Tag: Elephants

Man gets year in prison for buying endangered animal parts

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TAMPA, Fla. — A Florida man has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for buying parts of dead endangered...

China’s wandering elephants becoming international stars

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BEIJING — Already famous at home, China’s wandering elephants are now becoming international stars. ...

Wandering elephants on edge of China city, now closing roads

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BEIJING — A wandering herd of elephants has reached the edge of a big Chinese city as authorities rush to close off roads and...

Cher’s star power helps rescue the ‘loneliest elephant’

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LOS ANGELES — Cher’s rescue of an elephant long held in dismal conditions is a one-of-a-kind story, as would be expected from the singular...

Africa’s elephants now endangered by poaching, habitat loss

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LIBREVILLE, Gabon — Increasing threats of poaching and loss of habitat have made Africa's elephant populations more endangered, according to a report released Thursday...

Man carries toddler into San Diego Zoo’s elephant habitat

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SAN DIEGO — A father allegedly carried his 2-year-old daughter into an elephant habitat at the famous San Diego Zoo to take a photo...

Elephant kills zookeeper with blow from trunk in Spain

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MADRID — Authorities in Spain’s northern Cantabria region are investigating how an elephant killed a worker at a local zoo. ...

Betty White, furry friends star in 50-year-old ‘Pet Set’

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LOS ANGELES — On a TV show Betty White hosted 50 years ago, the perpetual charmer flirts with James Brolin, teases Della Reese and...