Elephant

Injury incident at Kataragama's Ruhunu Mahadevala procession, in Uva province, on Saturday night

Elephant grass production has begun recently, but it is being used for fodder

The male elephant — dubbed Arikomban or “rice-tusker” — was infamous for raiding shops for rice and grains in Kerala

Four Paws team says elephant still in lot of pain, conducts three-hour diagnosis

Expert vet team successfully treats suffering elephant at Karachi Zoo; says her survival depends on care by zoo

Veterinarian Amir Khalil says they nearly lost 17-year-old elephant after administration of sedative

We fear she won’t get up again if she falls, says Four Paws Dr Amir Khalil on elephant’s surgery

Female elephant's birthday was celebrated at the elephant house of the zoo

Park admin assures Malaika only has cracks on her heels, is in perfect health otherwise

Two Himalayan bears named Bubloo and Suzzee were the last to leave the Islamabad facility

Kaavan’s handlers took more than 200 kg of food including bananas and melons to keep him busy on his journey

Wild animal looking for food fell more than 20 metres after it wandered into a village in Tamil Nadu state

Kaavan will leave for Cambodia on November 29, say sources

Kavaan to be moved to a sanctuary in Cambodia within a month

Foreign vets give pachyderm health certificate

International vets using tranquilliser darts, flatbreads and soothing Frank Sinatra lyrics conduct medical examination

Wildlife officials rule out poaching, anthrax as possible causes of death, 281 elephant carcasses verified

Actors including Anushka Sharma, Shraddha Kapoor, and Varun Dhawan have demanded harsher laws for animal cruelty

The elephant, named Kaavan, had become the subject of a high-profile rights campaign backed by Cher

The elephant previously killed five villagers and was named after Osama bin Laden

As elephants' natural habitant shrinks, nearly 2,300 people have been trampled in India in the last five years

70-year-old Tikiri dies weeks after an outcry over her proposed participation in a Sri Lanka parade

CITES representatives urge need for complete ban on export of African elephants

Debate on ‘elephant trade’ has made countries hesitant in buying and selling animals

Wild elephants have dwindled in Thailand to about 2,700 from peak of over 100,000 in 1850

This elephant is the third of its species to be found dead of suspected poisoning

The impact of the collision derailed the engine but no passengers were injured

"The elephant suddenly turned back and used his trunk to grab the victim", said the acting director of Chiang Mai Zoo

25-year-old man tried climbing on an elephant to stand on its trunk, only to land in the hospital

Sri Lankan facility raises calves orphaned by poachers, human development

The motive for the killing of the South African was unknown

Elephant had crushed four victims in the eastern state of Bihar

Wildlife secretary suspends zoo director for 90 days

She was brought to the Lahore Zoo in 1992 when she was only six-years-old

'It breathed its last at around 7am (0100 GMT)' the government's chief wildlife conservator Ashit Ranjan Paul said

A team of Bangladeshi forest officials hope to take the elephant to a safari park where it can be looked after

Wild elephants of India, Bangladesh have dwindled in number in recent decades as their habitat is destroyed

The oldest elephant ever recorded was an Asian elephant, called Lin Wang, who died in Taiwan in 2003 at the age of 86

Activists say he has insufficient shelter from Islamabad's searing summer temperatures

Mourners flocked to Tokyo's Inokashira Park Zoo to pay their respects on Friday with condolence cards left for Hanako

Police are investigating why the 5.5-tonne elephant suddenly became violent

Conservationists tracked down the elephants and carefully removed the ropes from their legs and treated their wounds

The rampaging elephant had made its way from Baikantapur Forest

Spokesperson for Parks and Wildlife Management Authority says Some of the dead animals had their tusks removed

The enzymes in the elephant's stomach function as a kind of slow cooker