Video: Baby elephant orphaned for ivory trade

6 February 2012, 5:33 pm

Phachi is an orphan, her mother was shot and killed by suspected poachers at her home in Ratchaburi Province. She now lives in Thailand's Lampang Elephant Conservation Centre, about 700km north of Bangkok.... Read More »

New taste for elephant meat in Thailand could pose threat to species

30 January 2012, 3:39 pm

BANGKOK - A new taste for eating elephant meat - everything from trunks to sex organs - has emerged in Thailand and could pose a new threat to the survival of the species.... Read More »

In Thailand, Elephant Sashimi is All the Rage

30 January 2012, 1:25 am

SAN FRANCISCO -- In Asia, there's an ongoing irony that deepens as the natural world dwindles to the size of a parking lot. Wild animals, once revered and assigned all kinds of spiritual meaning, are increasingly ending up as...... Read More »

Growing taste for elephant meat in Thailand raises risk of extinction claims horrified animal welfare group

27 January 2012, 6:05 pm

The elephant, a national symbol in Thailand, is facing a new threat because of a developing taste for its meat in the country, it was claimed today.... Read More »

Eating Elephant Meat in Thailand Threatens Extinction

27 January 2012, 2:04 pm

Asian elephants, which have been on the list of endangered species since 1976, are now facing a new threat: Thailand's taste for eating elephant meat.... Read More »

AP Exclusive: New taste for Thai elephant meat

27 January 2012, 7:59 am

A new taste for eating elephant meat — everything from trunks to sex organs — has emerged in Thailand and could pose a new threat to the survival of the species.... Read More »

Thailand gets taste for elephant meat

27 January 2012, 4:24 am

A taste for eating elephant meat has emerged in Thailand and could pose a new threat to the local species.... Read More »

Thailand elephants poached for meat

27 January 2012, 1:02 am

As species faces already dwindling numbers, a new taste for their meat may put them at even greater risk... Read More »

Thailand to build DNA database to protect elephants

26 January 2012, 8:51 pm

Thailand Natural Resources and Environment Minister Preecha Rengsomboonsuk has vowed to solve within a year issues related to Thailand 's elephant s. Preecha planned to build a DNA database on 4,000 or so domesticated elephant s in order to stop people taking over identity papers of deceased pac... Read More »

Infection suspected in baby elephant's death in Thailand

19 January 2012, 8:10 pm

Bangkok (The Nation/ANN) - The carcass of a five-month-old male elephant was found yesterday near a pond in Phetchaburi's Royally Initiated Kui Buri National Forest Reserve Rehabilitation Project area in central Thailand.... Read More »

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