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A male elephant has moved from an Arkansas sanctuary to an Ohio zoo, with caretakers hoping the animal will help create a genetically diverse zoo population of Asian elephants.

In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011 a herd of Asiatic wild elephants gather at a national park in Minneriya, some 200 kilometers from Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Kenyan authorities have burned five tons of contraband elephant ivory in hopes of raising awareness about rising levels of poaching.

In this Tuesday, March 9, 2010 file photo, Kenya Wildlife Ranger Mohamed Kamanya is seen in front of a herd of elephants in the Tsavo East national park, Kenya.

Every night when the rice is ripening in their fields, the young men climb into watchtowers to peer anxiously toward the Himalayan foothills from which the gray giants emerge.

This camera-trap photograph shows the potentially new species of elephant shrew in Kenya.

India should protect its elephant population by securing its wildlife reserves, curbing poaching and restricting development in the corridors they use to travel between forested areas, a panel recommended.

A GANG of people in Indonesia poisoned an endangered Sumatran elephant, removed its tusks and chopped up its body before dumping it into a river, a local wildlife official said on Sunday.

Tracking the wounded elephant to its death bed was easy for the ranger. Hit by a poison arrow, the huge mammal could only drag its hind leg, creating a wide gash across the bush.

Sharon Brown was hiking with family and her 1-year-old daughter in a Kenyan nature reserve when suddenly their unarmed guide froze in his tracks.