoniously together, and many animal species — including wild elephants — roam safely.

Thailand currently bans the sale of ivory from wild elephants but permits the trade in ivory from captive domestic elephants.

Ike, an elephant keeper with Disney's Animal Kingdom in Orlando, Florida, had come here to help with research, and — so that he might enhance the welfare of the captive elephants he cares for in Orlando — to observe «how wild elephants live.»

This farmer - owned coop practices «jaiva krishi», a sustainable farming method mimicking virgin rainforest, where birds, squirrels and even wild elephants roam safely.

Researchers studying 48 wild elephant families played recordings of voices from two ethnic groups with distinct languages in Kenya's Amboseli National Park.

Most of the elephants, aside from mother - juvenile pairs, were unrelated and did not live in family groups as wild elephants do.

Increased focus on enforcement in a few such areas could help interrupt poaching activities and restore wild elephant populations.

The majority of source animals were part of just a few wild elephant populations in Africa — and just two areas since 2006.

It is easy to see how our primal attraction toward the rare can cause us to doom something precious when we act with the worst of intentions — were there someday only one wild elephant left on Earth, there would be no shortage of scum willing to bid the heavens for the chance to stalk and shoot it.

Elephants, Never Forget aims to educate students about wild elephants and their unique role in our shared world, including topics related to biodiversity and habitats, as well as some of the issues and challenges elephants face.

«From the beginning animal protection groups have said that the zoos» purported concern about saving rhinos was just a cover for buying wild elephants.

These though were almost wild elephants that had been rehabilitated into the wild.

These include an overnight to Fort Ross on the Sonoma Coast to learn about Russian history in early California, day field trips to learn about Native American history, and an overnight to Año Nuevo to observe wild elephant seals.

Then there are misty villages high in the hills, gorgeous temples, and encounters with wild elephants, whales and some of the warmest locals Asia has to offer.

Vast areas of Sri Lanka are protected, with National Parks ideal for spotting wild elephants such as Udawalawe and Minneriya included on the tour.

It has one of the longest canopy walkways in the world; a recent remote photography census spotted tiger and wild elephant within just a kilometre of the main entrance.

Only 2 hours south of Ella is Udawalawe National Park, one of the best places to see wild elephants in Sri Lanka.

Funds raised go directly to rescue or improve wild elephant conditions in Sumatra.

The Park is also an important site for bird - watching and butterflies and is a great opportunity to witness wild elephants in their natural habitat.

Visit northern Thailand to trek through lush jungle with your own elephant, watch wild elephant babies playing and experience elephant river bath time.

«WWF is alarmed that the loss of forests is taking such a high toll not only on the remaining wild elephants and tigers in Sumatra but also on global climate change,» said Dr Sybille Klenzendorf, director of species conservation at WWF - US.

The company supports the Born Free Foundation, which protects wild elephants from poachers and opposes their use in zoos and circuses, as well as Tusk, a charity that funds community - based projects in Africa to conserve wildlife and alleviate poverty.

Wild elephants Normally found South of the equator, these beautiful beasts and many more exotic creatures have made their way over to the UK, living alongside our native animal residents in zoos, aquariums and wildlife parks.

This surreal intervention was drawn from an incident in Mysore in 2011 in which two wild elephants went on a rampage killing a man and several cows.

And after you've had your fill of beaches, head to Gorongosa National Park to view some of the country's wildlife — including wild elephants and baboons.

Get ready to go on an early morning Safari to visit the Wilapattu National park: Home to large herds of wild elephants, deer, water Buffalos, the Sloth bear and the leopard.

WILD elephants roam across the crowded plains of India; forested river banks wind through cattle ranches in Brazil; a ribbon of green stretches across Europe where the Iron Curtain used to be.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature puts Senegal's wild elephant population at 1, but speculates that another nine animals might be out there.

«Longer lives for wild elephants,» Science News for Kids, January 7.

Residents of Siliguri, India woke up to a wild elephant rampaging their streets.

A video of a wild elephant in India blowing out ashes has baffled wildlife experts around the world.

For some wild elephants, a good night's sleep ends soon after it starts.

This is what I discovered with the diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in wild elephants.

A flash flood of the Ewaso Ng «iro River in Samburu National Reserve, Kenya, washed away a major research center devoted to the study of wild elephants this morning.

«These are clever experiments,» says Karen McComb, a behavioral ecologist at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom who studies social cognition in wild elephants.

But the situation I was working in in the early»90s was a prey - rich area with lots of wild elephants, a lot of tigers, and they would not enter traps.

If, however, a wild elephant tramples your new laptop while you're sitting on your porch with your morning coffee, that could be covered under an open perils policy but might not be under a named perils policy.

With all the stress and illness elephants suffer in zoos, it is no surprise that their average lifespan is only about half that of wild elephants.

As the world's largest land mammal, elephants are designed for almost constant movement, and wild elephant herds easily travel over thirty miles a day on soft soil and varied terrains.

The secluded, beachfront property comprises 28 cocoon - like suites clustered around manmade waterholes meant to attract jackals and peacocks, but the real action goes down on game drives through the quietest corners of the national park, home to wild elephants, crocodiles, and elusive Sri Lankan leopards.