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Thailand offering elephants up for adoption - Edmonton Sun

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:34:00 GMT

BANGKOK, Thailand ? Elephants idling outside discos or lumbering through traffic have been part of Bangkok?s colourful nightlife for nearly two decades. Now authorities want to send them back to the jungle. Thai officials say they have come up ...

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Bangkok elephants up for adoption - Channel 4 News

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:54:00 GMT

Elephants idling outside discos or lumbering through traffic have been part of Bangkok's colourful nightlife for nearly two decades. Now authorities want to send them back to the jungle. Thai officials say they have come up with an innovative ...

To get elephants off Bangkok streets, authorities in Thailand offer ... - CJAD

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:42:00 GMT

BANGKOK, Thailand - Elephants idling outside discos or lumbering through traffic have been part of Bangkok's colorful nightlife for nearly two decades. Now authorities want to send them back to the jungle. Thai officials say they have come up with an ...

Bangkok elephants for adoption - Straits Times

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:35:00 GMT

BANGKOK - ELEPHANTS idling outside discos or lumbering through traffic have been part of Bangkok's colourful nightlife for nearly two decades. Now authorities want to send them back to the jungle. ELEPHANTS first arrived in Bangkok in the late 1980s ...

PETA Protests Circus - KSAT 12

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:36:00 GMT

SAN ANTONIO -- Not everyone is happy that the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is in San Antonio. Wearing prison mini dresses and chains, a few members of the group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, protested the circus ...

Few traces of music's Peter Pan on Neverland ghost tour - Sydney Morning Herald

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:38:00 GMT

THE gates to Michael Jackson's fabled Neverland Ranch have swung open to reveal a shell of the fantasy playground the boy-man created in his heyday. Gone is the zoo with its elephants, tigers and giraffe. The exotic snakes have long since slithered ...

Most viewed on msnbc.com - MSNBC

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:07:00 GMT

A heat wave in Britain and other parts of Europe killed two British police dogs left in a cruiser, police said Thursday. The German shepherds were left in a car Tuesday afternoon in the parking lot of police headquarters in Nottingham, about 140 ...

Hot Dog Eating Contest Season Begins (Now With Elephants) - Gothamist.com

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:53:00 GMT

Meanwhile, warm up for the main event with another eating contest: the first-ever cross-species competition, to be exact. It's elephants versus humans tomorrow morning (11 a.m.) on Coney Island, with Major League Eating and Barnum & Bailey teaming up ...

MJ Tribute At Staples? - POLLSTAR

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:31:00 GMT

Media reports indicate a public tribute to Michael Jackson may take place at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. Citing five sources ?familiar with the planning process,? the Los Angeles Times reports a memorial service could be held at ...

Kenyan schoolgirl killed by elephant - Kenya Broadcasting Corporation

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:16:00 GMT

The girl is said to have been returning home from school at Mtaa area with her fellow students and had just taken a different path when the jumbo struck. The girl's friends tried to raise an alarm warning the girl that the elephants were ahead of her ...

Thailand offers Bangkok elephants for adoption - Post-Bulletin

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:02:00 GMT

BANGKOK, Thailand -- Elephants idling outside discos or lumbering through traffic have been part of Bangkok's colorful nightlife for nearly two decades. Now authorities want to send them back to the jungle. Thai officials say they have come up with ...

Eco-tourism monsoon packages at Parambikulam

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:59:31 GMT

Pollachi: The Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary of Kerala abutting the Anaimalai Tiger Reserve near Pollachi has unveiled a slew of eco-tourism monsoon packages to attract nature lovers and tourists.

Microchips to track straying tigers

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:57:08 GMT

Kolkata: The big cats of the Sunderbans Tiger Reserve that stray into inhabited areas will be tracked through an electronic microchip implanted in their bodies, Reserve Director N.C. Bahuguna said here on Thursday.

Thai elephants finally packing up their trunks

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:54:08 GMT

ELEPHANTS idling outside discos or lumbering through traffic have been part of Bangkok's colorful nightlife for nearly two decades.

Cash for elephants - Nation - Thailand

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:09:00 GMT

The foundation can now afford to buy 18 elephants for Bt300,000 to Bt1 million apiece, he said, adding that so far two mahouts in Bangkok and 10 in Surin had contacted the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration about selling theirs. However, Soraida ...

Elephants beat humans in NYC eating contest

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:40:36 GMT

Three elephants have consumed 505 hot dog buns in six minutes to beat a team of three humans in a rare cross-species eating contest at Brooklyn's Coney Island.

Cash for elephants

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:28:59 GMT

Under a project to keep elephants off the capital's streets, owners can sell them to the Elephant Reintroduction Foundation, Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Baripatra said yesterday.

Like pushing elephants on ice: Air Force pilots relish tricky firefighting missions

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:28:27 GMT

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Friday: Michael Jackson: Josh dickey and Frank Baker are off, but monitoring and on cell.

The fall of man! Elephants beat humans at Coney contest

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:28:17 GMT

In what may have been humanity's most humbling day since scientists taught a monkey to communicate by sign language, a trio of elephants from the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus defeated three legendary human athletes in a hot dog bun-eating contest in Coney Island this afternoon.

Like pushing elephants on ice: Air Force pilots relish tricky ... - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:13:00 GMT

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Lt. Col. Luke Thompson sometimes skims his C-130 cargo plane just 150 above the ground, battling smoke, shifting winds and rugged terrain on his way to blast thousands of gallons of gooey pink fire retardant onto the ...

Zoo: Ala. elephant deaths not related to breeding

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:11:15 GMT

A Montgomery Zoo veterinarian says the final necropsy reports show the deaths of a 23-year-old African elephant and her 1-month-old calf were not related to breeding elephants in zoos, a conclusion that critics dispute.

Pachyderms pack in lots more than humans in contest

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:32:45 GMT

Three elephants have consumed 505 hot dog buns in six minutes to beat a team of three humans today in a rare cross-species eating contest at Brooklyn's Coney Island.

Hospital Donates Breast Pump To Zoo Elephant

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:26:57 GMT

Just like human children, baby elephants need important antibodies and nutrients found in its mother's milk.

Montgomery zoo vet says necropsy shows deaths of elephant and her calf not related to breeding

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:13:50 GMT

A Montgomery Zoo veterinarian says final necropsy reports show the deaths of a 23-year-old African elephant and her 1-month-old calf weren't related to breeding elephants in zoos.

Elephants beat humans in NYC eating contest - KGAN.com

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:39:00 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) -- Three elephants have consumed 505 hot dog buns in six minutes to win a rare cross-species eating contest at New York's Coney Island. A commentator at Friday's challenge says the elephants seemed to be eating at a leisurely pace in ...

Resting place: Jackson's 14-carat gold-plated send-off

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:52:38 GMT

If you are feeling totally fed up with your lot at the moment with the economic squeeze - go see this film Sunshine Cleaning Heather, London I thought this was an excellent, powerful production.

Inside Neverland: The Stunning Photographs Of Michael Jackson's Empty Fantasy

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:40:34 GMT

Gone is the zoo with its elephants, tigers and giraffe. The exotic snakes have long since slithered away, and the amusement rides have been dismantled.

Humans vs. circus elephants in NYC eating contest

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:21:05 GMT

Step right up and watch as humans face off against elephants in a rare cross-species eating contest at Brooklyn's Coney Island! Three professional bipedal eaters are slated to compete on Friday morning against three circus elephants in a six-minute challenge to see who can ingest the most hot dog buns.

Mid-Daily Items: Airline grabs attention with 'bare essentials'

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:14:13 GMT

In this photo supplied by Air New Zealand, its staff is seen with body paint on in the airlines latest safety video call the "Bare Essentials of Safety." The video shows three cabin staff and the pilot, all in uniform-colored full body paint, talking viewers through the aircraft's safety procedures.