Elderly Female Asian Elephant Dies at Smithsonian’s National Zoo …
Nov 2, 2024 · Native to 13 countries throughout South Asia and Southeast Asia, Asian elephants are considered endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature due to poaching, habitat loss and human–elephant conflict. Conservation scientists estimate the total population to be between 30,000 and 50,000 individuals.
Asian elephant 'Burma' arrives in Adelaide from New Zealand
2 days ago · The Asian elephant landed in Adelaide Airport just before 5pm before she was transported with the help of police escort to Monarto Safari Park. Follow the latest news headlines from Australia's ...
Auckland Zoo's last elephant Burma arrives at her new home in …
1 day ago · The 42-year-old Asian elephant had been on her own at Auckland Zoo for more than two years after her buddy Anjalee moved to Sydney to be part of a breeding programme. Elephants are social creatures and need company, so the decision was made to move Burma to Monarto Safari Park where she will form a herd with four other elephants in a 12-hectare ...
'Bittersweet': Auckland’s only elephant arrives safely at new home …
1 day ago · Asian elephants are sociable and typically form groups of six or seven related females that are led by the oldest female, the matriarch, according to World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Kamala, beloved Asian elephant at National Zoo, euthanized after …
Nov 3, 2024 · Kamala, a longtime member of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Asian elephant herd, was euthanized on Saturday following years of struggling with osteoarthritis.
Elderly Female Asian Elephant Dies at Smithsonian’s National Zoo …
Nov 2, 2024 · The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute community is mourning the loss of Kamala, beloved member of its Asian elephant herd and ambassador for her species. After a decade of managing and treating Kamala’s osteoarthritis, animal care staff recently noted her physical condition had irreversibly declined.
Asian elephant named 'Kamala' dies at Smithsonian’s National …
Nov 4, 2024 · WASHINGTON - An Asian elephant named Kamala had to be euthanized Friday, the Smithsonian National Zoo said over the weekend. Zoo officials say after a decade of managing and treating Kamala’s ...
Smithsonian National Zoo euthanizes beloved, elderly Asian Elephant …
Nov 3, 2024 · Kamala, a beloved Asian elephant at the Smithsonian National Zoo, was humanely euthanized on Friday, according to officials from the zoo.
Almost two-thirds of elephant habitat lost across Asia, study ... - CNN
Apr 27, 2023 · Elephants have lost almost two-thirds of their habitat across Asia, the result of hundreds of years of deforestation and increasing human use of land for agriculture and infrastructure, a new...
Tackling critical threats facing Asian elephants
In Southeast Asia and China, Asian elephants are facing escalating habitat loss and fragmentation, human-elephant conflict, poaching, and small populations that are increasingly isolated. Population isolation places elephants at higher risk of localized extinction due to conflict, disease, inbreeding, etc.