In a novel method to prevent elephant incursions onto farmland in Kenya, they have tapped into the elephant’s dislike of bees by lining fences with beehives which have proved to be an effective deterrent to the animals. The idea for elephant-proof fences guarded by bees …
In another stark and historic finding by researchers we are reminded yet again that our animal cousins are more like us than we ever imagined and I hope that it helps us understand that any form of abuse or exploitation is wholly immoral and frankly …
It appears that Botswana’s president, in a fit of pique, has suggested that he offloads 20k elephants to Germany because Germany has decided to ban trophy imports which, incidentally is still being debated in the UK’s Parliament. In the UK, the bill reached committee stage …
To be perfectly honest, I have no idea what’s going on. Except that we see a large crowd of people in, I am told, the Kukke Subramanya temple in Karnataka, India. It looks as if they are throwing rice at the elephant. They are having …
NEWS AND VIEWS: This genuinely irritates me to my core. The UK government is trying to pass a law which bans the importation of hunting trophies as trophy hunting is cruel and an activity which is of a bygone age. It negatively impacts conservation in …
This is a visual representation of the difference in size between a blue whale and an African elephant. It has to be approximate. The existing illustrations online are a little vague and some are possibly misleading. On my estimate and research elephants are around 4 …
In this video, we see a man in Asia who clearly knows this group of elephants very well and he is calling them at a distance. They come almost immediately. As they approach him, he talks to them in their language. He places his hands …
This elephant waits by the side of the road where there is a sign saying “CAUTION ELEPHANT CROSSING”. I guess they realise that they have a right of way at this point. He/she is waiting for a truck carrying sugar cane, a favorite food. When …
